Hello All:
For those of you in Aotearoa New Zealand, you might be interested
in the upcoming event.
Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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RECLAIMING
APEC
A conference to critique APEC�s
misguided direction & develop
positive models for people &
earth-centred development
with
Hazel Henderson, Sohail Inayatullah,
Marissa De Guzman, Jeanette Fitzsimons,
Sir Paul Reeves, Marion Wood, Pita Sharples, Del Wihongi, Rod Oram, Marilyn Waring,
Sukhi Turner.
Tues 7th - Thurs 9th September 1999
Auckland University
Library block Lecture Theatre B28
Rationale.
According to its vision statement, APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation) seeks to
achieve stability, security & prosperity for its member nations. The emphasis however
has been on establishing a highly competitive free market that benefits multi-national
corporate interests and is manipulated
by financial speculators.
Asian and Pacific co-operation needs to incorporate human rights and ecological
integrity while recognising & supporting the need for regional economies & communities
within the global economy.
The conference will briefly critique APEC�s misguided direction and impact and develop
positive models for people and earth-centered development.
The conference immediately precedes the APEC meeting of Heads of State.
Tuesday
Chair: T.B.A.
Morning:
* Maori welcome - 8.00am
* Conference to be opened by Dr Bruce Hucker,
Deputy-Mayor Auckland City Council
* Opening address: Marissa D. De Guzman. (Her address will have been prepared together
with Walden Bello who is unable to attend)
* Commentary: Sir Paul Reeves
* Rod Oram Editor Business Herald
Afternoon:
Chair: Dr Peter Wills, Associate professor in physics at the University of Auckland
* Sohail Inayatullah "Social movements, economic democracy and transformative futures
- a Prout perspective"
* Sukhi Turner
* Jeanette Fitzsimons
* Del Wihongi
Evening:
Chair: Dr Peter Wills
* Panel of the day�s speakers
Wednesday
Chair: Susan St John, Senior Lecturer in Economics University of Auckland Morning:
* Hazel Henderson "Beyond Globalization: Building a Win-Win World".
* Marion Wood
* Workshops
Afternoon:
Chair: TBA
* Youth panel
* Marilyn Waring
* Dr Pita Sharples
Evening:
* Cultural evening and dance ($5 entrance charge)
The Bandit Queens (belly dancers), The flamenco dance group, Tumi (South American
dance music), South Indian music group, Touched by the Sea.
Thursday
Chair: TBA
Morning:
* Workshops
* Networking issues as they arise
* Feedback from evening panels and the workshops that will have have happened during
the course of the conference.
Afternoon:
* Close
The conference will critique APEC and focus on developing positive models for people &
earth-centred development through workshops and breakout discussion groups. It is
intended that the event be both an inspiring and stimulating experience for those
involved.
Workshops include
*Makere Harawira & Sohail Inayatullah"Designing Alternative Economic Futu * Helen
Bowen and Jim Boyack "Restorative Justice" * Bill Murphy "Housing" * Phillida Bunkle
and John Lepper "Health model" * Tony Shicker "Community Banking" * Dada
Sarvabodhananda - "meditation and spirituality"
Films Saul Landau's "Laboring on Border's Edge" runs for 45 minutes
This film just completed describes the disastrous social and environmental effects of
the Maquila industries set up in the border zone of Mexico as a result of the "free
trade" agreements with the United States.
Cost
Registration: waged $75, unwaged $50
Early registration discount (by 20 August): waged $60, unwaged $40
Day registration: waged $30, unwaged $20
Accommodation for up to 75 - at nearby Auckland Institute of Technology marae cnr
Symonds and Wellesley Sts. Includes vegetarian meals morning & evening Monday evening
to Thursday morning Further details upon registration. Cost: $60.00
Stalls. There will be space for a limited number of stalls at $100 ea. Deposit of $25
required to secure.
Conference website: www.prout.org/apec (Includes provision for registration.)
