The Global Partnership was formed primarily due to the simple recognition that our global civilization is not only environmentally (and increasingly politically) unsustainable but likely unsustainable in so many of the other interrelated aspects as well. We need a new civilization. It is going to arise from within this one. Some of the most creative and committed people and organizations on the planet are already operating innovative initiatives. And others are proposing innovations not yet made real. And, for humanity to leave behind the world as it is, we will need to see working examples and plausible plans for the world as it could be. 

 

Put simply, we have launched the BETTER CENTURY AWARDS:

 

• to identify truly innovative programs AND newly proposed ideas likely to be most impactful at the scale required

• to help mobilize support for Award nominees and honorees

• to provide a powerful and influential global civic engagement platform for people from all types of backgrounds, income levels, and locations

• to provide greater global exposure and relationship-building for the most innovative existing programs and new proposals 

• to increase understanding of what is possible, to accelerate hope, and to diminish fear of change