Protecting Our Homeland Beyond Fighting the “War on Terror” - Dr. Noel Brown is an environmental diplomat championing the cause of the earth. In this powerful and stirring interview he reminds us that, “The earth is one but the world is not.” He asks us to remember that since this planet was not designed with only us in mind, each of us has a reciprocal responsibility for protecting the life support systems around us. With this in mind he calls on us to create and live by a Code of Environmental Ethics that governs all behavior affecting the natural world around us.

Finally, Dr. Brown talks about Friends of the United Nations. Noel co-founded FOTUN in 1973 to counter the anti-UN feelings that were being fomented by the John Birch Society and still continue to this day. FOTUN is a voice for helping Americans connect to the United Nations not only by better understanding its meaning but also its important role in preserving our way of life.

Dr. Noel Brown has earned an international reputation as an 'Environmental Diplomat.' For over two decades he represented the United Nations Environment Program at many major international negotiations and conferences on environmental and sustainable development issues, including at the Earth Summit in 1992 in Rio. As Director of the United Nations Environment Program, Dr. Brown encouraged and sponsored a group of young people working with Peace Child International to write the international best-selling Rescue Mission Planet Earth, a children's edition of Agenda 21, the official document created at the Earth Summit.

His deep spiritual convictions led him introduce the Environmental Sabbath Programme at the UN, which is now celebrated by thousands of religious congregations throughout the world on World Environment Day. Recognizing the importance of bringing the corporate community into the process of helping to solve the world's environmental problems, Dr. Brown helped initiate the first global conference on industry and the environment.

After leaving his position as Director of the United Nations Environment Program, Dr. Brown has worked with many environmental and educational organizations and is currently the President of Friends of the United Nations and Vice-Chair of the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations. In 1998 Noel Brown was honored with the World Academy of Arts and Science Distinguished Public Service award for his lifetime commitment to environmental sustainability.