JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 1997

The Junior Fellowship Program allows young, active environmentalists
from central and eastern Europe to spend one month in the REC
Headquarters in Budapest to take part in training on NGO
organizational development issues, establish contacts with
environmentalists from other countries and learn about the REC's
services. After this month fellows will have practical experience in
project proposal writing, presentation skills, networking, project and
organizational management, computer applications and fundraising.
During the fellowship they will have access to all REC resources and
have the option to work on projects that directly benefit their NGO.
Junior Fellows come from a variety of backgrounds and from different
CEE countries. They should be between 20 and 30 years old and have
experience in working in environmental NGOs. They should exhibit a
strong interest in improving the environment in the region. For the
1997 sessions, we are inviting participants from Albania, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosznia - Hertzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The REC covers all costs for travel,
accommodation and daily expenses.

You should apply if you:
- have demonstrated a strong interest in environmental protection -
are between 20 and 30 years old - are active in an environmental NGO -
are a citizen of the participating countries - speak and write good
English

If you are interested in our program, send a letter of application in
English explaining: - your motives for applying - your expectation of
the program - the activities on which you want to work for your NGO
during the training period - the fellowship periods for which you want
to apply (we encourage you to apply for more than one period)

and your curriculum vitae (CV) in English, containing:
- family name and given names
- full mailing address
- telephone number
- fax number and e-mail address
- nationality
- date and place of birth
- passport no
- education and field of specialization
- knowledge of foreign languages (indicate fair, good or poor)
- working experience and other relevant experience
- computer skills 
- name, address, telephone and fax number of your NGO
- description of your activities in the NGO 
- information about your NGO

The following sessions are  AVAILABLE in 1997:
                                                      deadline
January 6 - February 4		December 1, 1996
February 24 - March 25		January 13, 1997
April 14 - May 13			March 3, 1997
June 30 - July 28			May 19, 1997
September 1 - September 30	July 21, 1997
October 27 - November 25		September 8, 1997
To apply or for more information please contact:

     Adriana Craciun
     Junior Fellowship Program 
     Regional Environmental Center
     Ady Endre ut 9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary
     tel: (36-26) 311 199, fax: (36-26) 311 294
     e-mail: 

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), an
international organization headquartered in Szentendre, is looking for a
Project Officer for its Public Participation Program team. The Project
Officer
will be responsible for overseeing the program's training activities in
several
CEE countries, as well as other policy research and monitoring activities to
ensure integration of public participation practices in environmental
decisionmaking processes. Qualifications include: university degree in
relevant
environmental or international field; minimum 3-5 years' experience in public
advocacy or public participation-related issues; familiarity with key
environmental problems in the CEE region; fluency in English; demonstrated
project management skills; facilitation and training experience.

Submit letter of inquiry and CV by December 2 to: Mr. Mozes Kiss, REC, Ady
Endre 9-11, Szentendre 2000, HUNGARY; Fax: +36-26-311-294; email:
. 

A longer, more detailed version of this announcement will be posted later
today 
on our Web site:

http://www.rec.org/

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Rendkivuli lehetoseg, hogy jelentos, vagy akar teljes kedvezmennyel
lehet reszt venni a Schumacher College januari tanfolyaman, melynek cime:
A New Economics for People and the Planet.

A Schumacher College egy, a jovobe mutato, rendkivuli oktatasi intezmeny
Del-Angliaban, ahol korunk kiemelkedo gondolkodoi tartanak tanfolyamokat
az okologiai szemleletvaltas, a gazdasagban es a belso vilagunkban szukseges 
valtozasok kulonbozo vonatkozasairol. A resztvevok a vilag minden tajarol, a 
legkulonbozobb szakmai hatteru es eletkoru, nyitott, tenniakaro emberek, akik
egymastol legalabb annyit tanulnak, mint a tanfolyamok vezetoitol.
A College legkoret atszovi a kozossegi szellem es az okologiai tudasossag.
Ennek megtapasztalasa onmagaban is eletreszolo elmeny a legtobbeknek.

Most itt a rendkivuli lehetoseg, hogy az alabb ismertetett tanfolyamon 
minimalis dijert, vagy akar ingyen reszt vehess! Az utikoltseget madanak kell

allni, de a helyszinen mar teljes ellatast kapsz.

A jelentkezes surgos!
Erdeklodesedet kuldd el az ismertetes aljan talalhato cimre, es/vagy nekem.
Jelentkezesi lapot en is tudok kuldeni.

