Fwd: LE SAINT-SIÈGE DEMANDE UNE RÉFLEXION SÉRIEUSE SUR L¹ÉNERGIE NUCLÉAIRE- Infos - GNY / zenit.org -SFEN VdL

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Objet : LE SAINT-SIÈGE DEMANDE UNE RÉFLEXION SÉRIEUSE SUR L¹ÉNERGIE NUCLÉAIRE- Infos - GNY / zenit.org -SFEN VdL

LE SAINT-SIÈGE DEMANDE UNE RÉFLEXION SÉRIEUSE SUR L'ÉNERGIE NUCLÉAIRE
Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-28368?l=french - 30-06-2011

ROME, Jeudi 30 juin 2011 (ZENIT.org) –La crise nucléaire qui a touché le Japon après le tremblement de terre de mars dernier est « un problème global », a estimé le Saint-Siège qui a souhaité « une réflexion sérieuse » sur le sujet et la « plus grande transparence » de la part des autorités impliquées dans la résolution de cette crise.
L'intervention du Saint-Siège a été prononcée le 21 juin dernier au nom de Mgr Dominique Mamberti, secrétaire du Saint-Siège pour les rapports avec les Etats, lors de la Conférence ministérielle de l'AIEA (Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique) sur la sécurité nucléaire.
Depuis le 11 mars, le Japon affronte « la plus grande tragédie depuis la Seconde Guerre Mondiale ». « La demande d'énergie, en croissance constante dans le monde entier, exige une réflexion sérieuse sur le rôle de l'énergie nucléaire ainsi que sur l'importance de la sécurité nucléaire », a estimé le Saint-Siège.
« La crise nucléaire à Fukushima est un problème global. Il révèle que le monde est exposé à des risques réels et systématiques et pas seulement hypothétiques, avec des coûts incalculables et nécessite de développer une coordination politique internationale sans précédent ». « Dans ce contexte, les autorités engagées dans la crise nucléaire de Fukushima sont appelées à la plus grande transparence et à procéder en étroite coopération avec l'AIEA ».
Cette crise nucléaire soulève aussi de nombreuses questions. « Est-il légitime de construire ou de conserver des réacteurs nucléaires opérationnels sur des territoires qui sont exposés à de graves risques sismiques ?  Qu'en sera-t-il du matériel nucléaire ? Le problème des déchets radioactifs sera-t-il simplement déchargé sur les générations futures ? ».
Pour le Saint-Siège, « les menaces à la sécurité dérivent d'attitudes et d'actions hostiles à la nature humaine. C'est donc au niveau humain qu'il faut agir, au niveau culturel et éthique ». D'où l'importance de mettre en place des « programmes de formation » pour la diffusion « d'une 'culture de la sécurité' dans le secteur nucléaire comme dans la conscience publique en général ». « La sécurité dépend de l'Etat mais surtout du sens des responsabilités de toute personne ».
Dans son intervention, le Saint-Siège a enfin rappelé la « grande opportunité » que peut représenter le secteur nucléaire pour l'avenir.
« Cela explique la 'renaissance nucléaire' au niveau mondial. Cette renaissance semble fermer des horizons de développement et de prospérité. En même temps, sans une « renaissance culturelle et morale », elle pourrait se réduire à une illusion ». « Le simple bien-être matériel n'élimine pas les risques liés à la pauvreté culturelle et morale d'hommes et de femmes, ainsi qu'aux conflits liés à la misère culturelle et morale ».

Marine Soreau

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Fwd: A INTEGRAL OPEN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

Objet :  A INTEGRAL OPEN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY

A INTEGRAL OPEN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

11th JULY TO 17th JULY 2011

STEYRERMÜHL AUSTRIA

PPT PRESENTATION
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52635744/DESIGN-ME-A-PLANET-A-INTEGRAL-OPEN-INNOVATION-SPACE

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Fwd: Tamera Newsletter July 2011

Objet : Tamera Newsletter July 2011

Photo: Lake I in Tamera. Sculpture by Sandra Schmidt. Photos, Simon du Vinage Tamera Newsletter, July 2011 Dear Friends of Tamera, Water is life. Nearly 1.1 Billion people on earth do not have sufficient access to clean drinking water. 40 % of the surface of the planet is becoming desert. Investors are giving up on countries like Portugal, Spain and Greece because "without water there is no development." For years, we have been experiencing devastating forest fires and heavy floods all over the world. Those who call all these symptoms "climate change" declare themselves blameless and powerless and the problem to be unsolvable. In reality, all these catastrophes are logical consequences of human mistakes and can be prevented if we correct them. This includes overgrazing, clear-cutting forests, wrong dealing with all that lives, as well as interference in the originally complete and intact water cycle - increasingly, rainwater no longer seeps into the hardened soil, roots of plants dry out, natural spring dry up, and whole regions become impoverished. The good news is that such landscapes can be healed. With the help of the visionary permaculture specialist Sepp Holzer, a model for this possibility has been standing in Tamera since 2007: The water retention landscape, with five ponds and lakes built so far, gives a convincing local answer to a global problem. It is fairly simple to build such retention landscapes everywhere on earth, thus recuperating the water supply on a global level. In Tamera we see it every day: When water comes back into balance, life comes back, too - and with it the possibility of supplying people with food, energy – and joy – on a regional level. Paradise is becoming reality again and we are learning anew how to cooperate with life.  This year, Tamera is going to take another large step in completing the retention landscape which will be able to contain all of the winter rain.   All those who deal with water and care for the future shall learn about this possibility. To make the knowledge about water – but also about other fields of knowledge like social and ecological sustainability – known we planned a series of events and courses for the coming summer.

