Sanet Users, we are very intersted in having persons involved with =
sustainable agriculture and rural development help us with our rural =
work at Lake Baikal. Please look over the following project. I hope we =
can have member support!
Thanks,
Bill Mueller
NOTICE OF SECOND INTERNATIONALGREEN WALK,=20
BURYATIA SIBERIA (LAKE BAIKAL)=20
SUMMER 2000
REAP International invites interested organizations to join us in the =
Second=20
Annual Green Walk at Lake Baikal (Siberia), to take place in the summer =
of=20
2000. It is our objective to use this event as the basis for new =
coalition-
building and NGO involvement at Lake Baikal. The Walk will provide your =
organization with the opportunity to become involved directly or =
indirectly=20
with this unique place and its particular set of environmental/economic=20
challenges. Our objective is to make Baikal accessible to the widest =
number=20
of organizations and individuals from the United States, other countries =
and=20
other regions of Russia. =20
The structure of the Walk is very simple. Participants walk along =
established=20
roads, passing through villages and towns and sleeping in tents. =
Camping=20
equipment and food are transported by truck. Participants are =
responsible for=20
making camp meals. There are meetings with locals, visits to businesses =
and=20
organizations, cultural and group activities. In 2000 there will also =
be several=20
mini-projects undertaken by the Walkers. The Walk will be about three=20
weeks with an optional fourth week.=20
REAP's Green Walk partners include the Russian nongovernmental=20
organizations "FIRN" and "Aura" and the Ministry of Education and =
Science=20
of Buryatia. REAP has been bringing people to Russia since 1992.
Baikal is the world's most unique lake. Since it joined UNESCO's World=20
Heritage Program in 1996, there have been an increase in local =
organizations=20
at Baikal which address its social, economic and environmental problems. =
=20
But there has also been a decrease in formal international involvement,=20
particularly in the republic of Buryatia. Nor has Buryatia advanced =20
economically in recent years. This is most serious because Buryatia is =
the =20
primary caretaker for Baikal, with proportionally more shoreline, rivers =
and=20
resource usage than its watershed neighbors of Irkutsk or Chita.=20
The First Annual Green Walk concluded July 18, 1999 revealed the crisis =
of=20
this situation. The 10-day Walk covered 122 kilometers, passed through =
23=20
villages and made contact with nearly 1,000 local people in large and =
small=20
gatherings. The overriding point made by those people:
They are distressed at how they are forced to live, which causes them=20
to destroy their environment for survival, and thus destroys their =
quality of=20
life. They said no one but our Walkers had heard their concerns or =
offered to=20
be their representatives. They were eager for any form of support. =20
We invite you to walk with us, to see for yourself, and to provide =
assistance=20
in your own particular ways. The Walk will also provide opportunities =
for=20
interested parties to sponsor Russian youth in projects. You may also =
have=20
simultaneous cooperating events at your location to promote solidarity.
In the coming months the final design of the Green Walk will be =
determined.=20
Please consider the Walk for one of your formal organizational =
activities, or=20
as a chance for interested members to do something on their own. Your=20
support is welcome in any form. Much of this work will be aimed at=20
cooperation with rural schools and local youth leaders who can be your=20
partners. As in the past, REAP will also try to involve rural =
educators,=20
scientists, local administrators, academics and others into this work. =
REAP will provide coordination and facilitation for your organization to =
take=20
part. In November we will post the full details for participation in =
the Walk, =20
cooperation, or sponsorships of youth leadership projects.=20
Please contact us if you are interested in this project.
REAP International
1427 4th Street SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
(319) 366-4230=20
E-Mail: REAP@reapintl.com
ATTN: Bill Mueller, Director
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