A gas station in Los Angeles on March 10. Mike Blake/Reuters

Life at $4 a gallon

	By Claire Brown

Average U.S. gasoline prices hit $3.98 per gallon on Tuesday, according to AAA, on the cusp of a level that was last hit when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

The last month has seen the second-largest gas price spike in three decades, with average prices climbing more than 30 percent since the war in Iran effectively shuttered the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that conveys up to a fifth of the world’s oil.

Though there’s no hard and fast rule that dictates exactly what choices consumers make at $4, $5, and $6 per gallon, higher gas prices are already stressing household budgets. At $4 per gallon, more than half of Americans said they’d change their driving behavior, according to a 2022 survey by AAA. More recent data has also shown that Americans are delaying some forms of spending.

The energy shock has hit Asia hardest: The Philippines declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said grounding planes because of a jet fuel shortage was a “distinct possibility.” South Korea is urging citizens to ride bicycles instead of driving.

Transportation, of course, is the single-largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and a big contributor globally. Here’s what we know about how a long period of high gas prices could change how willing people are to drive gas-powered vehicles, both here and abroad.

Driving less, window-shopping

Already, Americans are looking for ways to cut back. In New Orleans, drivers are lining up at gas stations with the best prices. Michele Tafoya, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, encouraged people to take “one less trip to Starbucks.” The state of Georgia has implemented a fuel tax holiday, waiving a 33-cent-per-gallon tax.

When gas prices spike, drivers tend to respond by cutting out unnecessary trips, by car-pooling and using public transportation, according to AAA. Spending on discretionary expenses like plane tickets and restaurant meals has fallen, too, as transportation costs eat up a bigger share of household budgets.

Yet while plenty of people who own electric vehicles have been boasting about their fuel savings on social media over the last few weeks, gas prices would have to stay high for a much longer period of time to trigger a broader shift away from gas-powered vehicles, according to Stephanie Valdez Streaty, research and development director at Cox Automotive, a research firm.

Still, the war in Iran appears to have driven a modest uptick in E.V. curiosity among U.S. drivers, according to the car shopping site Edmunds. If high prices persist, more people may feel the urge to hop off what Jessica Caldwell, the head of insights at Edmunds, called the “gas price roller coaster.”

New E.V.s in the U.S. are still more expensive than gas-powered cars, but the gap is closing for used vehicles. In February, the average listing price for a used E.V. was $34,821, about $1,300 more than a gas-powered car, Valdez Streaty said.

Hundreds of thousands more used E.V.s could enter the market this year as leases expire, Valdez Streaty said. “Consumers are going to have a lot of good options at a lower price point,” she said.

The global E.V. tipping point

If you’re curious about buying whether the economics of buying an E.V. are in your favor, The Times has a calculator that can help. The math looks very different abroad, where gas price shocks have been more intense and E.V.s are often far more affordable than in the U.S.

The scales could tip fastest in countries with access to inexpensive Chinese E.V.s, like Brazil, parts of Asia and soon, Canada, wrote David Brown, the director of energy transition research at Wood McKenzie.

In Vietnam, for example, gas prices have risen by around 30 percent since the start of the conflict. But the increase coincides with a rapid increase in the share of electric cars sold each year as government incentives meet affordable options from local manufacturers.

In December, the Vietnamese E.V. maker VinFast broke records when it reported the highest monthly sales volume ever recorded by any automaker in the country. Its best-selling car last year, the VF 3, hit the market in 2024 at just under $13,000.

VinFast has begun offering discounts of 3 to 5 percent to people switching from gas-powered cars and scooters, Reuters reported.

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A reef in waters off Tahiti, French Polynesia. Countries and territories including Chile, Colombia and others pledged 20 new marine protected areas on Friday.  Credit…Daniel Cole/Associated Press

More than 20 new marine protected areas in coastal waters were announced at the third U.N. ocean conference this week. Experts say thousands more are needed.

Remote coral atolls in the Caribbean. Habitat for threatened sharks and rays around a Tanzanian island in the Indian Ocean. And 900,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean around French Polynesia.

These are some of the millions of acres of water now set aside as part of an international goal to protect 30 percent of the ocean by 2030. More than 20 new marine protected areas were announced at the third United Nations Ocean Conference, which ended on Friday in France.

