Table of Contents, June 2003 - November 2003

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Ecovillages: New Frontiers for Sustainability at The World Social Forum (WSF)
Porto Alegre, Brazil

The Global Ecovillage Network was represented with a delegation of over 50 people at the World Social Forum, which took place in from January 23 to 28, 2003.

 GEN held EIGHT workshops in the format of thematic circles and a final cultural celebration on the theme:
"Ecovillages honour, restore, celebrate the four elements and their interconnected processes in Nature and people."
READ the World Social Forum Charter of Principles and the WSF Ecovillage WORKSHOPS.

REPORT on Development activities of the Brazilian Ecovillage Network, while at WSF - with photos!

Now available in Portuguese!

Anything into Oil

"Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year. Gory refuse, from a Butterball Turkey plant in Carthage, Missouri, will no longer go to waste. Each day 200 tons of turkey offal will be carted to the first industrial-scale thermal depolymerization plant, recently completed in an adjacent lot, and be transformed into various useful products, including 600 barrels of light oil.
RELATED WEB SITES: To learn more about the thermal depolymerization process, visit Changing World Technologies. Also see: a primer on the natural carbon cycle.

Groupe de Brésiliens crée a ONG

INSTITUTO PROJETO AURORA (Institut Projet Aurore) pour l’implantation des ECOVILLAGES et diffusion des eco-technologies alternatifs, en beneficiant les peuples isolés dans les régions montagneuses. La finalité est de réalizer le PROJETO AURORA (Projet Aurore). L’institut, à but non lucratif, est sitié à Curitiba, dans l’état du Paraná, au sud du Brésil. Il a originé autres trois ONG’s, siégées dans trois différents états du Brésil. Por rassembler les ressources et permettre l’établissement des futurs habitants des les 3 ECOVILLAGES (Porto Celeste, Porto Cristina et Porto Maestro) IPTA a crée PROECO – Programme de Recherche, Developpément, et Diffusion des ECO-Technologies Alternatifs. PROECO soutient les micro-entreprises que devront être transférés à les ECOVILLAGES ou aux régions-programés. Il soutient aussi les inventions et les produits d’interêt du projet.

INSTITUTO PROJETO AURORA

A group of Brazilians have come together to create a NGO (non-government organization), to implement ECOVILLAGES and disseminate alternative eco-technologies in support of those who live in isolated mountainous areas. The aim is to put PROJETO AURORA (Dawn Project) into practice. The head-office in the city of Curitiba, State of Paraná, in the south of Brazil, works with three other associated NGO’s in three different Brazilian states. In order to gather resources and guarantee future residents for 3 ECOVILLAGES (Porto Celeste, Porto Cristina e Porto Maestro) IPTA has created PROECO – Program of Research, Development and Diffusion of Alternative Eco-technologies. PROECO supports micro-enterprises that will be transferred to the Ecovillages or to the Program-Areas later, and also inventions or specific products of interest to the whole Project.

2003 CONFERENCE
An International Forum Connecting People with Hands-On Solutions to World Poverty

September 29 - October 4
Boulder, Colorado

Join us for a dynamic networking opportunity with multidisciplinary dialogs, practical trainings, and lectures on world poverty and sustainable development. The conference includes exhibits, a showcase of real-world projects, services and products, and the space to create collaborative partnerships. Over 100 innovative workshops and presentations with grass-roots project experts, such as - Paolo Lugari, founder of Gaviotas, Colombia, Matthew Fox Paul Hawken, Hunter Lovins Richard Reoch, Stan Ovshinsky Neville Williams, and many more!

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