Cohousing-L Mailing List: Workshop Announcement (Paolo Lugari, Gaviotas, Colombia)

[Joani Blank (joani]

> You are invited to a special two-day gathering on the eve on
> September 11.  Paolo Lugari, founder of Gaviotas, and Gunter Pauli,
> of the Zero Emissions Research Initiative, will lead a "Dialogue on
> Innovation and Perseverance" based on the story of Gaviotas, a
> remarkable village (population 200) in Colombia.
>
> This event will be held September 9 - 11 at the Ghost Ranch conference
> Center in New Mexico.
>
> Gaviotas is an oasis of peace amidst the violence in Colombia.
> Engineers, artists, peasants and former street kids have come
> together in a barren savannah and accomplished the extraordinary.
> They have:
>
> - achieved energy self-sufficiency
> - established sustainable industries such as a zero emission resin-
> making factory,
> - created a hospital and medicinal plant research center
> - reforested 36,000 acres and reintroduced biodiversity
> - governed themselves with remarkable equanimity.
>
> How did they defy the limits of the possible?
> How can we do the same?
> Come join us in exploring a path of hope.

> For information on Gaviotas, click here:
> http://www.urbanecology.org/gaviotas/about.htm
>
> About the workshop and how to register, click here:
> http://www.urbanecology.org/gaviotas/2002workshop.htm


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