Countries and territories pledging new areas included Chile; Colombia; French Polynesia; Portugal; Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; the Solomon Islands; Tanzania; and Vanuatu.

“Protecting the ocean is beginning to become fashionable,” said Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist and oceanographer who served as chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the 1990s, at an event celebrating a network of protected areas around the Azores.

The new designations come at a time when the United States, which sent only two observers to the conference, has moved to reopen the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. The country is also seeking to unilaterally authorize mining of the seafloor in international waters.

France, which hosted the conference with Costa Rica, pushed for a moratorium on deep sea mining, with four new countries pledging their support this week, bringing the total to 37 countries.

Less than 3 percent of the ocean is currently fully protected from “extractive” activities like commercial fishing and mining, according to the Marine Protection Atlas.

Peter Thomson, the United Nations secretary general’s special envoy for the ocean, acknowledged at the Azores event that reaching 30 percent by the 2030 deadline may not happen. But, he said, “It’s not a mythical thing that will never happen.”

In order to reach the goal, the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, also known as the High Seas Treaty, needs to be enforced with at least 60 countries ratifying it. At the conference, 19 new countries ratified the treaty, bringing the total to 50 individual countries plus the European Union. Once active, the treaty would provide a pathway toward protecting stretches of the ocean beyond individual countries’ borders.

And in coastal waters within those borders, much remains to be done. A study published in May found that the average marine protected area today is about 10 square kilometers, meaning about 188,000 more areas of that size are needed — or 85 new marine protected areas a day.

These numbers are “super daunting,” said the report’s lead author Kristin Rechberger, who is chief executive of the conservation organization Dynamic Planet. She wants countries to break through the challenge by decentralizing marine protection and allowing coastal communities to create their own small protected areas at a faster pace.

A separate report published last week found that countries need to raise $15.8 billion a year in order to protect 30 percent of the ocean. Currently about $1.2 billion a year goes toward ocean protection globally.

Questions also remain about how meaningful existing protections are.

Activists have been pushing the French government to announce a ban on bottom trawling in its marine protected areas. President Emmanuel Macron announced that France would place 4 percent of its mainland waters under “strong protection,” limiting bottom trawling, a fishing process that drags nets along the seafloor. This falls short of an existing European Union goal of placing 10 percent of its waters under “strict protection,” without commercial fishing of any kind.

“Allowing destructive bottom trawling in most of France’s so-called ‘protected’ areas makes a mockery of ocean protection,” said Alexandra Cousteau, senior adviser to Oceana and granddaughter of the ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, in a written statement. “It’s like building a fence around a forest and then bulldozing it anyway.”

Even where protections from commercial fishing exist around the world, enforcement is often lacking.

Zafer Kizilkaya, president of the Mediterranean Conservation Society, has worked with local fishing communities to create and patrol a marine protected area at Gokova Bay in Turkey, allowing endangered monk seals to return. Community members — including former fishers — serve as marine rangers, reporting illegal commercial fishing to the Turkish Coast Guard, which follows up with fines.

Mr. Kizilkaya is not seeking greater percentages of protected marine areas at this point, but rather “serious enforcement and management,” he said. “That will make a huge difference.”

The United States did not send an official delegation to the conference. Two representatives from the the administration’s Environmental Advisory Task Force, including Ed Russo, the chairman, attended as what the State Department called “government observers.”

The day before the conference began, Mr. Russo wrote an opinion piece in Time magazine with Marc Benioff, chief executive of Salesforce and owner of Time, outlining ideas for a “focused, global effort to restore coral reefs.”

“We believe that addressing coral-reef health is a smart place to focus — not because it is the only crisis,” they wrote, “but because it offers a clear, actionable, achievable goal that can unite governments and ocean advocates.”

Mr. Russo and Mr. Benioff did not respond to requests for comment. Mr. Russo is chief executive of RussKap Water, president of the Florida Keys Environmental Coalition and a board member of Reef Relief.

Mr. Benioff, who during the first Trump administration raised Republican support for an initiative to plant a trillion trees, has funded a center for marine conservation called the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Salesforce was a major sponsor of the U.N. ocean conference’s publicly accessible exhibits.

John Kerry, the former special presidential envoy for climate under President Biden, said he didn’t know what role the United States would play in ocean protection now.

“We have an amazing conglomeration of countries that have come together to improve the marine protected areas,” Mr. Kerry said. The announcements this week, however, are “just building blocks,” he said. “We are not moving fast enough or at scale.”

