As I wrote in previous post - fortunately,
before this- my last week in Brazil, the state of Bahia hosted one of the
countries biggest and very important Environmentalist events - The VII
Brazilian Forum of Environmental Education which also this time was a
preparatory event for the upcoming Rio+20 in June.
I’m participated with the Environmental
Secretariat, helping out at their information boot with mapping of
socioeconomically experiences and projects in Bahia as well as the parallel
encounter of the Green Libraries (Salas Verdes). Besides this I had the chance
to participate in innumerous mini courses, lectures, panel discussions and
cultural exhibitions. All on the theme that I will write my thesis on and on
top of it all – free of charge.
The work with the Parallel encounter and
the information boot took up a lot of time during the four days of the Forum
but I had the chance to check out many of the stand and the research exhibition
halls where researchers, organizations and students display resent field works
and research findings. I also went to a seminar on Green Economy and
accompanied the debate on Indigenous rights and solutions in the field.
The four days gave few moments to reflect -
they where intense but in a good way. The energy from the 3000 people present
mad the conference center in the outskirts of Salvador centrum vibrate –
literarily. Strength and hope found a place in every participant to last for
the next big and important encounter where it hopefully can amplify and reach
to the most remote places on earth.
Let Rio+20 be an as participative, vibrating
and creative event as this one and the world can move forward together.
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