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In This Issue
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What We're About
Question of the Month
Reporting on Johannesburg
Action Speaks [Empowering Local Business]
Reporting on IFOAM 2002
Good News for a Change
Displaced Big Box Shoppers
Discover Local Businesses
The Leading Edge of Social Change
Understanding Ecomonics
Designer
Workplaces
Free Software for Measuring
Energy Efficiency in New
Building Design
Actualizing Passions
Saving Tranditional Medicines
Businesses and Non-Profits (Working Together)
Growing the Circle –
Marketing help for Non-profits?
Making It Happen
Community Involvement
Makes It Happen!
Turning Furniture into Computers
Changes Radio on CHLY, 101.7
Editor's Choice
Heads Up...
Community Garden Network
Success Stories:
The Sorrento Gathering - 2002
You're Invited!
[Announcements, Events,
Programs, Workshops]
Keeners' Korner
Mushroom Workshops
How to Subscribe
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Question of the Month
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In last month's special Earth Emergency: Call to Action edition of NICN, we promised to follow up some important earth-saving related events.
Reporting on Johannesburg…
At government and international levels, “sustainable lifestyles” comes under the concept of sustainable development, which was laid out in the 800 pages of Agenda 21 at the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992.
Last month’s World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) in South Africa was the largest global meeting ever. However, as the August 26 front page National Post story reported, “Just one thing is missing from the Earth Summit on sustainable development: a meaningful commitment to protect the planet and help the poor.”
Ten years ago, Agenda 21 encouraged Local Agenda 21 Initiatives (with a head office in Toronto) but the response has been patchy and not sustained. What is lacking is grassroots global involvement in realizing a vision of strong democracy, evolution of the United Nations, non-violent peace, spiritual renewal and conservation of nature. This sounds like a lot to accomplish, but the vehicle exists.
The Global People's Assembly (GPA) was formally established by the Declaration of Samoa in April 2000 -- to media silence. Here is the introduction to the Declaration: “As a new era dawns, we people of the world acknowledge and proclaim our freedoms, rights, and responsibilities to live fully in peace, health, love, faith, hope, and abundance. We now leave behind the failures and defects of the past by moving forward in the present through cooperation with one another and with all creatures and resources of the earth. Advances in education, culture, spirituality, science, and technology now give us an unprecedented opportunity to create a peaceful, responsible, just, prosperous, and joyful world for ourselves, for our descendants, and for all the earth.”
The global people's assembly movement has a long history, going back as far as an idea suggested for the League of Nations in the 1920s, which was an attempt to ensure international peace after World War I. After another world war, the United Nations was formed in 1945 under the UN Charter, which starts with the words "We the Peoples."
Many meetings and comings together of global initiatives have occurred since, leading to real progress during the Rio +5 Forum in 1997. Then in 1999 the Hague Appeal for Peace called for the establishment of a permanent, representative Global People’s Assembly. This would eventually be affiliated with the United Nations and would serve as an inclusive voice of the people as called for in the UN Charter.
The United Nations Environment Program, UN development programs and the UN’s Earth Summits have informed the people of the world of the terrible trend toward poverty and global environmental degradation, and they have presented the corporations and governments of the world with the challenge to respond.
One thing that this year’s world summit showed is that the wealthy corporations and governments have failed miserably. Most of them have proved nothing more than their corruption and incredible greed. So it's up to the people or, as governments now like to say, “civil society.” It's time to change the world -- for the common good.
Here is something we can all do in response to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which would make civil society a real political force in facing up to these challenges. Remember the environmental maxim, “Think globally, act locally"? It was borrowed from the peace and disarmament movement. The people -- that is, you and I -- can get together and form local Global People's Assemblies. That would be development with a vision of real hope for the future. That would be a development worth believing in. Communities, wherever there are people who care about the future, can do it.
Visit the GPA web site at www.ourvoices.org/index.html to learn how!
Action Speaks [Empowering Local Business]
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Reporting on IFOAM 2002
The International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) held their 14th International Organic World Congress in Victoria, B.C. from August 21st to 28th. The Congress was an overwhelming success with 800 participants expected and over 1300 participants attending from 92 countries. This year’s theme was “Cultivating Community” chosen to reflect the grassroots, holistic nature of the organic movement as well as to address the growing issue of marketing organic produce.
The IFOAM Congress opened with the 7th International Congress On Organic Viticulture during which participants learned about organic viticulture and attended workshops that included marketing and organic pest control. Over 100 wine industry experts attended from around the world.
