For Love and Freedom on Clean Mother-Earth! _______________________________________________________________ !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! !!! ! ! ! ! ! !!! !!! !!! ! ! ! !!!!! !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! ! !!!!! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! ! _______________________________________________________________ "ECODEFENSE!inform" environmental inform-bulletin * number 17 * _______________________________________________________________ ..................................................* JUNE 1994 * _______________________________________________________________ "ECODEFENSE!" Moskovsky prospekt 120-34 236006 Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg Russia telephone +7 0112 437286 E-mail: ecodefense@glas.apc.org _______________________________________________________________ CONTENT News ... AROUND THE BALTIC Project for environment POLISH GREENS DISCUSSION LIST NOW ON INTERNET Plan'94 EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SEMINAR 1994 Environmental calender SUMMER 1994 ECODEFENSE!inform present THE EKO-OKO _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** 20 May 1994 (Reuter), SWEDISH DECISION ON DANICH LINK FURTHER DELAYED Vibeke Laroi STOCKHOLM, May 20 A Swedish government body called on Friday for more environmental checks into a controversial plan to build a bridge and tunnel link to Denmark, further delaying Greenbase 23 May 1994, Germany RESTRICTIONS ON LEVELS IN DRINKING WATER MAKE GERMANY LESS APPEALING TO INDUSTRY DUSSELDORF (BNA) Germany is losing its attractiveness for the agro-chemical industry, according to the industry association Industry Verband Agrar (IVA) Greenbase SWEDEN'S BARSEBACK NUCLEAR PLANT OPERATING AGAIN STOCKHOLM, May 24 (Reuter) The Barseback nuclear power plant in southern Sweden was operating again on Tuesday after separate incidents shut down its two reactors recently, an official said. Barseback 1 Greenbase Handelsblatt 31 May 1994 GERMANY: WISMUT IS REFUSED PERMIT TO CONTINUE KOENIGSTEIN DECONTAMINATION Saxony's Environment Ministry has refused Wismut AG permission to continue uranium decontamination at the Koenigstein mine. In January 1991 Greenbase _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** POLISH GREENS DISCUSSION LIST NOW ON INTERNET I would like to invite all the readers who have access to wide area computer networks (like Internet, Bitnet, FIDO, Greennet) to join the newtly created discussion list GREENSPL. GREENSPL aims to facilitate discussions about Polish Greens. The list is open to all who wish to explore the Polish Green Movement. Students, faculty, those involved in university outreach, and those involved in environmental project are welcome. The sharing of relevant information, personal experiences, and activity announcements from distant locations are very appropriate and welcome. The discussions will be held in Polish, but postings in English are also welcome. The list will also serve as an informationsource for the editors of "Zielone Brygady" the Polish Environmental monthly, and "Green Brigades" the English quarterly. The "Zielone Brygady" internet address is NKCH@TRURL.CH.UJ.EDU.PL To subscribe to the Greenspl discussion list, send an e-mail message to the following internet address: listserv@plearn.bitnet In the body of the message type: SUB GREENSPL firstname lastname In case of any trouble please notify me, the list owner, at the following internet address: WIENCH@plearn.bitnet Hope to meet you in cyberspace. Piotr Wiench. "Green Brigades"/XII _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SEMINAR 1994 4-8 July 1994 in Germany will be organized the ESE Seminar 1994. Energie- und Umweltzentrum am Deister e.V. in cooperation with INforSE (Information Network for Sustainable Energy) make this meeting. The program include: July 4 - Presentations of the seminar, participants and their projects; The Workshops: Solar Energy, Low Energy Housing, Energy Saving Technics, Sustainable Energy and Employment, Energy and Education; July 5 - Energy Agency (German Examle), Project - Market; workshops, etc. July 6 - Excursion to Hannover and Hameln: an example of renovation of a block of city houses; solar institute; wind turbine cooperation; zero energy house; July 7 - Working on EC level; East NGO meeting and West NGO meetng; Workshops; July 8 - NGO networking in the coming year; presentation of the workshops. The Workshops: Technical Workshops - Intriduction of technologies and praxis by people that have wirked in specific fields at the center for years. A possibility to see different demonstration projects at the center. Invited people with whom the center works together with, like producers. Sustainable Energy and Employment - Workshop about the employment benefits of implementing different sustainable energy solutions and how this can be used in campaigns for sustainable energy. The workshop will include a presentation and discussion of the European INforSE campaign on energy and employment. It will focus on how the participants can use this campaign and the information on energy and employment in their own organizations and internationally. Practical information: * The working language at the Seminar will be English; * Participation fee is equal to 250 German DM and covers materials, accommodation (a few in tents) and food; * A limited number of Eastern European participants will be supported; * The place of the seminar: Energie- und Umweltzentrum am Deister e.V., 31832 Springe, Germany, phone +49 5044 1880 or 380, fax +49 05044 34640, located 30 km South of Hannover; * Please, write before 15 June, 1994. Sustainable Energy News _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDER: SUMMER 1994 June 9-11 Energy Efficiency through retrofitting, St.Petersburg, Russia; Exhibition and cvonference. Info: Norvay ph.+47 22 601390, fax +47 22 693650 Sustainable Energy News (SEN) June 23-27 Oko'94, Freiburg, Germany; Environmental Exhibition. Info: BUND, ph.+49 761 885950, fax +49 761 8859590 SEN July 4-8 European NGO Energy Seminar, Deister, Germany. Info: Marlies Ante, 3257 Springe 3, Germany, ph.+49 5044 380/1880, fax +49 5044 4640 SEN July 9 Regional INforSE meeting for Europe, Deister, Germany. Info: Gunnar Boye Olesen, OVE, ph.+45 3142 9091, fax +45 3142 9095 SEN July 20 - August 3 Bike demonstration for 400 young people to promote an alternative environment, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany. Info: JMA, Oudegracht 42, 3511 AR Utrecht, the Netherlands, ph.+31 30 316566, fax +31 3 343986 SEN _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** THE EKO-OKO The EKO-OKO Ecological Education Center is a place which serves all those who, together with us, want to learn: * how to live in harmony with oneself, with others, and with nature; * how to be responsible for oneself and for our environment; * how to be open, sensitive, and tolerant towards others; * how to make good use of the energy resources of man and the EARTH; * how to build the proper motivation to act on behalf of the environment; * how to find new and creative solutions in different areas of life. We organize meetings, workshops, lectures, and practical courses to create conditions which would enable the learning process on the biological, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual levels of man's existence. Our team consist of a few permanent employees and numerous volunteers. Any interested person can take part in our work and can influence the program, as well as the way in which it is carried out. We share a view of the world as a network of interdependent beings, and we have a deep respect for the manifestation of all life. ADDRESS: EKO OKO, ul.Grojecka 75, 02-094 Warszawa, Poland, ph/fax +48 22 226487 "Green Brigades"/XII _______________________________________________________________ Note From Editorial Board: The continuation of "The Report about Lithuanian Energy Siuation" (NN 9-15)the readers will see in next issue of ECODEFENSE!inform. _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** ECODEFENSE!inform bulletins get more than 150 env.NGOs of EARTH *************************************************************** Editorial Board thanks for financial help from "Sowing the Seeds of Democracy: A project for Environmental Grant-Making in tha NIS" program, which realize by ISAR. *************************************************************** Editorial Board: Alexandra Koroleva, Vladimir Sliviak ***************************************************************