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WORLD DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT SPEAKER TOUR 2007 Climate Change is the single largest threat to the world's poor. Tackling this crisis is the greatest challenge facing humanity. Ricardo Navarro, award-winning environmentalist from El Salvador, will be taking part in public meetings hosted by WDM groups across the UK. Come along to one of our public meetings to find out more and take action with WDM to end climate injustice. n 1995 Ricardo received the Goldman award, the Green equivalent of the Nobel prize. He says "the struggle for the environment is the struggle for our own survival - we cannot afford not to get involved". Locations across the UK
Information: http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/events/speakertour07
Climate Action Camp Join us for Climate Action Camp in Austin,Tx March 2-4!!! Body: The next Radical Encuentro Camp will be held at Belle Springs outside of Austin on March 2-4. REC is a weekend of training for anyone interested in political activism. Together we will acquire new skills, sharpen what we already know, and build alliances. Also, currently momentum for grassroots campaigns dirtymoney.org/txu around Dallas based utility company TXU's proposed 11 new coal fired power plants is building and this camp will help facilitate those campaigns. The theme for the weekend is CLIMATE CHANGE , CLIMATE JUSTICE. Four tracks will be offered on environmental/climate justice and environmental racism, skills for organizing, anti-oppression and liberation activism, and spirit in action. REGISTER HERE radicalencuentro.org/?q=node/3 Cost is on a sliding scale of $15-$50 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay. Breakfast/lunch/dinner are free and will be vegetarian or vegan. Limited indoor sleeping accomodations are available for participants with special needs. For everyone else there are abundant, beautiful, and relatively private campsites available. No dogs, drugs, alcohol, or weapons are allowed. Proposals for workshops radicalencuentro.org/?q=node/31 are needed and should fit into the theme of CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE JUSTICE or should relate to empowering and educating radical communities in Texas. Submit proposals to radicalencuentro@riseup.net by February 15th.
Information: radicalencuentro.org
OEFFA Annual Conference There's a conference coming in Granville, Ohio that may be of interest to anybody within striking distance. It's being put on by the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association. Speakers include Mark Shepard (www.midwestpermaculture.com), Sally Fallon (Nourishing Traditions author), and Gene Logsdon (Contrary Farmer, All Flesh is Grass author). Child care will be coordinated by a Waldorf pre-school founder. Local organic meals will be available. There will be over 40 workshops, including these:
The full list can be found here: Anyway, I know this group is geographically diverse, but I thought I'd pass it along anyway, for those that are close enough to consider it.
Edson Information: Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
EXPOSE EXXON DAY
24 hours of protest at Exxon (Esso) HQ, Mass Action 2.00 pm Friday
FAT CATS PARTY "CLIMATE DISINFORMATION IS GENOCIDE" Come and target the ultimate Global Warming Villain April 5th is the day of the release of the "Climate Impacts" section of the new IPRCC (UN panel of scientists' ) Report. ExxonMobil (trading under the name "Esso" in the UK) Headquarters is South of London, about 20-30 minutes walk from Leatherhead Railway station (trains from Waterloo). It is North of Leatherhead, just inside the M25. For location see the map here: or for a more close-up map see here : http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap
Exxon is the ultimate Global Warming Villain... Exxon is the world's largest oil company, making $ 1,000+ a second, and the highest annual profits for a company ever, in 2005 ($ 36 billion)... Exxon has used its vast wealth to back the Bush administration in the US. It has used the influence that that buys it to ensure that the US continues to block progress towards an international emissions reduction treaty - the only realistic way to bring down the global total of greenhouse gas emissions and prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate... Exxon funds a variety of right wing, neo-liberal, think tanks like the "Competitive Enterprise Institute" which lobby against action to fight climate change, and are influential in shaping Republican party policy... Exxon is the company most closely associated with the climate and energy policies of the Bush administration in the US, which are identical to those recommended by Exxon... Exxon has run a cynical campaign of disinformation on climate change, funding a professional "denial industry" that has - in all probability - delayed effective global action on climate change by years... Some elements of that "industry" are identical to those previously funded by the Tobacco industry to undermine the science that proved the health damage done by smoking... Exxon has a deliberate policy to confuse the science of climate change, exaggerate uncertainties and undermine the scientific consensus. It funds the tiny minority of oddball scientists who question global warming so that they get hugely disproportionate media exposure and appear to represent a substantial body of respectable scientific opinion... Exxon was even condemned, in September 2006, by the Royal Society for funding bogus science... Exxon asked the Whitehouse (in a letter published in the New York Times) to remove Bob Watson (whose views they didn't like) from chairmanship of the IPCC (the UN panel of climate scientists) and the Whitehouse did just that... Exxon recommended that Harlan Watson be appointed as the US chief negotiator at the UN Climate Talks and the Whitehouse did just that. Watson has been wrecking the negotiations ever since... Exxon marginally softened its anti-environmental stance after the retirement of Lee Raymond as CEO (now employed by Bush to produce a report giving advice on future energy policy !) but continues to fund climate disinformation and remains the mainstay of the lobbying machine against action on climate - not only in the USA but also Europe - see, eg, this article from the Independent from December 2006 at:
news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2054654.ece Exxon... etc.etc.
