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"PlanetaryCitizens.net's mission is to create, expose and nurture positive change in the world. We hope to give you pertinent information and relevant facts in the process. [[Donald Keys]], speech writer for [[U Thant]] in the 60s, coined the phrase Planetary Citizen on the way to creating The [[New World Alliance]]. The Occupy Movement, a global announcement of disastisfaction in leadership and a call for change, could be seen as a call for planetary citizens. Numerous groups and organizations are adopting the 12-sector model, illustrated here, as a means toward self-organization." <ref>Planetary Citizens [http://www.planetarycitizens.net/default.html Home], organizational web page, accessed April 21, 2012.</ref>
In 1970 the UN held a "Conference on Human Survival" which was chaired by [[Lester Pearson]] with funding coming from the [[Kettering Foundation]]. With funds left over from this conference Planetary Citizens was initiated. <ref>Donald Keys, "[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=JRhl-vNcbooC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=%22Planetary+Citizens%22+1974&source=web&ots=9oyVaBrIj_&sig=iewjsB1XbNsBsvrDjg45zaVt5Rg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result Earth at Omega: Passage to Planetization]" [http://www.amazon.com/Earth-at-Omega-Passage-Planetization/dp/0828317437] (Branden Books, 1982) (published by [[Findhorn]] Press in 1984), p.95, p.96.</ref>
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