The main conference itself opened with a video message from Prince Charles who stated that he supported a genetically modified organism free world and pressed attendees to “cultivate the fundamental principles of organic farming”. Gunnar Rundgren, the IFOAM President acknowledged the success of the organic movement while pressing attendees to higher goals by stating, “The Organic World Congress proved that the Organic Movement is not only reaping the benefits of the incredible gains from the past 10 years, but that we also have a responsibility to further develop the organic concept and move on from dealing solely with agriculture to issues such as the revamping of our food system.”
Diversity was also a theme at the conference as participants acknowledged that there is often more than one solution to a problem and that different geographic regions may require different solutions for similar problems. Many participants from the developing world expressed their beliefs that solutions to their problems must be based in their home communities and easily accessible. Participants from the developing world also reminded everyone that outside developed nations organic farming feeds the world.
Participants from South Asia voiced their concerns regarding the loss of bio-diversity in mainstream agriculture while everyone agreed that every effort must be made to avoid genetically modified organisms. The organic movement’s success is also proving to be its greatest challenge as mentioned by IFOAM President Gunnar Rundgren in his opening speech. There is an established demand for organic products but marketing and transporting them is proving to be challenging. A cornerstone of the organic movement is that products should be as fresh as possible and in their natural state. These requirements make long distance transportation and distribution difficult. It has also proven a challenge to find non-hybrid plant species that are well adapted to organic farming.
However the organic movement has proven itself to be a problem solver and many participants agreed that the conference's theme was the solution. Cultivating Community is the answer to all these issues. Organic farmers and consumers should seek each other out and establish relationships on a local level. Know who is growing organic in your community and buy from them. This way there is almost no transportation and freshness is assured. Farmers should choose plants species adapted to their local cultural conditions. The organic movement is now huge but is at its best at the community level.
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Good News for a Change
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Displaced Big Box Shoppers
Discover Local Businesses
One of our friendly retailers at Country Club Centre has conversed with many shoppers who are unable or unwilling to travel in the footsteps of mega-retailers who have moved to the North End's "Big Box Country."
Instead, they are realizing that the midtown mall, conveniently located near their homes or workplaces, is where their loyalty and their sense of community lie. With this realization, they are exploring locally-owned mall stores that went unnoticed before - and, happily, it turns out that the small retailers can supply nearly everything that shoppers need.
Unlike staff in large stores, local shop owners get to know their regular customers. If you need them to carry a particular item, chances are that they will look into it for you.
We've said this before, but small-scale retailing keeps our money in the local economy, rather than draining it away to the Swiss bank accounts and speculative portfolios of absentee billionaires. Small-scale retailing is also an art and, thanks to clouds in Nanaimo that have a silver lining, local retailing may not become a lost art after all.
What's the Leading Edge of Social Change
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Understanding Economics
 Recently, this quote from a Letter to the Editor, by Canadian, Marc Bombois came to us from a world currency expert in the UK. He quotes Mr. Bombois, who says, “To properly understand the wrenching instability in the economy, it must be understood that virtually all money (over 95%) is loaned into existence by privately controlled banks, central or otherwise. This arbitrary requirement of repayment is accompanied by interest charges that further increase the debt burden without a corresponding increase in the money supply. A quick look at the official statistics maintained by the U.S. Fed and our own Bank of Canada clearly reveals that total debt exceeds the money supply by over two and a half times. Let that sink in for a while. Then remember that almost all new money is loaned into existence and something else may start sinking, such as any hope for a peaceful, prosperous future.
The amazing fact that society needs to wake up to is that debt/money creation is the zealously guarded privilege of a small number of people, the elite, and that their banking/debt creation system inexorably transfers the public wealth into their private pockets. The result is the global economic carnage we witness today with its barbaric inequities and injustices. Of course, they don't want us to realize this, so they own and control most communications media…”
We want to add that the good news is that we see grassroots organizing becoming more and more aware of this important concern. It is responding to the “more than 95% speculative” (i.e. “imaginary” - not based on real assests) currency floating around the globe by the starting of more aware local sustainability programs. These programs ARE based on real assests – food, housing, local economies, as well as trade and barter for “real” locally produced goods and services.
Support your local emerging sustainable economy, by putting your money where your REAL assets are: local, environmentally produced goods and services, that help real people, in real circumstances, that will, in turn, pay you a better REAL return on your investment or purchasing dollar. Contact the Community Involvement Project for a list of local programs to become involved in, at 250-753-5604.
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Designer Workplaces
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Free Software for Measuring Energy Efficiency in New
Building Design
Most everyone who uses a computer is familiar with the Energy Star logo. When you turn on your monitor that star that you see during the bios scan means that your monitor is Energy Star compliant. So what is Energy Star and why is it important?
