Perfection within Reach

Human is the axis of development in cultural communities where wisdom and intellectuality rule over technology to create a balance in the living environment. The turn of the millennium offers causes for both optimism and pessimism about the future. Faced with difficulties ahead, modern society is increasingly occupied by the relationship between man, nature and technology. EXPO 2000 aims to show how people can live together, fulfilling their own needs and achieving a decent and acceptable lifestyle without endangering social consensus.
EXPO 2000 can perfectly function as a forum where discussion about the future will involve nations, scientists, innovators, politicians and representatives from arts, culture, entertainment and sports. With over 40 million visitors from all over the world, plus countless millions being able to view the events in Hanover via modern media worldwide, EXPO 2000 will be a festival of mankind.
The Office of the EXPO 2000 Commissioner General and its board of trustees are involved in all major decisions regarding the contents and modes of presentation. The board consists of professors in philosophy and systematic theology as well as other cultural specialties to ensure that both the international perspective and cultural aspects are considered.
An international team of scenographers is providing artistic realization of the exposition. They are working on such themes as: The future of work, mobility, future of health, energy, nutrition, the 21st century, planet of visions, basic needs, environment, landscape, climate, humankind, knowledge, information and communication. Organizers will lead visitors through a world of experience full of excitement and diversity to show that new patterns of employment will develop, jobs in offices and production will change fundamentally and the ratio of paid work to unpaid activity will be re-assessed.
When it comes to the vital theme of “humankind”, EXPO 2000 gets highly ambitious. One ambition is to help peoples of diverse cultures and civilizations achieve unity and independence of thought to protect the world ecosystem from tensions. Another ambition is to attract over 40 million visitors to attend and be impressed by the event. This seems achievable when you consider that 114 million people live within a 3-hour drive from each other.
Resolution of an exposition with the size EXPO 2000 must include all economic, environmental, social, moral, theological and philosophical aspects of life to shed light on a better future. Throughout the 21st century, humankind will be in the spotlight of various trends and therefore, EXPO 2000 aims to adjust the future of humanity in a deserving manner. This will only be possible by establishing free, detailed discussions on all issues.
For the sake of life and a better a future for all, Iranians are waiting with the rest of the world to celebrate humanity in EXPO 2000.

Saving a Plant, and a Planet

When was the last time you planted a seed? How big is your garden? How environment-friendly is your workshop? How green is your country? What have you done to prevent further depletion of the ozone layer? In the triangle of “Humankind, Nature, Technology”, which topic should be the axis to development? There are many who find themselves awkward by questions like these.
Human is lucky enough to bear the fundamental role in the development of cultural communities while technology is the basis of growth in industrial states. Now, are there any communities who put the greatest emphasis on “nature” as the center of all development concepts?
Affected by the advances in technology and industry, nature is currently under increasing threat of demolition. There comes a time when rapid growth of technology in industrial communities can hardly be controlled by man. Obviously, most of the problems have been created by man himself. Examples of “man destroying himself” by neglecting the environment and putting the stress merely on technological growth are as clear and as bitter as Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Aiming to put an end to catastrophes like chemical weapons, explosions in nuclear plants and pollutant industries, people are seeking a powerful agenda in the new century: the theme of “nature” in EXPO 2000.
Over 190 participating countries will be bringing pieces of their nature, scenery, trees, agricultural achievements; and their concerns of preserving the environment. The question is as delicate as keeping a plant, while as large as relocating a giant industry to save a forest.
In its contents, the thematic area of EXPO 2000 is geared towards “sustainability” as a key theme. This is an indication to the fact that EXPO 2000 feels committed to the aims of “AGENDA 21”, the action program for the 21st century drawn up at the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Environment Conference. In fields such as the environment or food and health of humankind, as on issues concerning the future of energy, communications and mobility, ideas are to be presented which are clearly directed towards the aim of sustainable development.
EXPO 2000 is the opportunity of environmental activists, scientists and innovators to mastermind and propose new effective solutions for reviving and restoring all that Mother Nature has to offer for the planet. Against all the technical and industrial improvements that sometimes took the wrong path and damaged the environment, there is also a wealth of knowledge and human skills and thus the ability to develop solutions and alternatives. Geographical diversity of participating countries and their varying degrees of technological progress and pollution must also provide grounds to an ever larger number of proposals that can be made to tackle the issue.
The world needs a renaissance to save the environment, and EXPO 2000 can be a shooting platform for this purpose.