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IEES wants to extend the number of companies listed in the "Business Lounge" section of EcoEng-online considerably. We therefore invite all private businesses active in the field of Ecological Engineering to get listed. The listing is free for at least one year, after which we will decide how to continue with this section.

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Oct. 23, 2002 DryToilet 2003 conference in Finland - Call for Papers Available

The call for papers can be downloaded here (pdf, 5,6 kB)

Source: Email by Ms Tittiina Repka
Secretary of the organising committee secretary@drytoilet.org
Oct. 16, 2002 New Ecosan Newsletter now available from GTZ

Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ
Oct. 15, 2002 INVITATION: Internet Conference on Ecocity Development (Feb-June 2003)

The Internet Conference on Ecocity Development (Feb-June 2003) is a post-conference activity of the 5th International Eco-city Conference (Shenzhen, China 19-23 Aug 2002). Its objective is to enable participants who met in Shenzhen to continue their dialogue on one of the most important global issues that concerns 50 % of the world population - urban and ecocity development. It will also enable people who did not travel to Shenzhen to discuss papers and to join the dialogue. You can also present new papers.

You are invited to join all six symposia that deal with wide range of topics covered by about 200 abstracts and papers and available at http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/ecocity03/ (under construction).

Between Feb-June 2003, you can discuss papers and issues in one or more sessions on:

  • Symposium 1 Eco-city planning and management
  • Symposium 2 Eco-settlement and eco-building
  • Symposium 3 Peri-urban ecosystem and solid waste management
  • Symposium 4 Integrative urban water management
  • Symposium 5 Industrial Ecology
  • Symposium 6 Human Ecology and Capacity Building for eco-culture

For updates and news with information on how to participate and resources, please join to read/receive annoucements from :

Or contact me.

Regards

Jacky Foo (Coordinator)
Internet Conference on Ecocity Development (2003)

Source: Email by Jackie Foo (foo@SWIPNET.SE)
Oct. 14, 2002 Conference "Regional Cycles- Regional Economy towards Sustainability"

The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) invites to the international conference "Regional Cycles- Regional Economy towards Sustainability", which will take place during the EUREGIA - Congress and Specialist Exhibition, in Leipzig Germany, from 31 October until 2 November.

Visit the conference web site http://www.iclei.org/europe/economy/conference/index.htm

Source: euregia-conference@iclei-europe.org
Sep. 25, 2002 Path to Nature´s Wisdom: Ecological Dialogue Himalaya & Alps International Eco-conference, october 9-11, 2002, Schloss Seggau, Styria

Registration at Cultural director:
Dr. Andrea Loseries-Leick
AA-8010 Graz, Franckstrasse 31
tel/fax 0043 316/321629,
email: al@kalchakra-graz.at
mobil 0043 676/6032961
http://www.kalachakra-graz.at/

Chairman of scientific committee: Univ. Prof. Dr. Ing. Anton Moser /A

Organisations:

  • ÖNB
  • Nature Protection Austria & Styria
  • ÖSF
  • Ecosocial Forum
  • Ecohimal
  • Cipra (Commission International Protection of Alps
  • IEES, Intern. Ecol, Engineering Society
  • Urania Styria

P R O G R A M:

October 9: Strategy & Interdependences

9.00 Opening Waltraud Klasnic, Styrian Governor /A
Welcome Erich Pöltl, Styrian minister for Nature /A
Introduction Andrea Loseries, Kalachakra Cultural director /A
Aim Anton Moser, president Nature Protection Styria ÖNB

Session 1: 10.00-12.30 chairman: Josef Riegler /A , former vice-chancellor of Austria
A.1 Man & nature: Modern biosciences between dilution and wisdom Günter Altner/D
coffee break
A.2 Nature´s Nature: Ecosophy Anton Moser /A, author of book on "Nature´s wisdom"
A.3 Ecological Soul of Nature Nadja Stepanova /Burjazia, shaman
discussions

12.30 lunch

Session 2: 14.00-16.30 Chairman: Günter Altner /D, "bio-theo-logist"
A.4 Ecosocial Market Economy Josef Riegler /A
A.5 Environmental Ethics Lama Th. Shenphen /F-Tibet
A.6 Minding Animals Marc Bekoff/USA (coworker of Jane Goodall)
A.7 Andine Cosmology & Nature J. Camargo H./Peru, shaman

