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Subject: [Consumo critico - Milano Social Forum][Fwd: ESF, COP9, Risingtide London]
bella l=EC! che bel brainstorming!

io rimango dell'idea (soprattutto leggendo che vorrebbero avere uno spazio=

indipendente in Milano, per raggiungere un pubblico variegato e folto) che=

bisognerebbe parlarne con Marco per La Stecca e magari raccontargli un po'=
del
materiale e dei contenuti che vorrebbero esporre.

cate

> >DEar Paolo & Tito,
> >
> >Paolo - Tito is part of London Risingtide & Diversity Radio
> >
> >Tito - see bottom of email for latest report from Paolo on organising f=

or
> >COP9. I hope the email does not cut off before it gets that far - let =

me
> >know if there is a problem and I'll email it to you again.
> >Finally, can you write me a short text explaining what you think Divers=

ity
> > Radio can contribute to COP9 - I think its best if you write it in yo=

ur
> >own words.
> >
> >Both of you! See below for plans which Carbon Trade Watch are
> >brainstorming. I also include an intro text written to explain the
> >collaborations we are looking for in Milan with Italian based groups.
> >
> >ESF - we are all going to be there. I am going to be there on the 12th=

&
> >13th November. When is the meeting on COP9 going to be? Lets meet!
> >
> >lots of love,
> >
> >christina
> >xxx
> >
> >******************
> >******************
> >
> >Hallo!
> >
> >I am sending you a summary of our plans for Milan - see below. We have
> >similar plans for Amsterdam before & during COP9. The plans for Milan
> >are currently only *plans* because we want to base our work during COP=

9
> >on collaborations with Italian groups. We are very interested to
> >understand more about plans of other groups for Milan.
> >
> >About us...
> >
> >Our interest is to expose neo-liberal environmentalism & make connectio=

ns
> >between: environmental & social networks; Southern & Northern Europe
> >activist networks; the general public, activist & NGO networks. We ha=

ve
> >new research on pollution trading in greenhouse gases - put in the
> >context of wider processes of privatization & social change. We are
> >discussing titles for the programme now, for example "The Privatisatio=

n
> >of the Environment" or "Stories of Power - Energy, Control & Resistanc=

e".
> >
> >Help...!
> >
> >We only want to show videos & do events that accessible to the public i=

n
> >Milan -
> > so they need to be in Italian. Can you work with us on translating,
> >subtitling videos & finding people to interpret for workshops? We will
> >also need help with logistics of publicity as well as finding video
> >projectors, video players, etc - all the technical stuff needed to put
> >these plans into practice. Are you interested to collaborate with us =

on
> >any of this work?
> >
> >Spaces...
> >
> >We also want to understand the spaces available in Milan. When do you
> >think is it most effective to show work in the Sesto Convergence Cente=

r?
> >We would like to have an independent base in central Milan. We want t=

o
> >understand which spaces in Milan are the most accessible to the most
> >diverse public - can you advise?
> >
> >Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
> >
> >Christina xxxx
> >
> >
> >Ideas for free COP9 Public Programme - to be confirmed:
> >
> >Exhibition concept for Milan:
> >The Silenced Voices of the Eucalyptus Plantations in Brasil - Stories o=

f
> >rural communities & biodiversity under threat from plantation
> >corporations, the World Bank & the emerging pollution trading economy.
> >
> >Two longer term projects will be launched here:
> >InfoTour scheduled for 2004.
> >Publication written jointly by FASE-ES (Brasil) & Carbon Trade Watch (N=

L)
> >on Eucalyptus Plantations in Brasil.
> >
> >Structure:
> >*Photographic exhibition of large black and white photographs, accompan=

ied
> >by placards from transcribed and translated audio interviews with the
> >people in the photographs. The exhibition includes the voices of worke=

rs,
> >indigenous communities, afrobrasilian communities, campasinos, MST
> >occupiers and other communities resisting the ever-growing expanse of
> >destructive eucalyptus plantations. The idea is to have the people tel=

l
> >their own stories and express their own views on the environmental and
> >social impacts of eucalyptus monoculture.
> >* Audio interviews interwoven with Brazilian music will be played over
> >speakers during the exhibition.
> >*A Video Movie Program will map the bigger picture.
> >*Workshops.
> >*Online Resources.
> >
> >Videos:
> >*The video GREEN GOLD tells the story of Sajida Khan, a South African
> >woman with a hazardous dumpsite on her doorstep. Her neighbours are dy=

ing
> >one by one, while the dump leaks gases and toxins into her air, water =

and
> >earth. Meanwhile, the World Bank calls the dump a "world class example=

of
> >an environmental project." How can this be? This dramatic gap between =

the
> >local community and the World Bank is because of the new Carbon Emissi=

ons
> >Trading scheme in the Kyoto Protocol. Due to the UN=92s climate talks,=

the
> >toxic dumpsite can now be called a =91clean green project.=92
> >*The video CROSSING THE DESERT is made by the Alert Against the Green
> >Desert Movement showing the Eucalyptus Plantation industry in Brasil.
> >The expression Green Desert comes from a prediction, launched at the e=

nd
> >of the 60s, when pulp and plantation companies invaded the North of
> >Espirito Santo and South of Bahia, Brasil, causing environmental impac=

ts
> >and changing lives of thousands of inhabitants of that region. CROSSI=

NG
> >THE GREEN DESERT shows statements that denounce a development process
> >that did not respect the culture or the territory of indigenous people=

s,
> >afrobrasilian =91quilombo=92 communities and peasants, making impossib=

le
> >their way of life and destructing the rivers & the atlantic forest and
> >what remains is a big green desert.
> >*RISING TIDE video showing: vox-pop statements from diverse people on =91=

why
> > climate change is important to them=92; & climate change related acti=

ons.
> >*New video montage on floods in MOZAMBIQUE and political-economic conte=

xt.
> >*Videos on EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES.
> >*Videos on Narmada Dam (in English).
> >*Video on OCP pipeline in Ecuador (in Italian).
> >*Video on Camisea gas pipeline in Peru (in Spanish).
> >*The Privatisation of the Environment: Water. The video ORANGE FARM WA=

TER
> > CRISIS shows water privatisation in the form of pre-paid water meters=

in
> >South Africa. The video exists thanks to the activists of the ORANGE
> >FARM WATER CRISIS COMMITTEE & video activists from around the world ma=

ny
> >of whom were in Johannesburg for the World Summit of Sustainable
> >Development in 2002. *The Privatisation of the Environment: The World
> >Summit on Sustainable Development. Video by South Africa Indymedia on
> >the Summit & social movement protest.
> >
> >Workshops:
> >People interested to contribute to following workshop ideas are welcome=

.
> >Ideas for further workshops are welcome.
> >1.        Dams & Pollution Trading.
> >2.        Democratic Renewables.
> >3.        The Law.
> >4.        Contribution by Sinkswatch.
> >5.        Contribution by CDMwatch.
> >6.        Property & Pollution Trading.
> >7.        Indigenous People, climate change & offset culture.
> >8.        The World Bank.
> >9.        Extractive Industries.
> >10.        Eucalyptus Plantations in Brasil.
> >11.        The World Summit on Sustainable Development and Social
> >Movements. 12.        Revisioning Climate Indymedia.
> >13.        Environmental Justice & Pollution Trading.
> >14.        Women, Trade & Climate Change.
> >15.        Kyoto & the WTO.

> >
> >
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