International Green Network Newsletter #53-1

International Green Network Newsletter #53-1

November 2005

CONTENTS

M1. MESSAGE FROM NEW COORDINATOR

Networking

N1. BEE ride 2006 by AJET EcoSIG
N2. COLUMBAN MISSION IN A GLOBALISED WORLD

Other News and Views

O1. O1. BAN TERMINATOR SEEDS? JOIN THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
O2. U.S. BEEF STILL BANNED IN JAPAN
O3. TECHNOLOGY AND TOTALITARIANISM
O4. NEWS BY ONE WORLD NETWORK

Job recruitment

J1. ENVIRONMENTAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Info about the International Green Network

I1. ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN NETWORK
I2. ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN NETWORK ECOSTUDY GROUP
I3. FAIR USE NOTICE

M1. Message from new Coordinator

Hello everyone!!

Thank you very much for reading this November IGN Newsletter.

Greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My name is Manami Yukawa and I`m
taking over from Richard in the role of IGN coordinator from this
month. As I see it my role is to maintain the networking system so each
of us who joins it can benefit from a smooth exchange of ideas and
information.

As the years go by the ill effect of humans on nature becomes more and
more acute. Globalization intensifies the problem with its emphasis on
economic growth above all else. Our future depends on how we live
today. As coordinator I`ve decided to target a few practical things:

1. Improvement of website (bbs, database, event update, etc..)

2. The third IGN green forum in late 2006 or mid 2007

3. Collaboration projects / information sharing projects among each
organizations and individuals

4. Improvement of collection of newsletter Items and News

I took a new step recently to open a homepage related to natural
incidents that occurred in Aceh last year. I will hold an event on the
26th of December inviting Dr. Emoto Masaru who is known for his
“message from water”. I will also introduce the film “Gaia Symphony II”
at a tsunami memorial event in Phuket. Please check the website
www.gaiachildren.net  if you are interested. I would more than
happy to receive your participation and support!

To digress a little I`d like to thank Richard Evanoff for all the good
work he`s put into setting up the IGN and keeping it running until now.
I originally met Richard accidentally on a train and ended up joining
the Friends Of the Earth hike he was leading (and I`m very pleased I
did).

Life is full of great opportunities no matter what we are. It is
whether we take action or not. I hope this newsletter will help
stimulate your inspiration and imagination for your own life and
beyond!

Manami Yukawa

N1. BEE RIDE 2006

AJET EcoSIG www.geocities.com/green_in_japan is currently looking for
riders, hosts, & other helpers for its next annual BEE ride.
Bicycle for Everyone’s Earth (BEE) is an environmental awareness
activity, where the riders pledge to avoid convenience stores,
motorized land transport, & eating meat (etc) for the 2-3 month
duration (Aug-Oct). There are two main ways of contributing. If you’re
up to it,  being a rider is a great way to teach environmentalism
by example & see the country at the same time. The other option is
to hold an environmental event in your community while hosting the
riders,  a very rewarding experience. Also, there are other
support roles such as webmaster. For more information, see
www.beejapan.org & email me if you’re keen! Chay

ecosignc@yahoo.com

Co-National Coordinator, Ecology Special Interest Group (EcoSIG) of the

Association of JET (Japan Exchange Teaching) participants (AJET).
See our websites  www.geocities.com/green_in_japan  
www.beejapan.org  
Join the email listserv  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EcoSIG

N2. COLUMBAN MISSION IN A GLOBALISED WORLD

Globalization

5. What we, in broad terms, refer to as globalization is the
increasingly evident   economic integration of the whole
world in a manner which refuses to recognise that our planet has
physical limits. This process, which operates largely without political
control, is destroying the political structures of nation-states. Of
the one hundred largest economies in the world today, over half are not
nations but corporations. An economic system operating free of
political control cannot avoid promoting savage inequalities which tear
apart the social fabric of the human community. Millions of people are
turned into insecure economic migrants ~ach year by the speculation of
those who move enormous amounts of capital around the world, free of
political constraints and without concern for the social effects.

6. The global economic system raises the imperative of constructing a
political order capable of matching in scope and structure the new
world market. This is Urgent because the global system is forcing
existing political structures to be at the service of the global
economy rather than the real needs of the people they were meant to
serve. Today we have an unprecedented economisation of cultures. There
is an attempt to reduce all values to market values and to privatize
and treat as a personal option fundamental values which are neither
negotiable nor marketable. This economisation of cultures undermines
all true value by its insistence that the system of exchange be placed
beyond community control. This is a factor, which vitally affects
matters of belief, practice, and identity today.

Contradictions in Globalization

7. Urgent ecological issues forced world leaders to recognize the need
for environmental summits. The contradictions of the global economic
system are now forcing people to reluctantly recognize its serious,
indeed fatal limitations.

Some of these can he named:

a. The contradiction within nation-states themselves, where national
governments reorganize their economies in accordance with the norms and
demands of the global system. Since all economic development now
strengthens the international basis of economic life, this makes the
political structure of the merely national state increasingly
irrelevant.

b. The contradiction within the global system where those who promote
it speak of freedom and personal identity in an open world. The
“freedom” is to choose from the limited options offered by the market
in a closed system.

c. The contradiction between the driving principles of the global
system which presumes the possibility of almost endless expansion and
the fact that our planet has limits. Theoretically what is being
offered is a First World consumer lifestyle for all. Our planet cannot
support ten billion human beings living this kind of life. We have to
decide how we are to live together in our limited world – or die
separately. Questions about the future development of China and other
highly populated countries bring this issue into focus.

d. The contradiction in the lives of each of us individually is between
what we as consumers demand and what we as producers must reject. We
are conditioned to consider ourselves only as consumers but we are
producers more than consumers. While people can see the need to produce
in order to be able to consume, they are often unaware of themselves as
producers of meaning and life. Our needs as producers differ greatly
from our needs as consumers. These needs revolve around long-term
interests such as:

i) sustainability or the question as to whether we are protecting or
destroying the possibility of a worthwhile future for later
generations.

ii) solidarity or a concern to act justly towards those with whom we
are in economic relationship.

iii) the need to fulfill our obligations towards the natural world,
towards others and towards ourselves.

e. Our world is a closed system. Within it a particular country may
make itself wealthy, but only at the cost of increasing competition and
forcing other countries into a poverty, which will threaten the
cohesion of the whole system. At the extreme, the poor can be expected
not simply to laugh at the environmentalism of the rich, but to turn in
desperation to arms in the search for a solution.

