The Feather Project has joined the Road to Rio + 20 Campaign that sets out to bring the voices of young people to the major Rio + 20 Conference that will be held in June 2012.

Here is what Peace Child International, the coordinating organization for the campaign, has to say about the initiative:

The Road to Rio + 20 Campaign aims to motivate, inspire, engage and support young people to take action on issues of sustainable development and influence the outcomes of Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development.

These global meetings started in the 1970's, focusing on endangered species protection and environmental policy; really putting the environment on the international agenda. In the 1980's it was the ozone layer and thanks to the Brundtland Report, Our Common Future; a clear definition was created for sustainable development.

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".

The 1990's and 2000's saw climate change, biodiversity, forests and sustainable development being discussed. Now- climate change, green economy, water scarcity, food security, population, institutional frameworks and other issues need to be talked about and solved on an international level before it is to late.