Dear NVT, SEEK Foundation is a registered, non profitable trust which is striving to educate students and general community in the areas of wild-life, ecology and environment. SEEK wishes that every Indian should keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of environment and conservation. In the recent years there has been a growing awareness of the need to understand the ways of natures. The SEEK pursues this quest for knowledge through, * Trekking expeditions * Bird and wild life watching sessions * Nature study camps * Conservation programmes * Various scientific and field surveys * Demonstration lectures * Audio-visual presentations * Publication of news-letter and books SEEK is planning to train resource persons and this needs a lot of study/training materials. As SEEK Foundation is still in its infancy stage, it lacks financial resources to collect data relevant for the preparation of study/training materials. SEEK will be highly obliged if you can send in any information in the form of survey reports, magazines, leaflets and any other publication, regularly. Any such contribution shall be duly acknowledged. And it is needless to say that it would go a long way in helping for the accomplishment of our common objective. K. Raghothama Rao SEEK Foundation 586, 2nd Cross, 5th Main Hanumantha Nagar Bangalore 560 019 Eds note: Thanks to our supporting subscribers, we are able to send NVT to these people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear NVT, The Rainforest Action Group Roadshow is set to leave Melbourne in early July, and will travel from Melbourne to Adelaide, through Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The Roadshow will consist of three basic elements: 1. A 'show' including: * Updated information on rainforest campaigns throughout the world * Information on ecology and the need for fundamental social change * Information on the Rainforest Action Group movement including a half-hour documentary on the Melbourne RAG * Information on indigenous rainforest cultures of Australia * Information on nonviolent philosophy and what individuals can do to create change * Music, theatre and poetry 2. Workshops: We will be spending time in towns and cities in order to initiate workshops and further explore information and ideas raised in the show. Four members of the group are members of "Nonviolence Teachers Collective" and will be initiating introductory workshops in nonviolent politics. Workshops in Feminism and Deep Ecology are also planned. 3. Networking: One of our objectives during the show is to share and exchange ideas with other groups and individuals and to explore and strengthen existing networks of environmental and other social change groups in Australia. We hope to generate interest in environmental issues and encourage the formation of groups where they don't already exist. We intend to invite local activists to speak during the show on local issues or issues they are working on should this be appropriate. We will have with us a collection of information and resources on environmental issues ready for dissemination. The RAG Roadshow is affiliated with the newly formed group, "People for Nonviolent Revolution". The aim of this group is "to facilitate global nonviolent revolution". As part of this process, we are extremely interested in networking with groups with interests in the theory and dynamics of nonviolent action, sharing and exchanging ideas, and encouraging the growth of a wide network of nonviolent activists, groups and communities working in solidarity in our common goal of planetary repair. Rainforest destruction is connected to other social and ecological injustices because in most cases, the root causes are the same. It is for this reason that it is appropriate for social change activists and groups to work in solidarity and to network, in order to enhance the effectiveness of our respective campaigns. If you would like to network with us, or would like more information about the roadshow, please contact: Melbourne Rainforest Action Group 222 Brunswick St Fitzroy, VIC 3065 Ph. (03) 417 7450 Fax (03) 416 2081 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear NVT, Madre Tierra; gaceta informativa de educacion social para la paz ... is proud to present its first issue. It has been difficult to start, but here we are, eager to continue searching for peace in our country, in our region and in this planet we live in. Here, daily violence is common place and even if peace is not around the corner, Madre Tierra is an answer. Nonviolence is the road we must choose to stop the murders, terrorism, missing-persons, hunger, injustice and pain. We need your support, your help, your contributions, your experience to carry on. Your contribution will help us finance the distribution in Colombia of the magazine. Subscription: Latin America $US10 Other countries $US25 (If besides your subscription you want to give us an extra hand: $US50) You can send Money Orders, Cheques, in any currency, Madre Tierra is willing to be exchanged with other magazines, write us! Address: A.A. 1794 Cali-Valle Republica de Colombia Eds Note: Madre Tierra (Mother Earth) is entirely written in Spanish. The issue we received seems (because none of us can read it) to include: an analysis of the causes of war; children's education for self-development; conscientious objection; quotes from M.K. Gandhi; and "social education". It is published bimonthly, and numero 1 is dated Marzo-Abril, 1990. We think that Cali province of Colombia is the source of much of the cocaine for the North American and European markets and is much oppressed by wealthy, cruel and ruthless drug-lords.