Events in Tamera: Eco-villages and Sustainable Living Conference 2011 - 7. Jul 2011 - 11. Jul 2011 in Tamera. We are proud to this year host the annual conference of the Global Eco-village Network. We await approximately 200 representatives from eco-villages and the Transition Town Network from 35 countries. We are particularly pleased about the high interest level from within Portugal itself, as the issues of sustainability and community building are becoming more and more urgent here. For special network partners who won't be able to participate in the whole conference we will have one open day during the conference. You find the schedule and more information on the website: http://gen-europe.org/activities/gen-conference/index.htm Please register here: christa.falkenstein@tamera.org Tamera Summer University 25th July - 3 August 2011 – entitled "How can the earth be healed?": We invite you to come together to study a realistic perspective for the future. May a powerful global alliance for a future without war emerge out of it. The earth can be healed - if we want it, we will manifest it! Read the full invitation here: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=657 Invitation for the Open Day during the Summer University, Saturday 30th of July, 10:00 a.m. - 06:30 p.m.: Local answers to global problems – models for the future. More: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=807 The Global Campus of Tamera, July 20th – August 31st: During this time of education and training for cooperation partners of the Global Campus, we expect about 30 peace workers from various countries - Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Kenya, Israel-Palestine and Europe. All of them are people who are already taking on responsible roles in peace projects, communities and organizations. Through this course the preparation of the development of worldwide peace models will progress considerably and the planetary community will become more and more visible. The participants will have special training units: among other, the founders of the project, Sabine Lichtenfels and Dieter Duhm will teach on the subject of the efficiency of local models, the inventor Jürgen Kleinwächter and the specialist Thomas Culhane from Egypt on the building of decentralized energy systems, and the ecological pioneers Sepp Holzer and Bernd Müller on natural water management. More: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=783 We want to express tremendous gratitude to all those who contribute to the study fund, which enables so many people from poor countries to come, among them members of the peace community of San José de Apartadó in Columbia, members of the band Poesia Samba Soul from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Philip Munasiya from Kenya. Philip Munasiya, who participated in another training last year and who is the leader of a large project for organic agriculture has a very special reason to come back to Tamera: "In Tamera I saw that it is possible to develop water landscapes even in dry areas – this is the knowledge I want to bring to Kenya - and then I will also learn something that hasn't been necessary for me so far - swimming." More about the participants, the ideas of the Global Campus and the possibilities to support them financially: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=698

The August program about "Healing of Water Cycles" Events/Courses with Sepp Holzer and Bernd Müller August 12th – 17th : Practical Seminar with Sepp Holzer for the Building of Water-Retention Spaces. While this seminar about the basics and the working methods of Holzer´s Permaculture is going to be held a new water retention space is going to be built in Tamera. In this way, seminar participants can experience some phases of the practical building, like the dam building or the shaping of the terraces. Seminar fee: 650 €; food and accommodation: 150 €. registration: office@tamera.org, more information: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=766 August 13th 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. "Tamera - a Model for the Future". Guided tour with Sepp Holzer through the Water Landscape, guided tour through the Solar Village test-field, guided tour through the Tamera Stone Circle, vegan lunch. Participation: free, registration: seminarios@tamera.org, More information: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=681 August 12th August 14th International Water Symposium at Tamera, 2011. Together with experts and decision makers from different countries we want to think about a strategy for the healing of the global water supply, the prevention of desertification and regional autonomy in the areas of water, food and energy. For further information please see: igf@tamera.org, more information: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=808 Further news from Tamera: Hope for Colombia, the 53-minute film about the GRACE Pilgrimage in Bogotá in November 2010 produced by Raphael Buenaventura is ready. The premiere took place in Tamera. The film is a portrait of impressive peace activists. It is a film that touches us and awakens in us a hope to construct a different future even in difficult situations like Columbia. We wish that the film spreads widely. The producer is still searching for financial support for the distribution of the documentary and for places where screenings can be organized. Contact: rb@grace-media.org >From mid July on the film can be seen in full for free at: www.hopeforcolombia-film.com

With best wishes The Tamera Community

P.S.1: Don´t forget: 1000 supporters by end of the year 2012! With a monthly contribution in the amount of your choice you become part of the realisation and part of the increasing planetary community, which will bring peace models into being worldwide. More: http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=716 P.S. 2: Don´t forget: The School of the Future: You can take part at the peace study 2012, by receiving and studying the texts: Please write to: igp@tamera.org P.S. 3: Please send us a mail should you no longer wish to receive our newsletter. If you do not receive the newsletter in a proper version, please open it here: http://newsletter.tamera.org/