Dream Farm 2nd Announcement U.K.

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Dream Farm 2nd Announcement

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ISIS Press Release 10/01/06

 

Dream Farm 2nd Announcement

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Prof. George Chan, environmental engineer and creator of

dozens of highly productive zero-emission farms to eradicate

poverty in developing countries. How to turn " wastes " into

energy and resources for local self-sufficiency. Get set for

a post fossil fuel economy!

 

Are such farms the answer for feeding the developed world

now faced with a looming energy crisis and the need to

reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate global warming?

 

Also speaking:

 

Jenny Jones London Assembly member, Chair of London Food,

responsible for government's Sustainable Food and Farming

Stratefy for London

 

Martin Khor, Director of Third World Network

 

Eur. Ing. Kenneth Spelman, planner/designer of sustainable

development

 

Julian Oram Policy Analyst of ActionAid

 

Dr. Lois Philipps, Senior Researcher of Elm Farm Research

Centre

 

Dan Keech, of Sustain and London Hub

 

Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, Director of Institute of Science in Society

& Sustainable World Initiative

 

Participation strictly limited, a few places left.

 

Please e-mail your details (name, title, affiliation if any,

qualifications) to dreamfarm or telephone 020-

8452-2729

 

The workshop will start at 9:30h Saturday 21 January and end

after lunch at 14:00h Sunday 22 January 2006. The Venue is

The Kindersley Centre, set at the heart of award-winning

Sheepdrove Organic Farm (Warren Farm, Lambourn, Berkshire

RG17 7UU, UK). The conference facility is housed within a

beautiful, eco-friendly building, surrounded by fields and

woodlands, with spectacular views across rolling downland.

The cost of the weekend is about £130 per person, which

includes organic meals and drinks (Saturday lunch and dinner

and Sundy lunch). If required, an overnight stay at a nearby

hotel will cost an additional £35-£50. How to find the

Kindersley Center: The Kindersley Centre can be reached by

car or by rail plus a taxi ride. The nearest British Rail

Stations are Hungerford, Didcot and Newbury.

 

For detailed directions to the Kindersley centre please

follow this link:

http://www.indsp.org/pdf/KindersleyMap & Details.pdf

or

directions provided by Streetmap.co.uk

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=435824 & y=181870 & z=0 &

sv=RG17+7UU & st=2 & pc=RG17+7UU & mapp=newmap.srf & searchp=newsear

ch.srf

 

 

 

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