03/01 ­ 08/05
March ­ August, the Association of World Citizens will present an Online Regional Meetings Symposium (in 15 countries) on how world citizens and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can convince or pressure governments to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) they adopted by consensus in 2000. This project is in preparation for the UN Summit in New York in September. "The decisions to be taken there may determine the whole future of the United Nations." - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The project will conclude at the Association of World Citizens conference "Ending War and Organized Violence - The Failure of Global Empire and the Birth of Global Community" at the University of San Francisco, August 2 ­5, 2005. Contact: www.worldcitizens.org or call (415) 541-9610.

05/01 ­ 10/31
May through October. The 2005 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival will feature more than 150 artistic, cultural and community events in Yerba Buena Gardens, on Mission Street between Third and Fourth Streets in San Francisco. The events are all free to the public and include popular and operatic music series, cultural festivals, dance performances, international music concerts, visual art exhibits, theater, spoken word performances, and family and children's programming in the Rooftop Gardens and Carousel Plaza of Yerba Buena Gardens. Contact Linda Lucero, (415) 543-1718 or visit www.ybgf.org.

06/01 ­06/05
Green City Solutions Exhibit, at Pavilion Hall, Fort Mason, sponsored by Green Century Institute in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme, the Commonwealth Club, the Natural World Museum, and the SF Institute of Architecture. Open 9:00 am ­ 8:00 pm every day. Exhibits cover sustainable community models, green design, economic models, city networking, and visual display technology. Contact www.GreenCenturyInstitute.org.

06/01 ­ 07/31
June and July (exact dates to be determined), display case near the cafe, lower level, Main Library. San Francisco Public Library presents a series of exhibitions documenting the City's involvement with the founding of the United Nations, in honor of its sixtieth anniversary. From the SF History Center's holdings at the Main Library: Our Rights as Human Beings, a 1949 Photo exhibit explaining the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

06/01 ­ 06/05
Wednesday through Sunday, June 1­5, various times and locations. World Environment Day (June 5) is the culmination of five days of major public events in San Francisco, centered around a conference of the mayors of the world's 100 largest cities on the theme Green Cities. See www.wed2005.org for information about official WED events.

06/01 ­ 06/05
Wednesday through Sunday, June 1 ­ 5. During WED week over 100 San Francisco restaurants are serving organically grown foods to raise awareness about the benefits of a locally-sourced, sustainable food supply. Taste the fresh cuisine prepared by our city's conscientious chefs, and show your support for environmental preservation and improved public health. Contact: www.OmOrganics.org.

06/01 ­ 06/05
June 1 ­ 5. World Healing is Self Healing presents daily special programs in honor of UN World Environment Day on Appadana International Satellite Television, Telstar 5 and webcast on www.iranradiotv.com. The programs are hosted by Dr. Sonia Gaemi, founder of Women for Cultural Wisdom, and Sue Zipp, director of Women for Cultural Wisdom. Guests will discuss issues pertaining to the principles of the Earth Charter including personal empowerment through self-healing to achieve world peace and a sustainable use of the world's resources. Contact www.drsonia.com, drsonia@msn.com.

06/02
Thursday, June 2, Phoenix Theater, Washington and Keller Streets, Petaluma, Trash Planet and the Search for Home, a play and improvization process involving students in issues of global climate crisis. The scenario is two exchange students doing work-study in Africa in 2015. They are starting for home when they discover the bus to the airport is broken down-permanently. Harrowing adventures follow as they search for a way home­and learn how very far from healthy the planet really is. The play and improv scenarios will be available to college or high school drama classes through a web site following the production in June. Contact ConnieMadden@yahoo.com or (707) 781-9311.

06/02
Thursday, June 2, 12:00 noon ­ 4:00 pm in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square, San Francisco. Cathay Post # 384 will present an Environment Awareness Exhibit. The exhibit will include traditional medicine, an acupuncture demonstration, smog-buster technology, a clean water recovery system, bamboo construction methods, and many other environment-related exhibits. There will also be a Chinese Lion Dance and a Native American Traditional Tribal dance. At 2:00 pm there will be a VIP street cleanup ceremony for all the city and international officials to clean up the streets of Chinatown. Contact: cathaypost384@sbcglobal.net or call Commander Bok Pon at (415) 531-2019.

06/03
Friday, June 3, 7:00­9:00 pm at the Empress of China restaurant, Cathay Post # 384 will be introducing for the first time in Chinatown an Organic Banquet Menu commemorating the UN World Environment Day. The banquet will accommodate 600 people, with 50 seats reserved for VIPs and mayors of the world's major cities attending the World Environment Day events. The cost is $100.00 per person. Contact: cathaypost384@sbcglobal.net or call Commander Bok Pon at (415) 531-2019.

06/04 ­ 06/05
Saturday and Sunday June 11­12, 10:00 am ­ 5:00 pm, downtown Fairfax. The second annual Fairfax Ecofest will be held in conjunction with the longstanding Fairfax Festival, featuring a community parade, great music and food. Visit representatives from local environmental organizations highlighting water recycling and conservation, solar technology, and organic paint and building materials. Learn about electric and bio-diesel automotive technology. Enter the raffle to win a boat ride on the bay with a marine biologist, or a consultation with a socially responsible investor. Experience organic wine tasting and Straus Farms organic ice cream. Free admission. Contact Patty Bredt, (415) 485-9246.

06/04
Saturday, June 4, 1:00­4:30 pm, Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Citizens for a United Nations People's Assembly (CUNPA) will hold a panel discussion, high tea reception, and press event to present the results of a world-wide campaign to establish a Parliamentary Assembly within the United Nations (UNPA). Admission $35.00. This special event is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Lucile Green, founder of CUNPA. Contact Citizens for a United Nations People's Assembly at (415) 896-2242 or www.empowertheun.org.