(see further our website campaigncc.org/stopexxon.html As ever more people die in droughts, floods and hurricanes - and the world hurtles ever faster towards climate catastrophe - we cannot afford a company that acts the way that ExxonMobil does. Information: http://www.campaigncc.org BRAZIL: MAY, 2007: 8th International Permaculture Conference and Convergence (IPC8) Traditionally IPCs take place every two years and switch between continents. Past host sites have been Australia, USA, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Nepal and Croatia. 2007 is the year of Latin America!
2007 Permaculture Conference & Convergence Permaculture is an ecological design science for creating efficient, productive, and self-sustaining systems that serve human communities and evolve into dynamic and regenerative relationships with the surrounding environment. As such, the promise of Permaculture extends far beyond food production systems to our entire economy. How we can use the principles of permaculture to green the global economy will be the theme of the 2007 Permaculture Convergence in São Paulo, Brazil. By linking the Permaculture concept to the emerging field of green economics we can begin defining what a sustainable global economy might look like and how it can be practically adapted to ensure that human welfare and ecological imperatives are rooted at the center of the model. The theories and language of green economics provide sustainable policies with a compelling argument couched in the powerful language of money and economics. The Conference will host international speakers who will present plenaries, workshops and case studies that are directed towards responding to the immediate challenges facing a world that must decide its course. Their work will highlight public policy requirements and the active participation of the business community necessary to encourage sustainable economies at the local, state, and national level. Successful banking strategies, business and innovations will be the three panels during which the themes of global environmental markets, micro-financing, green accounting, certification, complementary currencies and carbon credit exchange will be presented.
International Permaculture Conference The Conference will be organized around three panels each of which will cover six themes. The panels are:
Successful Banking Strategies, Those wishing to participate must reserve their tickets on-line. All international participants must pay for tickets on-line at the time of reservation. For those who cannot pay on-line, special arrangements can be made with the IPC8 secretariat. Brazilian participants must pay by "boleto bancario". Some tickets will also be available at the door.
8th International Permaculture Convergence The Permaculture Convergence is a private four-day gathering organized on behalf of the larger global permaculture family. It provides a unique opportunity for permaculturalists to set continental and global agendas, make appropriate connections, and share innovative experiences. The event will be hosted in IPEC which is located on the outskirts of Pirenopolis. IPEC is a unique permaculture reference center and school and has been awarded national prizes for innovative architecture and technology. To participate, delegates must be recognized Permaculture Design Certificate holders (PDC). Convergence working committees will be organized under major climate groupings and special attention paid to the issues of green technology, seeds and genetic resources, trade, academic degree certification, bioregionalism, women in development, ecovillages, permaculture schools, development of permaculture organizations, disaster strategies, and urban self-reliance. (Design of this program will be undertaken over the next several months.) IMPORTANT NOTE: Convergence participation will be limited to 250 people. Prospective participants must pre-register online. There will be a selection process for qualified participants. Accepted participants will be notified via email of acceptance.
Permaculture Site Visits Registration (coming soon) This will be an opportunity for international visitors to visit Brazilian permaculture programs around the country. The official IPC8 tour will begin immediately AFTER the Convergence in Pirenopolis and will travel to projects in the Amazon and in Salvador in the coastal state of Bahia. The Amazon projects include the large permaculture station on the outskirts of Manaus and extension projects in the interior of the Amazon rainforest.