How Globalization affects us

8. We are all involved in this one global economy with its many
contradictions. To know ourselves truly, we need to understand the
relation between the global and the particular, because it is here that
the contradictions within the world-system are being played out. But
too much in our cultural world of false consumerist identities is an
obstacle to such understanding. Omnipresent market forces tell us
incessantly that all our desires can be met. They blind us to our
relatedness to other humans in the globalised web of production. Yet
that relatedness is what defines our actual identity as historical
persons. It defines us as persons whose economic activities now embrace
all human beings, but who are unaware of the remoter links in the chain
of which our economic decisions are a part. In such a world, the only
morally acceptable answer to the question Who are we? is We are future
citizens of a world we are being challenged to create.

For further information, please contact At the Society of St Columban

Paul McCartin: mccartin@r01.itscom.net

O1. BAN TERMINATOR SEEDS ? JOIN THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
http://banterminator.org  ? (English, Espanol, en francais)
Terminator Technology ? “Suicide seeds” are back! Your action is needed.

Unfortunately Terminator is not yesterday’s news. Corporations and
governments are again pushing hard to commercialize Terminator
technology ? plants that are genetically modified to render sterile
seeds at harvest. The Canadian government tried to overturn the
international (United Nations) de facto moratorium on Terminator in
February 2005. To meet this new crisis and re-build global opposition,
we ask you to join the new Ban Terminator Campaign and take action with
us.
Mobilization is needed now to pressure governments to ban Terminator
nationally and internationally. There are two important United Nations
meetings coming up where debates on Terminator are planned. We will
work to establish a ban on Terminator at the major meetings of the UN
Convention on Biological Diversity: January 23-27 in Spain and March
20-31 in Brazil.

Your action is needed NOW to make this happen.

We ask individuals, communities and groups across the world to take
action locally, nationally, and internationally as part of the new
global strategy.

Many of you are working to secure Farmers’ Rights, food sovereignty and
the self-determination of your peoples and communities. You have
successfully opposed Terminator in the past. Please add Terminator to
your campaign work now – and please add your work and voices to the Ban
Terminator Campaign.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

– Groups and communities please “Endorse the Campaign” so we can show
governments how strong the global opposition is
http://www.banterminator.org/take_action/sign_on_to_ban_terminator
– Subscribe to receive Action Alerts and breaking news so that you can
take immediate action when it is needed the most
http://www.banterminator.org/take_action/subscribe
– Join with others in your area to pressure your government to ban
Terminator nationally and at the United Nations. We can help provide
materials and contacts.
– Organize events and actions – Become a Ban Terminator contact and
organizer.
– Share information on Terminator in your community so that we can work
together
– Pass a resolution in your group or community against Terminator to
communicate your protest and reasons clearly for all to see
– Visit http://www.banterminator.org for action ideas, information and
campaign materials

Your input is important to us ? join the strategy ? participate in the
campaign.

COMING SOON! to www.banterminator.org : “Select Your Country” Action
and Frequently Asked Questions

HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US:

Visit www.banterminator.org
contact@banterminator.org
Full contact details are below.

CAMPAIGN DETAILS:

Purpose: The Ban Terminator Campaign seeks to promote government bans
on Terminator technology at the national and international levels, and
supports the efforts of civil society, farmers, Indigenous peoples and
social movements to campaign against it.

Strategy: The international de facto moratorium on Terminator
technology at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) is under attack. Two upcoming meetings of the CBD where
Terminator is on the agenda ? the Working Group on Article 8 (j) in
Granada, Spain January 23-27 and the 8th Conference of the Parties
(COP8) to the CBD in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil March 20-31 2006 ? offer
important opportunities to strengthen the moratorium. The build-up to
these meetings is also an important opportunity to encourage
governments to establish national prohibitions on Terminator technology
? just as Brazil and India have done. Corporations will not stop their
efforts to commercialize Terminator until governments prohibit the
technology.

Origins: The Ban Terminator Campaign was initiated in response to
recent efforts by governments and corporations to push for Terminator
field trials and commercialization. Despite widespread opposition, in
February 2005, the Canadian government attempted to overturn the CBD’s
international de facto moratorium on Terminator technology. The Ban
Terminator Campaign was formed in response, following discussions
initiated by Canadian-based civil society organizations (ETC group,
Inter Pares, National Farmers Union, and USC Canada).

History: In 1998, ETC group (then RAFI) discovered Terminator patents.
In 1999, in response to the avalanche of public opposition, two of the
world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations, Monsanto and
AstraZeneca (now Syngenta), publicly vowed not to commercialize
Terminator seeds. In 2000, the United Nations Convention on Biological
Diversity adopted a de facto moratorium on Terminator seeds. As a
result, many people believed that the crisis had passed, and the issue
faded from public view. Unfortunately, Terminator is still being
developed and is now being heavily promoted.

