From alternet at mail.greennet.org.uk Fri May 13 17:42:23 2005 From: alternet at mail.greennet.org.uk (alternet) Date: Wed Feb 1 23:43:31 2006 Subject: [alternet-l] THE ALTERNET NEWS - ISSUE 120 Message-ID: THE ALTERNET NEWS - ISSUE 120 May 13th 2005 This issue: CURTAIN TWITCHERS/ IT WASN.T ME/ NO MAN.S LAND/ THE KING LIVES/ JUST GOOGLE IT/ OIL BE BLOWED!/ GENERATION NEXT/ DON.T SHOW ME THE MONEY/ YOU CAN TAKE THE BUSHMEN OUT OF THE BUSH./ TURN THE SOUND DOWN/ REMEMBER SARO WIWA/ QUOTE/UNQUOTE/ JOBS/ DIARY/ FACT OF THE FORTNIGHT: Percentage of renewable energy consumed in the U.S. in 1970; 6.0%. Percentage of renewable energy expected to be consumed in the U.S. in 2005; 6.7%. HOT SITES: The year 2005 - announced as Einstein Year - marks the centenary of the publication of Albert Einstein's equation E = mc2. To mark this occasion, Sandy Starr at .Spiked., in association with NESTA and science communicator Alom Shaha, has conducted a survey of over 250 renowned scientists, science communicators and educators, including 11 Nobel laureates. Each was asked: .What would you teach the world about science, and why, if you could pick just one thing...?. Respondents include RICHARD DAWKINS, SIMON SINGH, COLIN BERRY, ERIC DREXLER, SUSAN HAACK, MATT RIDLEY, JOHN STACHEL, JOHN SULSTON, RAYMOND TALLIS, and PAUL DAVIES. Read the survey responses in full, and watch four accompanying films, at: http://www.spiked-online.com/einstein "Development in an insecure world - new threats to human development and their implications for development policy" is a collection of essays that explores and offers policy options to address new threats to human security that transcend national boundaries and give rise to major development challenges in the contemporary world. http://fi.oneworld.net/ >From Afghanistan to Indonesia, Iraq and beyond, countless journalists are supporting democracy and freedom every day by reporting stories as professionally, accurately, and fairly as they can. This World Press Freedom Day photo essay celebrates their achievements and offers insights into their daily efforts. http://www.internews.org CURTAIN TWITCHERS The .Iron Curtain. that separated Western Europe from the communist countries of Eastern Europe was once one of the most dangerous places on earth. But in the post-Cold War era, a coalition of conservation and community-development groups has ambitious plans to transform it into a string of parks, nature reserves, and organic farms. There are parks which already exist in Germany, between Finland and Russia, between Austria and the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, there's likely to be resistance from governments that aren't quite on speaking terms yet (Greece and Macedonia for example) and many farmers are concerned about the effect organic restrictions may have on their livelihoods. The organisers envisage a largely voluntary, grassroots effort involving both public and privately owned land. "The idea is to interlink the needs of people and nature, because they're not incompatible," says Andrew Terry of the World Conservation Union, which is coordinating the project. "Protected areas should be places that allow humans and wildlife to live together." http://www.csmonitor.com IT WASN.T ME It looks increasingly likely that the folly of the Iraq war, whilst not prohibiting him from continuing as Prime minister, will at least condemn Tony Blair to an early retirement. Meanwhile, his comrade-in-arms sits comfortably in the White House, seemingly unconcerned about the consequences of his own actions. On the anniversary of the publication of the Abu Ghraib photographs, Amnesty international expresses frustration that only the lowest ranks of the US military have been charged for the torture crimes. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/ NO MAN.S LAND A court in Brazil has signed a death warrant for hundreds of uncontacted Indians in the Amazon. The group has lost its land, had their constitutional protection removed and will now suffer from the attentions of loggers and land grabbers. Brazil is one of only two South American countries that does not recognise tribal land ownership. If Brazil's tribes were recognised as the owners of their land, it would give them some real protection against the individuals and businesses that take over their land, destroying their livelihood and often destroying them in the process. http://survival-international.org/tribes THE KING LIVES Ornithologists writing in the journal Science have officially confirmed the existence of at least one ivory-billed woodpecker, which has long been thought extinct. The bird in question was spotted several times over the past year and a half, and was even filmed on one occasion. The discovery has been touted by one ornithologist as "kind of like finding Elvis". With a wingspan of three feet, the ivory-billed woodpecker is the largest in North America. It was once sought for its feathers, used for millinery, and for its bill, believed by Native Americans to have magical powers. Conservationists are working with the