Note: Along with heads of state, delegates, NGOs, and journalists, Fellows with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network attended the conference.

Daphné Anglès contributed reporting.

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IMPORTANT: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO STATE A HUMAN REALITY – that most of the people in the world live life in PEACE, unfortunately those that use countries, religion, race, color, creed, sex, or anything else for WAR/VIOLENCE make it hard for humanity. Let’s try our best not to focus on them, they are mentally ill and let’s appreciate the positive and caring people in our lovely world. Also, important to remember that most news media needs to share the bad in the world to protect us, it’s their investigative mission in many cases, but once again, what the media shares is not usually the big picture… happily most houses don’t burn down, planes arrive on time, people get to work on the subway, and most people stop if they hit another car and so on…. If you want to watch www.goodnewsplanet.TV, or www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast, or www.pausetheworldforpeace.org, it’s available, for Life Affirming, Thought Provoking, Up-beat, not Beat up news, entertainment, and events since July 4, 1998, for over 25 years, with over 6,500+ shows and growing. Over 30% of the shows, are health and wellness.

Here once again, is a NASA PHOTO, THE BLUE MARBLE, FROM THE MOON OF MOTHER EARTH….NO BORDERS, BOUNDARIES, COUNTRIES, COLORS…WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, OM.

Take a moment to listen to our dear friend David Ippolito, www.thatguitarman.com sing for Peace and for us to imagine life as ONE: https://youtu.be/_FrCKM_SN2c?si=raR3HRumFKJ5wuLq

So today, let’s think about how we can help those in the world who are mentally ill to see life differently, enough for them to live in Peace, and for each one of us to live our lives in Peace, as that is where it all begins… and let’s do it NOW… NOW spelled backward is WON, we WIN when we live in the NOW.

A few updates:

1.   www.pausetheworldforpeace.org from Times Square, 6-Hour LIVE SOLAR BROADCAST is almost finished being edited. Stay Tuned.

2.  Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE our movie starting with the 20th Anniversary of Woodstock IN 1989 with Richie Havens is in its final stage. www.woodstockforever.com NOTE: Richie Havens said to me, in 1989, when we did Woodstock, 20th Anniversary, that 10% of the World was violent. In todays population of 8 billion, that would mean 800 million are violent, leaving 7.2 billion at Peace. Lets celebrate the 7.2 billion who live in Peace.

3.  Michel Pascal and Juliana Klinkert, from OMMM and Amity Foundation, in California have had great success with helping prisoners return to society, with over 90% not needing to return back to prison. Here is Michel giving a Medication Class at the Rubin Museum on 10/19/23, it is on my FACEBOOK LIVE PAUL SLADKUS, we will edit with opening and closing shortly, and put on www.goodnewsplanet.TV, www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast and www.pausetheworldforpeace.org. Here is the Facebook Links: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1045511026766037&id=526380391&mibextid=Nif5oz and https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3515051785475379&id=526380391&mibextid=Nif5oz where Michel answers some questions.

4.  Quinn Lemley, is performing her Rita Hayworth Show at Don’t Tell Mama on Monday 10/23/23, great show.

5.  Emergence – At Pershing Square Signature Center, NY..42nd Street, is a Patrick Olson & Performers Brilliant Show, opening this week – Check it out, as “ THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SEEM

6. Villaggio Coldirettti Sustainability Food Event in Rome last week is being edited, it’s on my FACEBOOK LIVE PAUL SLADKUS PAGE now, it was a very special event. 

7.  INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ASAP, PRODUCTION, FUNDRAISING FOR EARTH & WATER DAY APRIL 22, 2024 IN TIMES SQUARE…

Lastly or firstly, here are the infamous words to the song IMAGINE,

LET’S LIVE AND PROMOTE IT and PRAY THAT 

“MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH”

Imagine there’s no heaven

It’s easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people

Livin’ for today

Imagine there’s no countries

It isn’t hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion, too

Imagine all the people

Livin’ life in peace

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the world will live as one

Stay Well and do good for others… as that is what life is about, taking care of yourself applies.  Keep HOPE IN YOUR HEART AND ACTIONS…THAT THE STRESSES THAT WE ARE LIVING WITH WILL SUBSIDE, PRAY AND LOVE.

