Cohousing-L Mailing List: Amazon rain forest conference coordinated by Lancaster Cohousing

[Fred-List manager (fholson]

Fiona Frank <fionafrank [at] gmail.com>
is the author of the message below.  It was posted by Fred of
the Cohousing-L management team <cohousing-l-owner [at] cohousing.org>
after editing it to deal with format issues.

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Dear Cohousing people

In response to the murders in June of environmental journalist Dom Phillips
and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WAD6-Cusmc>, Lancaster cohousing resident
Fiona Frank and a team at low carbon event space and coworking space Halton
Mill, which is owned by Lancaster Cohousing,  has put on an exhibition and
a month of activities in and around Lancaster and online. The exhibition
and activities are designed to raise awareness of  the ways in which the
Amazon is being destroyed, but also pointing to some sustainable solutions,
which Dom Phillips was researching for his book 'How to Save the Amazon'
when he and Bruno were killed in the Brazilian Amazon, by people involved
in illegal fishing.     Sian Phillips, Dom Phillips' sister, is a Lancaster
resident, and Dom visited Lancaster Cohousing and Halton Mill last year,
interested in our community owned  hydro electric plant.
<https://haltonlunehydro.org/> which provides the power for our 41
households and for Halton Mill.

We are much heartened by the result of the Brazilian presidential election
- and specifically, the politician tipped to be the new Environment
Minister paying tribute yesterday to Dom and Bruno and others who have lost
their lives defending the rainforest, and Lula, the incoming president,
pledging to make the environment one of his government's top
priorities, telling
journalists "we are going to fight for zero deforestation in the Amazon" .
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/31/brazil-lula-protect-amazon-environment-minister-marina-silva>

Below you'll find details of a free two day conference in Lancaster city
centre and online,  and five online talks dealing with these issues as well
as some films and other activities.

Details of inperson conference in England:
Saturday 19 November and Sunday 20 November
http://www.tinyurl.com/Amazonconference

Register for weekly Wednesday lunchtime (in England...) online presentations
http://www.trybooking.co.uk/BXAC

Please pass this email, and the main link www.haltonmill.org.uk/DomBruno,
on to all your networks and share with others.   Please follow Halton  Mill
on f <https://www.facebook.com/haltonmillpage>acebook
<https://www.facebook.com/haltonmillpage>, on twitter
<https://twitter.com/haltonmill> and on i
<https://www.instagram.com/halton_mill/>nstagram
<https://www.instagram.com/halton_mill/> (and also follow @DomBrunoAmazon
on instagram <https://www.instagram.com/dombrunoamazon/>  for the latest
posts to share.

In solidarity
Fiona Frank
Halton Mill
Mill Lane
Halton LA2 6ND
07778 737681
www.haltonmill.org.uk/DomBruno