Klockan är 4 på morgonen, och det är dags att kliva upp och ta tåget från Göteborg mot de småländska skogarna. Fenix Kunskapscentrum i Vaggeryd håller Världskonferens med studenter från utbytesskolor från hela världen: Spanien, Tyskland, Frankrike, Tjeckien, Polen, Kenya och Japan!
Wake-Up Call blev tillfrågade att hålla öppningsanförandet för konferensen, och vi tog även med oss Kerstin och Olivia från Reconsider för att hålla idéworkshops kring hållbarhet under dagen.
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Thursday, 4 a.m. It’s time get up to catch a train towards the forests of Småland and Vaggeryd. The local school, Fenix Kunskapscentrum, are holding a World Conference, with students from exchange schools all over the world attending: Spain, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Kenya and Japan!
Wake-Up Call were asked to hold an inspirational speech at the start of the conference, and we also invited our friends Kerstin and Olivia from Reconsider to hold idea workshops.
How many brilliant minds can fit inside a tent?
Well, the Tällberg Forum pushes for the world record. Since thursday the three of us, Anna, Erik and David of Wake-Up Call in Gothenburg have mingled around UNEP directors, Volvo CEOs, university presidents and many more bigwigs – but also a lot of people simply committed to changing the world with the means available to them. Notably youth from Yemen and Syria is here to report and discuss the continuing struggles in the arab spring uprisings. There is a sense that world history is present. Last year youth from Egypt were here on leadership training – the implications of that is chilling. Who knows what history making we were just part of?
As we sit here now writing this in the dormitory, the former Swedish ambassador in China, Börje Ljunggren, is watching the tennis game unfolding while explaing how China is changing (Djokovic is winning). All these great people are friendly, accessible and share the vision that a more empathetic future is needed.
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