Structure:

The Ban Terminator Campaign’s steering committee:

AS-PTA – Assessoria e Servicos a Projectos em Agricultura Alternativa
 www.aspta.org.br
ETC Group – Action group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
 www.etcgroup.org
GRAIN www.grain.org
Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism www.ipcb.org
ITDG – Intermediate Technology Development Group www.itdg.org
Pesticide Action Network ? Asia and the Pacific www.panap.net
Third World Network www.twnside.org.sg  www.biosafety-info.net
Via Campesina www.viacampesina.org

Contact Us:
Ban Terminator Campaign
contact@banterminator.org
www.banterminator.org
431 Gilmour Street, Second Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K2P 0R5
Phone: 1 613 241 2267
Fax: 1 613 241 2506

O2. U.S. BEEF STILL BANNED IN JAPAN

North American beef is still banned in Japan and Korea. The reason is
the discovery in December, 2003 of at least one case of BSE, mad cow
disease, in U.S. herds. As Japan has had about 20 cases of BSE, the
Japanese government implemented a strict testing regime, requiring all
domestic cattle to be tested. However, the U.S. still only tests about
300,000 cows out of the 30-40 million cows it slaughters every year.

There is an ongoing debate about opening up the beef import again, but
Japan has not been impressed by U.S. claims that U.S. beef is safe. The
political pressure may unfortunately be so strong that Japan will have
to allow some U.S. beef to be imported again, perhaps as early as
December 2005.

The Consumers Union of Japan and other consumer groups are very
critical of U.S. beef, and have repeatedly asked the Japanese
government to not reopen Japan’s borders. There is concern not only
about the lack of BSE testing, but also about the sloppy US feed
regulations, that seem to allow risk material to be used as animal
feed. Specified risk material (SRM) includes cow brain, spinal cords
and other “offal” (meat by-products that are used in sausages and
hamburgers) that may contain prions, which are thought to cause BSE, a
brain wasting disease that can kill humans as well.

Japan’s Food Safety Commission (http://www.fsc.go.jp/english/ ) has
published its opinions about the safety of beef. This independent group
of experts is trying to come up with risk assessment. It is independent
from risk management organizations such as the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
By recognizing that protecting the health of the people is one of the
country’s most important issues, the Commission’s primary goals can be
summarized into three main tasks:

1) Conducting risk assessment on food in a scientific, independent, and
fair manner, and making recommendations to relevant ministries based
upon the results from the risk assessment, 2) Implementing risk
communication among stakeholders such as consumers and food-related
business operators, and 3) Responding to food-borne accidents and
emergencies

Over at Food Safety Citizens’ Watch
(http://www1.jca.apc.org/foodsafety/newsletter/english/issue01.html ),
a coalition of independent consumer experts, the concern about BSE in
Japan is high. Here is a quote from the FSCW newsletter:

“One serious issue is the removal of specified risk material (SRM) such
as spinal cord from the carcasses of the young cows. This domestic rule
has been discussed in depth this spring. However, we have to point out
that the consequences of the deliberations are not limited to domestic
beef. Are the rules really effective? Can the beef industry really be
trusted to follow the rules? Consumers who demand safe food feel that
the Japanese government should take into consideration other issues,
such as strict surveillance of the SRM rules as well as effective feed
controls, not only in Japan but in the U.S. as well, before domestic
rules are changed. Under global trade rules, a country is not allowed
to impose stricter rules on imported products, as that would be
considered a barrier to trade. By easing the domestic rules, the
Japanese government is actually making it impossible to continue to
restrict imports.”

It is clear that Japanese and Korean NGOs don’t want the borders to be
re-opened to U.S. beef. Japanese consumers remain deeply wary of U.S.
beef, with recent polls showing that nearly 70 percent opposed lifting
the ban, according to a poll cited by the Associated Press. In my
opinion, having followed the debate since the first outbreak in Europe
in the mid 1990s, Japan should keep the ban until the U.S. tests all
cattle properly. BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/967133.stm )
has a good article explaining the link between eating contaminated beef
and the fatal brain disease, called “variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease”
or vCJD. Please note that this issue is not connected with milk
allergies, atopy, or other health problems related to meat consumption.

By Martin Frid

Consumer consultant

Saitama-shi

Chuo-ku, Shimo-Ochiai 6-2-5

Wada 11-206

Japan

03. TECHNOLOGY AND THE COMING GLOBAL TOTALITARIANISM
 
Richard B. Wilcox October, 2005
 
http://www.israelshamir.net/Contributors/Wilcox_Technology.htm
This paper investigates some aspects of the coming global technological
totalitarianism and the expanding technosphere. I argue that this is
both a conscious and coincidental agenda of powerful individuals and
institutions carried out through the process of reification of
ideological beliefs which are transformed into institutions,
facilities, technologies policies and ultimately, culture. I believe
that by ignoring the costs of new technologies, what we lose in the
bargain is immeasurable and potentially catastrophic. History was not
or is not entirely inevitable, but it is also a question of human
values in relation to natural changes. While there have often been
positive effects for large numbers of people from technological
development, in fact, the creation and use of technology has largely
been abused to further ruling class interests.

O4. NEWS BY ONE WORLD NETWORK
 
INFO 1A COMPUTER IN CORN
 
FUJITSU Ltd., an elctronics corporation based in Kawasaki City outside
Tokyo, has developed — and put on the market — a computer made in
corn.
According to FUJITSU, its the first of its kind in the world.

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=28539>http://www.g
 
NOTE:
We (Satoko Ekberg) have helped develope an Environmental Education
System
(e-learning)
for Fujitsu`s all 80,000 employees, partly based on Swedish
environmental knowledge.
Is the time right for Sweden to make their own
“organic-GMOfree–potato-peal-computer”?
 
