Green Network News #28

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RECYCLING FOR LIFE
U. Third World Focus
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more than 100,000 street children survive by too. In Madras, a local organisation has negotiated
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working as ‘rag-pickers’, collecting rubbish from with city authorities to let rag-pickers clear the
the streets to sort for the recycling industry. rubbish from the streets. They are paid 800 U Bus Shelter Mural
rupees a month which, in addition to their rag-
Rag-pickers are crucial to the recycling process,
picking income, is good money.
yettheir working conditions are appalling. Toxic
IN BRIEF
waste contaminates most rubbish tips, and many
For more information about ActionAid, phone
children sufferfrom TB, bronchitis and - because
071 281 4101. I
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of their low wages - malnutrition. Powerful
are available for people receiving
‘slum agents’ demand a cut of the rag-pickers
Ifyou would like to donate to ActionAid, send
particular benefits - with grants from
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However, not all rag-pickers work in these Save It Nottingham Ltd on 260785.
Room 1, ActionAid, Chataway House,
conditions. In Bangalore, seven hostels provide
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MAYA (Movement for Awareness of Youth
up to provide information about
Altematives), which is supported by the UK
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environmental and other issues, as well
charity ActionAid, negotiates with local
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as selling cruelty-free products,
The photo shows ‘rag-pickers’ working in
employers to secure permanent jobs for boys
Bangalore, India. (Courtesy ofActionAid). vegetarian and vegan food. T0 book the
over the age of 14 (the legal working age) from F><C.El-I/EMT? ////,
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GREEN ISSUES CAMPAIGNING FOR glIECO-WATcH -APRIL 1 agency (with nearly 11,000 members
and a security system to protect
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IN SUDAN TRIBAL PEOPLES N members) was re-launched last month.
Contact Lindsay Gill on 09] 222 0094.
BANKING ON DESTRUCTION?
Sudan is a large country with adiverse ecological 1994 is the 25th anniversary of Survival a project in Indonesia, preserving the forest
OPEN SPACES
system - including desert, savanna, mountain International - the only international homes of 15,000 people. But there is still much
scrub and swamp, as well as a diverse ethnic and organisation dedicated to campaigning solely to do, as atrocities continue on an alarming scale.
Nottingham Friends of the Earth export. The destruction ofnatural assets has also
The Open (Spaces Society are hoping to
cultural set-up. for tribal peoples. The massacre of more than 100 Jummas in
led to many ofthe world’ s poorest people losing
(FoE) were last month leafleting develop a county-wide organisation in
Bangladesh last November is just one example.
their homes and livelihoods.
Robin Hanbury-Tenison - Survival’s president Nottinghamshire, and are looking for
This diversity increases the difficulty of solving customers of the main high street
- travelled through the Borneo interior with For afree informationpack on tribalpeople and members ofthe public interested in getting
the environmental problems facing the country.
FoE have been campaigning for the banks to
banks, urging them to move their
Nyapun, a nomadic hunter-gatherer, before howyou canjoinSurvivalplease contactSurvival involved.
cancel Third World debts for the last four years,
Like most poor countries, Sudan depends almost the local rain-forests were almost all cut down. International, 310 Edgware Road, London W2 accounts as part of a national day of
and nearly 10,000 people have pledged to take
The Society aims to monitor and protect
entirely on agriculture as the basis ofits economy. Nyapun was completely in tune with his IDY, orphone 071 723 5535.
action on rain-forest destruction.
further action unless the debts are cancelled. The
open spaces such as village greens, common
environment - if it started to rain, he would
banks have notyet eliminated the debts, and F0E
However, soil degradation and grassland land and rights of way. I
build a dry shelter before they became wet,
The ‘Big 4’ banks in the UK (Midland, Lloyds, are now asking people to move their accounts.
depletion can lead to desertification (areas of
and could find all his food in the forest. Today
Barclays and NatWest) between them hold
Contact Mr Chris Thompson, 21 Spindle
land turning into desert) - a phenomenon
Nyapun and most of his fellow Penan in
Nottingham FoE spokesperson Tim Gray said
billions of pounds of debt, which is crippling
View, Calverton, Nottingham, NGI4 6HF.
increasingly affecting western regions ofSudan.