06/04­06/05
Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5. Planet Drum Foundation will present a Bioregional Education Intensive to celebrate World Environment Day. Join Peter Berg and Paul Belz to expore urban sustainablity. Contact www.planetdrum.org or mail@planetdrum.org

06/05
First Sunday of each month, March through June, 7:30 pm, San Francisco Comcast cable channel 29. Unity Foundation's Positive Spin television program features special segments on the United Nations, introduced by UN and Foreign Affairs Correspondent Kim Weichel. Unity Foundation has produced Positive Spin for the past seven years. The show is produced in association with Dirksen Molloy Productions in their San Francisco production and post-production facilities. The program also airs in San Jose, Marin County, on the Peninsula, and in Sonoma County. Contact: www.unityfoundation.org, unityfoundation1@aol.com, or (415) 255-8683.

05/07 ­ 06/05
UN60 Birthday Celebrations at the Red Victorian Peace Center, 1665 Haight Street, San Francisco. Public programs include Open Mike, occasional Saturdays, May 14, June 4, 5:00 to 9:00 pm; Breakfast Conversations, occasional Sundays, May 8, June 5, 9:00 to 10:30 am; World Conversations bring together five to eight new acquaintances at each breakfast table every morning. Participants come from anywhere in the world and share approximately an hour and a half in conversations about their personal experiences relating to the topic. Hosted by Sami Sunchild. Free Exhibition of Peace Paintings and posters dedicated to peace on Earth, May 7 to 31; opening reception Saturday, May 7, 5:00 to 8:00 pm, Gallery of Peace Arts at the Red Victorian Peace Center. Contact www.redvic.com or 415-864-1978.

06/08
Wednesday, June 8, 5:30 ­ 7:30 pm, United Nations Plaza, San Francisco. Celebrate Peace! is an outdoor program celebrating the collective power of a city practicing peace. The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization invites all the people of San Francisco to join them in commemorating the great wave of hope, optimism and confidence that was unleashed by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations. We will also celebrate San Francisco's longstanding commitment to living in peace, through a program of music and speakers, followed by a guided meditation to empower all the citizens of San Francisco to be better ambassadors of peace. Contact Sister Chandru and Mary Friedland, Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Organization, (415) 563-4459, www.bksanfrancisco.com.

06/19
Sunday, June 19, Church of Divine Man, 2018 Allston Way, Berkeley. Water­The Common Element, an interfaith conference on spirituality, sustainability, and the global and local aspects of the world's water, will bring together voices from the environmental movement and the Bay Area's many faith communities to discuss the diverse elements of this issue and create a network to encourage and support ongoing engagement with the global and local dimensions of the water crisis. Co-sponsored by the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, the Bridge Cooperation Circle, the Spiritual Alliance for Earth, and the CPWR Goldin Institute for International Partnership and Peace. Contact www.uribridgecc.org.

O6/24
Friday, June 24, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (3200 California Street at Presidio Boulevard). The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University (OLLI-SFSU) offers a day-long symposium, Global Governance: the Future of the United Nations. Join us for keynote talks, roundtable discussions, and a series of small group meetings on the issues that surround collective security and shared solutions and what the individual person can do. The Symposium is for anyone interested in knowing more about these issues as well as those who have been in foreign service or engaged in international issues and organizations. $35 including box lunch and reception. Contact (415) 405-7799 to register or learn more about the event or visit www.cel.sfsu.edu/olli.

06/25­06/26
Saturday and Sunday, Enhancing the Vital Role of the United Nations will be the theme marking the official observation of the 60th year of the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco. The celebration is organized by United Nations Association of San Francisco, in cooperation with the United Nations, the City and County of San Francisco, the Saga Foundation, and many community leaders and organizations. For security reasons, all attendees for all UN60 official programs will be ticketed and credentialed in advance. Admission will be by advance reservation only. Ticket prices will be available soon. All events will take place on Nob Hill, San Francisco. Times and locations may be subject to change. For updated information see www.una-sf.org, write to UN60@una-sf.org, or call UN60 Project Director Sherri Ferris, Protocol Professionals, Inc., 415-673-5311.

06/25 ­ 06/26
Saturday and Sunday, June 25­26. Saturday at the Davidson Conference Center, Figueroa and Jefferson Streets, at the USC campus, Los Angeles. Sunday at the Los Angeles Baha'i Center 5755 Rodeo Drive at La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. The Unity-and-Diversity World Council in cooperation with the Peace Sunday Steering Committee, will sponsor a two-day Unity-and-Diversity Convergence, including a Festival of Faith on Sunday. The convergence will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations and the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Unity-and-Diversity World Council, which began during International Cooperation Year 1965, sponsored by the General Assembly of the UN to encourage cooperation among non-governmental organizations (NGOs.) The Los Angeles event will strive to build cooperation among those present and focus attention on expanding the Unity-and-Diversity World Council's annual Peace Sunday Celebration. Contact Leland Stewart (310) 391-5735.

06/26
Sunday, June 26, 170 Valencia Street, San Francisco. Turning Point of All Nations: a Statement of the Baha'i International Community will be presented at the San Francisco Baha'i Center. The event begins with Devotions at 10:00 am followed by refreshments at 10:30 am. The program will begin at 11:00 am. Ten years ago, the Baha'i International Community released Turning Point of All Nations, a forward looking statement inspired by the UN's 50th Anniversary Comme-moration. Now the San Francisco Baha'i Community will use this document as the basis for a spiritually-based dialogue on strengthening the UN's institutions and releasing the power of the individual in an emerging inter-national order. Focus areas will include Promoting Economic Development, Protecting Fundamental Human Rights, Advancing the Status of Women, and Emphasizing Moral Development. Contact (415) 431-9990.