Nagy Agoston


> JAMES ROBERTSON, WENDY HARCOURT & RICHARD DOUTHWAITE
> A New Economics for People and the Planet
> 5-25 January, 1997  Course fee: #163#1,050. A limited number of bursaries
may be
> available.
> 
> COURSE CONTENT:
> 
> Week 1:  James Robertson
> "'Tis all in pieces, all cohesion gone."  John Donne lamented the lost
> certainties of medieval Christendom, and so - for today's literature and
art
> - post-modernity mostly means breakdown.  But, as the 500-year old modern
> age comes to an end, the challenge is a constructive one - to take part in
> evolving a new, more pluralistic, ecological world order and worldview.
> 
> Two features of the modern Euro-American culture, now dominant worldwide,
> have been the centrality of the nation-state and the supremacy of economics
> - quantitative and supposedly scientific, objective and value-free.  But it
> is now clear that the emerging one-world human community of the Ecological
> Age demands a new political economy and a transformation of economic life
> and thought.
> 
> This part of the course will explore:
> * some of the specific changes this implies for today's values, theories,
> lifestyles, technologies, institutions and power structures; and
> * the ecology of change - how the different changes are linked, how
> different people can play different parts in helping to bring them about,
> what obstacles there are, and how these can be overcome.
> 
> It will be oriented toward what people can do - as citizens.  It will not
> require an academic or professional background in economics, business or
> politics.
> 
> Week 2:  Wendy Harcourt
> The aim of this week will be to dispel some of the current myths of
> economics and development which are fundamentally gender-biased and to
> encourage students to explore alternative theories and practices.  Focused
> on the experience of women in the industrialised North, the course readings
> and discussion will lead students through five main subject areas:
> 
> * The history of the emergence of a feminist perspective on economics and
> development since the 1970s there has been a growing body of writing by
> feminist economists and feminists writing on economics and development -
who
> are they?  how have they emerged and in response to what?
> * Gender bias in economics economic theories do not distinguish by gender
> and can be gender blind - how are major economic concepts such as
> production, markets and labour and their modes of measurement blind to
> women's economic concerns?
> * Women and the economy
> what are the implications of this gender blindness in the workings of the
> economy - what is the impact of economic globalisation on women? what is
the
> relationship between women and trade? how are gender, economics and the
> environment linked?
> * Women's resistance to mainstream economics and development women's groups
> are more and more vocally challenging some of the biases in economics,
> trade, environment and development - what are some examples of women's
> resistance to
> mainstream economics and development at the policy and local grass roots
leve
l?
> * Feminism and alternatives to mainstream economics and development how are
> feminists involved in peoples' movements towards social and economic
> transformation - what are the alternatives proposed and practised by
women's
> groups and how are they working with other alternative movements?
> 
> Week 3:  Richard Douthwaite
> Although the world economy is becoming increasingly unstable and is
> excluding more and more people and places from participating fully in it,
> those few politicians who accept that this is happening are powerless to
> remedy the situation.  This segment of the course will therefore look at
the
> practical steps communities can take to make themselves less dependent on
> the failing mainstream system and, without political help, to build more
> self-reliant economies of their own.  Students will explore the ways that
> local currencies and local banking systems can be used to widen the range
of
> viable economic opportunities within an area and discuss how local energy
> production and community-supported agriculture can increase a district's
> power to run its own affairs.  All the techniques discussed will be
> illustrated by actual case histories, so that people keen to begin working
> towards greater self-reliance in their own communities know the problems to
> avoid.
> 
> ACCREDITATION:  The enclosed list of course aims and objectives has been
> presented to the University of Plymouth with the intention of achieving
> accreditation for this course.  Those with appropriate prior qualifications
> who wish to register for credits may, if they complete the course
> successfully, achieve 10 Masters Level Credits which are transferable under
> the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme.  (Currency at Masters Level:
10
> UK Credits = 3
> US Credits = 5 European Credits)
> 
> Those registering for credits should note that for the assessment they will
> need to 1) submit a summary of what they have learnt on the course; 2)
> submit a report on how the course content applies to an issue of their
> choice; and 3) attend an interview at the end of the course.  The credits
> will be granted by the University of Plymouth and certificates will be
> issued at a later date.  There will be an additional fee of about #163#100
for
> those taking Credits to cover the associated costs.  Further details will
be
> provided at the start of the course.
> 
> GENERAL INFORMATION:  Each day starts with the opportunity for a period of
> meditation before breakfast. After breakfast there is a brief meeting for
> everyone, followed by a period during which participants help with
preparing
> food, cleaning the buildings and other tasks.
> (Besides this morning work, people are involved once a week in preparing
> supper and in clearing up after meals.)  The rest of each weekday morning
is
> devoted to work with the teacher(s).  Lectures, discussions and small
groups
> are used, and attention is given to ensuring that the learning atmosphere
is
> as creative as possible.  Afternoons provide opportunities for field trips
> to the coast or Dartmoor, craft work, walks, private study and tutorials.
> Evenings offer a variety of talks and informal meetings, possibly arising
> out of the day's work, or an opportunity for participants to give
> presentations based on their own life
> and work. Thursday evening is our "Open Evening", when members of the local
> community are invited to listen to a talk and meet the participants. 
Friday
> evening is usually a 'soiree' - a home-grown party.  Weekends are not
> scheduled in order to allow time for private study and contemplation,
> informal discussions, walks in the beautiful grounds of the Dartington
> Estate, visits to local places of interest or time with friends and family
> within reach.  (Experience has taught us that the intensity generated by
the
> weekday programme makes organisation of weekends in advance inappropriate.)
> 
> The "work" aspect of the course - cooking, cleaning, gardening and so on -
> is an essential part of the College life.  Embedding the intellectual
> discussions in the everyday business of taking care of the buildings and
> each other, and in continual contact with nature, promotes a level of
> reflection and understanding in which the whole person - their values and
> life concerns as well as their thinking minds - is involved.  Equally, we
> prize the mood and 'feel' of discussions as highly as their intellectual
> content.  The natural development of a trusting spirit of community is
> central to the purpose of the College.
> 
> Please contact us if you have any further questions about the course.
> 
> Yours sincerely
> 
> Hilary Nicholson
> 
> ***
> Schumacher College is an international centre for ecological studies and a
> department of The Dartington Hall Trust, a registered charity.
> For more information, contact:
> The Administrator,
> Schumacher College
> The Old Postern
> Dartington
> Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK
> Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934
> Fax: +44 (0)1803 866899
> Email:  
> ***
> 
>