The Environmental Protection Agency, an arm of the U.S. government created a partnership with the then emerging computer industry in the early 1990’s and set forth a set of standards for energy efficiency. These standards were named Energy Star and were quickly adopted by the high-tech industry. Energy Star’s mandate is to set efficiency standards and promote energy savings in order to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases.
The Energy Star program grew and by 1994 had presented it’s first set of awards for energy efficiency in the computer industry. The E.P.A. reports that by 1994 Energy Star standards had saved enough electricity to power the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Energy Star is a success story that continues to promote the conservation of resources through improved efficiency.
Target Finder is a recent Energy Star initiative. It is a software package that is geared towards the construction and renovation industries. It is LEED system compatible and complements energy modeling systems. “Target Finder takes rudimentary building and occupant data and yields the annual energy use value required...” This means that the construction industry as well as consumers now have a powerful new tool at their disposal to help them assess the energy efficiency of buildings and homes. Target Finder requires a total score of over 75 points in order for a building to receive Energy Star certification. This means that owning or renting such a building will save the tenant a great deal of money over time. It also means that Energy Star certified buildings are a responsible environmental choice. Bottom line …Making your home Energy Star compliant saves you 30% on heating, cooling and water. The website is well written and persuasive. If you have the time check it out, go to http://yosemite1.epa.gov/estar/
homebuyers.nsf/
content/WhyBuy.htm
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Businesses and
Non-profits
Working Together
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Growing the Circle –
Marketing help for
Non-profits?
The Growing the Circle Communications Group is proof that technology can have a positive impact on non-profit groups, traditional cultures and First People.
The Nanaimo based Growing the Circle Communications Group is a collective of communications specialists dedicated to using all forms of technology to promote Canadian Eco and Cultural Tourism. Their mandate is to use technology in a cooperative manner allowing diverse groups to take advantage of each other’s efforts and to help each other out. To quote Phil Carson one of the three principles of Growing the Circle: “The Growing the Circle outlines a local initiative to facilitate cultural and ecological diversity through interactive digital communications”.
Growing the Circle includes Phil Carson, who has extensive experience in documentary video production, including the award winning wildlife documentary “May the Forest be With You”, Multimedia artist Julie Austin, who incorporates graphic design, web, CD/DVD authoring and video into her award winning work, and Randy Fred, the third creative force behind the Circle, who founded Theytus Books Ltd. Canada’s first commercial, native owned and operated book publishing company.
Their cooperative marketing philosophy is worded this way: “In the area of International marketing there is a role for co-operation. Businesses can piggyback on each other’s marketing efforts. They share a synergy where the whole can be much more than the sum of the parts. By concentrating Canadian Eco/Cultural Tourism, our knowledge, data-base, archived videos, and multimedia magazine/web portal become valuable, not only to our clients, but the ultimate beneficiaries are the customers."
Positive impact on under-represented groups can be further illustrated through Randy Fred’s words:
“We see vast potential especially for First People’s tourism businesses. Lack of financing and marketing seem to be the main obstacles to success. Growing the Circle is about overcoming obstacles, nurturing creativity, and promoting collaboration in the spirit of our traditions." Congratulations to this team of professionals who are dedicating their business lives to making a difference in the world.
The Growing the Circle creative group can be reached at: http://www.seatosea.ca/gtc/ or emailed at info@seatosea.ca.
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Actualizing Passions
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Saving Traditional Medicines
 In the 21st century global village the world is becoming a smaller place. Almost every corner of the globe is wired and very few of this planet’s citizens live the traditional lifestyles that were so common a hundred years ago. As we all race towards a global culture of technology we must remember the world’s ancient, rich and diverse cultural traditions that are in danger of being lost.
The world’s wild places were our first pharmacies and many of our modern, synthetic pharmaceuticals are derived from naturally occurring compounds found in the world’s plants. The last three decades have seen a resurgence of interest in traditional medicine combined with simple living to create a movement dedicated to overall health through nature and non-toxic medicine. Dr. Rosita Arvigo of Belize is at the forefront of this holistic medical movement.
Dr. Rosita Arvigo was a doctor of naprapathy (an alternative therapy that involves soft tissue manipulation, diet, and other non-drug modalities) in Chicago before moving to Belize in 1982. She purchased a large acreage of Rainforest in the mountainous Cayo district of Western Belize and proceeded to create a homestead.
Soon after becoming established in the community Dr. Arvigo met the revered traditional Mayan healer Elijio Panti. The two formed a strong friendship based on their mutual interest in traditional medicine. Elijio was already an elderly man by the mid-eighties and found himself to be the last follower of an ancient Mayan shamanic healing tradition.