INFO 2 PLASTIC OUT OF YOUR COFFEE and BANANA WASTE?
 
In Sweden, cars and buses are already running on left-overs from your
kitchen and from Ice-Cream factories…
In Kitakyushu City in Japan they choose to press together your left
overs (coffee, banana peals and a few carrots maybe?) to make plastic.
http://www.kitaq-ecotown.com/about/english/>http://www.kitaq-ecotown.

 
NOTE
Is nature that simple?
Plastic from 1.000.000-year old fruits & plants BELOW ground (OIL)
…or …Plastic from 1-year old fruits & plants ABOVE ground…
The difference? Global Warming-Neutral CO2 !
OneWorld international environmental
business network
TOKYO OFFICE
Shiba 2-30-6-502 Minatoku
Tokyo JAPAN
TEL/FAX +81 3 5765 7719
SOLAR MOBILE (0)80-5528-2656
URL <http://www.oneworld-network.com>www.oneworld-network.com

J1. ENVIRONMENTAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Planet Drum Foundation seeks a Field Projects Manager for rural
and urban ecological projects in Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador.
The period of employment is February/March (training month) 2006-
January 2007 or longer.

Goal is to carry out urban sustainability activities to support an
ecological city plan. They include Dry Tropical Forest revegetation,
recycling activities, renewable energy production and use, and
bioregional education.

REQUIREMENTS: Post-college environmental working experience,
English-Spanish fluency, ability to work with residents and direct
volunteers, capability to manage and share office/apartment with
volunteers, one-year minimum commitment. Please do not apply without
all of
these.

COMPENSATION: $150-200/month (depending on degree of
experience), bedroom in comfortable large apartment with kitchen and
bath
facilities, emergency health costs, internet and local
transportation expenses, salary increases after six months and one
year.

BENEFITS: Bahia de Caraquez has an Eco-City bylaw and a
bioregional Ecological Plan which provides for a unique and
valuable working experience, Planet Drum Foundation is highly
regarded by city officials and residents, innovation and creativity
about existing and new projects are encouraged, wide-ranging
wilderness and social recreation opportunities.

HOW TO APPLY: E-mail cover letter and resume/CV to
mail@planetdrum.org.  Before applying see web site at
www.planetdrum.org   for extensive Eco-Ecuador narratives
describing history of projects. In your cover letter include a
description of how you fit into the job, why you want it, and what you
hope to achieve, and when you are available.

DEADLINE: January 1, 2006.

MAILING INFORMATION: Planet Drum Foundation/PO Box
31251/San Francisco, CA 94131 USA (no telephone calls).
CONTACT PERSON: Peter Berg, Director

I1. ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN NETWORK

REGISTRATION: To register with the International Green Network,
please request a registration form from Manami Yukawa at
masky@arc.net.my Registration is open to both individuals and groups.
There
is no registration fee or dues of any kind. Small donations (1,000 yen
or
less) to help cover operating expenses are welcomed, however.
NEWSLETTER: The International Green Network (IGN) Newsletter is
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publication may be submitted by anyone and should be sent to

Manami Yukawa: masky@arc.net.my or Guy Exley: xh3f-tnmr@asahi-net.or.jp

Please send general discussion items to the e-mail list
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I2. ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN NETWORK ECOSTUDY GROUP

The IGN EcoStudy Group was started in January, 1997 by a small
group of people interested in meeting informally to discuss current
social
and ecological issues. Meetings are held on a more or less monthly
basis,
usually on the third Friday, although the date varies from month to
month
depending on the participants’ schedules. The group focuses mainly on
Green
issues widely construed, including environmental problems, human
rights,
feminism, anti-racism, globalization, alternative politics / economics,

labor issues, fair trade, cooperatives, indy media, and the like, but
there
are no limitations on themes. Anyone is free at any time to volunteer
to
give presentations or to propose possible topics for future discussion
(although there are no obligations to do so). The usual format is for
the
person proposing a topic to give a brief introduction to the topic and
then
open the floor for discussion. If there are any readings, cassettes,
videos, etc. that you would like people to familiarize themselves with
beforehand, please make them available for circulation. Since this is a

discussion group, you don’t need to be an “expert” on the topic to give
a
presentation; it is perfectly acceptable to either share something you
already know about a particular topic with the group, to present
reading
materials or videos instead of giving an oral presentation, or to
simply
propose a topic that you would like to find out more about and discuss
with
others. The International Green Network is not affiliated with any
political party (although political parties are welcome to participate
in
its activities) and has no particular ideological stance (although
individual members often do!). The group is open to everyone,
regardless of
nationality, educational, ideological, and occupational background (or
anything else!). Please feel free to invite anyone who may be
interested to
join us! There is no formal membership or dues. Announcements of
meetings
are publicized in the International Green Network Newsletter. The
International Green Network also welcomes individuals to form groups in

their own local areas, which we will also be happy to publicize in the
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Newsletter. To receive the IGN Newsletter send your name and mailing
address (e-mail preferred) to Guy Exley : xh3f-tnmr@asahi-net.or.jp
Please note: Meetings are to be resumed from the beginning 2006 with
new organizer
Kazuki Shiirashi. Hope to see you when we get started again!