Amazon Tour Dates: May 26th - June 3rd, 2007 The tour will be available for those who have registered and paid a fee. Registration is unlimited. Transportation, food & lodging will be provided. The IPC8 secretariat will work with Brazilian groups who wish their projects in other parts of Brazil to be visited by organizing unofficial tours. Cost: USD $1,000 (includes 5-city Brazil Pass which costs USD $500) Payments: Participants must reserve registration on-line. International participants must pay for registration on-line at the time of reservation. For those who cannot pay on-line, special arrangements can be made with the IPC8 secretariat. Brazilian participants must pay by "boleto bancario".
Permaculture Design Course Registration (coming soon) This course is by tradition hosted by the international permaculture community on behalf of the host country. Registration is unlimited. The fees from this course will go to pay for the costs of IPC8. Cost: USD $450 Payments: Participants must reserve registration on-line. International participants must pay for registration on-line at the time of reservation. For those who cannot pay on-line, special arrangements can be made with the IPC8 secretariat. Brazilian participants must pay by "boleto bancario".
Donations & Sponsorship How you can help IPC8! We are all learning that helping to save the planet is everybody's business and it's not cheap. But it is possible if everybody helps. As IPC8 is a non-profit organization, the generosity of our supporters is crucial in enabling us to continue our vital work of providing inspiration, permaculture knowledge, and hands-on training in sustainability to all who need it. We spend a lifetime enjoying our natural environment; why not spend a lifetime saving it too? Join a special funders circle that signifies your exceptional commitment to a sustainable future. Join the IPC8 Circle because you want to support the permaculture vision for a sustainable society and future. You will be making a positive contribution for future generations. Donate in any of the following amounts:
USD $25 Sponsorship Many businesses, both large and small, can support IPC8 through donations and through sponsorships. The Adopt a Community Worker Program is our strategy to enable 10 African, 10 Asian and 10 Latin American community workers to participate in the IPC8 Conference. This will provide important Third World change agents the opportunity to make international contacts, collect the latest technical information and make the connections they will need to continue their work.
People Technology The cost to adopt a community worker for travel, conference participation and a one month stay is USD $4000. These partnerships enable businesses to professionally associate with the activities of IPC8 and support many important projects to be undertaken which would otherwise simply not happen. Click below to make your tax-deductible gift of USD $4,000: If it is easier to pay by check, please mail to:
Permacultura America Latina Tel: [USA] 505-989-1695 OKLAHOMA CITY, USA: MAY 17-19, 2007: How to organize a Local Food Cooperative
Below is an announcement regarding a May 2007 workshop in Oklahoma
City on organizing a food cooperative that only sells local foods.
It is based on the successful model of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative.
How to organize a local food cooperative with the 'Oklahoma Plan' The Oklahoma Food Cooperative will host a three day workshop on May 17, 18, 19, 2007 in Oklahoma City on how to organize and operate a local food cooperative internet-based order and delivery system. Topics to be covered include organizing campaigns, producer issues, financial accounting, computer systems, customer and volunteer issues. The event will be held in conjunction with the May delivery day of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, and attendees will participate in all aspects of that activity. Cost of the 3 day workshop is $125 if received by April 16, 2007 ($150 thereafter), which includes all meals (made from local ingredients) and social events, but does not include your transportation to and from Oklahoma City or your hotel cost. Attendance will be limited to 30 people. To secure your reservation, payment must be received in full. Workshop sessions will be held at Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Church located at 7336 W. Britton Road in Oklahoma City. The closest motel is the Courtesy Inn at 6600 NW Expressway, 405-722- 8694. The next closest motel is the Executive Inn, 6410 NW Expressway, 405-728-9913. We can provide transportation to Epiphany Church from these hotels, or others further east on Northwest Expressway, and perhaps from other areas (check with Bob Waldrop on this). We will also work on coordinating transportation to the airport on the final day of the workshop. To register for the conference, send your name and full contact info including email to: Oklahoma Food Cooperative, 1524 NW 21, OKC, OK 73106. Or send this info in an email to prez@oklahomafood. coop and either mail your check or pay with your credit card or electronic check via Paypal (send money to paypal@oklahomafood .coop and put in the comments field that it is for the 'Oklahoma Plan Conference') . More info will be available as the planning progresses at www.oklahomafood.coop. Hope to see you in Oklahoma City!