state and federal officials to secure the area of eastern Arkansas where the bird was sighted, and plans to acquire more swampland in the area are in progress. http://sfgate.com JUST GOOGLE IT France's decision to create an online repository of European Literature received critical backing from five other European nations this week when the heads of Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Spain joined French President Jacques Chirac in asking for support from the European Union. European media reported that a letter signed by the leaders asks EU President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to coordinate the effort and, more importantly, to fund it. The letter comes after the national libraries of 19 European nations agreed to support the plan. http://www.washingtonpost.com OIL BE BLOWED! Despite Norway.s huge oil reserves - it is the world's third-largest exporter of oil - the price of .black gold. is high for Norwegians and carries a hefty tax. They also pay up to $395 a year per vehicle in car taxes, and import duties substantially jack up the prices of SUVs and large trucks. As a result, Norwegian per capita oil consumption rests at around 1.9 gallons a day, compared to America's three gallons. Incredibly, (to the Americans at least, who view cheap oil as a birthright) the Norwegians appear perfectly happy with the set up. "There is no political will to change the system," states radio announcer Torgald Sorli. Economists argue that gasoline prices and other auto taxes in Norway are not so expensive when measured against the annual incomes of Norwegians, which are among the world's highest. http://www.nytimes.com/ GENERATION NEXT With an energy crisis looming and national governments slow to adopt (or even consider.) clean, renewable sources, some small communities are creating their own solutions. Beddington Zero Energy Development in South London (aka .BedZED.), is a carbon-neutral sustainable-housing estate employing "microgeneration," or small-scale, local, renewable power production. BedZED's eco-village uses green roofs and well-insulated walls and windows; all lighting is low-energy, and water-saving washing machines/low-flush toilets reduce water wastage. Energy needs are met by solar panels and the community's 130-kilowatt generator, which is fueled by landscaping waste. BioRegional Development Group, the independent organization responsible for BedZED, is now working on plans for an eco-tourism project based on the same principles in Portugal. http://www.time.com/ DON.T SHOW ME THE MONEY Brazil has turned down the offer of $40 million of HIV grants from the U.S. because of a Bush administration requirement that organisations must pledge to oppose commercial sex work in order to qualify for funding. Brazil's AIDS program, considered a model by many around the world, cannot be successful "with principles that are Manichean, theological, fundamentalist and Shiite," said a top Brazilian official. http://www.kaisernetwork.org YOU CAN TAKE THE BUSHMEN OUT OF THE BUSH. Kalahari ecologist Arthur Albertson recently informed Botswana's high court that the Gana and Gwi Bushmen's lives were better in the central Kalahari, where they could hunt and gather, than in the government eviction camps. Albertson said the Bushmen have little impact on wildlife levels in the Kalahari, and that wildlife in the area was in fact increasing. The Bushmen's historic court case against the Botswana government recommenced this week, with the court due to sit until 16 June. They are fighting for their right to return to their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and to hunt and gather freely. http://www.survival-international.org TURN THE SOUND DOWN The ocean's fish, animal and marine mammal life are all under direct threat by the world's militaries, specifically the United States Navy. The key issue is noise pollution, which can physically disrupt and even kill sea animals. The US Navy, NATO and other navies are constantly blasting the world's oceans with damaging sound waves as part of their tracking systems to detect enemy submarines. Low, mid and high frequency active sonar, used by 60 percent of the US Navy's 300 ships and submarines, are introducing powerful and highly intrusive new sounds into the ocean environment, directly affecting the health and well-being of all sea creatures. Recently, the US Bush Administration has pushed through legislation that exempts the US military from core provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (surprise, surprise), leaving the armed forces much freer to harm ocean marine mammal life in the course of using and developing their underwater sonar. There is an overwhelming need to establish a global environmental authority with international criminal court jurisdiction to arrest, prosecute and incarcerate the military commanders and strategists who persist in using this technology without thought to the damage it causes. http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/nlfa.asp REMEMBER SARO WIWA On November 10th 