As an old man Elijio Panti’s eyesight was beginning to fail but of more concern to him was the fact that he had no one to pass on his teachings to. This is when Rosita Arvigo stepped in and became his apprentice, learning his traditions and working with him until his death in February of 1996.
In 1987 Rosita Arvigo had contacted Michael Balick, the Director of the Institute of Economic Botany of the New York Botanical Garden and explained her work with Elijio Panti and traditional Mayan healing. Balick responded by visiting Arvigo at the Ix Chel Farm, named after the Mayan Goddess of healing. The two agreed to collaborate and founded the Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation and the Belize Ethnobotany Project with a mandate to study the pharmaceutical properties of the plants used in traditional healing. So far over 2000 different plants have been sent to New York for analysis.
Out of Arvigo’s and Balick’s work came a renewal of interest in the traditional medicines of Belize. Dr. Arvigo also founded the Belize Association of Traditional Healers which holds annual conferences for natural healing practitioners in Belize.
In 1993 the Belizean government established the worlds first medicinal plant reserve setting aside 6,000 acres as the Terra Nova Medicinal Plant Reserve to be administered by Belize Association of Traditional Healers. Mayan traditional healing is alive, well and expanding in Belize through the efforts of Dr. Rosita Arvigo.
What could we do here on Vancouver Island and in BC to keep the traditional healers supported and their knowledge preserved for the inevitable health crises and solutions to be found in decades and centuries to come?
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Success Stories
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The Sorrento Gathering – 2002
“Food and Medicine” was the theme for the Sorrento Gathering of the B.C. Food Systems Network, held in mid-September at the Sorrento Centre on Shuswap Lake. Elder Trudy Jack in her keynote address spent little time on making the point that from a Native perspective, food and medicine are closely related and often the same thing. Rather, she inspired the 70 participants by grounding the discussion in the deeper reality which is accessible to any person who is willing to accept the discipline of listening.
The holistic perspective presented by Trudy formed the base for all the work of the conference. As one participant commented, “we are disconnected from the source of our being, our food and our medicine.” The purpose of the conference was to renew those connections, and to develop strategic thinking towards the establishment of community food security in B.C. Participants were all people already involved in community food security, whether in pregnancy outreach programs, community kitchens and gardens, farming, or policy development. It was recognized in the first plenary session that all of these projects and programs make a difference – but “that is not the same as making a change.”
Building on the B.C. Food Systems Network food policy statement developed at the 1999 Sorrento Gathering, the Sorrento Gathering 2002 began from a recognition that the plight of the poor and hungry is getting worse, chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes is increasing, and local food systems are being dismantled (along with the healthy food they supply) in favour of imported and junk foods. One ‘stream’ of the conference shared experience and ideas on practical efforts to defend and rebuild a just, local food system, through roundtables and workshops on Community Kitchens, Good Food Box, food pantries, urban gardening, and ways to work with farmers on food security issues. Two of the most popular workshops offered training in dehydrating foods and seed saving. One participant commented that the most important element of these discussions was the way in which people living with food insecurity felt that their point of view was heard and respected.
Creating such an atmosphere was the theme of the second ‘stream’ of the conference, which dealt with organizational issues such as building consensus in a group, handling hostility, and fundraising. In each one there was emphasis on careful listening to find out what the other person’s needs are before proceeding. In fundraising, for example, it is important to see the funder as a partner with a real interest in your work, not just a source of money.
The third focus was on policy action, or, as one participant said, “it’s not about blame, but about overcoming damaging structures.” One group focussed on working in the health care system, and encouraging health promotion and disease prevention and recognising the role of good healthy food in building health. The Healthy Eating Active Living projects being funded in the Northern Interior Health Region as part of a prevention strategy for type 2 diabetes were among the initiatives discussed. There were also workshops to develop strategies to combat the rise of junk foods, particularly in schools, and the need for school children to have adequate, appropriate food even if it is not provided by their parents. Reflecting the elder’s comment that “the more technology you have, the less it works with traditional foods,” there was a workshop on biotechnology and genetic engineering of foods and medicines which endeavoured to demystify the ‘science’ of biotechnology and emphasized each person’s authority on their body, their food, and their life.
The major purpose of the conference was not so much to develop action strategies as such, but to bring together, consolidate and galvanize a provincial network of people from rural, remote and reserve communities as well as towns and cities who will work together over the next year. Clearly the conference succeeded in this goal. It was evident in the delight of the children as they joined the group in country dancing in the evening; in the rapt attention to a local Shuswap elder explaining the history and traditions of the people of the region; in the intense discussions in every break; in the relaxed participation of young mothers with nursing infants; in the visit to the farm which provided much of the produce for the excellent meals.
