360 - Changing the World by Degrees
Created | Updated May 22, 2006
Latest news from 360 - Changing the World by Degrees.
A new 'solution' arrived on the 360 site this week in the form of a video
from the Kiunga Marine Reserve in Kenya. Julie Church, who works
for the World Wide Fund for Nature out there, sent it all the way from
Africa. Julie hasn't got any access to the internet at Kiunga and has to
travel two hours to the nearest town to get through to us. Even so, she's
been one of our keenest supporters from the beginning.
The video shows how WWF workers are encouraging fishermen to return to older
ways which not only preserve the environment but actually pay them more. Of
course there's a little more work involved... but as it is proving
prosperous, the fishermen are interested in doing it.
We've posted Jonathan Charles's replies to the first questions about his
experiences of conflict and there are more in already. Some people
have been asking him to look at other web-pages and comment on long articles
but he doesn't really have the time to do that. So, if you've spotted a
conspiracy theory - or an excellent article on conflict, please would you
summarise it for Jonathan so that he doesn't have to go chasing round the
web while he's in danger of being shot at!
Plans are progressing for the United Nations Development and Education
Committee's young people's summit in Birmingham (which Richard Creasey will
be opening on April 7th) - and UNED are hoping that all 120 delegates, aged
between 13 and 18, will use 360 as a way of communicating to each other -
and developing projects which will help the planet.
The subject they have taken for the next year is 'Food' as it's the staple
that we all need (and it includes water). Food is in doubt when there is
conflict; gathering or killing affects the enviromnent, poverty means little
food - and unwholesome food affects health. The goal is to plan a simple,
seasonal meal for leaders of the world to serve to them at the Earth Summit
in Johannesburg in September.
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