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni colleagues were executed by the Nigerian state for campaigning against the devastation of the Niger Delta by oil companies, especially Shell and Chevron. A coalition of major environmental, human rights and development groups, supported by the Mayor of London and co-ordinated by PLATFORM, have come together to launch a memorial project for Ken Saro-Wiwa in London called Remember Saro-Wiwa. Remember Saro-Wiwa, led by curator David A. Bailey, is seeking innovative and radical ideas from artists, activists and others to create a unique mobile public art initiative in London .The Living Memorial. to mark the 10th anniversary of the executions, and draw attention to the ongoing crisis in the Niger Delta. Ideas must respond to the brief, available in English, French and Spanish. August 2005: Announcement of shortlist of five. Oct/Nov 2005: London exhibition of the five shortlisted proposals. 10th Nov 2005: Living Memorial winner announced. Commission fee: ?10,000 http://www.remembersarowiwa.com QUOTE/UNQUOTE "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored" . Aldous Huxley JOBS Research & Campaign Assistant, Afganistan Amnesty International - International Secretariat Salary: ?20,778 per annum Location: London, UK Closing Date: 25.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11227 Regional Technical Advisor, Asia Health Unlimited Salary: HU terms and conditions for international staff will apply, including competitive salary, housing, pension and health insurance Location: Bangkok, Thailand Closing Date : 27.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11226 Country Manager, Sierra Leone Health Unlimited Salary: The successful candidate will be offered an attractive remuneration package in accordance with qualifications and experience, including 30 days annual leave. For expatriate staff there is also an annual return flight home Location: Kamakwie, Bombali District, Sierra Leone Closing Date: 23.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11225 Director of Communications International Institute for Environment and Development Salary: ?39,965 - ?49,912 pa + benefits Location : Euston, London, UK Closing Date : 06.06.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11222 Programme Funding Manager Catholic Institute for International Relations Salary: 27,560 year Location: UK Closing Date: 19.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11221 Fundraising and Database Assistant Homeless International Salary: c?17,500 pa Location: Coventry, UK Closing Date: 20.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11216 Administrative Assistant Consumers International Salary: ?17,500 Location: London, UK Closing Date: 19.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11206 EVENTS Rejuvenation Day: Healing Benefit for the G8 Resistance. Come along and enjoy a rejuvenating day of healing and support the G8 Resistance! The Tribe of Brigid presents a magical day of healing, workshops, music, film and delicious food. Treat yourself to an array of reiki, massage, kundalini meditation, shiatsu, chi kung, endorphin magic workshops, healthy food, live music and much more... Sunday 15th May 12 noon til 10pm. The Circle Community Centre St Georges Theatre 49 Tufnell Park Road, N7 Cost: Donation on entry and donations per healing session. All the money raised will be going towards the G8 Dissent convergence centre in Scotland and the Tribe Of Brigid healing space at the G8. If you are a healer and want to get involved please: Email Brigid@dragonnetwork.org Visit http://www.dragonnetwork.org/brigid/ Or Phone: 07974 427 419 Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign invites you to a public meeting on Wednesday 18th may at 7:30 pm, the round chapel, lower clapton road E5. (Buses: 38, 48, 55, 106, 242, 253, 254, S2) PALESTINE / ISRAEL IS THERE A PEACE PROCESS? WHERE IS IT GOING? Speakers: HUSAM ZOMLOT, Member of Palestinian delegation, Political Counsellor to the UK. Palestine: the facts on the ground and the way forward; Israel is waging a war of concrete and land, and the two state solution may not be available much longer. Scenarios for the future are put forward. www.ism-london.org War on Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and ISM are joining forces to campaign against Caterpillar across the UK. We would like to ask you whether you would be prepared to help organise a local action in your town centre? Caterpillar supply bulldozers to Israel knowing that they subsequently armour them and use them as a military tool to destroy Palestinian homes, schools, agriculture and sometimes even lives. As a result, we are asking supporters to boycott Caterpillar shoes and clothes. John Lewis Department Store is one of the largest stockists of Caterpillar products in the UK. They have been unwilling to meet with us to discuss our concerns. We are therefore targeting them through electronic postcards on our website and a series of actions across the UK. Get involved . see www.waronwant.org/caterpillar See SchNEWS events at