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Bringing intergenerational dialogue to Rio+20

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img_0182_620x465_0.jpg, The four "Youngers" that took part in the Elders+Youngers pr
_dsc6338_620x465.jpg, Fernando Henrique Cardoso meets a group of young activists f
_dsc7709_620x465_0.jpg, Marvin Nala speaking about encouraging dialogue while on sta
_dsc7188_620x465_0.jpg, Fernando Henrique Cardoso joins Younger Pedro Telles to answ
_dsc0179_620x465.jpg, Messages posted about the Rio+20 summit at the main conferen
rio20_-113_620x465_0.jpg, The Elders and Youngers hold a press conference in Rio de Ja
_dsc8151_620x465_0.jpg, Gro Harlem Brundtland speaking at a United Nations Foundatio
_dsc8290_620x465_0.jpg, Swedish activist Sara Svensson gives a speech at the dinner
_dsc9034_620x465_0.jpg, Gro Harlem Brundtland participates in a side event on Energy
_dsc9175_620x465_0.jpg, Gro Harlem Brundtland is interviewed by the press on her way
_dsc9474_620x465_0.jpg, Mary Robinson speaks at the Women Leaders’ Summit on ‘th
_dsc6891_620x465_0.jpg, The Elders and Youngers assemble during their trip to Rio de

“You have not told us to 'calm down', that we don't need to be radical; you have instead told us that we have the power to make change happen – and that is what we need to hear!” Sara Svensson In June 2012, following eight weeks of online debate, the Elders and ‘Youngers’ travelled to Brazil for Rio+20, the UN summit on sustainable development.

Photos: Cristina Lacerda | Manoela Ferreira | The Elders

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