Respectfully Submitted

Reverend Paul Sladkus & Team 

Founder

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LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL

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International Day of Conscience from Paul Sladkus on Vimeo.

A Better World with Mitchel Rabin and…
Michael Selfridge, Director of FOWPAL Communications, and,
Reverend Paul Sladkus, FOWPAL Event Executive Producer
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UN International Day of Conscience April 5, 2020

The UN International Day of Conscience has come during a Pandemic when our World Needs Life Affirmation with a Conscience for Peace and Love for ALL

Founder Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, Founder of FOWPAL, Federation of World Peace on March 5, 2020 at the Second World Sustainable Development Forum, Durango, Mexico stated, “The outbreaks and rapid spread of infectious diseases also pose great challenges. To stay healthy, humans must learn to live a balanced life, coexist harmoniously with nature, and cooperate with one another.”

At a World Leader Summit of Love and Peace, co-organized by the FOWPAL and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, on September 27, 2019 at the UN headquarters. H.E. Shaikh Hussam bin Essa Al Khalifa, President of H.R.H. Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Sustainable Development Award Committee, shared a message of H.R.H. Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister of Bahrain, regarding the UN’s adoption of Bahrain’s resolution designating April 5 as the International Day of Conscience.

“This day will be, from now on, a new, constructive, regular and consistent way to mobilize the international community’s efforts to promote peace for security of peoples and communities and achieve sustainable development goals.”

FOWPAL had created a major “LIVE EVENT” to be held in Times Square, New York City on April 5th, but on Monday March 9th decided to postpone this great event that was months in the making. Dr. Hong states, “It is in our conscience to have responsibility and mission to make actions and decisions that are based on Love and Peace. Postponing our major event meets our mission to care for the safety of all.”
Along with headline entertainment at the Times Square event, FOWPAL had planned to ring their Bell of World Peace and Love, which has been rung by 390 visionary leaders from 121 nations inc. 43 heads of state and government & 7 Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

Please go to www.icday.org for the latest announcements on what FOWPAL will be doing for April 5th worldwide, as it will be special. We will broadcast a one-hour online program on April 5 at 12 Midnight via www.Icday.org website (Icday.org) and social media (FB, IG, Twitter, YouTube #InternationalConscienceDay) and www.goodnewsplanet.TV.

For Further information contact: Mr. Michael Selfridge Director of Communications (805) 680-0890 and Mr. Paul Sladkus, Public Relations (212) 647 1212
Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-45c44_7SOjpiW7SJbR1Ll3qCOU25OkX

Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, president of the Federation of World Peace and Love, is joined by a panel of visionary leaders as he delivers remarks celebrating the United Nations’ adoption of a resolution designating April 5th as the “International Day of Conscience” during the World Leader Summit of Love and Peace, at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Federation of World Peace and Love)

FOWPAL (Federation of World Peace and Love) Michael Selfridge , Director of Communications shares the latest for April 5th Broadcast
www.icday.org

Dear Friends and Members,

The Times Square Concert has been postponed due to the virus
however
a GREAT CONSCIENCE SHOW is being produced to broadcast on
April 5, 2020 details forthcoming.

WE NEED TO HAVE A GOOD CONSCIENCE OF PEACE AND LOVE, TO BRING HEALING TO OUR WORLD. FOWPAL has been helping spread that mission for years, Good News applauds you:)

The UN International Day of Conscience is April 5, 2020. The event is being produced by FOWPAL (Federation of World Peace and Love), a great institution and friend for many years. Reverend Paul Sladkus, Founder of GNC will Executive Produce an up-coming important United Nations approved day. “It is the Conscience of Man/Woman that creates love or hate and the actions that go along with it”, states Paul. An inaugural event was going to be live on April 5, 2020 in Times Square, however in due respect of the Coronavirus Concerns FOWPAL has decided to postpone the live event and considering a different program. For additional information go to: www.icday.org and our www.peacedayparty.org websites.
also https://www.un.org/en/observances/conscience-day
Here is some background:

About FOWPAL Federation of World Peace and Love

In 1999, the world saw three massive earthquakes. In observation of the incredible balancing acts of nature, Dr. Hong, Tao-Tze, hosted an event to pray for blessings for all in September 1999 and pointed out the importance of sincere kindness and expressed his hope that the spirit of love and peace would spread around the world in a declaration titled “Love of the World, A Wish for Peace.” In 2000, Dr. Hong established FOWPAL in California, USA. FOWPAL has been dedicated to promoting love, peace, and sustainable development. To date, 390 visionary leaders from 121 nations have rung the FOWPAL’s Bell of World Peace and Love and made their wishes for peace, including 43 heads of state and government and 7 Nobel Peace Prize laureates. FOWPAL aims to consolidate the wisdom and ideas of peace from global citizens to promote world peace.

