Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Eco-Village: St.Mathieu Du Parc,QC.
Hello Russ,
Hoping you understand French if you prefer English, I can write in English but my message is likely to be less clear.
For nearly three years, a union worker, Residence Apex, they set up a project écocartier in the village of St - Mathieu- du- Park Québec . This cooperative, composed of 6 members , had developed an integration plan architectural that summarized the guidelines to be followed for the construction of houses. Among these, there was the requirement to build at least the framework of the cooperative . So , buying land, we had to build by the cooperative our house in accordance with a schedule of up to 8 years. Meanwhile, a solidarity cooperative , Green living, had to take care community development of the community. Projects such as a house intergenerational and a center for seniors were planned. However , after construction of the first two houses , conflict between the cooperative and citizens came forward regarding possible defects in construction. has taken out of proportion to the point that the media got involved and that legal proceedings are underway. Currently , the cooperative Apex to due declare bankruptcy and that a small group of 13 people have formed a company which is now in charge of land sales , management of community spaces and respect the development plan architectural which wants a sort of mission statement. The écocartier now has 7 single family homes , two families who have put their house up for sale / rent because of disputes over construction defects.
So here is a portrait brief of the project in St -Mathieu. Of the 60 lots originally planned , 30 are already sold and only 7 were occupied . There are nearly two dozen family is awaiting further developments. I am very concerned about the future of this project as though there is already a good glue community between residents today écocartier , the contribution of people who are not resident seems very difficult because there no place communication that can foster a sense of family non - resident. And this feeling is of course essential to their desire to get involved and eventually settle in the écocartier . So I decided to get to network and draw inspiration from other projects that work to help this project was seen as a beginning to say the least hesitation. Would you advice to reorient the project?
Hoping you understand French if you prefer English, I can write in English but my message is likely to be less clear.
For nearly three years, a union worker, Residence Apex, they set up a project écocartier in the village of St - Mathieu- du- Park Québec . This cooperative, composed of 6 members , had developed an integration plan architectural that summarized the guidelines to be followed for the construction of houses. Among these, there was the requirement to build at least the framework of the cooperative . So , buying land, we had to build by the cooperative our house in accordance with a schedule of up to 8 years. Meanwhile, a solidarity cooperative , Green living, had to take care community development of the community. Projects such as a house intergenerational and a center for seniors were planned. However , after construction of the first two houses , conflict between the cooperative and citizens came forward regarding possible defects in construction. has taken out of proportion to the point that the media got involved and that legal proceedings are underway. Currently , the cooperative Apex to due declare bankruptcy and that a small group of 13 people have formed a company which is now in charge of land sales , management of community spaces and respect the development plan architectural which wants a sort of mission statement. The écocartier now has 7 single family homes , two families who have put their house up for sale / rent because of disputes over construction defects.
So here is a portrait brief of the project in St -Mathieu. Of the 60 lots originally planned , 30 are already sold and only 7 were occupied . There are nearly two dozen family is awaiting further developments. I am very concerned about the future of this project as though there is already a good glue community between residents today écocartier , the contribution of people who are not resident seems very difficult because there no place communication that can foster a sense of family non - resident. And this feeling is of course essential to their desire to get involved and eventually settle in the écocartier . So I decided to get to network and draw inspiration from other projects that work to help this project was seen as a beginning to say the least hesitation. Would you advice to reorient the project?
Forums « klimaforum10
Forums « klimaforum10
Participants can host discussions, workshops, round tables, seminars, forums, assemblies, international conferences, meetings and cultural acts in the Klimaforum10, by submitting these acts on our website, or by emailing the KF10 secretariat which will facilitate the scheduling of activities together with the Organization Committee.
Space for the activities
Environmental-friendly tents will be provided which can host approximately 50 people, with the object to promote increased participation and create a wider range of proposals.
There will be additional bigger spaces for conferences and plenary speeches/lectures.
Organizations and institutions, that wish to do so, can reserve spaces for expositions, promotion or other uses in the main field.
To host a forum or another activity please click here…
The committee proposes the following thematic guidelines:
NUCLEAR ENERGY-FREE WORLD
Pacifism; Demitiralization; Deglobalization; Global democracy.
ABANDON OUR DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS
Peak Oil; Radical reduction of energy consumption; Renewable energy.
SACRALIZE WATER
The spiritual, ecological and social dimension of water; Desertification; Privatization of water.
SAVE ANIMALS AND PLANTs
Participants can host discussions, workshops, round tables, seminars, forums, assemblies, international conferences, meetings and cultural acts in the Klimaforum10, by submitting these acts on our website, or by emailing the KF10 secretariat which will facilitate the scheduling of activities together with the Organization Committee.
Space for the activities
Environmental-friendly tents will be provided which can host approximately 50 people, with the object to promote increased participation and create a wider range of proposals.
There will be additional bigger spaces for conferences and plenary speeches/lectures.
