[Ccpg] A special editorial from Kyoto Journal (from Heather Flores) / writigns about permaculture

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> From: Heather Flores <heathercflores at gmail.com>
> Date: April 4, 2010 9:05:01 AM PDT
> Subject: Fwd: A special editorial request from Kyoto Journal
>
> Hi Folks
> I just got this today, its a call for submissions for the Kyoto  
> Journal. Short articles. Sounds pretty interesting to me. Pass it on
>
> Thanks
> H
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Stewart Wachs <wachs10 at me.com>
> Date: Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:49 PM
> Subject: A special editorial request from Kyoto Journal
> To: Heather Flores <heathercflores at gmail.com>
>
>
> April 4, 2010, Kyoto, Japan
>
> Dear Heather Flores,
>
> Greetings from Kyoto, Japan. We are writing to you because of your
> unparalleled work as an activist and urban gardener who uses  
> permaculture
> design to help people to build fertile soil, promote biodiversity and
> increase natural habitat spaces. We share your conviction that as  
> people
> learn to feed themselves they will also build more interdependent
> communities and understand humankind’s interdependence as one  
> species among
> many.
>
> As you may know, 2010 has been designated “The Year of  
> Biodiversity.” A
> crucial and potentially historic UN-sponsored conference on the  
> preservation
> of biological diversity on our planet (COP10) will be held in  
> October in
> Nagoya, Japan. (See URLs below for more details). It is expected to  
> draw
> 7,000 delegates from 130 nations. A meeting of this scale builds  
> massive
> expectations, but as Copenhagen demonstrated, no conference is too  
> big to
> fail. What can be done to help ensure a successful (binding and  
> verifiable)
> outcome in Nagoya?
>
>
> Kyoto Journal is a non-profit, long-established all-volunteer
> English-language international quarterly based in Kyoto, Japan. We  
> would
> like to contribute to the process by creating a special themed issue  
> on
> Biodiversity, to be made available at the conference and to our  
> readers.
> Together with several “big-picture” essays, we hope to include a wide
> diversity of relevant personal viewpoints.
>
>
> What ideas would you most like to communicate to COP10 participants,  
> and to
> KJ readers around the world?
>
> We are inviting short, focused contributions to this issue. We seek
> submissions of original and illuminating ideas, in 500 words or less,
> responding to one or more of the following three broad questions:
>
>
> • 1. What is the single best idea (or tangible success story) you  
> know of
> for the preservation or restoration of biodiversity?
>
>
> • 2. What are the most important things that we need to become aware  
> of, or
> teach, in the next decade to promote biodiversity?
>
>
> • 3. Beyond biodiversity, diversity itself (of languages, cultures,  
> etc) is
> endangered. What does diversity mean to you personally,  
> philosophically,
> and/or politically? How can it be effectively protected?
>
>
> We would deeply appreciate receiving your input. The deadline for
> submissions will be May 15, 2010.
>
> Essays that exceed 500 words may be edited for length (in  
> consultation with
> the author), and/or published in full on our website. Please email  
> your
> submission to submissions at kyotojournal.org , clearly indicating which
> question(s) you are answering.  Many thanks!
>
>
> Please feel free to also share this invitation with other thoughtful,
> knowledgeable, creative people, or to suggest ideas for graphics.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Stewart Wachs
>
> Associate Editor, Kyoto Journal (Perspectives from Asia)
>
> www.kyotojournal.org
>
>
> Information from Aichi-Nagoya COP 10 CBD Promotion Committee:
>
> http://www.cop10.jp/aichi-nagoya/english/cop/convention.html
>
> http://www.cop10.jp/aichi-nagoya/english/cop/cop.html
>

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