http://www.schnews.org.uk/pap/yourarea.htm Add diary dates at http://www.gn.apc.org/calendar/calindex.shtml and http://www.networkforpeace.org.uk/events.htm (diary dates collected by NfP are passed on to Peace News for their diary page. In order to get a diary listing in PN, groups can email nfp@gn.apc.org with details). This edition of AlterNet is edited by Lucie Evans for GreenNet. Send your news and hot sites to actnow@gn.apc.org Please note that opinions expressed in Alternet News do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editor or of the GreenNet Collective. http://www.gn.apc.org To subscribe or unsubscribe see: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/alternet-l _______________________________________________ -- _______________________________________________ Alternet-l mailing list Alternet-l@gn.apc.org http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/alternet-l From alternet at mail.greennet.org.uk Fri May 27 17:34:36 2005 From: alternet at mail.greennet.org.uk (alternet) Date: Wed Feb 1 23:43:31 2006 Subject: [alternet-l] THE ALTERNET NEWS - ISSUE 121 Message-ID: THE ALTERNET NEWS - ISSUE 121 May 27th 2005 This issue: BIG BROTHER IS MONITORING YOU/ THE MAN FROM DEL MONTE SAYS. NO/ AIM HIGH - VERY HIGH/ MAKE MINE A TALL SKINNY GREEN LATTE/ BUSH GETS IT WRONG AGAIN/ THEY'VE GOT THE POWER/ IT'S ONE RULE FOR THE MILITARY. WINDFALL/ ISLAMOPHOBIA STILL RISING IN U.S./ THE BEST NEWS I.VE HAD IN AGES/ QUOTE/UNQUOTE/ JOBS/ DIARY/ FACT OF THE FORTNIGHT: The name of everyone's favourite search engine is a corruption of 'googol' - meaning the numeral 1 followed by a hundred zeros - indicating that with Google, the possibilities are (almost) endless. HOT SITES: Made up your mind as to whether the London 2012 Olympic bid is a good thing or bad thing yet? Check out the facts before you decide. http://www.nolondon2012.org/ Did you oppose the war in Iraq? Did you oppose Trident? As a taxpayer, you paid for it anyway. The chances are you'll go on paying, unless you act now. The Peace Tax Seven are looking for ways to broaden tax resistance, and to empower people who can't withhold income tax, for example due to the PAYE system. They are interested in hearing from supporters, individuals, groups, and organisations with a commitment to peace, or an interest in finding out more about this issue. www.peacetaxseven.com Sign an on-line petition to show your disapproval of the Bush Administration.s actions, and impeach George Bush at http://www.votetoimpeach.org or http://votenader.org/get_involved/impeach.php. You have support: in a poll of 22,000 people across 21 countries, 58% expected Bush to have a negative impact on peace, and security (not to mention the environment!), only 26% considered him a positive force, and dislike of Bush is translating into dislike of Americans in general. BIG BROTHER IS MONITORING YOU Technological advances in the field of environmental monitoring are allowing scientists to take frequent and accurate measurements of weather conditions, animal behaviour, and even contaminant levels without leaving their workstations. By placing tiny wireless instruments (no larger than a deck of cards) in an environmentally sensitive area, researchers are able to remotely access data produced by the devices' cameras, robots, and sensors, providing them with a detailed account of the area's health.. The devices, called motes, are often networked together, able to power down when not needed, and compensate for sensors within the network that are not working correctly. The field is relatively new, but spreading, with over $1 billion worth of sensors planned or in place in areas such as Californian hardwood forests and the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Says William Kaiser of UCLA's Centre for Embedded Network Sensing; "It's going to change the way we think." Indeed it will. http://www.nytimes.com THE MAN FROM DEL MONTE SAYS. NO Nicaraguan fruit plantation workers exposed to the harmful pesticide 'Nemagon' used by Dole, Chiquita, and Del Monte in the 1970s are today suffering from incurable illness, and many of their children are born with horrific deformities. Though the chemical was known to be toxic to humans and banned early on in the United States, the companies continued to use it in other countries without disclosing the health risks, and are still emphatically denying any link between the use of the pesticide and the resulting illnesses. Needless to say, the workers have never been compensated. http://www.inthesetimes.com AIM HIGH . VERY HIGH Yokohama, Japan, a city of 3.5 million, recently sent its citizens a 27-page instruction book on how to sort waste for recycling into 10 different categories, detailing how to dispose of more than 500 separate items, from used lipsticks to old socks. The city aims to slash the amount of waste being sent to incinerators by 30 percent before 2010. Kamikatsu, a small town of 2,200 residents, has set its goal even higher - no rubbish thrown out at all by 2020. To achieve this lofty aim, the town requires citizens to sort their