Organizations and institutions, that wish to do so, can reserve spaces for expositions, promotion or other uses in the main field.
To host a forum or another activity please click here…
The committee proposes the following thematic guidelines:
NUCLEAR ENERGY-FREE WORLD
Pacifism; Demitiralization; Deglobalization; Global democracy.
ABANDON OUR DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS
Peak Oil; Radical reduction of energy consumption; Renewable energy.
SACRALIZE WATER
The spiritual, ecological and social dimension of water; Desertification; Privatization of water.
SAVE ANIMALS AND PLANTs
Pre-Round Table talks- Sept 13th-17th Mexico
" Energy Nuclear " option viable for Climate Change ? "Mesa Redonda. Monday 13 September 17 to 20 hrs. , with Dr. Rafael Huacuz Elijah ( COLMEX, Univ Michoacana ), Dr. Eduardo Rincón Mejía ( UACM ), Dr. Mauricio Schoijet (UAM ) , Mr. Miguel Valencia Mulkay ( KLIMAFORUM10 ) Moderator : José Arias Chávez ( PEUACM )
In the lobby of the auditorium of the Autonomous University of Mexico City , San Lorenzo y Adolfo Prieto, Colonia del Valle. Back in the Hospital 20 November ISSTE (Felix Cuevas)
Is this the event where Stephan Dion accidentally had food poisoning at a University in Mexico for a CCC(Climate Change Conference)????
In the lobby of the auditorium of the Autonomous University of Mexico City , San Lorenzo y Adolfo Prieto, Colonia del Valle. Back in the Hospital 20 November ISSTE (Felix Cuevas)
Is this the event where Stephan Dion accidentally had food poisoning at a University in Mexico for a CCC(Climate Change Conference)????
Global EcoVillage « klimaforum10
Global EcoVillage « klimaforum10
Dry toilets
The mayority of hotels in the mayan riviera throw there sewage in the sea and the cenotes, which is one of the worst environmental crimes in the region.
Some Canadien grassroots movements will construct a system of dry toilets for the event. At the end of the event, the toilets will be asigned for use in the local communities.
There will also be showers and dishwashing stations.
Waste management
Dry toilets
The mayority of hotels in the mayan riviera throw there sewage in the sea and the cenotes, which is one of the worst environmental crimes in the region.
Some Canadien grassroots movements will construct a system of dry toilets for the event. At the end of the event, the toilets will be asigned for use in the local communities.
There will also be showers and dishwashing stations.
Waste management
Some topics to be discussed
1.NUCLEAR ENERGY-FREE WORLD: Pacifism; Demitiralization; Deglobalization; Global democracy…
2.ABANDON OUR DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS: Peak Oil; Radical reduction of energy consumption; Renewable energy;…
3.SACRALIZE WATER: The spiritual, ecological and social dimension of water; Desertification; Privatization of water;…
4.SAVE ANIMALS AND PLANTS: Radically reduce animal product consumption; Trade of endangered species; Rejection of genetically modified organisms;…
5.PROTECT FORESTS AND JUNGLES: Are trade mechanisms a real solution? REDD, REDD+; Preservation of forests, reefs and mangroves;…
6.RESTRUCTURE AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK: La Vía Campesina; Elimination of large fish and livestock industries; Relocation towards local production and consumption; Rejection of patenting seeds and forms of life;….
7.REDUCE TRANSPORT AND URBANIZATION: Discourage car use and transport in general; Depave; Diversity in soil use; Neighborhood and cooperative autonomy;…
8.MINIMIZE WASTE: Radical reduction of packaging; Eliminate disposables; Recolate waste management;…
9.ECONOMIC DEGROWTH: Ecology over economy; Elimination of national indexes of economic growth and the GDP; Reject Free Trade agreements; Reject consumer society and slavework;…
10.CLIMATE JUSTICE: Recognition of the historical climatic debt; End the plundering of the Global South; Climatic Tribunal; Mother Earth Rights;…
11.ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION: Strengthen networks of ecological communities; Encourage food sovereignty; Halt extraction of fossil fuels and metals; Local autonomy; Equalize wealth and work; Promote cooperatives to support the most vulnerable;…
12.ANCIENT CULTURES REVIVAL: Preserve traditions, languages, handcrafts and cultural wisdom; Encourage local solutions for local problems;…
13.FALSE SOLUTIONS: Market mechanisms: carbon trading, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD, REDD+, REDD++); Remove World Bank from administrating environmental funds;…
These are a few of the theme proposals, participants can summit additional guiding thematics.
2.ABANDON OUR DEPENDANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS: Peak Oil; Radical reduction of energy consumption; Renewable energy;…
3.SACRALIZE WATER: The spiritual, ecological and social dimension of water; Desertification; Privatization of water;…
4.SAVE ANIMALS AND PLANTS: Radically reduce animal product consumption; Trade of endangered species; Rejection of genetically modified organisms;…
5.PROTECT FORESTS AND JUNGLES: Are trade mechanisms a real solution? REDD, REDD+; Preservation of forests, reefs and mangroves;…
6.RESTRUCTURE AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK: La Vía Campesina; Elimination of large fish and livestock industries; Relocation towards local production and consumption; Rejection of patenting seeds and forms of life;….
