AN EVERGREEN ISLAND
In 1989 the landowners of Central Bougainville closed one of the
world's largest copper mines that was destroying their land. In response,
a military blockade was imposed around the island. For a decade the
Bougainvillean people survived without assistance from the outside world.
From scratch, they built their own schools and tertiary colleges; without
Western medicines or health professionals they turned to their
traditional bush medicine; without weapons they made their own guns out of
waterpipe; without communications they charged batteries using solar power
to run satellite telephones and 2 way radios and without a power station
they generated their own electricity by harnessing water energy.....but
the most fascinating invention was the use of fermented coconut oil as
a substitute for diesel and fuel.
AN EVERGREEN ISLAND is a story of courage, survival and persistence -
of inventiveness, imagination and adaptibility on a little known, Pacific
island.
INVITATION
The video documentary, 'AN EVERGREEN ISLAND' will be launched at:
6.30pm for 7pm screening on
Tuesday, 1st August, 2000 at the
Side On Cafe, 83 Parramatta Road Annandale, (just down from the
Johnston Street intersection).
Introduction by Moses Havini, Overseas Representative of the
Bougainville Peoples Congress.
The Cafe has a bar and restaurant.
This film was made with the financial assistance of Community Aid
Abroad's Pacific Program, the Search Foundation, the Mineral Policy
Institute and the CFMEU.
RSVP Mandy & Fabio Ph/fax: 9974 4302 Mob: 0410 633 503
e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LL.NH
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