Global Village News and Resources Issue 99 - June, 2005

Pooran Desai, co-director of BioRegional, a company working to tackle sustainable and eco-issues, suggests practical infrastructures for sustainable communities.

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From Fringe to Mainstream

In the sub-tropical, Gold Coast region of Australia, an ecovillage with a magic blend of professional, mainstream development, savvy and genuine eco-principles is taking shape. Few have had the professional background, experience and financial backing with which to undertake such a challenging and complex task. Mandy Fletcher explains how the Currumbin Ecovillage project changes this dynamic entirely and is bridging the gap between alternative and mainstream.

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Aquanator
By Martin Oliver

In a small town called Maclean, located on the banks of the wide Clarence River on Australia's east coast, an inventor called Michael Perry has built a device that generates substantial amounts of energy from underwater river and ocean currents.

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Sannie Chan has a vision. Looking out at a sweeping valley in Peng Chau where vines race across the fields with the ease of 50 years of untended growth, she sees the land cleared and brought to life as a new Ecotourism Education Centre. And she may well get her wish. In March, the land and its forgotten buildings became the latest jewel of Green Culture Island ­ a sustainable, community-based project in Peng Chau.

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Fairtrade Towns Go Bananas

Manchester and Salford have become the joint 100th Fairtrade Towns - the latest milestone in the Fairtrade phenomenon. They followed Portsmouth and Southampton who celebrated their new status in style. The party began when a 1915 Scandinavian trawler arrived at Southampton Pier with a cargo of Fairtrade bananas. Portsmouth MP Mike Hancock was there to hand them over to mark the co-operation between cities that are traditionally rivals.

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• Young People to come together for Peace in Bethlehem
   
• Thangka Painting School supports Community in Nepal
   
• The Green Student Revolution in China
   
• Creative Projects for Children in the Czech Republic

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Laughter as a Resource
Nicole Vosper

Kingsley Perera, a clown from Swansea, recently returned from the Tsunami- hit areas of Sri Lanka. Kingsley is the only Asian clown registered with Clowns International and with his strong Welsh accent, it was only the second time he had returned to his native homeland.

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Editorial
Global Call to Action

As the leaders of the world's richest countries gather in Scotland on July 6 for the G8 summit, tens of thousands of people will gather in Edinburgh to demand trade justice, debt cancellation and more and better aid for the world's poorest countries.

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