Discussions

Coffee break

Session 3: 17.00-18.30 Chairman: Zenobia Barlow/USA
A.8 Buddhism & Nature Suniti K. Pathak /India, philosophe
A.9 Nature as Creation Beate Seitz-Weinzierl /D, eco-activist
A.10 Christian Ecology/Responsibility for Creation Isolde Schönstein/A, christian group

19.00 - openend
* Ecohimal exhibtion opening: Himalaya
* Book presentation: "Alpentourismus"
* workshop on "Charter for Nature" Anton Moser/A

October 10, Problems/Regional Case Studies

Session 4: 9.00 - 12.30 Himalaya Chairman: Kurt Luger/A, president Ecohimal
B.1.1 Electricity and modernisation:right & wrong ways Dipak Gyawali / Nepal
B.1.2 Biodiversity: Conservation challenges in Nepal Thirta Maskey / Nepal
B.1.3 Projects of hope: Greening Kathmandu Renchin Yonjan / Nepal

Coffee break
B.1.4 Mountain risks and hazards in Muktinath valley Robert Kostka /A
B.1.5 Tibetan Shamanism J. M .Reynolds/USA, shaman

Discusssions
Lunch

Session 5: 14.00 - 16.00 Alps Chairman: Andreas Weissen /FL, president Cipra
B.2.1 Consumption of landsacpe - incurable? Gerlind Weber /A
B.2.2 Fauna. death of species Johannes Gepp/A, president ÖNB
B.2.3 Soil: function and dangers Wilfried Blum / A

Coffee break

Session 6: 16.30 - 18.30 Chairman: Wilhelm Molterer/A, minister for life
B.2.4 The Alpine Convention Andreas Weissen / FL
B.2.5 Ways of water Bruno Saurer / A
B.2.6 Nature, society & policy Volkmar Lauber / A

19.00 - open end: Music & dances from Tibet and Sölk-valleys/Styria

October 11: Solution Path

Session 7: 9.00 - 12.30 Discussion:
Himalaya & Alps Chairman: Manfred Buchroithner /A
Panel: K. Luger, W. Molterer, Th. Maskey, A. Weissen, D. Myagmarsuren et al.
Raporteurs for the written report to the decision makers:
for Himalaya: Ecohimal
for Alps: Cipra

Lunch

Session 8: 14.00-18.00 Visions Chairman: Anton Moser /A
C.1 Teachings from the Ash-people of the Amazon forest Martin von Hildebrand /Columbia, winner of alternative Nobel price
C.2 Nature Protection strategies in Mongolia Dechinlkhunder Myagmarsuren/Mongolia
C.3 Peasant life in the Nature Park Sölk-valleys Ernst Daum /A, major of Kleinsölk
C.4 Realzing Nature´s Wisdom in Agriculture Sepp Holzer /A, "agro-rebell"

Coffee break

C.5 Fritjof Capra´s Ecoliteracy Zenobia Barlow/USA
C.6 Nature & Peace Reuben Silverbird/USA, shaman
C.7 Charter of human responsiblities for nature Anton Moser/A

18.00 end

Source: Email by Anton Moser
Sep. 23, 2002 Ecological Sanitation - Sustainable Sanitation: 2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation including the 1st IWA Conference 'Sustainable Sanitation', Lübeck, Baltic Sea (near Hamburg) April 7 to 11, 2003

The 2nd call for papers with changed dates is now available as download here (PDF, 150 kB). There is some time left for submitting abstracts.

Details of the symposium/conference are available at:

The internet presentation of the IWA Specialist Group "Sustainable Sanitation", with interesting links and publications for download or publishing you will find soon on the conference homepage.

Source: Email by Joachim Behrend
Sep. 6, 2002 Opportunities for Graduate Studies in Ecological Engineering at Ohio State University

The Ecological Engineering group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science (CEEGS) at the Ohio State University has funding available for two Master’s candidates in Ecological Engineering beginning Winter Quarter 2003. Students will work on a project in dam removal and river restoration in coastal watersheds and will be part of a team involved in field measurements of flows, geomorphology, fish habitat, as well as modeling using a GIS based river model. A B.S. degree in Environmental or Civil Engineering is highly desirable, but other backgrounds, such as oceanography, geology, math, physics, will also be considered.