Bob Waldrop, president and general manager About the Oklahoma Food Cooperative: Organized in 2003, the Oklahoma Food Cooperative operates an innovative internet-based order and delivery system that only sells Oklahoma grown or made foods and non-food products. The cooperative has both customer and producer members. The cooperative does not buy wholesale and sell retail. Members order items from specific producers, so each produce in effect is his or her "brand" in the coop product lineup. The producer members set their own prices, and the cooperative charges them a commission for selling through the cooperative. Customer members pay a commission for buying through the cooperative. The cooperative operates this delivery cycle once each month. Monthly gross revenues are presently ranging from $25,000 to $35,000, and the coop has 1,000 members. The coop has been completely self-financed since it was organized via the sale of member shares and operating revenues. DRAFT SCHEDULE FOR THE WORKSHOP
May 16, Wednesday:
Information: www.oklahomafood.coop
U.S. SOCIAL FORUM COMES TO ATLANTA IN JUNE 2007 [Rachel's introduction: Every year or two the World Social Forum gathers the world's workers, organizers, thinkers, youth, teachers, and farmers in countries of the global South like Brazil and India to create a counter-vision to the plans of the economic and political elites of the World Economic Forum held each year in Davos, Switzerland. Now the Social Forum has come to the U.S. with three regional forums in 2006 and a national U.S. Social Forum set for June 27-July 1, 2007 in Atlanta. You can get involved in a regional planning committee for the event.] Why a US Social Forum? Progressive forces in the United States have not been able to mount an effective national response to issues such as the Gulf Coast tragedies, corporate scandals, government corruption, war, attacks against migrants, deregulation, corporate welfare, a widening gap between the rich and poor, a deteriorating education system, monopolization of the media, privatization of public resources, a ballooning federal deficit and attacks on our civil liberties. In the face of these enormous challenges the progressive movement remains fractured along geography, race, class and issues. The nation's largest labor federation split, and union membership is at its lowest point in decades. Churches, once a backbone of the civil rights, peace and environmental justice movements, have lost strength due to scandal within the Catholic church, declining membership and the rise of the religious right. Grassroots community-based organizations represent a growing sector, but are severely under-resourced. This lack of political strength demonstrates the clear need for greater convergence among progressives and for spaces in which progressives can begin to come together and articulate our vision for "another world." The US Social Forum will provide this space. It will be the largest gathering of progressives in over a decade, drawing participants from different regions, ethnicities, sectors and ages. Community-based organizations, Indigenous nations, unions, academics, policy and advocacy organizations will be able to come together for dialogues, reflection and to define future strategies. Perhaps as many as 20,000 people will attend. The purpose of the USSF is to effectively and affirmatively articulate the values and strategies of progressive civil society in the United States. Those who build towards and participate in the USSF are no longer interested in simply stating what social justice movements "stand-against," rather we see ourselves as part of new movements that reach beyond national borders, that practice democracy at all levels, and that can articulate the world we want. The USSF provides a first major step towards such articulation by bringing together the new movements. Why the South? The US Social Forum is more than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression - The USSF is the next most important step in our struggle. This moment demands that we build a powerful movement that disrupts and transforms this country. We must declare what we want our world to look like and begin planning the path to get there. The USSF will provide spaces to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and begin to vision and strategize how to reclaim our world. To win nationally, we must win the US South. The Southern site of the USSF marks a new moment in the US movement for social and economic justice. Project South believes "as the South goes, so goes the nation." These words, spoken by DuBois, ring true in every moment of American history. The roots of oppression, injustice, exploitation and social control run deep in Southern soil. The US South has also cultivated determined and consistent fights for indigenous self- determination, black freedom, working class emancipation, and human liberation. Hosting the US Social Forum in the US South builds political potency for a powerful movement to challenge white supremacy, imperial domination, worldwide genocide, ecocide, and all other manifestations of global capitalism. Join us in Atlanta to build a strong and effective movement for liberation! A global movement is rising. The USSF is our opportunity to prepare and meet it! The World Social Forum (WSF) has become an important symbol of this rising global movement. Over the past 5 years the WSF has gathered the world's worker, peasant, youth, women, and oppressed peoples to construct a counter-vision to the economic and political elites of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland. After gathering 150,000 people in Porte Alegre, Brazil earlier this year, it was decided that in 2006 there would be regional social forums to culminate for a WSF in 2007. The WSF committee delegated Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) to coordinate a US Social Forum that represents those most adversely affected by the ravages of globalization and neoliberal policies. GGJ is an alliance that grew out of people-of-color-led grassroots groups who participated in the first WSF. These grassroots leaders initiated a process to create a US Social Forum Planning Committee, and Atlanta was selected as the USSF host city. We call those who fight for justice from within the US borders to converge and act. We call you to reflect on the potential of our position and the power of our connections. Though movement leaders have built organizations that push forward an integrated, multi-issue, multiracial strategy, we have yet to build our movement on a scale relative to our brothers and sisters in the global South. The first USSF offers a historic opportunity to gather and unify these growing forces. We must seize this moment and advance our collective work to build grassroots leadership, develop collective vision, and formulate strategies to grow a strong movement.