About the International Day of Conscience

On July 25, 2019, during its 73rd session, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution submitted by the Kingdom of Bahrain titled, “Promoting the Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience,” declaring April 5th the International Day of Conscience. After the United Nations’ declaration on July 25, 2019, each month FOWPAL is engaged in various events to promote the day, including the 68th UN Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and events in Russia in August; celebrations in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Mexico, and conferences at the UNHQ in New York during the 74th UN General Assembly in September; summits in Vienna and a peace trip to Turkey in October; the 20th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World in India in November; and the Grand Launch of the Alternative Development Organization Initiatives in Oslo, Norway in December.

With Peace, Love, Hope and Justice

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Peace Day Party 2019 Trailer from Paul Sladkus on Vimeo.

Part 1

Peace Day Party, part 1 from Paul Sladkus on Vimeo.

Part 2

Peace Day Party, part 2 from Paul Sladkus on Vimeo.

Part 3

Peace Day Party, part 3 from Paul Sladkus on Vimeo.

Part 4

Peace Day Party, part 4 from Paul Sladkus on Vimeo.

Part 5

Peace Day Party, part 5 from Paul Sladkus on Vimeo.

In 2020 we will take our event to 193 countries and other locations to create the largest world gathering & broadcast to share Peace, Love, Hope & Freedom Worldwide. Please join us and donate to our nonprofit efforts. We purchased www.2020PeaceDay.org and www.WorldPeace2020.org.

Here was the great line up for our 2019 Times Square Event. http://goodnewsplanet.com/2019-peace-day-party-show-schedule-as-of-9-14-19/ with the theme of our movie, woodstockforever.org Peace, Love & HOPE. Go to woodstockforever.org to donate to our movie package.

10am – Paul Say hello. Paul Sladkus Host – 917 687 1790 Peace Day Party – Woodstock Forever…. Live Roll ins into the show to be discussed prior the event 9am and 10 TBD, but recorded for future broadcast. www.peacedayparty.org woodstockforever.org www.goodnewsplanet.TV

10am-10:05 Start the nonprofit movie Woodstock Forever on the Video Wall, with sound, Until Billy Sparks finisher aprox 4 minutes into the movie ….then keep playing the movie silently.

10:05: 10:40am Al Smith and Group Band

10:40 -10:50am Indiggo Twins, singing 3 songs part of the Wicked Clone Musical Dancer Singing to track 3 songs and their video behind them. You have two special mikes.

11:50 -11am
Canada Singers & Poetry Ivy Reiss, Esta, Lera
Peter Jam to track, dancers Video tbd

11am – 11:10am Kids Fashion Show Talking about Peace? TBD

11:10- 11:20 am Name That PEACE, LOVE & HOPE TUNE

11:20 –1135am Katya Grineva & Byron Duckwall

Chopin Fantasie- Impromtu ( piano), Debussy Clair de Lune (piano), Saint-Saints Swan ( cello and piano),Thais Meditation ( cello and piano)

1135 – 11:40 we2019 video

11:40 – 12 Noon CREATE THE HUMAN PEACE SIGN on the promenade, the design will already be on the ground. Hug a Planets and the May Peace Prevail on Earth Pole in the middle of the sign.. ,

11:45 – 12noon Speakers and proclamations on stage…. Lieutenant Governor NY State, BP Manhattan, BP Adams, Peace Org. TBD
Michael Fitzpatrick and Rami INVOCATION OF THE EARTH

11:59am – Claire Diab or Reverend Paul Sladkus Message

12 Noon – 12:03 Moment of Silence in Times Square

12:03 – 12:15 Georgia Fumanti – The Prayer, Halleluyah, Raise Me Up Opera

12:15 – 2PM Papa Guyo & Days of Wild. Sly & the Family Stone Music, others, Juma Sultan and Gerardo Velez Jimi Hendrix Foundation

Our Great Live Broadcast in Partnership with We Can’t Have That Foundation, with additional support from Dr. Kazuko Gaia Institute and Sarabeth Corporation. Production Team and Supporter Be Terrific… thanks to all.