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International Green Network
 
Newsletter #53-2　November
 
Contents
 
EVENTS (BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE GROUP)
 
E1. EVENTS INFO BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
E2. FRIENDS OF THE EARTH HIKES IN NOVEMBER
E3. JAMBO EVENTS IN NOVEMBER
    JAMBO DANCE BENEFIT FOR AFRICA (12TH NOV/05)
E4. PEACE AS A GLOVAL LANGUAGE IN KYOTO (11-13TH NOV/05)
E5. SUPER DELUX CONCERT (18TH NOV/05)
E6. EVENTS INFO BY TENGU NATURAL FOODS
NEPAL HIMALAYA FESTIVAL (11-13TH NOV/05)
EARTH DAY KICKOFF EVENT(23RD NOV/05) BUY NOTHING DAY (26TH NOV/05)
E7. ENGLISH LIFE LINE 10TH ANNUAL AUCTION EVENT (18TH NOV/05)
E8. TOKYO SPRING MOVIE (13TH NOV/05)
E9. VEGETALIAN FOOD FESTIVAL IN KYOTO (20TH NOV/05)
 
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E1. EVENTS INFO BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
 
Saturday, November 12, 2005. 10am – 4pm
International School of the Sacred Heart Festival, Hiroo, Tokyo.
 4-3-1 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-001
Map and directions: http://66.235.180.126/~isshtok/0.61.htm　
AI will have a table selling goods, collecting photo signatures for the
“Control the Arms Trade” Campaign, and recruiting for AI. Join Us!
 
Sunday, November 13, 2005. From 7pm.
Amnesty International BENEFIT CONCERT/DANCE PARTY
“CHILDREN NEED HUGS, NOT GUNS”
Featuring: “THE HITMEN”
A five-piece professional band who play well-known hits from
the 60s to today. We guarantee you’ll be bopping and singing along.
Great music, great atmosphere!

Sunday, November 13, 2005
WHAT THE DICKENS, Ebisu, Tokyo
Roob Building, 4th Fl.  Ebisu-Nishi 1-13-3,Shibuya-ku, Tel:
03-3780-2099
Admission: 2,000 yen.
Bring your friends. ALL WELCOME.
No-smoking area.
Download the color poster: http://www.aig78.org/Events/novposter.pdf　
 
Saturday, November 19, 4pm – 6:30pm
Stop Child Soldiers Public Meeting:  Rikkyo University (Ikebukuro)
 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 171-8501
Speakers: former child soldiers from Uganda & Burma (E with J
translation).
Worldwide, more than half a million children under 18 are fighting in
government and non-state armed groups. Amnesty International is working
with other NGOs to prevent children being used as soldiers in conflicts.
“Please … tell the world what is happening to us, the children.
So that other children don’t have to pass through this violence.”
(A 15-year-old girl who escaped from the Lord’s Resistance Army in
Uganda)
Info on Child Soldiers:
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/childsoldiers-index-eng　
 
Skills Building Forum 4: Sun, Nov 26, Harajuku
Get involved – make a difference!
www.skillsbuild.org　
For details, contact rose.ito@gmail.com　
 
AIJ Benefit Concert with The Beautiful Losers
Dec 3rd Super-Deluxe
Doors open 5pm Music 6 – 8  Entrance : 3,500 yen
 
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Amnesty International BENEFIT CONCERT/DANCE PARTY
“Rock to Defend Human Rights”
Featuring: “THE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS”
Great music, great crowd, great atmosphere!

Sunday, December 11, 2005
WHAT THE DICKENS, Ebisu, Tokyo
Doors open at 6 pm, Music from 7 pm to 11 pm
Admission: 2,000 yen.
Download the color poster: http://www.aig78.org/Events/decposter.pdf　
Concert proceeds to Amnesty International – a volunteer organization of
more than a million members that defends human rights and “prisoners of
conscience” world-wide. Concert organized by Tokyo’s AI Group 78. Join
Us!
More info: www.aig78.org　
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E2. FRIENDS OF THE EARTH HIKES IN NOVEMBER

(from Friends of the Earth Japan; more information available at
http://www.FoEJapan.org
NOVEMBER 13 (Sun) Takakawa-yama (Yamanashi)
The trail starts from Kasei Station.  Takakawa-yama is not so high
(975m)
but has nice panoramic views of Mt. Fuji, the South Alps, Tanzawa, and
Daibosatsu from the top.  We will go to Hatsukari Station.
Meeting time: 8:00 a.m.
Place: Front end of Platform 9 at JR Shinjuku Station of the Chuo Line
Walking hours: 4.0 hrs. Grade: Easy Leader: Tomio Ego
Notes: You can also meet us at the ticket barrier of Kasei Station at
9:45
a.m.  A special day ticket to Otsuki is available from the ticket
office of
any JR Station in Tokyo for 2,300 yen.  It is useful to bring a
small
flashlight.

NOVEMBER 20 (Sun) Shomaru Touge / Kokuzo Touge (Okumusashi)  NEW!
The route goes through Okurayama Village and reaches the Shomaru Touge.

Then we go to Kokuzo Touge via Kawagoe-yama and Sakkyo Touge and then
down
to Shomaru Station.
Meeting time: 8:00 a.m.
Place: Rear end of Platform 5 at Seibu Ikebukuro Station of the Seibu
Ikebukuro Line Walking hours: 4.5 hrs. Grade: Moderately easy
Leader: Hajime Wada
Notes: You can also meet us at the ticket barrier of Shoumaru Station
at
9:27 a.m.  It is useful to bring a small flashlight.

