Damanhurian children and adults went aboard the Rainbow Warrior, a Greenpeace ship, which was docked in the historic port of Genoa for several days. Greenpeace is currently promoting a campaign against the reactivation of nuclear power plants on Italian territory. The visit was a wonderful occasion to reinforce the connection between Damanhur and Greenpeace, which has already existed for many years.

Falco's (Oberto Airaudi's) writings on the topic of love, edited by Esperide Ananas, are featured in the book The Love of the Fifth Spiritual Paradigm, recently released in publication by the Oracle Institute Press. The volume is an international collection of over 70 stories, essays and poems written by past and present spiritual guides who speak about love in its various forms. Falco's writings, entitled "Gift of Love, Luminous Calling: Here I Am to confuse Your Heart," offer the poetic titles of selected Selfic paintings on love, interspersed with text discussing various forms of love: the love that connects people with each other, for instance, and divine love as a force that unites everything in the universe.

 

Astrophysicist Walter Ferreri gave a presentation on star systems and planets that exist beyond the solar system, illustrating some of the discoveries of the last decade. He enumerated various techniques that have allowed for the discovery and exploration of the characteristics of these planets. He discussed various theories about 2012 from a scientific perspective, maintaining that the change in the magnetic field of the earth could at most, increase the temperature by one or two degrees.

Geodata

The engineering company Geodata has cited Damanhur in their monograph, The Art of Engineering, celebrating twenty-five years of the company's activity, with a review important works completed during this period. A two-page description is dedicated to the Temples of Humankind, as an underground edifice in the section of the book, "Underground." The article includes information about the verification of the Temple's structural solidity. The book is bilingual with parts in English and Italian, and features a full color photograph of the Hall of Earth.

During the holiday season in December 2009, Julia proposed to all those involved with What's Your Tree worldwide to participate in a Gift-Giving Challenge. This challenge involved offering three gifts: on a personal level by giving money to someone in need, on a community level with volunteer service, and on a world level with a day of minimum environmental impact. Julia invited all those participating to write their experience of the Gift-Giving Challenge, as she was to choose one story to honor with a donation of the author's choosing. Julia chose Giada - the Damanhur group leader for What's Your Tree - and her story, and Giada chose that the donation of US$300 shall go to support the Temple of Peoples.

The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) awarded the Green Flag to the nursery school children of the Damanhur School for their project: A Garden for Discovering Biodiversity. The three-to-six year olds of the "Piriporo" class received the Green Flag during an award ceremony at the school.

From January 16 – 20, 2010 Damanhur hosted the first of six meetings for the international Learning Partnership program, comprised of eight groups – including Damanhur, who were invited to create a training course called “Transition to Resilience,” with the support of the United Nations. This course shall provide trainings to transition urban environments from their realities to one that is sustainable and resilient.