Please Join Our Team

The video from the 2018 Peace Day Party at Times Square
http://goodnewsplanet.com/times-square-september-21-2018-peace-day-party/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Paul Sladkus, 212 647 1212 paul.sladkus@goodnewsbroadcast.com
THE EVENT: International Day of Peace, Peace Day Party in Times Square PeaceDayParty.org
WHERE: Times Square, Duffy Park/In front of TKTS, stage 46th off 7th Bleachers. *Live Broadcasts.
WHEN: Saturday, September 21, 2018
TIME: 11am to 2:00pm
WHY: All the 193 countries of the UN unanimously agreed to a Day of Peace. DRESS LIKE IT WAS THE 60″S TO THE PARTY DAY PARTY!
McKinsey & Co. state that there are 1.6 Billion people aware.

Peace Day Party Show Details: The show will be live on our Facebook LIVE page, go to Paul Sladkus. We will rebroadcast on www.goodnewsplanet.TV and www.PeaceDayParty.org. 40/20 Foot Stage 46th off 7th Ave. with Hugg a Planets, 197 Flags of the World from May Peace Prevail on Earth International, Reid Stowe Worlds Greatest Sailor Peace Art, Vid San Doz Peace Sign, Peace Lights, Barat Foundation Art. This year we will have a large video screen, where we will show segments of Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE. woodstockforever.org

Show Schedule to be announced shortly.

Thanks to Joel Bluestein Foundation, Sarabeth, Dr. Kazuko Gaia Holistic, American Oriental Arts Foundation, Hugg a Planets, Vigil for Peace, WE, the World, Planet Heart, Good News and Peace Day Crew, Friends and Family

WHAT…

Good News Corporation, a humanitarian non-profit, est. 2002, CREATES THE LARGEST HUMAN PEACE SIGNS in Times Square. Participants sing/dance/Hugg-A-Planets/ Proclamations Unveiling of Reid Stowe’s Peace Day Party Environmental Art Creation from the man who is the record breaking sailor who lived at sea for 1,152 days with his girlfriend Sonya Ahmad who became pregnant with their son leaving Schooner Anne at 305 days, celebrity entertainment to be announced shortly and at 12 noon conduct a MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR PEACE. We will watch the premiere trailer for Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE Movie, which includes 20th Anniversary of Woodstock with Richie Havens and a group from Woodstock/Bethel celebrating the Anniversary, which we taped at Times Square/Duffy Square in 1989 on a Lunar Eclipse Day. (NOTE: Times Square looked much different!, there was only a few billboards and we used the one on 1 Times Square where the Ball drops for a Next Generation Message, HISTORIC). We will show the trailer on the large Clear Channel BILLBOARD above McDonald’s in Times Square. To see what we are planning for Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE go to: http://goodnewsplanet.com/woodstock-forever-peace-love-hope-a-good-news-film-and-tv-radio-series-2/

Here is the link to the 2017 billboard video: https://youtu.be/qmp8FNi8AcQ

Participants in the video are: Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Michael Douglas, Dr Jane Goodall, Dr. Mahmet Oz, Ed Asner, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stevie Wonder, Shikira singing Imagine, World Peace Orchestra, Broadway Show Annie, American Oriental Art Foundation/Alice Liu Manjushree Orphanage/Dr. Kazuko, SaraBeth Corporation,to name a few.

*Show will be broadcast on:
www.GoodNewsPlanet.TV GoodNewsBroadcast.com PeaceDayParty.org Bonbon Live Facebook NYCLiveMedia.com/live 3D Broadcast & 1,000’s of channels.

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The last World’s Fair was hosted in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in 1965 and was themed “Peace Through Understanding.” Millions of visitors attended the fair to explore the countries that were represented from around the world.

Now, more than 50 years later, Schneps Communications will be reimagining one of the most iconic fairs by hosting “The World’s Fare” at CitiField. Over 100 vendors will come together in New York City’s most diverse borough and unite through authentic food, drink and music curated by the city’s leading culinary advocates. The World’s Fare will be a grand celebration, advocating equality & diversity in the food industry, and promoting incredible male and female talent that make New York City’s food scene so unique.