NOVEMBER 27 (Sun) Asahina and Shakadou Guchi (Kamakura)  NEW!
This hike is easy and leisurely with a historical focus.  We’ll
start from
Zushi town and walk to Asahina Kiridoushi (one of the ancient entries
to
Kamakura) and eat lunch near a fruit farm.  After lunch we’ll pass
Koushoku
Temple, the home of a Kamakura era Ojizousama, known as Salt
Jizou.  Then
we’ll hike through town a little and over a small mountain to Shkadou
Guchi
Kiridoshi, a tunnel in the style of old Kamakura.  Finally we’ll
take
Gionyama hiking course which ends near the station.
Meeting time: 8:10 a.m.
Place: Middle of Platform 1 (under the train indicator board) at
Shinagawa
Station of the Keihin Kyuko Line
Walking hours: 4.0 hrs. Grade: Easy Leader: Koichi Miyashita
Notes: You can also meet us at the ticket barrier (south exit) of
Shinzushi
Station at 9:20 a.m.  When changing at Shinagawa JR Station to the
Heihin
Kyuko Line, hand in your old ticket at the ticket office upstairs and
buy a
new one before you get on to Platform 1.  It is useful to bring a
small
flashlight.
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E3. JAMBO NOVEMBER EVENTS

* Be sure to check out the JAMBO Homepage for interesting tid-bits.
JAMBO Homepage –
<http://www.geocities.jp/jambodave2004jp/index.html>http://www.geocities.jp/>
11/12 (Saturday)  JAMBO DANCE BENEFIT FOR AFRICA
with Live Music, Belly Dancers, and DJs Japanese/African / World /
Dance music
7:00 p.m. until late
At Gamuso Bar in Asagaya (on the Chuo Line)  A map can be
found on the homepage (www.markisa.net/gamuso) or meet
David at Asagaya Station’s North Exit at 7:00 PM.
Suggested Donation: \1000 The proceeds will be donated to Joest Mnemba(a
person who has a wonderful reforestation project in Malawi, a very
scenic
country in Southeastern Africa).
7:00 – Open
8:00 – Live Music “Shibata”
8:40 – DJs
9:30 – Belly Dancers
10:00 – DJs and Dancing

11/19 (Saturday) – The Shinjuku International Friendship Party from
6:30-9:30pm at the Nishi Shinjuku Hotel’s Rooftop Terrace
For JAMBO members, the cost is Y3,000 w/reservation (or Y3,500 if you
go
directly without making a reservation). All drinks, buffet with roast
beef
and party cake from
Kyle’s Good Finds Bakery included. Reservations can be made with David
at
jambodave2003@ybb.ne.jp or phone (03-5996-3687) by November 17.
Y1,500 of your admission fee will be donated to Joest Mnemba(a
person who has a wonderful reforestation project in Malawi, a very
scenic
country in Southeastern Africa).

11/20 (Sunday) – Forest Restoration Project in Okutama (Hatonosu)
We will meet at the Hatonosu Station Ticket gate at 9:35AM.  Take
the Oume
Line train from Tachikawa at 8:20AM.  This arrives at Oume (the
last stop)
at 8:54.  Cross the platform and take the 8:56 (Okutama bound)
train.  This
arrives at Hatonosu at 9:32AM.
David and other JAMBO members will take part in this project which is
put
on by the Tama Forest/”Great Nature School” (my terrible translation)
Office.  This day’s project will be making nature paths. 
RESERVATIONS ARE
REQUIRED by November 10 and the number of people is limited.  If
interested, please look up the detailed information and how to reserve
on
their homepage （　hｔtp://www.moridukuri.jp/daishizenjuku/　　） (only in
Japanese) or contact David at JAMBO.

11/23 (Wednesday) – OKUTAMA HIKING BIG EVENT!(Intermediate Course)
(\500
Participation Fee) (Cancelled in case of rain)
Today’s hiking has two parts.  The first part is not so difficult
and is a four
hour hike.  We meet at Miyanohira Station at  9:00AM. Take
the 7:52AM Chuo
Line Express train from Shinjuku Station.  This arrives at
Tachikawa Station at 8:17AM.  Change there to the 8:20 Ome Line
train (you
have to hurry as it’s on another platform).  Take this to the end
(Ome
Station), arriving there at 8:54AM and go across the platform and take
the
8:56AM train towards Okutama.  This train arrives at MiyanoHira
Station at
8:59AM.  Be sure to arrive by this time since we will be unable to
wait for
the next train.  From here, we hike on the Oome Ridge Hiking
Course and
then go down to Ikusabata Station.  We will meet other people
there at
1:22PM for the following river hike. Please wear appropriate shoes
(tennis shoes, hiking boots), bring a lunch to eat on the mountain, and
plenty of liquids.

11/23 (Wednesday)   A refreshing walk along the river in
Okutama viewing
the fall colors!(Cancelled in case of rain)(FREE)
Meeting Place and Time: The ticket gate of Ikusabata Station (on the Ome
Line) at 13:50PM (For those going there from Tachikawa, board the
12:33PM
train going to Oume.  This arrives in Oume at 13:06.  Change
in Oume to the
13:11 train going to Okutama and get off at Ikusabata at
13:22PM.)  Take a
walk along the river and see the fall colors.  An easy hike
especially
appropriate for children.

