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To overcome the
crisis in values in modern society, a new order of priorities
is essential. Due to serious threats to the environment, the
gift of bios, life, is endangered. Everyone has
to take action if we are to reverse negative trends and ensure
the harmonious coexistence of all forms of life. Humanity is
wasting time. Solving environmental problems requires a dynamic
approach, combining past experience and present opportunities
to establish new, enriched models for the future. In 1992, as
an effort to raise the necessary awareness of the urgent need
for environmental action, the Biopolitics International Organisation
(B.I.O.) proposed the enrichment of the Olympic Games with new
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Global
cease-fire during the Olympics
In
antiquity, the Olympic Games were a period of cease-fire.
The hope is that the bio-environment can act as a unifying force
and lead to international co-operation and understanding,
so that the Olympic Games can once again promote a spirit
of friendship and reconciliation among nations. The B.I.O. proposal
for cease-fire during the Olympic Games was adopted as a United
Nations Resolution in 1993. |
Bios
Prizes (video)
Presently,
the Olympic Games, a beacon for world peace and hope, are limited
to physical achievement. However, this restricts the potential
of the "Olympic Spirit," a concept that should evolve
to encompass all possible accomplishments, both physical and
intellectual. As a result, B.I.O. has proposed the establishment
of international committees in every field of human endeavor,
assigned to assess progress in their respective fields. Bios
Prizes in each field could be awarded on the occasion of the
Olympic Games to individuals or institutions that have promoted
the environment in their activities. For example, legislators
could be awarded for having developed new environmental legislation,
architects for having worked in the construction of "biopolis"
models and business executives for having espoused environmentally-compatible
economic policy. Efforts should focus on including as many fields
as possible, in order to involve every individual on the planet
in the race to save the environment. |
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Example: Bio-Legislation
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Global legislative
community to nominate candidates
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Court justices
and law professors to review nominations and
propose up to 150 candidates for award
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Elected
30 member International Committee to select 15 nominations
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3 member
International Committee to award 3 Bios Prizes
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International
Support for the B.I.O. Environmental Olympics Campaign
In 1991, B.I.O. launched an international campaign for the enrichment
of the Olympic Games with life-supporting values. As part of
this campaign B.I.O. also proposed the revival of the ancient
ideal of cease-fire during the Olympics.
In
addition to B.I.O.’s Founding Members, Trustees, Sponsors, International
Representatives, Friends and Colleagues in 137 countries, the
following personalities (leading
politicians, diplomats, scholars, representatives of UN Associations,
UNESCO officials, Olympic Committee associates, and members
of the Club of Rome and other prestigious international organisations)
have responded with great enthusiasm to the B.I.O. Environmental
Olympics Campaign.
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