Om woorden in daden te vertalen en de verandering te zijn die we willen zien, is Networklearning een eigen milieuproject aan huis gestart op de grond rondom het woonpand, het voormalige Gemeentelijk Gym Lokaal, Smeerlaan 1 in Schoorl. Zo houden we de ontwikkelingen goed in de gaten!
Bees have huge value for communities but are sensitive to environmental stress and in decline worldwide. » Bees Without Borders has a global mission to educate and train impoverished individuals and communities in beekeeping skills. » African Honey Bee enables families from severely disadvantaged rural communities to build sustainable micro-beekeeping businesses – producing raw honey…
Food sovereignty refers to the right to produce food on one’s own territory. The protection of local biodiversity is key to building natural resistance to turbulent climates and market forces.
» Activism with inspirational leadership has succeeded in fighting corruption and resource predators. For example, in the face of powerful – and violent – vested interests, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized urban waste pickers until they got decent wages and working conditions and made recycling a legitimate part of waste management. Aleta Baun, of West Timor,…
» SolarAid operates programmes that bring cheap and safe solar power to schools, clinics and homes in some of the most remote regions of Malawi, Uganda and Zambia.
‘Permaculture’ combines the ideas of permanent agriculture and permanent culture.
Navdanya (‘nine seeds’) is a women-centred movement protecting biological and cultural diversity. Their network of seed keepers and organic producers spreads across 18 states in India. They have helped set up community seed banks across the country, trained over 500,000 farmers in seed ‘sovereignty’ and sustainable agriculture and helped setup the largest fair trade organic…
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Fair Trade is a small but growing movement that offers a progressive alternative to the conventional model of trade.