iStart2 - Launch at COP17 in Durban, South Africa, 27 Nov 2011

When you wish upon a star...

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

A few months ago the iStart2 team started preparing to have our launch part of the COP17 Summit to be held in Durban at the end of November. We handed letters of invitation to Al Gore, Frida from Abba, Annie Lennox, Sting, Yusuf Islam and a few other celebrities, inviting them to become part of our initiative. This is a big thank you to every one of them who have tried to be here... and to those who will be here.

“Dear Pierre, 

I feel deeply honoured ( and humbled) to be invited to participate in such a significant event with dear Bishop Tutu. It is something I would have absolutely loved to have done, however I have a previous engagement which I'm already committed to fulfilling at that time, which unfortunately makes it impossible for me to attend. This sounds like a very exciting initiative…one which I thoroughly endorse. Hopefully there might be another occasion for me to participate in along the line. Best wishes from Annie Lennox.”

Similar letters of support from so many people gave the iStart2 team the confidence to continue to pursue this worthy cause.

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

A big thank you to everybody who have given so much of their time to try and make this small wish we all have, come true.

Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing

LEONARDO Dicaprio and Angelina Jolie head up a star-studded cast of celebrities expected to descend on Durban during the COP17 climate talks in three weeks’ time, which will be the biggest single event in Durban’s history. Our own Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (iStar-tu- 2!), former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U2 frontman Bono, Grammy award winner Angelique Kidjo, former US presidential candidate and green campaigner Al Gore, and Virgin boss Richard Branson

 

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true

Grammy Award winner Angelique Kidjo and Mali afro-pop singer Salif Keita will join a host of South African musicians who will perform at various concerts and events. One of the bigger pre-conference events is a free rally and concert at King’s Park Stadium on November 27, hosted by Tutu. The conference starts the next morning. Among the South Africans will be Hugh Masakela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, rap star HHP and Springbok Nude Girls frontman, Arno Carstens.

Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of
Their secret longing

Things are happening! We still need a little bit of funding to finalise a few things. If your organization is in a position to sponsor one or more of the following, please give me call, or email me at Pierre@istart2.com.

Wish list:
- Traveling, accommodation and per diem costs of a few more artists for the event at Kings Park,

- T-shirts for the Field Band Foundation and Hit Parade Foundation
- Marrionettes and clowns and mimes who can help us out. Are you out there??
- Broadcast of the event on the internet

Like a bolt out of the blue

Fate steps in and sees you through

When you wish upon a star

Your dreams come true

iStart2 wish upon a star ...

Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika

Xhosa Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,

Zulu Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.

Sotho Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa, South Afrika — South Afrika. our nation, South Africa — South Africa.

Afrikaans Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,

English Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom
In South Africa our land.

iStart2... 

A “Sustainability-Through-Art” movement

 in which the global community will participate

in re-imagining and implementing solutions

towards ensuring

a sustainable future

for our children.

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