------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I shall respond to the comments made by Dom Martin here at a most prefered later date. floriano goasuraj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goanet News Service" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:49 AM Subject: [Goanet] [Goanet-News] 2007 Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award announced > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007 > > http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm > > For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) > > Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > **** http://www.GOANET.org **** > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007 > http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm > > Online Media Partner: http://www.goanet.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Conferred on Goa Bachao Abhiyan "in recognition of its gallant and > undeviating resolve to awaken the masses to conscionably evaluate Goa's > ecological heritage and reclaim the power to conserve it." > > Goa Bachao Abhiyan (Save Goa Campaign) came into being in the wake of the > reverberating opposition to the Goa Regional Plan 2011. The core of Goa > Bachao Abhiyan is made up of concerned citizens and NGOs, and it functions > without any political affiliations or constraints. The fundamental aim of > the organization is the preservation of Goa's natural environment as well as > the development of her social, cultural and economic characteristics. Dr. > Oscar Rebello serves as the convener, and the co-conveners are Mr. Shridhar > Kamat and Ms. Sabina Martins. > > > Comment: > > Conservation is collective consciousness and it must be inherent in our > psyche before we can impose upon those in power to enforce it. We live in > an era where our existential needs are at constant conflict with nature's > prerogative to survive in its primordial majesty. A realization of the > natural environment we live in stimulates a sense of reverence, and through > it, a genuine commitment to conserve it. Lack of realization perpetuates > indifference, and consequently the blueprints for plunder and irreversible > devastation. > > In the quest for conservation there needs to be, foremostly, a habitat of > coexistence between demographic growth and the natural environment. Both > can mutually prevail if we effectively divest our genetic makeup of its > inclination toward stoic and mindless greed. Nonetheless, organizations > such as Goa Bachao Abhiyan and the Goa Foundation serve as beacons in the > conservation of the natural environment, orienting society's indifference > towards enlightenment, and in the process, become worthy of posterity's > gratitude > > -Dom Martin