The World’s Fare has formed a culinary committee co-chaired by renowned Danish chef Claus Meyer, American author, journalist and culinary historian Doctor Jessica B. Harris and Singapore based KF Seetoh who is the creator and curator of The World Street Food Congress. Meyer, Harris and Seetoh will champion and support chefs, restaurants, street food vendors and food businesses participating in the event.

“The World’s Fare is an opportunity to sample some of the finest flavors the world has to offer, all in one venue,” said celebrity chef, entrepreneur and philanthropist Meyer. “This is a unique opportunity, one that not only reflects the incredible diversity of Queens but is rooted in the passion of the many peoples who have traveled from across the globe to call this great borough home. I can’t wait to join the other passionate foodies. We are excited to discover and celebrate what is surely to be the culinary event of the year.”

“If you celebrate your affinity for world communities through its flavors via humble cooks that express their heritage and progressive cultures on an affordable platter, then this is a great celebration,” said Seetoh. “And The World’s Fare could become the finest festivals to experience it at. World street food is not just about eating off a street cart or truck, it is a culinary culture that 80% of the world feed on and enjoys regularly, across many platforms- because it resonates and bonds. Enjoy the food, and digest the culture.”

The Melting Pot Foundation USA, the nonprofit organization founded by Meyer, will be onsite at The World’s Fare to communicate the community culinary center’s mission of
offering delicious and accessible healthy foods and career training in the culinary arts. One dollar of every ticket sold will go to The Melting Pot Foundation USA and special VIP tickets will be sold to experience a food tour at The World’s Fare with Chef Meyer and food guru Seetoh.

A fantastic team of the City’s leading culinary voices have signed on to curate the diverse food offerings at The World’s Fare lead by:  Liza Mosquito deGuia, Founder, Chief Storyteller & TV Host for food. curated.  Joe DiStefano, Queens Food Writer & Adventurer, Chopsticks & Marrow  Curtiss Calleo – Founder of The Gastronauts, The Club for Adventurous Eaters  Fany Gerson – Founder & Chef of La NewYorkina & Dough  Chris Cheung – Chef/Owner, East Wind Snack Shop, Brooklyn, NY & Chef/Partner Tansuo, Nashville  Russell Jackson – TV Host & Chef of Subculture Dining  Chitra Agrawal – Founder of Brooklyn Delhi & Author of Vibrant India  Niko Triantafillou – Food Writer & Dessert Enthusiast  Michael Stewart – Director of Food Outreach, Kickstarter  Dave Cook – Photojournalist, Eating in Translation  Clarice Lam, Chef/Owner of The Baking Bean  Sonya Samuel, Founder & Owner, Bacchanal Sauce LLC

“When it comes to passion, diversity and creativity in food, there is nothing like New York City,” said Liza deGuia, the founder of food. curated. who is leading curations for the festival. “I wanted to assemble a team of local tastemakers who are experts or enthusiasts in specific cuisines, people who always aim to uncover the latest dishes and shine a light on small, specialty food businesses who are doing something different, something that expands our exposure to new cultures and flavors. Each tastemaker will hand-select vendors to cover a wide array of foods to showcase at The World’s Fare. We want the selection to be both affordable and unique with a main goal: to create wonder in bite sized experiences.”

The World’s Fare will be hosted Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, in the parking lot of iconic Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. The ballpark is centrally located in New York City, near the 7 line and a short distance from Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The location is intended to bring back memories of the World’s Fairs of the past, by being in the shadow of the landmarks and structures that were built around them, including the Unisphere and the New York State Pavilion.

“Our political climate has never called for a greater opportunity to embrace and celebrate ethnic and cultural diversity. The Festival embraces everything great about New York City, its people and food,” said Joshua Schneps, The World’s Fare President and Organizer.

In addition to the food and drink offerings, throughout the weekend live music will be performed by bands representing about a dozen cultures as well as a SUMO demonstration from World Champions, art installations including Lego art, 4 dimensional drawings, street art and painted scripture.
Event Highlights Chefs, restaurants and street food vendors representing as many as 100 cultures.

An expertly curated international beer garden will offer tastings of over 80 craft beers from about 45 breweries.

Scholarships to attend The World’s Fare, free of charge, for 4 food vendors selected by committee members and tastemakers.

Awards for best food determined by committee members and tastemakers.

Visitors’ choice award for top vendor determined by attendees.

Art, music and activities embracing and transcending many different cultures and age groups are an integral part of the festival.