waste into a growing number of recycling categories - currently standing at 44. Despite some initial complaints, in the last four years Kamikatsu's recycling rate has hovered at around 80 percent. Intense social pressure helps, with volunteer garbage guardians across Japan inspecting their neighbours' sorting efforts and reporting those not so keen on the programme. http://www.nytimes.com MAKE MINE A SKINNY GREEN LATTE Environmental groups are working to help El Salvador's coffee farmers achieve green certification so that they can survive in a volatile worldwide market - and help the wildlife that finds refuge on their farms survive as well. The country's native ecosystems have been almost entirely wiped out, and its once-prodigious wildlife now shelters amongst the tall shade trees planted to protect coffee shrubs from harsh sunlight. It is also coffee farms that are "protecting the watersheds, that are buffering and extending the few parks, and that are conserving the soils," says Chris Wille of the Rainforest Alliance. Coffee farms now cover some 10 to 15 percent of the country, but the vagaries of the coffee market mean that many are being sold to developers and cattle ranchers. Certified "green" coffee (there are a number of different certifications) tends to hold its value through market fluctuations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4513593.stm BUSH GETS IT WRONG AGAIN Government soldiers fired into a crowd of at least 10,000 people on Friday, killing as many as 500 in the impoverished Uzbek city of Andijan. President Bush's pro-democracy rhetoric during a recent visit to the region and the city's proximity to the epicenter of Kyrgyzstan's revolution may have played a part in encouraging residents to stand up to police and troops, say analysts. http://www.iwpr.net THEY'VE GOT THE POWER California is planning yet another green experiment, this time involving electricity use and pricing. With up to 15 million high-tech meters, at a cost of around $3.6 billion, three California utilities plan to meticulously track consumers' minute-by-minute energy usage (which current meters can't do) and raise energy prices during peak hours to encourage conservation. Next-generation meters could eventually be used to remotely control energy-sucking appliances - utilities themselves could turn down your too-high air conditioning or refrigerator. The meters and the accompanying "dynamic pricing" scheme have received mixed reviews from consumers and businesses involved in test programs, but Severin Borenstein of U.C. Berkeley's Energy Institute is optimistic: "I think we're going to find there's a lot of price responsiveness at the residential level," he said. The California Public Utilities Commission is still reviewing the proposal. http://www.grist.org/comments/dispatches IT'S ONE RULE FOR THE MILITARY. For the fourth time in as many years, the Defence Department has appealed to Congress for exemptions from major environmental laws - this time it's air and hazardous waste laws, as part of the 2006 defence authorization bill. In congressional testimony last year, a senior Pentagon official could cite no actual problems reported by base commanders that had resulted from having to comply with environmental laws. When pushed, a spokesman replied "The [Defence] department has experienced several close calls where the relocation of military readiness activities could have been thwarted by the conformity requirements of the Clean Air Act". The mention of "close calls" and "could haves" does not impress opponents of the exemptions - a coalition of green groups, Democrats, and families in and around military bases whose health has been affected by air and groundwater pollution. They claim the military, widely regarded as one of the country's worst polluters, has all the flexibility it needs under current laws. http://www.nytimes.com WINDFALL The people of Pico Truncado in southern Argentina have long known the power of the wind that scours their land, as it also provides more than half of the town's electricity and could bolster its economic future. Pico Truncado already has four working windmills, and a wind-powered hydrogen plant will open in June this year. A nearby village is participating in a U.N. pilot project as one of five sites worldwide to be powered solely by alternative fuels, and an Argentine oil company has begun looking into financing a $19 billion wind-powered facility in or near Pico Truncado that could export hydrogen around the world. The 15,000 or so residents of the Patagonian town are hoping their geographical good fortune will continue, possibly making the area the Middle East of the future. "Why not?" asks resident Mario Salomon. "We lack water, we lack money, but we have never lacked wind. We have plenty to spare." http://news.bbc.co.uk/ ISLAMOPHOBIA STILL RISING IN U.S. A new report shows incidences of hate crimes against Muslims in the United States have increased by 52 percent in the past year. Arsalan Iftikhar, of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says this trend