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Asia - Past Newsletter Articles

These articles have been selected from past newsletters due to their interest and lasting relevance:

Asia Visit Early 1997
From early February to the beginning of April 1997 Max Lindegger, Regional Co-ordinator of this office, visited six countries of our region: Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan...

Community Development in Bali, Indonesia
During November and December 1999, Morag Gamble travelled to Bali to teach a Permaculture design course to women from around Indonesia...

Community Welfare Foundation Bangladesh
The Community Welfare Foundation Bangladesh (CWFB) is a non-government voluntary organisation in Bangladesh. Primarily we have been working in rural development since 1995...

DUS-Bangladesh
The aim is to build a Training Centre to train people in sustainable farming techniques. 85% of Bangladeshies are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood...

Green Korea United
Green Korea United is one of Korea's leading non-governmental environmental organisations, with 10 local chapters throughout the country. We are committed to building and maintaining an ecologically sound and sustainable Korean Peninsula. We work both nationally and internationally on issues of concern to the Korean people...

HABITAT II Thoughts
GEN was exceptionally well represented with 15 GEN people at the recent Habitat II conference in Istanbul. The Conference was publicised as the last of the big United Nations conferences for the century...

HABITAT II Conference Outcomes
The intentions agreed upon by the world community in the Habitat Agenda are relevant for the future work of national and international organisations...

International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC)
ISECs primary goal is to promote critical discussion of the foundations of modern industrial society, while at the same time examining the principles necessary for the emergence of more sustainable and equitable patterns of living...

Mundially Fishermen's Co-operative
An enterprising group of fishermen in Calcutta, India, have found a way to 'farm' the city's waste! The 150-member co-operative utilises the effluent from the city...

Rural Enterprise in India
Our ultimate aim is to help the rural poor earn sufficient income from their local environment in a sustainable manner, so that the need to migrate to the cities shall be eliminated...

Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement - Sri Lanka
I decided the best way was to abandon the classroom, and take my students to the villages where people are poor and powerless, bringing them together. We helped construct schools, houses and so on...

Sri Lankan Initiatives
Sarvodaya organizes "Shramadana Camps", where villagers come together to engage in physical work... School for the Deaf, which is an incredibly inspiring and worthwhile project. It was amazing to see what one woman, Mrs Tineke de Silva-Nijkamp, has built with the support of Sarvodaya and donations from Europe...

Green Education in Sri Lanka
Demonstrating to local farmers that organic farming, without the use of chemical insecticides, pesticides and artificial fertilizers, but involves optimal natural inputs including cow dung, rice straw, Grilicidea leaves (abundant in the area), etc., allows for viable and successful vegetable cultivation...

Sunshine Farm Japan
By studying more about permaculture and Japanese people's skills of olden days, we've started to make a design on Sunshine Farm with co-operative ways with people and nature and keeping it as an educational field for people to start thinking about their lives...