Sarawak live in wooden shacks built for them
‘the rain-forests are being plundered to make
Third World countries and contributing - along
by the state. There is little game left to hunt,
vast profits forthe banks. Ifthepublic don’t want
with banks in other westem countries - to rain-
Whether as a result of desertification or man- Collecting and forluse ‘ADOPT A SITE’
and the polluted rivers have few fish.
their money used in this way, they must change
forest destruction. The banks can easily afford to
made factors such as the civil war in the South,
by self-helps groups i.n7“the7 Third "World
their bank before it changes the rain-forests’. If
cancel the debts, and have even set aside money
For over thirty years, international law on
large numbers ofpeople are moving into already
Contact Ron Kenning on 505912 ext 416
you do move your account, it is important to let
overcrowded towns and cities. tribal populations has stated thatthey have full for this purpose. Gedling Borough Council would like to
your bank know why your are doing so.
' TRAIDCRAFT . I hearfrom anygroups interestedin ‘ adopting’
legal rightto their land. However, tribal people
In orderto paythese debts Third World countries
This increase in population pressure has led to a are often seen merely as an obstacle to the Selling Third World food a local recycling site. Groups could help by
are forced to damage their natural resources.
decline in public health and sanitary standards. and crafts at fair prices g For more information, contact Tim Gray on regularly checking the site and distributing
bulldozers and chainsaws used to remove
Rain-forest destruction has almost doubled since
431145, or Nigel Lee on 788059. ' leaflets, or by collecting material for
minerals, oil and wood from remote areas.
~ Contact M0 Giltingwater on 226243
The lack of maintenance to public services has the debt crisis began and is getting worse, as land
recycling from people unable to reach the
caused frequent outbreaks of diseases such as Survival have had numerous successes - for is cleared for timber and to cultivate crops for Nottingham Friends ofthe Earth.
site. Assistance with production of leaflets
example persuading Scott paper to pull out of
Malaria and Dysentery. and other needs can be provided.
Contact 7
Despite all the problems, steps are being taken to
Local groups could also ‘adopt’ an area of
Green Network News is a monthly publication aiming to
This article was written by Sara El-Nager, a
cut down on environmental degradation, and to
local green space - for example by helping
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student at Nottingham Trent University, who share information and build links between all individuals
preserve resources.
' L . ' - _ f . 4 with planting. . V
visited Sudan last summer and collected
and organisations in the Nottingham and South Notts
One example is the Kennana sugar plantation, information from the head of the Institute of
Formore information, contactRob Crowder
area with an interest in the environment.
where cane husks are saved for buming, as a Environmental Studies-at the University of
on 675258.
source of power for processing the sugar. Khartoum.
IV E‘ T O R K N E W 5 p I THE NOTTINGHAM GREEN CALENDAR I
ENERGY BILL UPDATE , JOKE OF THE MONTH APRIL 1994
Tues, Wed, Thur, & Sun’s British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) activities - including a variety of practical tasks.
I would like to urge readers to write to ‘We’re operating an organic box delivery
The Energy Conservation Bill Contact Alan on 313316.
their MP, asking them to support the scheme’
(mentioned in last December’s GNN)
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Sunday 3rd ‘ 1 A Country Camera in Spring’, 2-4pm in Bestwood Country Park (a ‘taster’ .for the Spring Nature Photography course
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‘Do you have kiwis?’
now has the backing of nearly 400 ‘original Bill during its final reading on
being run this month). Meet at Bestwood Lodge Drive Car Park. Phone 670042for details.
'(-'--f;Z'I-T<.';i-'55195.-:5?-:-:-11' ‘No, we’re vegetarians’.
MP5, as well as many Local Authorities. E117:-3'?" .. April 22nd. Readers could also contact
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_-. 3*"1u.-.;,-.-.-. Sunday 3rd Leen Valley Conservation Volunteers meeting. 10.30am at Rise Park Community Centre. Phone 7563 76for details.
However, the government hopes to Stephen Dorrell MP (Financial
Ifthis made you laugh then why not send in a
change the Bill by having the ‘duty’ to Secretary to the Treasury), requesting
Tuesday 5th NOGS (Nottingham Organic Gardeners) meeting. 7.30pm upstairs at the Gladstone Hotel, 35 Loscoe Road, Carrington.
‘green’ joke of your own - to the address
draw up energy conservation plans Treasury support for the Bill.
Contact Mike Poyzer on 587006 afier 6.30pm. -
shown in GNN Update. One joke will be
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enabling [Q33] Councils [Q do exactly ._._...._........ .-.-...........-..-. ROI) Preston
Phone 4I 7849for details.
what they are already able to do!
Adam Woodward
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Monday llth Greenpeace Support Group meeting at the Narrowboat Pub, Canal Street. Contact David Meatcher on 257186. _
Monday llth Nottingham Permaculture Group meeting. Phone Phil Corbett on 474977for details.
