Club of Budapest
The Club of Budapest is an international organization founded in 1993 by Ervin László to expand beyond the exclusively scientific purpose of The General Evolution Research Group to try to mobilize the full cultural resources of humanity to meet the future challenges.
The Club of Budapest is an informal association of creative people in art, literature, and culture.
It has branches in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Samoa, Switzerland, Turkey, the United States and Venezuela. Its first global ambassador was Fiona Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu.
The philosophy of the club is based on the realization that the challenges that humanity is facing can only be overcome through the development of a global cultural consciousness. Like Greenpeace fights for ecological issues, UNICEF for children, and Amnesty International for human rights, the Club of Budapest stands for global consciousness.
Honorary members
- Chinghiz Aitmatov (†)
- José Argüelles (†)
- Óscar Arias
- A. T. Ariyaratne
- Maurice Béjart (†)
- Thomas Berry (†)
- Karlheinz Böhm
- Raffi Cavoukian
- Deepak Chopra
- Arthur C. Clarke (†)
- Paulo Coelho
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
- Waris Dirie
- Riane Eisler
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
- Miloš Forman
- Peter Gabriel
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- Árpád Göncz
- Rivka Golani
- Jane Goodall
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Otto Herbert Hajek (†)
- Václav Havel (†)
- Hazel Henderson
- Vilayat Inayat Khan (†)
- Bianca Jagger
- Miklós Jancsó (†)
- Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi
- Gidon Kremer
- Hans Küng
- Princess Irene of the Netherlands
- Shu-Hsien Liu
- Éva Marton
- Barbara Marx Hubbard
- Federico Mayor Zaragoza
- Zubin Mehta
- Yehudi Menuhin (†)
- Edgar Mitchell
- Edgar Morin
- Robert Muller (†)
- Gillo Pontecorvo (†)
- Rúhíyyih Khanum (†)
- Jean-Pierre Rampal (†)
- Mary Robinson
- Mstislav Rostropovich (†)
- Joseph Rotblat (†)
- Peter Russell
- Masami Saionji
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- Karan Singh
- Georg Solti (†)
- Sigmund Sternberg
- Rita Süssmuth
- Michael Charles Tobias
- Desmond Tutu
- Liv Ullmann
- Peter Ustinov (†)
- Richard von Weizsäcker (†)
- Elie Wiesel
- Betty Williams
- Muhammad Yunus
Creative Members
Franz Alt, Helga Breuninger, Suheil Bushrui, Gustavo Correa, Ruediger Dahlke, Gedeon Dienes, Steve Dillenburg, Peter Eigen, Duane Elgin, Peter Engberg, Shamil Fattakhov, Barbara Gaughen, Ludwig Gebhard, Rosi Gollmann, Xokonoschtletl Gomora, Lucile W. Green, Peter Hesse, Jaleh Joubine-Khadem, Jurriaan Kamp, Amod Kanth, George Kibedi, Lola Kristof, Maryem Le Saget, Angaangaq Lyberth, Barbara Marx-Hubbard, Avon Mattison, Joannie Misrack, Nitamo Montecucco, Hans-Jürgen Müller, Zev Naveh, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Marcia Odell, Gunter Pauli, Nicanor Perlas, Kambiz Poostchi, Michel Random, Paul H. Ray, Christiane Röderer, Bibi Russell, Celia Russo, Elizabeth Sahtouris, Vinay Sansi, Gerhard Schweter, Akio Shoji, Surjo R. Soekadar, Richard Tarnas, Jane Taylor, Deepti Tewari, Aleandro Tommasi, Ludwig Tuman, Herman van Veen, Herman Wijffels, Bernd Weikl, Nancy Wimmer, Georg Winter, Aguida Zanol
External links
- Club of Budapest Official website