Welcome to the Glass Age

18 industry was also generated from a variety of sources and national reports. As a supplement to these written texts, a thirty-minute video was created by Prof. Julian Jones, Imperial College, and Mathieu Hubert, Development Associate, Corning Inc. In addition to the main authors, many experts and colleagues collaborated in creating this splendid film and the documentation justifying our project; while too many to mention individually we would like to acknowledge their support; they were always ready to assist and overflowing with ideas. The project grows roots The next step was to generate international awareness and interest in the proposal for an International Year of Glass. Articles were written in Journals and Trade Magazines and a web site was developed. The documentation and videos created for the UN were also helpful as publicity. A LinkedIn site was started and Glass Societies throughout the world were contacted to circulate information. To harness the enthusiasm generated, a contact form was made available on the International Year of Glass web site to gather the details of interested organizations and individuals. This created an invaluable database, and the associated statistical information became a significant part of the evidence submitted to the United Nations. Figure 1.6 is a chart showing the types of Institution offering support and Figure 1.7 indicates their geographical distribution. Approaching the end of 2021 support has now been received from more than 2000 Universities and research centers, societies and associations, museums, artists, educators, manufacturers and companies in 89 countries spanning all five continents. Almost 1400 of these submissions offering enthusiastic support were received in time for inclusion within our final documentation submitted to the UN. Figure 1.5. Sustainable development goals of Agenda 2030. Source: United Nations.