FOURTH CROSSING ENQUIRY
FURNITURE NEEDED
Thursday 14th Oxfam Campaigning Group meeting. 7.30pm, Oxfam Office, 47 Gregory Boulevard, Hyson Green.
Contact Nick Osmond on 607797. _
A publiC enquiry into the Rushcliffe Local Plan first draft ofthe local plan - which only showed
Eastwood Volunteer Bureau are looking for Thursday 14th Friends of the Earth Meeting, with a talk by Norman Lewis ofNotts Wildlife Trust.
the bridge as a ‘mention’ - complied with the
was held last month, with the Lady Bay
unwanted fumiture for distribution to people
7.30pm at Nottingham County Library, Angel Row. Contact Tim Gray on 431145.
Community Association (ofwhich FIELDS is a law, butthatthe latest documentvirtually accepts
on low incomes. Any fumiture in reasonable
the bridge as a definite future development. Yet Friday 15th Greenpeace Youth Group meeting. 7.30pm at Nottingham Trent University library, Shakespeare St. P
sub-committee) forming the main force of
condition (except items containing foam) -
only the County Council are ofthe opinion that Contact Neil Shaw on 25941 7 to confirm date and venue.
objection to the proposed Fourth Trent Crossing
including cookers, fridges, beds etc - can be
the bridge is needed, and no consultation has
at Adbolton. Rushcliffe Borough Council’s
collected. - Monday 18th 5 Pedals meeting and mini-ride. Meet 7pm opposite Nottingham BR station. Contact Hugh McClintock on 816206.
occurred.
current plan safeguards the route ofthe crossing,
Thursday 21st Notts Transport 2000 meeting.7.30pm at the Salutation Inn, Nottingham. Phone Ron Gillott on 201238.
proposed by Notts County Council. Phone [phone]for more information.
Members ofthe FIELDS campaign believe that
Weekend 23rd-24th Spring Garens open days in Lady Bay, raising funds for FIELDS (campaigning against Fourth Trent Crossing at
the crossing would inevitably lead to proposals
Sue Blount (Lady Bay Community Association
' Adbolton). Price £1.00 inclusive of all 8 gardens.
for the development of farmland east of Lady
secretary) andLawrence Geary (LBCA chairman)
2-6pm starting from Simkins Farm, Adbolton Lane (on the 85 bus route). I
asked if it was worth spending £125 million for Bay being put into practice - with a consequent GNN UPDATE
Tuesday 26th Bulwell Environment Group meeting. Crabtree Farm Estate Community Centre. Contact Diana Langley on 273813.
a bridge which would become congested within loss of green space. , I
2 years. Sue referred to the health and Wednesday 27th Rainbow Centre Video Evening. 7pm. Call 585666 with requests, orfor details. -
These are the subjects planned for feature
We await the Inspector’s decision.
environmental consequences of the proposal,
articles in the next 2 issues ofGreen Network
Weekend 29th-1 st BTCV Coppice Crafts Training Event at Burton Joyce. Pick up from Nottingham BR Station at 7pm. Cost from £24.
and stated that these considerations should
News:
. Sue Blount, LBCA Secretary. T0 book a place, phone [phone].
become an integral part ofthe planning process.
MAY 1994
- May Environment Week.
For more information about the FIELDS
TheBorough obeyed policy guidelines by listing
Tues, Wed, Thur, & Sun’s BTCV activities - see April. , ' . _ I
campaign contact Lawrence Geary at 96
the bridge, so that their local plan agrees with the - June Countryside
County Council’s Structure Plan. Tom Huggan, PierrepontRoad, WestBridgford, NG2 5DW, or Sunday lst I ‘Morning Birdsong’, 10-12am in Bestwood Country Park (a ‘taster’ for the Spring Bird-watching course being run this
phone Sue Blount on 820883. If you would like to write a feature article, or
LBCA’s lawyer, suggested that the Borough’s month). Meet at Bestwood Lodge Drive Car Park. Phone 670042for details.
you have a photo that could be used, please let
Sunday lst Leen Valley Conservation Volunteers meeting. 10.30am at Rise Park Community Centre. Phone 7563 76for details.
me know. Articles are usually needed around
one month in advance ofpublication, and can Monday 2nd Greenpeace Support Group meeting at the Narrowboat Pub, Canal Street. Contact David Meatcher on 25 7186.
If you’re a Cyclist You’l| Need Us
be sent on paper or 3.5 inch disk (pc format).
Tuesday 3rd NOGS (Nottingham Organic Gardeners) meeting. 7.30pm upstairs at the Gladstone Hotel, 35 Loscoe Road, Carrington.