Promoted by:
* Proutist Universal, Box 984, Nelson. (Attn: Bruce Dyer)
tel/fax: (03) 548 7284; email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Sustainable Futures Trust, 30 Akatea Rd, Petone. (Attn: Alan Fricker)
ph: (04) 589 1575 fax: (04) 589 0447 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Pacific Institute of Resource Management, Box 12-125, Wgton. (Attn: Gwenyth Wright)
ph; (04) 473 6623 fax: (04) 472 6374 email; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* The Aotearoa New Zealand Environment Trust, c\- Box 105-300, Auckland. (Attn: Simon
Reeves) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Native Forest Action Box 836, Nelson ph (03) 545 6040 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registration form
Name.........................................................................
Address.....................................................................
................................................................Ph.............................Fax...................................
Email:.........................................................................
Please register me for 3 days 1 day
I would like accomodation on the AIT Marae yes no
Please send me info about stall displays yes no
Please find enclosed my cheque for
Registration (details overleaf) $.......................
Accomodation - Marae ( " " ) $.......................
Stall Display - deposit ( " " ) $.......................
Donation $.......................
Total $.......................
N.B. Cheques payable to Proutist Universal
Workshops. I would be willing to facilitate a workshop
on................................................................. (Please send
outline & any other relevant information)
I would be willing to help publicise the conference. Please send me ..........posters.
(Please state number)
Send registration form to:
Proutist Universal, Box 984, Nelson.
Speakers� profiles.
Hazel Henderson D.Sc. Hon Futurist, economist, author of "Building a Win-Win World"
and five other books available in 9 languages, worldwide syndicated columnist, and
consultant on sustainable development; her editorials are syndicated by lnterPress
Service to some 400 newspapers in 27 languages;
shared the 1996 Global Citizen Award with Nobelist A. Perez Esquivel of Argentina.
Marissa D. De Guzman An associate of Walden Bello (who is unable to attend.) with
Focus on the Global South, an autonomous research, analysis, and advocacy program of
the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute in Bangkok, Thailand. Working
with Walden Bello on projects on Global
Financial Architecture, International Trade and the World Trade Organization, and
Crisis of the Philippine Economy.
Sir Paul Reeves Asia 2000 visiting professor NZ-Asia Institute of University of
Auckland; former Governor-General and Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand.
Dr Sohail Inayatullah Unesco chair at the University of Trier, Tamkang Chair at
Tamkang University, Prof International Management Centres, visiting academic, QUT
Brisbane; Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science & the World Futures Studies
Federation. Books in press include, Situating
Sarkar; The University in Transformation; Islam, Postmodernism & Other Futures, &
Transforming Communication. 20 year involvement with the Prout Alternative Economic
Movement.
Del Wihongi of Ngapuhi. Formulated the claim to the Waitangi Tribunal to establish the
ownership of the intellectual property in our indigenous flora and fauna.
Marilyn Waring former National MP, economist at Massey University�s Albany campus,
author, film maker - Who�s Counting? - goat farmer.
Marion Wood Chief Executive YWCA and Chair of the Council for International Development
Jeanette Fitzsimons M.P. Co-leader of Green Party, formerly lecturer in Environmental
Studies & Energy Planning at Auckland University.
Suhki Turner Dunedin�s first woman Mayor.
Dr Pita Sharples of Ngatikahungunu Hawkes Bay, Professor of Maori and Indigenous
Education at Auckland University.
Rod Oram Editor Business Herald
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Please Note: Details of the conference are subject to change
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"I hold it, that a little rebellion now and then, is a good thing, and
as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Reclaiming APEC" conference
7th - 9th September '99, Auckland University.
Speakers:
Hazel Henderson, Sohail Inayatullah, Sir Paul Reeves,
Jeanette Fitzsimons, Pita Sharples, Sukhi Turner, youth panel
Marissa de Guzman, Del Wihongi, Marilyn Waring,
Marion Wood, Rod Oram and others.
Further information: www.prout.org/apec
Holistic economics at WWW.PROUT.ORG
Learn about PROgressive Utilization Theory
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
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