The World’s Fare will be a family-friendly event running from 11am – 8pm on both days. Tickets are being sold for entry for access to vendors and activities as well as to the international beer garden in a separate, ticketed, over-21 area. Tickets are available online at www.theworldsfare.nyc. ;

Chefs, food vendors and others selling unique cultural items that are interested in selling and applying for the scholarship at the World’s Fare may do so online at www.theworldsfare.nyc. ;

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Schneps Communications is a media and events company with properties that dominate locally with award-winning content across community newspapers, magazines, digital assets and the most powerful group of events in New York City and Long Island.

Claus Meyer is a culinary entrepreneur, food activist, cookbook author, professor and TV host. He is the founder of the New Nordic Cuisine movement. Meyer owns and operates Great Northern Food Hall and Michelin-starred Agern, both in the Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Terminal. He is also co-owner of Norman in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with Swedish chef Fredrik Berselius. He is also the founder of The Melting Pot Foundation, which operates as a nonprofit in Denmark, Bolivia and Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Doctor Jessica B. Harris is an American culinary historian, cookbook author and journalist. According to Heritage Radio Network, there’s perhaps no greater expert on the food and foodways of the African Diaspora. She is the author of twelve critically acclaimed cookbooks documenting the foods and foodways of the African Diaspora including Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: Africa’s Gifts to New World Cooking, Sky Juice and Flying Fish Traditional Caribbean Cooking, The Welcome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking, The Africa Cookbook: Tastes of a Continent, Beyond Gumbo: Creole Fusion Food from the Atlantic Rim. Harris also conceptualized and organized The Black Family Reunion Cook Book. Her book, High on the
Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, was the International Association for Culinary Professionals 2012 prize winner for culinary history. Her most recent book is My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir.

K.F. Seetoh is a prominent food consultant, photographer, writer and cable television host based in Singapore. He is best known for creating the popular hawker food guide and street food halls, Makansutra and is the creator and curator of The World Street Food Congress. He was also tapped as consultant to Anthony Bourdain, who was working to develop an international market on Manhattan’s West Side.

Liza de Guia is the Founder and Chief Storyteller of food. curated., which is an award-winning long form food documentary series launched in 2009. Liza has earned prestigious awards including a 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Video Blog, a 2015 Saveur Magazine Award for Editor’s Choice: Best Use of Video, 5 James Beard Award Nominations from 2010-2015, a 2012 Webby Award for Online Film & Video: Documentary Series, a Taste Award for Best Organic or Green Program, a 2010 & 2011 Village Voice Award for food storytelling and Filmmaker of the Year at the 2012 NYC Food Film Festival.

The Melting Pot Foundation USA is a community culinary center based in Brownsville, Brooklyn. For more information visit www.meltingpotfoundation.org

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Sunday, June 25th 2017

Fifty years ago, on June 25, 1967, the Beatles introduced their iconic hit “All You Need is Love” in a live performance during the world’s first global satellite broadcast. The song quickly became the anthem for San Francisco’s Summer of Love. Now, on the evening of June 25th, the international Playing For Change band salutes the 50th Anniversary with a global sing-a-long of “All You Need Is Love.” The band features performers from 13 countries representing 5 continents. The sing-a-long will take place at 8:50 pm (Pacific Time) – 11:50 pm (Eastern Time.) The audience attending the concert and all the people tuning into the “All You Need” is Love live broadcast will join in the sing-a-long Raising Their Voices to Spread the Timeless Message of Love around the world creating a international Song Around The World experience. Please tune into the live broadcast at www.peacechannel.com to participate in the “All You Need is Love” sing-a-long. You are also invited to experience the entire Playing For Change Band concert which begins at 8:00 pm (Pacific Time) – 11:00 pm (Eastern Time.) The live broadcast is produced by Unity Foundation www.unityfoundation.org in association with PeaceDay365. Let’s all sing together and spread the vibration of love around the world. Because Love is needed now more than ever.

UPCOMING BROADCAST
September 21, Peace Day

The June 25th “All You Need is Love” live broadcast will introduce people around the world to the annual Peace Day Global Broadcast Celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace on September 21st. The broadcast can be viewed on www.peacechannel.com The Peace Day Global Broadcast is produced by Unity Foundation, a non-profit organization with a 40 year history of promoting peace, cooperation and unity throughout the world.

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