From: Yes! Magazine, Spring 2006
Prepare for the first U.S. Social Justice Forum in the summer of 2007 in Atlanta In 2001, the World Social Forum burst on to theworld stage with its ambitious rallying call, "AnotherWorld is Possible." This now-familiar mantra has come to symbolize the dynamism of movements for social and economic justice around the world. If attendance is any measure of success, it is worth noting that the World Social Forum has grown from 20,000 participants at its first gathering (5,000 were expected) to 150,000-plus at the 2005 gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The Forum responded to a hunger for a different kind of possibilities- oriented dialogue that embraces principles of pluralism, deep debate, respect, justice, and an internationalist perspective. A broad-based network of U.S.-based activists, grassroots organizations, and their allies are betting that a similar hunger exists in the U.S. and that this is a time when a U.S. Social Forum could be a vehicle for moving a social, environmental and economic justice agenda to center stage. Recent census figures confirm what most know intuitively or by lived experience. Poverty and inequality are on the increase in the United States. Since 2003 an additional 1.1 million people have slipped below the poverty line. The May 15, 2005, Business Week cover story, entitled, "I Want My Safety Net!" sums up a growing backlash that transcends party,race, class, and geography. "Hurricane Katrina has put the historic racism, white supremacy, and poverty that has always been a part of this country on center stage," says Walda Katz-Fishman, a Howard University scholar activist and member of the U.S. Social Forum planning committee. "It has come at a moment when people are building a common analysis and are conscious about dealing with basic and structural problems." The U.S. Social Forum planning effort grew out of a series of consultations held in 2003 between activists in the United States and members of the World Social Forum International Council. Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ), a national alliance of U.S.-based grassroots organizations, facilitated the process, including a 2004 meeting of 50 grassroots organizations in Washington, D.C. The 22 organizations spearheading the planning came of age in response to varying forms of community displacement resulting from the last 20- plus years of neoliberal economic policies. Most are led by people of color. All are rooted in a commitment to building power for social justice through building low-income community leadership, strategic alliances,and learning from and with movements inthe global South. U.S. Social Forum: Atlanta, 2007 Last year, the World Social Forum International Council decided that the time had come to focus on pushing the debate and organizing closer to home. Atlanta will host the gathering. According to Jerome Scott, director of Project South and member ofthe planning committee, "It is important for this first U.S. Social Forum to be in this historic area of the country. The South continues to have great strategic importance'lots of oppression and lots of resistance." The Forum will take place from June 27-July 1, 2007, with 2006 devoted to strengthening the outreach and organizing efforts of its 10 regional organizing committees. The timing was moved back following Hurricane Katrina, after planners consulted with groups in the hurricane-affected communities, including about 50 internally displaced organizers from New Orleans and the Gulf States who participated in a recent meeting called by the People's Hurricane and Relief Fund in Penn Center, South Carolina. The U.S. Social Forum effort builds on what has become a widespread practice since the social forums began: local, regional and national social forum "spinoffs" that seek to expand the World Social Forum model of movement-building around the world. Last year, the World Social Forum International Council decided that the time had come tofocus on pushing the debate and organizing closer to home. In addition to a diverse array of social forums around the world, 2006 will be the year of the "polycentric" social forum. Simultaneous regional gatherings are being held in Bamako, Mali (Africa) and Caracas, Venezuela (Americas). The Venezuela forum organizers made U.S. participationa priority. The Asia region polycentric forum slated for Karachi, Pakistan, was postponed due tolast year's earthquake. "A U.S. Social Forum has tremendous potentialas both a process and an event. It connects us to the rest of the world and the global South," says Michael Guerrero, director of Grassroots Global Justice. "That is essential right now. Corporate power exists at the global level. We have to find ways to organize at that level without losing the local work." Now that a location has been selected, U.S.Social Forum planners are turning to organizing and fund-raising. The group has hired Alice Lovelace as the lead national staff organizer and is working to raise the $100,000 needed to scale up, secure sites,and develop the website and communications infrastructure that can serve as a movement- building tool leading up to and after the actual event. The forum will