International Conference
Feeling paralysed by politicians spreading gloom and doom over global warming, oil and water depletion, and poverty in Africa? There’s plenty we can do to dispel despair and galvanise governments and people into effective action. At last, a conference of new ideas and approaches to provide food security and health for all, eradicate poverty and mitigate global warming. Not to be missed!
Sue Edwards - Alan Simpson - Mae-Wan Ho - Martin Khor - Michael Meacher - Peter Bunyard - Erkki Lähde - Caroline Lucas - David Hywel Davis - David Woodward - Joe Cummins - Ingrid Hartman - Lilian Joensen - Julia Wright - Hannu Hyvönen - Elenita Neth Dano
(Note changes in speakers list, now expanded, as are the topics covered. We are especially sorry to lose Tewolde, who has been called away to an emergency international conference on biosafety for which he is the world’s most important negotiator. But we are very fortunate to have as replacement, Sue Edwards, the Director of the Institute of Sustainable Development, Tewolde’s partner and key player in all his projects.)
14 July (16:00h - 19:00h; Atlee Suite, House of Commons, Westminster, London
Conference dinner (19:30 to 22:00; RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly W1J 7PJ)
15 July (9:00h - 17:00h; Small Meeting House, Friend’s House, 173 Euston Road, London, opposite Euston tube station)
Register online: https://www.i-sis.org.uk/Swreg.php
Register by post: fill in the registration form below and mail cheque to: Sustainable World conference, ISIS, PO Box 32097, London NW1 0XR, UK.
Other methods of payment: contact Swenquiries@I-sis.org.uk
For more information: Peter Saunders: 44-(0)20-7848-2218; Rhea Gala: 44-(0)1994-231-623; Sam Burcher 44-(0)-20-8452-2729
Thanks to donations from generous sponsors, we are able to extend the special offer for anyone registering on or before 13 July 2005. Registration Fees for the conference are waived for Friends of ISIS, and half-price for Sustainable World sponsors.
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The Sustainable World Global Initiative was launched by the Institute of Science in Society (ISIS) and the Independent Science Panel (ISP) on 6 April 2005 (https://www.i-sis.org.uk/SustainableWorldInitiativeF.php).
July 14
Chaired by Peter Ainsworth MP, Chair of all-party Environmental Audit Committee in the last Parliament
Director of the Institute of Sustainable Development Ethiopia (Sustainable World partner) that played a key role in promoting African Model Law on Protecting the Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders and Regulating Access to Biological Resources
Sustainable World, a Global Initiative for Food Sovereignty and Food Security
Member of Parliament, UK, leading voice in debates about a sustainable future, from ending fuel poverty to food justice, voted "Environmental Politician of the Year", Sustainable World sponsor
Food and Energy Security: Local Systems, Global Solidarity
Director of Sustainable World, pioneer of a new physics of organisms and sustainable systems, well known critic of GM crops and genetic determinism
Sustainable Food Systems for Sustainable Development
Director of Third World Network based in Malaysia, Sustainable World partner, prominent spokesperson for the Third World at the World Trade Organisation
How Globalisation Stands in the Way of a Sustainable World
Member of Parliament, UK, ex-Environment Minister negotiating the Biosafety Protocol, Kyoto Protocol and other important international treaties, champion of green issues and independent science, Sustainable World sponsor
Policies for Food and Sustainable Systems, National and Global
Caroline Lucas MEP will lead a Conference Dinner Discussion on Common Agricultural Policy
July 15
Chaired by Peter Saunders, Professor of Applied Mathematics, King’s College, London
Science editor and a founding editor of The Ecologist, author of numerous books and articles, much sought-after speaker on climate change and nuclear energy, Fellow of the Linnean Society
Saving the Amazon Forest for Sustainable Uses
Finland’s foremost forester, Union of Ecoforestry, Finland, Sustainable World sponsor
Multiple Uses of Forests; Experience in Finland
Director of Institute of Sustainable Development Ethiopia, played a key role in making organic agriculture a national strategy for food security in Ethiopia
Organic Agriculture as a National Strategy for Food Security
Member of European Parliament, prominent spokesperson against GMOs and globalisation and champion of important green issues, Sustainable World sponsor
How the European Union Can Pave the Way to a Sustainable World
Distinguished, much published physician from Switzerland specialising in child development, cardiology and nutrition, representing Weston A. Price Foundation, Sustainable World sponsor
Foods, Sustainable Agriculture, and Coronary Disease of the Young
Director of Global and National Economies Programme at New Economics Foundation, UK, Sustainable World sponsor
The New Economics and Sustainable Food Systems
Chair: Eva Novotny, Scientists for Global Responsibility
Emeritus Professor of Plant Genetics, University of Western Ontario, Canada; veteran campaigner on numerous environmental issues and one of the first critics of genetic engineering
Terminator Corporations’ Suicide Seeds
Humboldt University, Germany, Member of UN Steering Committee of Nutrition, the African Ecological Economic Society and German-Ethiopian Association for the promotion of cultural exchange and academic and economic collaborations
Soil, Climate, Productivity and Environmental Justice
Molecular biologist researching Chagas’ disease, Member of Grupo de Reflexion Rural, Argentina
"Sustainable Agriculture": the Latin American Experience
Manager of International Programme of HDRA (UK’s leading organic horticulture charity with over 30 000 members and Sustainable World sponsor), gained her Ph. D. on Cuba’s experience in heading off its food crisis
Feeding the World with Organic Agriculture: So What’s Stopping Us? The Experience of Cuba
Chair: Lim Li Ching, Third World Network
Journalist, broadcaster and Chair of Northern Heritage, Finland, Sustainable World sponsor
Recovering Local Varieties for Agricultural Biodiversity in Northern Finland
Associate of Third World Network from the Philippines; 12 years experience in conservation and development of community plant genetic resources across Southeast Asia
Third World Farmers Conserving Local Biodiversity in Biodynamic Farming
General Discussion
Article first published 04/07/05
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