Kedves Barataim!

Azt azert megjegyeznem, hogy a kornyezetet az egyennek is vedenie kell.
En most teljes bizonytalansagban vagyok, hogy mennyivel huzzam le.
Nemcsak annak van pszichologiaja, hogy minden ismeretlentol felek, ezert
egyetlen kornyezetvedo beruhazast sem engedek megepiteni a kornyezet
vedesenek okan, hanem annak is, hogy ha nem kaphatok vilagos valaszokat
arra, hogy mit kellene csinalnom, akkor egy ido utan teljesen elvesztem
az erdeklodesem, es mar nem is kivanom vedeni a kornyezetet.

Mas. Egyik baratunk, sajnos mar elfelejtettem ki, azt is irta a vita
heveben, hogy az istalotragya kihordasa is karos. Teljes felreertes. A
legjobb kornyezetvedelem a korfolyamatok fenntartasa. Gond mindig akkor
van, ha ez megszakad, es valami valahol felszaporodik.

udv

Bela

> FIGYELEM! Tobb lehetoseg nincs! Es mint cseppben a tenger, ebben is
> megmutatkozik az egesz kornyezetvedo mozgalom - faj leirnom, de nem
> tehetek mast - szellemi impotenciaja. Ugyanis barki barmit akar javitani
> is a kornyezeten, a kornyezetvedok egy masik szarnya bebizonyitja, hogy
> az helytelen. Aztan marad minden a regiben, azaz ugyanugy pusztul tovabb
> a kornyezet, mint eddig, pedig valoban vedenunk kellene. Ma a
> kornyezetvedelem csak odaig tud eljutni, hogy megmagyazrazza, hogy mit
> ne tegyunk, de nem jut el odaig, hogy megmondja mit tegyunk. Amig nem
> jut el erre az utobbi fokra, nem is lesz komoly tarsadalmi tenyezo."

NEM! Azt hiszem ebben tevedsz!

Megmondja! Bizony megmondja! Nagyon is megmondja, a legtobb temaban 
megmondja, szakertoi szinten is megmondja!
Vitak persze vannak, mert a dolog "nagyon-nagyon nem egyszeru".

Az mar mas kerdes, hogy a megvalositassal mi a helyzet, es ebben ki miert 
felelos, hol, milyen erdekek miatt akad el a dolog....
 
Csak egy pelda: Pesten szmog van /volt/. A fopolgarmester ur /most mint 
kornyezetvedo/, kerte a lakossagot, ezen a nehany napon ne menjenek 
szemelyautoval, vegyek inkabb igenybe a tomegkozlekedesi eszkozoket!
A folytatast ki lehet talalni.....

Udv. Mester Zsolt