We will also be looking for stories about any
Contact Mike Poyzer on 587006 after 6.30pm. I
current events or issues each month; please
* regular information meetings
Friday 6th Greenpeace Youth Group meeting. 7.30pm at Nottingham Trent University library, Shakespeare St.
write or phone ifyou would like to contribute.
Contact Neil Shaw on 25941 7 to confirm date and venue.
* 3 newsletters a year
Contact me on 417849, or write to me at:
Monday 9th
Nottingham Permaculture Group meeting. Contact Phil Corbett on 474977.
* promotion of cycle routes and cyclists’ needs in traffic
Green Network News, Wednesday 1 lth Oxfam Campaigning Group meeting. 7.3 0pm at the Oxfam Office, 47 Gregory Boulevard, Hyson Green.
planning I
C/O The Rainbow Centre, Contact Nick Osmond on 607797. '
182 Mansfield Road Q»
Thursday 12th Friends of the Earth meeting. 7.30pm at Nottingham County Library, Angel Row. Contact Tim Gray on 431145.
* evening and weekend guided rides
Nottingham
Monday 16th Pedals meeting and mini-ride. Meet 7pm opposite Nottingham BR station. Contact Hugh McClintock on 816206.
NGI 3HW
* advice _
Thursday 19th Public Meeting - ‘A Green Vision for Europe - Beyond Environmentalism’. '
Adam Woodward (GNN ‘Co-ordinator)
* discounts at cycle shops 8pm at the International Community Centre, 61B Mansfield Road. p
Thursday 19th Notts Transport 2000 meeting. 7.30pm at the Salutation Inn, Nottingham. Phone Ron Gillott on 201238.
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Tuesday 24th Bulwell Environment Group meeting. Crabtree Farm Estate Community Centre. Contact Diana Langley on 273813.
‘Wednesday 25th Rainbow Centre Video Evening at 7pm. Call 585666 with requests, orfor details. "
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A WORLD O F CHOICE
BUS SHELTER MURAL
DEFORESTATION IN
CAMBODIA Rain-forests under threat, desertification, famine and tropical fruits received a fair price for their
Last year a local resident suggested to the Lady Bay Community Association (LBCA) that a bus
- it sometimes seems as ifthe problems facing the produce, they would be in a better position to A GNN rccusescn the Third
shelter on Trent Boulevard should be removed, as it was covered in grafiiti. As a regular bus user, I
take measures to protecttheir environment, rather 5,l.ooking at environ mentajl
earth are insurmountable. It seems easier and
The forests of Cambodia, once described as the
knew that this would lead to passengers getting wet, and suggested that a mural be painted on the
than pillaging it. prfobitems ‘and how they can be tackled -
safer to read a bookand hope they will go away.
largest and most ecologically diverse in all of
shelter by local children.
rboth by people the
Easier yes, but safer‘?
Asia, are under threat.
It is clearly important to think about how we can
. Third ‘World’. A list of contacts mare
The bus shelter is owned by Notts
use our consumer power constructively. One
If we want to make a difference we must learn ialsso included.
Within the space of less than three decades
Cotmty Council, whoprovidednew
way is through buying Cafe Direct - a fairly
how our activities in Nottinghamshire effect the
nearly half of it’s forests have been destroyed,
panels. However, these are
traded filter coffee which has recently become
lives ofpeople all over the world. What is the use
and there may be very little timber left bythe end
designed to be ‘vandal proof’, and
oflobbying for the reduction ofpesticide use by available in many supermarkets. Ifenough people stockist - and try their range of fairly traded
ofthe century.
gloss paint didn’t adhere to the
farms in the European Union (EU), if these buy Cafe Direct, supermarkets will then be foods, crafts, paper goods and clothes.
o
surface - although marker pen and
encouraged to expand the range of fairly traded
Much of the logging is carried out without any pestidides are exported for use in the rest ofthe
spray paint did! For more information, contact Lis Martin of
regardtoreplanting, as contractors rushto extract world - so that any harmful effects hit workers goods available.