take place at a key moment betweenHurricane Katrina and the 2008 U.S. election and has the potential to serve as a rare and powerful moment in the history of organizing and movement-building in the United States. Organizers hope it will be the largest and mostsignificant gathering of progressive U.S. civil societyin decades, with up to 20,000 participants from across the geographic, racial, cultural, economic, and issue spectrum. There is much more social justice work taking place in the United States than mostrealize, the organizers point out. The forum process will be a critical point for creating connections, developing strategy and breaking the isolation people often feel as they work at the local level. Tanya Dawkins (dawkinst@mindspring.com) is the founder/director of the Global-Local Links Project and a member of the board of the Positive Futures Network, publisher of YES!. Information: www.ussocialforum.orgOKLAHOMA CITY, USA: JUNE 23-25, 2007: Introduction to Permaculture: Applying universal design principles to an urban home Instructors: Dan and Cynthia Hemenway Join us for a weekend journey to explore the basics of the permaculture design process. Participants will work on a permaculture design for a central Oklahoma City urban property. The group will be divided into teams, each of which will have a specific aspect of the design to prepare. The instructors will be Dan and Cynthia Hemenway, of Elfin Permaculture, a project of the Barking Frogs Permaculture Center in Florida. The workshop has 3 components:
Following the workshop, on Sunday afternoon, there will be a time for participants to ask questions about their own projects. Participants must submit a one page introduction and a one page description of their permaculture project or what they would like to do with permaculture training. This information will be shared with the other students in the workshop. If you feel you can't write a page about yourself or your ideas for using this permaculture training, that's fine, tell us as much as you can. Students are expected to attend all sessions of the weekend workshop; the Sunday late afternoon discussion of personal projects is optional. There is a list of required readings that must be completed before the workshop begins (listed below). Although the design work will focus on an urban property, people with properties in rural and suburban areas will learn much that can be useful for their own design projects. DAN HEMENWAY, founder of Elfin Permaculture, is recognized as one of the most innovative and effective teachers of permaculture. Since 1981, he has taught workshops, design courses and advanced programs from Mexico to Canada and in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, and now offers an Internet Permaculture Design Course. Dan holds five diplomas in various aspects of permaculture from the International Permaculture Institute. CYNTHIA BAXTER HEMENWAY, CNM, is partner in Elfin Permaculture and Associate Editor of The International Permaculture Solutions Journal. A founding member and former director and officer of the Planetary Project Foundation (Kansas, USA), Cynthia is a certified Nurse Midwife and wholistic health practitioner with particular emphasis in working with women during the childbearing year. She brings experience in leading workshops on health and spiritual matters to permaculture, She teaches Design for Health in the online course. This is also the name of her alternative therapies practice. Tuition for the weekend event is $100, which includes dinner on Saturday night prepared from foods produced in the region, provided by the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, and a $5 tree tax to fund the planting of trees to pay for the paper used in the workshop. There will be an optional dinner on Sunday night. A $30 deposit is required, the balance is due by June 1, 2006. There will be a $25 tuition surcharge for reservations received after March 20, 2006. Persons who pay the tuition in full before March 20, 2006 may attend the Sunday dinner at no extra charge. We are also willing to accept a deposit and then you can structure payments so that the tuition is paid in full by June 1, 2006. Personal introductions are due June 1, 2006. The workshop is strictly limited to 25 students. Day care will be provided if requested at no extra charge. For students from out of the area, crash space is available, or we can suggest other local lodgings/campgrounds. Full or partial tuition scholarships are available based on need and vocation. This event is presented by the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House and Prairie Rose Permaculture. Make deposit checks payable to Catholic Worker House, or send payment via PayPal to jpeaceokc@yahoo. Deadlines: $30 Deposit: Due as soon as you decide to attend. The workshop is strictly limited to 25 participants. As of December 28, 2005, there are 6 reservations, so there are 19 remaining. There will be a tuition surcharge of $25 for deposits received after March 20th if there are still places available in the workshop. Your reservation is not confirmed until we have received your deposit. Full payment: Due by June 1, 2006. We will be happy to accept payment plans. Personal