----- Original Message ----- From: "Goa Desc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 7:21 AM Subject: [Goanet]Goa Garbage Dumping to be featured on Sunday DD National telecast ========================================== Folks,
From the Current issue (2004-9) of Goan Voice UK: 2 Mar. Evening Press (York). Gordon Campbell-Thomas has been in the forefront of a campaign to transform a 24 acre disused brick works into a nature reserve. In two weeks, the veteran environmental campaigner will be leaving York to head for Goa where, using the York model, he plans to transform another disused brick works into a nature reserve. "I'm absolutely over the moon about this [the granting of local nature reserve status]," he says. "I'm leaving in two weeks and this really is the culmination of 16 years of hard work. It is a real bonus." For a photograph of Gordon and the full text of the article go to: http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/news/YORK_NEWS_GENFEATURES5.html And Good Going, Gordon at http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/news/YORK_NEWS_READERSLETTERS16.html Quote: "It will be a great shame to see Gordon leave York to take on new environmental challenges in Goa but he can leave safe in the knowledge that he has done his bit to make York a better place to live and helped towards giving our planet a sustainable future." From Goan Voice UK, 8 Nov. 2002: Evening News (York, UK). Gordon Campbell-Thomas is using skills picked up in York to transform a rubbish dump in Goa. He plans to transform the Mapusa dump with the help of prominent Goans and English people. The work, estimated to take about ten years, will be powered by solar panels and wind turbine, and will recycle rainwater for drinking. Gordon may be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 5 Dec 2003, he had written to me: Please find an article about the project and some photo's of the site. The biomedical waste was dumped there this year, fly tipping still goes on. The image of the environment centre is in York, however it could be in Mapusa. The nature park I work from used to be a garbage site. I hope you can find some space for this in your magazine. John Lally International Foundation are determined to do the work, however we need support. We have this out there in Goa, but would welcome other Goans if they wish to get involved. Cheers, Eddie Fernandes. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
