What+is+a+GIN?

=A GIN is a Global Issues Network.=

In 2002 J.F. Rischard, former World Bank Vice-President for Europe, wrote a book called __High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them__. In it he says that the world is going to change very quickly in the next 20 years because of two things:
 * 1) the **world population** of humans is still growing faster than ever before, and
 * 2) the world is becoming more and more connected and we are therefore getting a **new world economy**.

Rischard identifies 20 problems which MUST be solved in the next 20 years if we want our Earth and our civilizations to survive. But, he says, our governments do not seem to be able to do this. He suggests that we, the people, must make Global Issues Networks: groups of people all over the Earth who work together to solve these 20 issues.

And that is what we want to do, with BeiGIN. There are also many other GIN groups around the world. Together we will make a difference!