can partially be attributed to Islamophobic rhetoric from certain right-wing circles. http://tompaine.com THE BEST NEWS I'VE HAD IN AGES Eco-minded institutional investors pledged this week to channel $1 billion into clean-technology investments and take other steps to help combat risks posed by climate change. The action plan emerged from a summit at U.N. headquarters in New York where leaders of the green-suit crowd - everyone from pension-fund managers and state treasurers to Al Gore and former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill - met to talk about how environmentally concerned shareholders could prod U.S. corporations into facing up to the challenges of global warming. http://www.grist.org/comments/dispatches QUOTE/UNQUOTE "We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right." - Nelson Mandela. JOBS Development Worker/Campaigner, Yorkshire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Do you have the drive and imagination to run a regional campaigns office and lead a national campaign? Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Permanent, full-time. Salary: ?19,000 Closing date: Wednesday June 1st www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk/jobs Child Protection Trainee Scheme Save the Children UK Salary: ?10,500 Location: Various locations throughout the world, Roaming/Mobile Closing Date: 30.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11266 Campaigner . Eurasia (ECA/05/07) Amnesty International - International Secretariat Salary: ?24 029 per annum (pro rata for part time staff) Location: London, UK Closing Date: 27.05.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11264 Senior Advocacy Officer (LACG) Economic Justice and HIV, Christian Aid Salary: ?28,091 - ?31,615 Location: London, SE1, UK Closing Date: 08.06.2005 http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11261 Country Representative, Cambodia Ockenden International Salary: $40-50,000 Location: Cambodia Closing Date: 29.05. http://www.oneworld.net/job/view/11260 EVENTS On World Environment Day . Sunday 5 June 2005 . the Mayor of London is holding the first London Green Lifestyle Show in Greenwich Park. As well as kicking off the London Sustainability Weeks fortnight, it will be the first festival organised by the Mayor celebrating the work taking place to make London a truly sustainable world city. The event will be powered using renewable energy sources, waste will be recycled, food waste will be composted and noise and air pollution will be minimised. For more information about the event, visit www.london.gov.uk/greenlifestyle/index.jsp, or contact Green Futures Festival on 020 8974 8608; for general information, contact London 21 on 020 7359 8228 or at info@london21.org. The Peace Tax Seven are looking for ways to broaden tax resistance, and to empower people who can.t withhold income tax, for example because of the PAYE system. We hope to spend a day examining the issue in some detail, brainstorming, and networking - there is no obligation for further action. Venue, time and date: The Priory Rooms Meeting & Conference Centre Friends Meeting House 40 Bull Street Birmingham B4 6AF Saturday 9th July 2005, 11am - 4pm Feel free to turn up, but it's easier for us if you notify our Treasurer or Press Officer in advance if you wish to attend. We are asking for an admin charge of ?5 per person, payable to the Peace Tax Seven in advance, or on the day. info@peacetaxseven.com The Privacy International's notorious Big Brother Awards will be happening again from 7.15pm on Thursday 23rd June. Always a chaotic and fun night. The venue is the Quad of the LSE. Cheap drinks as always, and this year we will be going late into the evening. DJ Rick will be playing the tunes, and we'll have a quiet area for people who want to relax and chat. Our MC for the evening will be Chris Green, the comic mastermind behind stand-up stage characters Tina C and Ida Barr. I'm also reliably informed that Darth Vader and a few of his friends will be making an appearance to collect awards. E-mail Rick at ukbba@privacy.org for information. SDE Networking Day, 2nd June, Albert Halls, Stirling. Join us for a day of Action and Networking with a wide variety of sustainable development and environmental education practitioners. Try out some new educational activities, share ideas and network with colleagues and have some fun! There will also be the chance to promote your own activities in a "swop shop. session. A very informal but informative day. Time: 11 . 4.30 pm, Cost: ?10 on the day. (?5 concs.) To book a place contact: Norah on email: info@esdscot.org See SchNEWS events at http://www.schnews.org.uk/pap/yourarea.htm Add diary dates at http://www.gn.apc.org/calendar/calindex.shtml and http://www.networkforpeace.org.uk/events.htm (diary dates collected by NfP are passed on to Peace News for their diary page. In order to get a diary listing in PN, groups can email nfp@gn.apc.org with details). This edition of AlterNet is edited by Lucie Evans for GreenNet. 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