7.REDUCE TRANSPORT AND URBANIZATION: Discourage car use and transport in general; Depave; Diversity in soil use; Neighborhood and cooperative autonomy;…
8.MINIMIZE WASTE: Radical reduction of packaging; Eliminate disposables; Recolate waste management;…
9.ECONOMIC DEGROWTH: Ecology over economy; Elimination of national indexes of economic growth and the GDP; Reject Free Trade agreements; Reject consumer society and slavework;…
10.CLIMATE JUSTICE: Recognition of the historical climatic debt; End the plundering of the Global South; Climatic Tribunal; Mother Earth Rights;…
11.ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION: Strengthen networks of ecological communities; Encourage food sovereignty; Halt extraction of fossil fuels and metals; Local autonomy; Equalize wealth and work; Promote cooperatives to support the most vulnerable;…
12.ANCIENT CULTURES REVIVAL: Preserve traditions, languages, handcrafts and cultural wisdom; Encourage local solutions for local problems;…
13.FALSE SOLUTIONS: Market mechanisms: carbon trading, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD, REDD+, REDD++); Remove World Bank from administrating environmental funds;…
These are a few of the theme proposals, participants can summit additional guiding thematics.
Description « klimaforum10-Site
Description « klimaforum10
A paradise in the heart of the Mayan jungle, nearby the best beaches of the Mexican Carribean and the big cenotes which keep up the mistery of this exotic and fascinating place. The site is at 11 km. to the west of Puerto Morelos, on the road to Central Vallarta or the cenotes and approximately at 15 minutes of the international airport in Cancun.
A paradise in the heart of the Mayan jungle, nearby the best beaches of the Mexican Carribean and the big cenotes which keep up the mistery of this exotic and fascinating place. The site is at 11 km. to the west of Puerto Morelos, on the road to Central Vallarta or the cenotes and approximately at 15 minutes of the international airport in Cancun.
MEXICO: Civil Society Divided Ahead of Climate Summit - IPS ipsnews.net
MEXICO: Civil Society Divided Ahead of Climate Summit - IPS ipsnews.net
MEXICO CITY, Jun 4, 2010 (IPS) - With less than six months before Mexico hosts the next global climate change summit, Mexican environmental organisations hosting the parallel civil society forum are divided on how to carry it out -- which some fear could ultimately weaken their role at the negotiating table.
The differences are centred on the scenario for bringing together non- governmental organisations (NGOs) in Mexico's Caribbean resort city of Cancún, where the 16th Conference of Parties (COP 16) to the United Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held Nov. 29 to Dec. 10.
At the COP 15 summit held in Copenhagen last December, the NGOs organised the Kilmaforum09, and some of the Mexican environmental groups want to repeat that formula, while many others want an approach that better reflects the Mexican and Latin American reality.
The disagreements "arise primarily because of power imbalances," Miguel Valencia, one of the 10 members of the Klimaforum 2010 Mexican organising committee, told IPS.
"The big international NGOs, like Greenpeace and Oxfam, are well connected and tolerate too many things from the governments. They accept programmes and issues in the summit negotiations which are unacceptable to the social movements," he said.
Following the failure of the official Copenhagen summit, a group of 30 Danish NGOs passed the Klimaforum baton to representatives of Mexican NGOs. Last December, the parallel forum, also known as the Peoples' Climate Summit, involved some 50,000 activists in more than 300 events.
MEXICO CITY, Jun 4, 2010 (IPS) - With less than six months before Mexico hosts the next global climate change summit, Mexican environmental organisations hosting the parallel civil society forum are divided on how to carry it out -- which some fear could ultimately weaken their role at the negotiating table.
The differences are centred on the scenario for bringing together non- governmental organisations (NGOs) in Mexico's Caribbean resort city of Cancún, where the 16th Conference of Parties (COP 16) to the United Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held Nov. 29 to Dec. 10.
At the COP 15 summit held in Copenhagen last December, the NGOs organised the Kilmaforum09, and some of the Mexican environmental groups want to repeat that formula, while many others want an approach that better reflects the Mexican and Latin American reality.
The disagreements "arise primarily because of power imbalances," Miguel Valencia, one of the 10 members of the Klimaforum 2010 Mexican organising committee, told IPS.
"The big international NGOs, like Greenpeace and Oxfam, are well connected and tolerate too many things from the governments. They accept programmes and issues in the summit negotiations which are unacceptable to the social movements," he said.
Following the failure of the official Copenhagen summit, a group of 30 Danish NGOs passed the Klimaforum baton to representatives of Mexican NGOs. Last December, the parallel forum, also known as the Peoples' Climate Summit, involved some 50,000 activists in more than 300 events.
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