11／２８　（Ｓｕｎ）　Yoro Valley　Ｈｉｋｉｎｇ (Intermediate Course) (\500
Participation Fee)《Cancelled in case of rain》
★Ｕｍｅｇａｓｅ　Valley・ Daihuku ｙａｍａ　９．６ＫＭ　（Ｎｏｒｍａｌ　
ｃｏｕｒｓｅ）
Walking time is　3.5hours,　We will hike from Yorokeikoku Station．This
area is the most　beautiful　area in Chiba for the Autumn colors
(especially the Maple Trees).　We will go through the Maple tree valley
area, which is fｕｌｌ　of yellow，red, and orange colored leaves. We will
also go to the Daifukuyama observation platform(285m), You can see a
wonderful view of the surrounding natural environment.
☆Hiking　Route:
Yorokeikoku Station（0.7km）-Hoei Bridge （1.8km）-Amagakura （2.9km）
-Daihuku yama observatory -Maple valley-Umegase valley
（Amagakura-Umegase
Valley 4.2ｋｍ)
☆Meeting place and time：Meet at 10:25 at Yorokeikoku Station’s ticket
gate
　Chiba （Uchibou Line）8:57AM→【9:16/Arrives at Goi Ｓtation】9:22AM
Leave Goi Station（Kominato Railway）
?→【10:23/Arrives at Yorokeikoku Ｓtation】Make sure to get on the
Kominado Line at 9:22 since it runs only once an hour and a half.
Cost: about \2170 one-way (from Tokyo)
Hope you’ll be able to join us for some of these events.
The outdoor events will be cancelled in case of rain.
If you have any questions, call or fax David at
03-5996-3687. My cell phone number is 080-6546-7688.
Or email me (<>j>mbodave2003@ybb.ne.jp).
jambo.dave.grape@ezweb.ne.jp is the cell phone email (for necessary,
immediate contact on JAMBO events); however, David is still an amateur
at
using this machine!

DECEMBER Tentative Schedule
12/4 – HIKING (Miura)
12/4 (Sunday) – Miura Peninsula (Mt. Futago) Hiking (Intermediate
Course)
(\500 Participation Fee) (Cancelled in case of rain)
 A 4 hour hike in the Zushi area, with evergreen forests,
wildflowers, and going up Mt. Futago.  We will meet at Shin-Zushi
Station’s
(on the Keihin Kyuuko Line) ticket gate at 10:55AM.  From
Shinagawa, take
the 10:03AM Keihin-kyuuko Super Express to Shin-Zushi, arriving at
10:51AM.
We will finish the hike at Taura Station (on the Yokosuka Line).
Please wear appropriate shoes (tennis shoes, hiking boots), bring a
lunch
to eat on the mountain, and plenty of liquids.

Peace, Love, Joy and Laughter,
David
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E4. PEACE AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE IN KYOTO 2005
 
Dates:   November 11-13, 2005
Location:            
Building #11 Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku,
                           
Kyoto-City 603-8555, Japan
Conference Times: Fri 11: 5.30 – 7.30pm Sat 12: 10.00 – 8.00pm Sun 13:
10.00 – 4.20pm
Languages: English, Japanese, bilingual presentations.
Conference Fees: Friday Night Symposium –
Free                             
 
Saturday & Sunday (Includes all Plenary talks, Panels and Workshops)
– 2000 yen per day for adults (4,000 yen for both days),
– All students free all weekend (with student ID).
For more information, including full conference details and schedule,
please check the PGL2005 website (please also check the website for
late programme changes): http://www.pgljapan.org , office@pgljapan.org
The organizers of the fourth Peace as a Global Language Conference are
pleased to announce this year’s special guest speakers and schedule for
the annual conference. PGL has quickly become an internationally
recognised annual event for teachers, students and activists interested
in peace and global Issues in Japan (and around the world).
Special guests to this year’s conference include:
Bernie Krisher, one of Time Magazine’s Asian Heroes 2005
Yukita Juri, Osaka human rights lawyer, Betty Reardon, internationally
acclaimed peace educator, Aileen Smith, anti-nuclear campaigner, Agalyn
Nagase, Philippino Family Association Chief Executive, Sarwar Bari,
Pakistani democracy advocate, Eric Johnston, Japan Times Deputy Editor,
Craig Smith, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, and more!
CONFERENCE DETAILS:
In addition to our featured speakers, there will also be over 100
workshops and panel sessions with presenters from all over the world.
See below for the full events listing and speaker profiles. Interviews
with invited speakers may be possible on enquiry.
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E5. SUPER DELUX CONCERT ON 18TH NOVEMBER
 
Dear All, if you are interested in the November 18 Billy Bang jazz
violin, Kudo Taketeru Butoh, Yagi Michiyo koto, Sotoyama Akira
percussion event, Go to www.super-deluxe.com for an English map and
other information. TEL:03-5412-0515/FAX:03-5412-0516
B1F 3-1-25 NISHIAZABU MINATOKU TOKYO (by Nov. 17th)
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E6. EVENTS INFO BY TENGU NATURAL FOODS

November 11th-13th (Friday-Sunday) 11:30am to 6pm (9pm Saturday only)
NEPAL HIMALAYA FESTIVAL
With Nepali crafts, Ayurvedic healing and yoga, discussions, a special
Café menu and more!
General admission free, of course, but charges do apply for some of the
events.
From Jack: THIS IS THE HANDS-DOWN BEST NEPALI FESTIVAL THIS SIDE OF
MUSTANG AND HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
Visit the AOC website at
http://www.alishan-organic-center.com/en/event/index.html　 for details.

November 2nd & 16th (Wednesdays both)
11am to 2:30pm
COOKING COURSE: East Meets West with Travelling Chef Drew Jackson
Drew draws from his background as a trained chef and his years of
experience cooking across the globe to create here with you two
uniquely delicious three-course meal menus mixing Western-style recipes
with Japanese Autumn fruits and veg. Featuring such mouth-watering
numbers as Grilled Persimmon, Kabocha Soup with Caramelized Onions, and
Vanilla, Orange and Spice Poached Pears with Lemon Thyme Sorbet.
Y3500 per class. Contact Tengu for reservations.

Jane Cooke’s Christmas Pudding and Alishan Café Stollen 2005
Orders for organic holiday stollen and Christmas puds are being
accepted from 21 November (but we’re not sending any out until Dec 1st).
Watch the website for details.

