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The Training Team:  David Bambata from SALGA, Gwen from GCI, 
Dick Ebersohn from the City of Calgary, and Sylvia Maluleke 
from SALGA. EarthCAT and LASER Training in South Africa
Read some notes and reflections about the training we are doing from October 18th to November 8th, 2006 in six provinces around South Africa.
Walking for a Change
Read a short reflection on the recent walk from Ripton to Burlington, Vermont to raise awareness and political action about climate change. Bill McKibben and John Elder led the walk, which took five days. In his invitation, Bill writes:

This is not a partisan effort, nor is concern about global warming confined to "environmentalists." This march will include hunters, fishermen, and farmers; hikers, bikers and birdwatchers. We are students and businesspeople, sugarmakers and ski-lift operators. We are parents and grandparents, and young people facing lifetimes on a warming planet. We are people of faith, and secular people devoted to the common good. Indeed, we have all been moved in recent weeks by the efforts of our retiring independent Senator Jim Jeffords, who has introduced legislation on global warming that goes further than any previous effort to really grapple with this problem. One of our aims is to make sure that his principles—an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, 20 percent renewable power by 2020, and cars that get at least 40 miles per gallon—prevail on Capitol Hill.

GCI Booth at WUF Some Irreverent Notes from the World Urban Forum
GCI had a lot of fun attending the World Urban Forum in Vancouver this June. We also had some amusing encounters with various levels of officialdom. You can read the stories we have to tell in the attached file.
Lake District - Another Chernobyl by Palto Sierhiej, age 15 20th Anniversary of Chernobyl: April 26, 2006
April 26, 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, an event that changed the world. It was a key reason that the Soviet Union changed so dramatically, as the citizens of the eastern bloc started demanding better access to environmental information. It also ended the incessant growth of the nuclear power industry. We have yet to learn all the lessons of this disaster, however, and nuclear power is now being advertised as the solution to global climate change. It is not. Read the attached articles for more information.
Sbusisco giving a class on bicycle repair to young people in 
Diepsloot. South Africa: April, 2006
The Global Community Initiatives Youth Employment and Training project in South Africa had a visit from one of our major funders - the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Gwendolyn and the reindeer in Njarka Village. Sweden: March, 2006
Gwendolyn was invited to Sweden by Green Cross International to speak to local community leaders about how to use the Earth Charter for local planning.
LASER Team in Novi Sad Serbia: December, 2005
Americas Development Foundation needed a staff training on local economic development techniques, so Gwendolyn, Hunter Lovins, and Christopher Juniper traveled to Novi Sad in December to deliver a four day training.




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