Introduction: Due by June 1, 2006 Scholarship Application Date: Due by April 1, 2006. Scholarships are based on need and vocation. To apply for a scholarship, submit the personal introduction and description of what you intend to do with the permaculture training, together with your contact information. We will contact you to talk with your personally about your application, so please include a phone number. If you don't have a phone, be sure to let us know how to contact you. The scholarship is for tuition only, you will need to find the Introduction to Permaculture book on your own; the Permaculture Design Course pamphlets are available for free at the link below. An inter-library loan may be able to get the book for you. Out of Area Students: Let us know as soon as possible if you need for us to find you some crash space, or if you need a referral to a hotel or campground in the area.. Optional Dinner on Sunday: If you are interested in the optional dinner on Sunday (estimated cost will be $7.50), let us know when you send your deposit. Application Form: Please print and send the application form below with your deposit. You may also put the information required in an email and send it to Robert Waldrop and make payment via PayPal to jpeaceokc@yahoo. Required Readings: READINGS MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE WORKSHOP BEGINS Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison Permaculture Design Course pamphlets, available free online in PDF format HERE,
Introduction to Permaculture may be ordered from Yankee Permaculture, POB 52, Sparr, FL 32192, for $31 plus $8.10 shipping/handling, or you can try your favorite online new/used book search. Alternatively, help finance bluegreenearth by buying it here: Amazon.Com For more information and application form, contact:
Information: http://www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org/okcpermaworkshop.htm
California Resource Recovery Association 31st Annual Conference Call for Speakers Founded in 1974, the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization dedicated to promoting waste reduction, reuse, recycling, pollution prevention, and composting. The CRRA and its members work to expand markets for recycled materials, promote sustainable materials policies, and encourage best practices in design, development, implementation, and analysis of source reduction, recycling, and composting programs. Its members act as a clearinghouse for information, innovation, industry and governmental initiatives related to resource management. CRRA is the premier organization for linking like-minded individuals from every facet of the industry. Non-profits, waste haulers, recyclers, state, federal and local government, recycled product manufacturers, educational institutions and many others come together under the CRRA umbrella. CRRA is organizing the most comprehensive, informative, and thought-provoking conference dedicated to waste reduction and resource management issues in California. CRRA wants to bring cutting edge ideas and real experiences and lessons to its members and conference attendees. After much input from the members of CRRA, we are looking for qualified speakers, panelists, and roundtable leaders for the subjects below.
Zero Waste (Waste Walks the Planks)
* Small/Medium Size Business: Testimonials on Initiating Waste Reduction Programs & Recycling Programs - Challenges, Types of Assistance Provided, Successes
Product Stewardship
* How to Create a Market for Unrecyclables, Including Leading a Campaign to Design It Out
Reuse and Repair
* How to Operate a Reuse Center
Reducing Waste
* Reducing Airline Waste
Zero Waste Communities
* Beyond Zero Waste
Home Office Issues * How to Make your Professional or Home Office a Green Office Education and Marketing (Reforming Pillagers: Education and Outreach) Education * New Educational Outreach Programs for K-12 Outreach
* Workshops by Marketing/Public Education Professionals
* The Art of Presenting: School Presentations, Presentations to Civic Groups, Booths at Fair, Venues and Neighborhood Events, and other Face to Face Interactions Organics
* Restaurant Food Waste Recycling - Issues and Actions
Future/Policy
* Unfunded Mandates/How To Make Sure New Laws and Regulations Can Be Implemented
Programs That Help Reduce Waste and Divert Resources Away From the Landfill Bottles and Cans
* The DOC/DIR's Goals and Objectives for Increasing Bottle and Can Recycling Rates
Disaster Planning * Disaster Planning As It Relates to Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal Green Building * Green Building As It Relates to Zero Waste/Recycling Multifamily Recycling * Multi-Family Best Management Practices - Issues and Actions * Recycling Programs for Shopping Centers, Large Office Buildings with Several Tenants, Hotels Professional Development
* Grant Writing for Recycling and Solid Waste Professionals
Recycling in Rural Areas
* Market Development in Rural Areas
Special Event Recycling
* Special Events and/or Large Venue Recycling
Homeless and Scavenging Issues
* Using the Homeless Population to Increase Recycling
Recycling and the Environment and the Economy
* What are the Economic Benefits of Waste Reduction & Recycling?