MUNDI (Mobile Unitfor Development Issues)
trees in the shortest possible time. Rural poverty less likely to have access to protective clothing,
The Shell Better Britain campaign
You can also help by writing to your local
on 514485.
is now on the increase as desertification takes or5where crop spraying is carried outby children?
provided the £22 needed for an
supermarket manager, stating that you would
hold. A
‘adhesionpromoter’, towhich gloss A list of22 packsfor schools - on environmental
like to buy goods whose producers have not been
We are all pleased when we buy something at a
paint would adhere. exploited, and explaining that they can find out issues in the wider world - is available from
A moratorium on logging and a quota on sawn low price, but somewhere along the line
more by contacting Christian Aid or Oxfam. MUNDI. The packs are available for loan, or
somebody hasto pay forthese savings. Ifcountries
timber exports have now been in operation for
There were 64 entries in the
You could also contact your local Traidcraft can be orderedfor purchase.
more than a year, but violations of the ban which traditionally export coffee, tea, chocolate
competition for designs to be used,
continue to be reported. Most of the timber is
from jtmior pupils at Lady Bay
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as Thailand and Vietnam.
A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Members of the LBCA chose 7
Ifyou would like to help then please write to the
winners, including ‘elderly lady’
Thai Embassy at 30, Queensgate, London, SW7
A number of agencies are now promoting the idea of Primary Environmental Care (PEC), which has three key elements - empowering communities,
and ‘youth with green hair’!
5JB, asking what is being done to restrict the
meeting basic needs, and caring for the environment. -
flouting of the logging moratorium by their
The designswerethenpaintedusing
There are many examples of Primary
nationals. Empowerment involves giving communities IIII!III'\____._ ..
donated left-over paint. We are all
Environmental Care approaches in some of
the chance to break out of poverty and
very pleased with the result!
For more information about Friends of ,1 the poorer city districts ofEurope and North
environmental damage through their own
Cambodia, contact: ii America. '
For more information, contact Sue efforts.
Blount (Secretary ofthe LBCA) on
Primary Environmental Care places a new
Neil Stone, 27 Drummond Drive, Nuthall,
Women therefore have a central role in
820883. '
emphasison the local scale. Tackling the
Nottingham, NGI 6 IBJ, orphone 278003. Primary Environmental Care - as they are the
international obstacles to sustainable
poorest and most disadvantaged group in
development in the South - such as debt,
many societies, and frequently play a major
unfairtrade, a lack ofdemocracy and conflict
role in environmental management - for
- is urgently needed. But there is also a need
example as the main farmers in Africa.
EARTH SHELTERED
for action at the local level, and the results
Meeting basic needs includes elements such are often more immediate. t
DWELLINGS
The Bus Shelter Muralpainted by Lady Bay children, with (from rear left)
as improving shelter, education and secure
Sue Blount, Anne Grierson (Headteacher ofLady Bay Primary School),
The experience of successful Primary
livelihoods - all related to tackling poverty.
andfive ofthe artists. (Photo courtesy ofSue Blount). g
Plans are being made to construct five ‘earth
Environmental Care projects needs to be
Basic needs are an essential element of the
sheltered dwellings’ in Southwell.
used on a much larger scale, with more
Primary Environmental Care approach, as
support for new projects to start up.
poverty often forces people to damage their
The project will aim to have affordable
environment in order to survive.
construction costs, use minimal amounts of
This article was compiled using extracts
energy for heating and blend with the rural
fi'om the ‘Primary Environmental Care’
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nature of the setting.
leaflet sponsored by:
including the rehabilitation ofdegraded land,
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and the protection ofnatural resources - such
The five homes will be built into a hillside, using
Simkins Farm V
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as soil.
the natural insulation ofthe hill forthe backwalls lbé9g: qv
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and roofs ofthe dwellings, which will face south
In Pakistan, the Orangi Project is based in
to collect heat and light fi'om the sun.
Nottingham N625‘/A5 I
one of Karachi’s squatter settlements,
Q Action Aid
working with local people to improve
flohone 071 281 4101)
Overall, the project aims to demonstrate that
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sanitation, health and education. Other
affordable and environmentally sotmd dwellings
initiatives include 5 low-cost housing,
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could be a practical housing option for large
caucus OPEN 10.30»: to am on rurssmvs mo mtnsonvs ouiuuc SCHJJL rear Tins. women’s welfare and kitchen gardens. Local
numbers of people. Environment and Development
people design and run the projects, and some
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are generating an income from the trees they
The project organisers are hoping to start work
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have planted. i
on the five homes this summer.
:Sa1:unda.y7t:h _ Village women's meeting in Bangladesh. Q - The Groundwork Foundation
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(phone [phone]).
: Satuada.y23a.d&Stmda(y24-Ch As well as being relevant in the South (also
Forfiirther information, contact Penney Poyzer
Involving women is a key part ofthe Primary
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known asthe Third World), Primary
on 587006.
Environmental Care approach.
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the Nottinghain Friends ofthe Earth newsletter. the UK.