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ISIS Press Release 10/01/06

Prof. George Chan, environmental engineer and creator of dozens of highly productive zero-emission farms to eradicate poverty in developing countries.

How to turn "wastes" into energy and resources for local self-sufficiency. Get set for a post fossil fuel economy!

Are such farms the answer for feeding the developed world now faced with a looming energy crisis and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate global warming?

Also speaking:
Jenny Jones London Assembly member, Chair of London Food, responsible for government's Sustainable Food and Farming Stratefy for London
Martin Khor, Director of Third World Network
Eur. Ing. Kenneth Spelman, planner/designer of sustainable development
Julian Oram Policy Analyst of ActionAid
Dr. Lois Philipps, Senior Researcher of Elm Farm Research Centre
Dan Keech, of Sustain and London Hub
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, Director of Institute of Science in Society & Sustainable World Initiative

Participation strictly limited, a few places left.

Please e-mail your details (name, title, affiliation if any, qualifications) to
dreamfarm@i-sis.org.uk or telephone 020-7272-5636

sustainable world logoThe workshop will start at 9:30h Saturday 21 January and end after lunch at 14:00h Sunday 22 January 2006. The Venue is The Kindersley Centre, set at the heart of award-winning Sheepdrove Organic Farm (Warren Farm, Lambourn, Berkshire RG17 7UU, UK). The conference facility is housed within a beautiful, eco-friendly building, surrounded by fields and woodlands, with spectacular views across rolling downland. The cost of the weekend is about £130 per person, which includes organic meals and drinks (Saturday lunch and dinner and Sundy lunch). If required, an overnight stay at a nearby hotel will cost an additional £35-£50.

How to find the Kindersley Center: The Kindersley Centre can be reached by car or by rail plus a taxi ride. The nearest British Rail Stations are Hungerford, Didcot and Newbury.

For detailed directions to the Kindersley centre please follow this link:
http://www.indsp.org/pdf/KindersleyMap&Details.pdf or directions provided by Streetmap.co.uk

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