November 26th, 2005
Buy Nothing Day.
Join culture jammers worldwide in raising points and raising eyebrows.
Hack away at consumer culture and have fun while you’re at it.
Check www.bndjapan.org  for consciousness-raising events in your
area, or to find out how to make your own. If you can’t spend the 26th
out there not-shopping on the streets, try it at home. The Buy Nothing
Day concept is simple. Don’t buy anything for one day and give yourself
a rare chance to reflect on how consumption is consuming us. Spend a
day not buying, not feeding the monster.
Check http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/  for more on the theory
behind the (in)action or if you’re looking for a friendly, caring and
yet world-savvy good read.
Tengu welcomes you to join us in supporting the PEPY (Protect the
Earth: Protect Yourself) Ride, a spin-off of Japan’s Bicycle for
Everyone’s Earth. They’re heading to the Southeast Asian continent for
a cycling tour promoting environmental, health and language education
along with raising awareness and funds around the world. Among their
many admirable goals is establishing a PEPY Ride school for the
children of Siem Reap,Cambodia. Check out their
website,　www.pepyride.org ,  for more details.
Support PEPY through your Tengu order!
Starting in November, Tengu will add on 50% to any amount donated to
PEPY within a Tengu order. We hope you’ll join us in supporting this
very worthy cause.

November 23rd
EarthdayMoney-sponsored Earth Day Kick-Off Event at the KDDI Building
in Harajuku will feature a small organic produce market and recycled
vegetable oil alternative fuel action. Sounds worth a visit. In fact,
Tengu’ll probably be there as well. Details on the website as they
become available.

Reni’s Natural Kitchen in Mishima is starting up again for the Winter
season.
“The weather is cooling down and it is time to change our cooking to
more warming, nourishing meals. We are planning a series of four
cooking classes in Mishima, starting on November 9. They will all take
place on Wednesday nights from 6pm to 9pm. The four classes will cost
10,000 yen for students and 11,000 yen for working adults.” Interested
parties please contact Tengu for more information.

This message was brought to you by
Tengu Natural Foods Tel: 0429-82-4811Fax: 0429-82-4813
Email: tengu@gol.com   http://www.alishan-organic-center.com
 
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E7. TELL(TOKYO ENGLISH LIFE LINE) 10th Annual Connoisseurs・Auction

Date: Friday, Nov. 18, 2005. Time: 6:00 ・10:00 p.m.
Place: Australian Embassy  2-1-14 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8361
Join TELL (Tokyo English Life Line) for a night of superb Old and New
World
wines, rare luxury items and great company at TELL 10th annual
Connoisseurs・Auction.
Some 300 distinguished guests ・including the Emperor sister, Mrs.
Takako
Shimazu, and British Ambassador H.E. Mr. Graham Fry ・are expected to
attend the event, considered Tokyo premier wine auction. Many
well-known
members of the expatriate and Japanese communities will also take
advantage
of the cocktail buffet and wide variety of wines available for
sampling,
while they bid for rare wines from around the world.
This year, the event marks its tenth anniversary and will be graciously

hosted by the Australian Ambassador to Japan, His Excellency Mr. Murray

McLean, at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo.
Proceeds will benefit TELL, a Tokyo-based non-profit organization that
has
provided counseling, psychotherapy, psychiatric referrals, and
workshops
for foreign and Japanese residents for over 30 years. Funds raised at
the
event will help ensure that TELL continues to be able to provide its
much-needed mental health care services to the community, 365 days a
year.

Admission: 10,000 yen To purchase tickets or for more information, call
the TELL office at
03-3498-0261, or e-mail vol.staff@telljp.com.
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E8. TOKYO SPRING MOVIE UPDATE(from Tokyo Spring)
 
Hello Everyone!
Spring’s November film is ” The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ” on
Sunday November 13th at Heaven’s Door Shimokitazawa at 4:00pm.
This is a really good film, only 75 minutes long, it tells the real
story
of the coup which temporarily put Venezuela’s President Chavez out of
power
and under the arrest of military representatives of that country’s rich

elite a couple of years ago ( with the usual CIA involvement ). An
Irish TV
Film crew were actually present to make a documentary about Chavez and
had
access and interviews freely and openly with him when the drama
unfolded.
Consequently the footage is gripping in places, as we see Chavez’s
supporters retake power with loyal soldiers and millions in the
streets.
The role of the media, which is often discussed at Spring’s meetings
was
crucial to the series of events, hence the title of the film. It also
emphasizes the importance of a well organised revolutionary mass
movement,
if we are to really change anything. Whether or not that’s what Chavez
is
really about can be debated.
To quote Gil Scott Heron, “the revolution will not be televised, the
revolution will be live”. As usual bring a friend and an open mind. See
you on Sunday.
 The Lads at Spring.
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E9. VEGGIE&PEACE IN KYOTO SUNDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2005
 
Date: 20th November 2005 10:00-17:00pm
Place:　Funaokayama Park
Near Horikawa and Kitaoji Streets, Kita-ku, Kyoto
10-15 minutes westward by bus from Kitaoji Subway Station
Route 1/204/205/206, Funaokayama Bus Stop)
Host:  Veggie & Peace Planning Committee
Support：  NPO　Japan Vegetarian Society ; FM α-station
This festival’s main goal is to make people think more about the above
themes, as well as providing live entertainment on the main
stage.  In addition to a Food Stand Village offering a variety of
vegetarian food, NPO booths will display panels encouraging
participants to reflect on issues related to the theme of the festival.
Any individual, group, company, retail shop, or food business, etc.,
who believes in these simple yet powerful themes are welcome to join in
making this festival a success. ●Now Looking for Booth Holders, Stage
Entertainers, and Volunteers●
Please direct all inquiries to cafepeace@hotmail.com , www.cafepeace.com