Forwarded message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please could you circulate the following to your network... > > >COURSE ON POLITICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS >OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY >and scholarships for activists > > >"IN SEARCH OF TECHNOLOGICAL RESPONSIBILITY >Agriculture, Biosafety, and Democracy" >Course dates: 10-29 January 1999 >taught by Christine von Weizsaecker, Tewolde Berhan G Egziabher and Wes >Jackson > >This three-week residential course examines the challenges of genetic >engineering and biotechnologies and their effects on politics, economics, >culture, food, farming, and biodiversity in general. It will consider the >intended and unintended consequences of human attempts to restructure the >nature of our world, which is resulting in the reduction of diversity. It >will address questions such as: Who is responsible? How do science and >technology, administrations and legislators, and industrial and agricultural >players interact with each other? How do we handle the processes of >labelling, patenting, liability and biosafety? These issues will be explored >in the context of both highly technological countries and the developing >world, and participants will look at research into alternative and >sustainable agriculture methods based on the way nature's ecosystems have >maintained stability over millions of years. > >The teachers: >CHRISTINE VON WEIZSAECKER is a biologist, activist, and writer in the field >of genetic engineering, risk, and culture. She is a leading NGO >representative at the international negotiations on biodiversity and >biosafety; WES JACKSON is the president of The Land Institute and the >author of New Roots for Agriculture, Altars of Unhewn Stone, and Becoming >Native to This Place; TEWOLDE EGZIABHER is General Manager of Ethiopia's >Environmental Protection Authority. He was involved with negotiations for >the Convention on Biological Diversity and is the African spokesperson in >negotiations for a Biosafety Protocol. > >In February 1999, another course at Schumacher College, entitled "ACTING FOR >THE EARTH", will be led by Wangari Maathai, Sunderlal Bahuguna and Ronnie >Cummins, examining the techniques used by activists campaigning for human >well-being and the well-being of the earth. The course will enable >participants to find their own most effective ways to act for the earth in >their own countries and communities. > >To receive further details of either of these courses, please send your full >name, postal and email addresses, and the title of the course you are >interested in to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Some scholarships are available on these courses to people who can best use >the knowledge gained on the course to contribute towards a sustainable >future, including people working or studying in the fields of campaign work, >the environment movement, journalism, green business and public >administration. > >SCHUMACHER COLLEGE is an international centre for ecological studies which >welcomes course participants from all over the world. The short residential >courses are led by thinkers and writers with an international reputation for >the significance and originality of their work, such as Fritjof Capra, >Stephanie Mills, Thomas Moore, Christine and Ernst von Weizsaecker, David >Orr, Wes Jackson, Wangari Maathai, Richard Douthwaite, Juliet Schor and >Humberto Maturana. Courses take place in a supportive learning community >designed to live out ecological values. > >Transferable Masters Level Credits are available on both the above-mentioned >courses. > >CONTACT DETAILS: The Administrator, Schumacher College, The Old Postern, >Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934; Fax: +44 >(0)1803 866899; Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > >Web: http://www.gn.apc.org/schumachercollege/ > >SCHUMACHER COLLEGE IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE DARTINGTON HALL TRUST, A >REGISTERED EDUCATIONAL CHARITY > Institute For Social Ecology - http://ise.rootmedia.org/
