Sunday, December 20, 2009

Students in India Give "Thumbs Up" to Democratic World Government

Last fall, City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow, India, captivated a student-based election on the enactment of a autonomous apple government (DWG). Some 7,000 ballots were calm (from acceptance 16+ years old, and from ancestors associates of students), and 90% of these were "yes" votes. Now, in an accomplishment to abound this action into a absolutely all-around referendum, the Founder-Manager of CMS, Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, is emailing 1,000 academy principals in India and the principals of addition 1,000 schools about the world, allurement their schools to participate.

Nashville, TN -- Last fall, City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow, India, captivated a student-based election on the enactment of a autonomous apple government (DWG). Some 7,000 ballots were calm (from acceptance 16+ years old, and from ancestors associates of students), and 90% of these were "yes" votes. Now, in an accomplishment to abound this action into a absolutely all-around referendum, the Founder-Manager of CMS, Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, is emailing 1,000 academy principals in India and the principals of addition 1,000 schools about the world, allurement their schools to participate.

Founded by the acclaimed Gandhian amusing worker, Jagdish Gandhi, CMS is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's better school, with 32,000 students. It is aswell the alone academy anytime to accept the celebrated UNESCO Prize for Peace Education (2002). CMS organizes accord apprenticeship activities and hosts abounding all-embracing events, including anniversary all-embracing conferences of Chief Justices of the apple that accept been abounding by active of civic judiciaries or board apery their Chief Justices from added than forty countries, as able-bodied as by accord advocates from addition 35-40 countries.

"Nothing tends to focus the apperception added or bigger than accepting asked to vote on an issue," said Anirudh Singh, the arch of the World Unity and Peace Education Department at CMS, "and we don't anticipate annihilation is added burning than the accomplishment of autonomous apple government."

In his email to added principals, Mr. Gandhi addendum that "... the authorization arising from a acknowledged apple election ('successful' acceptation that 50% of all adults vote and at atomic 67% of those vote 'yes' to autonomous apple government) would be accurately bounden on all civic governments beneath all-embracing law." He aswell expresses the appearance that "... adolescent humans today accept the adverse mistakes that were fabricated afterwards WWI and WWII in agreement of creating the old League of Nations and the United Nations, neither of which brought us the -to-be accompaniment of accord and aegis that was intended."

The CMS apprentice election was done in cooperation with Vote World Government, a new Canadian NGO. At their website (www.VoteWorldGovernment.org) there is added advice on the planned all-around referendum, and an "active" ballot. Internet votes are accepting calm in adjustment to actuate if there is a authorization from the animal chase acceptable to bulldoze the conception of a directly-elected apple assembly empowered to assure the ambiance from threats such as altitude change, ban war, and boldness all all-embracing conflicts through apple law. The acclamation reads: "Do you abutment the conception of a directly-elected, adumbrative and autonomous apple government?"

"We're actual appreciative of this accomplishment," said Jim Stark, the admiral of Vote World Government, "and we achievement this attack will abound to the point area schools the apple over are afterward the archetype of City Montessori School." Stark has accounting a book that will be appear this September, advantaged Rescue Plan for Planet Earth (advance copies are accessible at www.VoteWorldGovernment.org/books.shtml).

About the columnist of the columnist release: Ted Stalets, a futurist active in Nashville, TN, USA is Vice President of Vote World Government. To download the new apprentice guide, go to:
www.VoteWorldGovernment.org/studentreferendumprogramhowto.pdf. Information on Stark's accessible book Rescue Plan For Planet Earth: Democratic World Government through a Global Referendum can be begin at www.RescuePlanForPlanetEarth.com. It will be appear in the abatement of 2008. For added info, address ted.stalets @ gmail.com or jimstark @ webruler.com. For added advice on City Montessori School or Jagdish Gandhi, see www.cmseducation.org/about/jgres.html.

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