Environmental Benefits
* How to Calculate Energy and Resources Saved and Pollution Prevented per Specific Amount of Recycled Material
Energy and Recycling
* Is Energy Production the Best Use for Waste and Organics?
Markets and the Collection Programs that Need Them Construction and Demolition
* C&D Recycling of Difficult Materials (Shingles, Carpet, Drywall, Ceiling Tiles…)
E-waste
* SB 20/50 Updates, Analysis of Effectiveness, Issues with Compliance
Hazardous Waste
* Successful Universal and Hazardous Waste Collection Programs
Markets
* Tapping into Existing Markets for Specific Products like Carpet, Shingles, C&D, Plastics, Mattresses, Etc…
Processing
* Comparisons between Dirty MRF, Wet/Dry and Single Stream Recycling and Their Benefits and Diversion Levels.
Business-to-Business Workshop - Businesses Talking to Other Businesses about Zero Waste Achievements Treasure Chest of Zero Waste Businesses
* Corporate Environmental Strategy
There will be no subsequent Call for Papers. To initiate your participation, you are invited to fill out the on-line speaker submission form at this webpage http://www.crra.com/2007conf/speaker_submission.html.You are also welcome to suggest a speaker for a particular subject via this process. CRRA is looking for audience participation and interaction with each speaker. Speakers will be asked to stay for the break following their session to further engage attendees. Speakers will be given 15 to 20 minutes for each presentation, including questions and responses. On our panels, each panelist will be given 5 - 10 minutes to introduce a topic, then a discussion will be moderated amongst the other panelists and the audience for one hour. For our roundtable format, roundtable leaders will be provided a one-hour format to lead discussions directly with the audience. SUBMISSIONS DUE BY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 2007 Presenters will receive free conference admission for the day they speak and are responsible for paying all travel and lodging costs. Information: http://www.crra.com
"MULTICULTURALISM, PLURALISM AND GLOBALIZATION"
Call for Papers: "MULTICULTURALISM, PLURALISM AND GLOBALIZATION" An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES and the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Office of International Education and Department of History Keynote Speaker: Harvey Sarles, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota We invite proposals for individual papers and entire panels for an interdisciplinary conference on multiculturalism, pluralism, and globalization. Papers and presentations from all disciplines and time periods are welcome. From ancient times to the present, people have sought to understand and create their identities both as individuals and as groups. In so doing, they not only define who they are, but also who they are not. What makes one group different from another? Who defines those differences? What are the consequences of such definitions? To what degree do these definitions create opportunities for conflict and for peace? And why do differences between groups so often lead to collective forms of violence such as war, genocide, terrorism and ethnic cleansing? Possible topics include, but are not limited to: immigration and diasporas; "clash of civilizations"; diversity; definitions of community; economic class and property; race, ethnicity and language; nationalism and the nation; separatism, tolerance, and integration; identity politics; national or tribal membership and identity; ecologies of place or of culture; human rights, civil rights and natural law; religious/ethical values and identity; class, caste and gender; the sources of collective forms of violence.
THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies-founded in 1985-encourages and legitimizes teaching and research on the roots of violence, and on national and global security issues including ecological security and on factors necessary for a just global peace. Dedicated to enabling scholars, teachers, and the public to improve and make more sophisticated their understandings of war, peace, justice, and environmental issues, the Institute does not prejudice judgment about these issues with a particular ideology.
Please send a short (approx. 150 words) abstract, along with a 1-2 page c.v. and contact information as soon as possible, but no later than March 8, 2007 to the email below or hard copies may be addressed to:
Dr. Deborah Buffton
Information: http://www.uwsp.edu/history/WIPCS/WIPCS1.htm
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