The Institute for Conscious Global Change

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In 2007, The Institute for Conscious Global Change (ICGC) was founded, with the objective of providing a comprehensive response to end poverty and all of its effects with a special focus on the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as categorized by the United Nations. ICGC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. ICGC was granted Special Consultative Status in 2012 by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in the United Nations. The focus of our work is to provide virtual but tangible visual development solutions to support the Millennium Development Goals. In the course of our work, however, we have identified that the MDGs cannot achieve long-term and sustainable effects without an additional goal that we have termed Millennium Development Goal 9: Infrastructure. On this basis, we will address the original goals as listed below, and further demonstrate how our 9th goal, Infrastructure, is key to moving the LDCs to developed status to achieve sustainable viability:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development
9. Infrastructure: Telecommunications; Energy; Transportation; Water and Waste Treatment; Architecture and Urban Planning; Industry
The Millennium Earth Project: A Visual Framework for Sustainable Development (MEP) is the primary activity of the Institute and is the vehicle for achieving its objectives.