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Global Village News and Resources Issue 53 - December 30, 2002

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In The News…

University for Global Well-Being Teaches Futuristic World View
Sweden - The University for Global Well-Being (UGWB) was started in September 1998 as an alternative to conventional universities. The idea was to provide a place to study and, as far as possible, to experience the new world view which is emerging to replace the world view which currently dominates western-style civilization. The emerging worldview is holistic instead of reductionism, ecological instead of exploitative, and advocates spiritual values in place of consumer values.

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Havana Bay Eco Cleanup Welcomes Return of Fish & Fowl
 Cuba - Thanks to a cooperative endeavor between the United Nations Development Project and the government of Cuba, fish and birds have are returning to the once toxic Bay of Havana. While improvements have been made, environmentalist do admit that much more remains to be done, particularly with the highly contaminated Luyano River which empties into the bay.

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Holistic Approach Treats Patient, Not Illness
United Kingdom - “Clover House has done more for me in 15 weeks than the National Health Service did in 10 years.” This statement by one of the Clover House clients is typical of the scores of testimonies the Bristol based charity has received over the past several years. Take for example the case of 11-year-old Stephen, whose bedwetting stopped after his first visit or that of visiting therapist and cancer patient, Ian Gawler, who had been told my medical professionals that he had only two weeks to live. That was over a year ago. With the help of Clover House, he healed himself and now runs a therapy centre in Australia. These are only two examples of the wide range of health concerns that Clover House addresses. Others have included severe cerebral palsy, behavioural problems, asthma, toddler constipation or emotional stress.

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Guest Editorial
Remembering Philip Berrigan
A great peacemaker leaves us with a challenge
Johann Christoph Arnold

Whenever Phil Berrigan was hauled off to jail for his latest act of civil disobedience-and it happened again and again, long after others had left the Sixties behind and returned to middle-class life -admirers across the country took heart. Here, they would say, is a man who stands by his convictions.

Others, including many who supported Phil's aims (though not his methods) raised their eyebrows and sighed. Ineffective, they murmured. Idealistic. Out of touch. Phil, who was good at defending himself, always had a comeback. But he was also humble enough to admit that to most people, "my actions over the years have constituted a theater of the absurd."

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Global Resources
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Community Living
Auroville (India)
http://www.auroville.org
Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. but to live in Auroville , one must be the willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness... Auroville is a place of unending education, of constant progress and a youth that never ages. Auroville wants to be a bridge between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from without and within. Auroville will boldly spring towards future realizastions. Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity.

Directories
Wilson's Almanac Planetary
Links Directory
 http://www.wilsonsalmanac.f2s.com
Links to websites related to global and personal change and healing. Themes include alternatives; New Age; pagan and other festivals; celebrities' birthdays, daily inspiration and much more.

Ecology & Environment
Planet Organic
 http://www.planetorganic.org.nz
Permaculture, Low-impact Agriculture & Natural ecology training.

Future
Dire Gnosis
http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk
A Database on the Year 2012 with prophecies and predictions from spiritual traditions from all over the world.

Personal Finances
Financial Sense Online
 http://www.financialsense.com
Uncommon News For the Wise Investor. We are committed, through conservative wealth management, to assist investors in achieving their financial goals while striving to make investing a growing education that serves to enhance knowledge and understanding of how wealth is built, maintained, and preserved.

Science & Technology
International Society for the Systems Sciences
http://benking.de/ISSS-Primer-wholeness.html
Philosophy, Holism and the Paranormal

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