The B.C. Food Systems Network recognizes that all of this is a slow process. But we will continue to meet, to celebrate our successes, to enjoy one another’s company, and to strengthen our resolve and our capacity to take back our local food systems, to ensure good, healthy, appropriate food for everyone.
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Every Wednesday in October – Community Gardens - Help people with disabilities grow at our organic demonstration garden and greenhouse.
To volunteer call 722-2292.
Oct. 1, 7 pm – Pesticide Free Naturally Workshop - Beben Park, Room 7. El Martell, also known as "The Weed Man" will discuss power raking, aeration, nematodes, and many other techniques available to the home gardener and lawn care enthusiast. Call Green Communities Nanaimo at 754-2554 to register for these free workshops as space is limited.
Oct. 6, 2:30-4:30 pm – Restoring Home Place: Maps and Mapping as Agents of Change. Maps with Teeth is a documentary film that features Briony Penn, Doug Aberley, and Peter Berg, who show and tell how ordinary people can make maps to make the places they care about more visible. Following the film is a discussion with guest speaker Briony Penn. University of Victoria. $16. Course Code: ASSC196 2002F1 C01.
Oct. 12, Thurs. 3-4 pm – Aboriginal Land Stewardship Program Information Session. The Aboriginal Land Stewardship Program provides management level training in the stewardship of land and resources to First Nations' people working in their communities. Malaspina University. Free. Course ID: HGHT 040.
Call to register: 740-6400.
Oct. 23 - 25 – CWMA Conference, in Nanaimo BC - Register for the Coast Waste Management Association 2002 "Best in the West" Conference now for lower rates and to be entered into the early registration draw! (early deadline September 30th). Sessions are finalized, tours organized, with more networking and a bigger Trade Show. See the the CWMA web site for details & registration! www.cwma.bc.ca
PO BOX 85 Qualicum Beach BC
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Tel 250.752.8293 Fax 250.752.4487
Oct. 15 - Dec. 3 – Nature Writing for Publication. This workshop will provide a platform for expression of your priceless experiences in nature. Malaspina University. $249 Course ID: ONWN 001.
For more info: 740-6400
Oct. 16, Wed. 5 - 9 pm – Healthy Living Rally! Pick up an inspection booklet and then visit the many checkstops for a red, yellow or green light diagnosis. Take a few laps around the table displays, activity booths, presentations and kitchen demos. Learn about fueling your body, improving your health, being more physically active and opportunities in the community. John Barsby Community School Multi-Purpose Room. Volunteers needed. For more info: Tanis at 753-9393.
Oct.19, Sat. 1-3pm – Building Sustainable Perennial Borders. Learn to build a perennial border that requires very little irrigation, is easy to care for, and provides habitat for native birds and beneficial insects. Malaspina University. $65 Course ID: HGHT 002 For more info: 740-6400.
Oct. 24, Thurs. 7pm – Health and Healing Through Landscaping. Learn inspirational approaches to landscaping that will enhance your sense of well-being. $35 Malaspina University. Course ID: HGHT 006. For more info: 740-6400.
Oct. 26 - 27, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm – Fall Mushrooms Workshop at the Wildwood Sustainable Forest. To register phone The Land Conservancy at 250-479-8053. Flexible deadline is October 21st. See our Keaner’s Korner column heading for more details.
Oct. 29 - Nov. 19, 6-9pm – Healthy Cooking Cheap n’ Easy Workshops. A four-week series of hands-on cooking sessions that focus on healthy low cost recipes. Each evening will be led by different experts in the fields of food, health and nutrition. $25 for the series, includes a copy of ‘100 Meals for Under a Loonie’ Recipe book. (Individuals can register on a per workshop basis for $7-space permitting). Register through Parks and Rec. Participants with a LEAP card are eligible for a 50% course fee reduction.
Nov. 22 and 23 – Green Communities Nanaimo will be hosting a Public Forum called "Play It Safe! Human Rights, Children and Pesticides". Friday afternoon there is a workshop on" Creating Change on a Municipal Level". Friday evening there is a Public Panel Presentation, with Keynote address by Changes Radio Producers on Positive Change and special guest speakers dealing with “Children and Toxics”. Saturday there are select individual workshops by the panel guest speakers. Please call for more information or to register, 754-2554.
Special thanks to the EcoCalendar for many of these event listings.
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