Please Email a resume and a letter of interest to: Dr. Tim Granata (granata.6@osu.edu)

Applications for Graduate Students can be found at http://www-afa.adm.ohio-state.edu/grad/index.html. Students with GPA of 3.5 or more and high scores on the GRE may also qualify for a University Fellowship.

Source: Email by Tim Granata, OSU
Sep. 2, 2002 Climate change and glacier retreat - historical and recent photos compared

A direct comparison of historical and recent photos of alpine glaciers shows: The glacier retreat in the European alps is a reality, and its extent is stunning. Global warming is a reality. On the website http://www.gletscherarchiv.de you find a limited selection of such photos.

The website is in German language - the interested non-German-speaking reader should follow the link to "Fotovergleiche".

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August 7, 2002 Internet Conference on Ecocity and Zero Wastes

ET-FREJ@SEGATE.SUNET.SE is a new mailing list that will provide news and information on the 5th International Ecocity Conference (Shenzhen 19-23 Aug) and its post-conference activity on Internet. The Internet Conference on Ecocity and Zero Wastes (2003) will enable people who were unable to travel to Shenzhen to join the discussion of papers over Internet and also to provide an opportunity for them to present their work for e-discussion. Papers will be available on the web.

New submission of papers for the Internet Conference are welcomed for the same topics covered in the 5th Ecocity conference (see topics in "Symposiums" in 2nd Circular of the 5th International Ecocity Conference (http://162.105.149.158/five/fifth_E2.htm), and on "Zero Wastes in Ecocities".

I wish to invite IBSnet members to consider paper submissions on IBS for ecocities.

Best regards
Jacky Foo

Source: Email by Jackie Foo
August 6, 2002 Invitation for Nominations: Stockholm Water Prize 2003

Annually The Water Foundation awards the Stockholm Water Prize during the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

For the coming year 2003, leading scientific organizations, universities,colleges, academies, learned bodies and individuals from all over the world are invited to nominate candidates for the Prize. Many fields of research oraction are eligible from within the water-related science, engineering,technology, awareness building, or public policy sectors. Nominations must be sent before September 30, 2002.

!!! For more details, please visit: http://www.siwi.org/swp/swp.html

or contact David Trouba at mailto:dave.trouba@siwi.org

Source: GTZ Ecosan Newsletter / Christine Werner
August 4, 2002 New GTZ Ecosan Newsletter, issue no 5, July 2002

The GTZ ecosan-newsletter is the regular electronic news bulletin from the ecosan-project of GTZ, Germany, to a network of friends and professionals interested in ecological sanitation.

You can download a German, French, Spanish and English version in PDF-layout from the GTZ homepage at :

Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ Ecosan team
July 3, 2002 New Issue of Rainwater CD available

See the flyer for more details (PDF, 144 kB).

"The Rainwater Harvesting CD" can now be ordered from the publisher at the following adress:

Margraf Verlag
PO.Box 1205
D-97990 Weikersheim
Germany
FAX +49 (0)79 34 -81 56
e-mail:order@margraf-verlag.de
Internet:www.margraf-verlag.de or www.rainwater.margraf-verlag.de

Source: Email by Ines Rieder
June 24, 2002 International Workshop on Biogas Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam

When? October 22 - 24, 2002
Where? Hanoi, Vietnam
Organizers:
Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), National Association of Vietnamese Gardeners (VACVINA) and Center for Rural Communities R&D (CCRD)

Contact :
Mr.Pham Van Thanh
Center for Rural Communities R&D
Add. 15 Thanh Cong str., Ba Dinh dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel. (84-4) 8 350 489; Fax. (84-4) 8 311 768
E-mail: tvc.vacvina@netnam.org.vn

Source: Email by Jackie Foo
June 17, 2002 Ongoing e-Conference on "Agricultural use of untreated urban wastewater in low income countries"

June 24 -July 5, 2002
Website: www.ruaf.org/conference/
Contact: RUAF [ruaf@etcnl.nl]

Source: Email by Jackie Foo
May 29, 2002 Ecosan Conference 2003 in Lübeck - Call for Paper Issued

The GTZ Ecosan team is glad to inform that the preparations for their 2nd International Symposium on ecological sanitation April 7-11, 2003 in Luebeck, Germany, are going on! The call for papers can also be downloaded as PDF-file on their website (http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/english/symposium-2003.html). Detailed organisational information on the event will be published soon.

Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ Ecosan team
May 12, 2002 Internet Conference on Ecocity proposed

There is an intention to organize the Internet Conference on Ecocity (tentative title) as a post-conference activity of the 5th International Eco-city Conference (Shenzhen, China 19-23 Aug 2002 http://www.icsu-scope.org.cn/english_version/ecoscape.htm#3 )

How will the Internet Conference be organized ?

The intention is

  1. to distribute a CD that contains all materials for the conference. It will include abstracts and papers presented at the 5th International Eco-city Conference
  2. to enable people who were unable to be in Shenzhen to present their papers at the Internet Conference.
  3. to distribute the CD widely to all registered participants. There will be a registration fee to cover costs.
  4. to use e-mailing lists as the primary platform for conducting the e-discussions. They will be supported further by the web where additional materials from authors and participants can be made available.

The final decision on organizing the conference will be announced later as it depends on available funding from sponsors and from potential income generated from registration fees.Your registration of interest will be useful and will influence the final decision.

Potential sponsors (organizations or private persons) are welcomed to contact the oprganizers.

Registration:

You can register your interest in two ways:

  1. send an email to listserv@segate.sunet.se and use the subscription command SUB ET-FREJ yourfirstname yourlastname, country
  2. go to http://segate.-sunet.se/archives/et-frej.html and join the mailing list ET-FREJ using the instructions provided.

More information and updates on the Ecocity Internet Conference will be provided via et-frej.

Regards
Jacky Foo, Coordinator
Integrated Biosystems Network
International Organization on Biotechnology and Bioengineering
http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/ibs/ibsnet

Source: Email by Jackie Foo
May 8, 2002 Seminar: Praxiserfahrungen mit Techniken für "abwasserfreie" Häuser - Beispiele, Einsatzbereiche, rechtliche und wirtschaftliche Aspekte [in German]

18. Juni 2002, 09:00-17:00
Ort: Universität Hannover, Senatssitzungssaal, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover

Veranstalter:
Technische Akademie Hannover e.V.
Deichmannstr. 1; 30163 Hannover
Fon: 0511/39433-30
Fax: 0511/394 33-40
http://www.ta-hannover.de

Seminarbeschreibung:

Die konventionelle Entwässerung wird in den letzten Jahren sowohl unter dem Gesichtspunkt hoher Kosten als auch dem Aspekt der Nachhaltigkeit kritisch diskutiert. Als Alternative werden dezentrale, bzw. semizentrale Systeme vorgeschlagen, die Wasser mehrfach nutzen, Stoffkreisläufe schließen und den lokalen Wasserhaushalt weitgehend unbeeinflusst belassen - kurz gesagt, Abwasser als Wertstoff betrachten und in diesem Sinne als "abwasserfrei" gelten.

National und international wurden in den letzten Jahren zahlreiche "abwasserfreie" Komponenten, Häuser und Siedlungen realisiert, um verschiedene Ansätze unter Praxisbedingungen zu prüfen und Detailfragen zu klären. Im Rahmen dieses Seminars wird auf Grundlage der Planung, des Baus und Betriebs realisierter Systeme bzw. Techniken ein erstes Fazit gezogen werden. Hieraus können sich wichtige Hinweise für die weitere Entwicklung ergeben.

Der Schwerpunkt dieses Seminars liegt auf Praxiserfahrungen, daher sollen unter anderem folgende Fragen in den einzelnen Vorträgen behandelt und beantwortet werden:

  • Welche Techniken haben sich bewährt, welche Techniken wurden verworfen?
  • Wie hoch sind die Kosten einzelner Komponenten in Anschaffung und Betrieb?
  • Wie sind Wartung und Betrieb zu organisieren?
  • Werden die Anlagen von den Nutzern - insbesondere von Mietern - akzeptiert?
  • Unter welchen Randbedingungen können welche Systeme bereits heute wirtschaftlich realisiert werden?

Den Abschluss bildet eine Exkursion zum Öko-Technik-Park Hannover. Im Bereich innovativer Abwasser- und Sanitärtechnik bietet dieses Versuchs- und Demonstrationsvorhaben seit 1995 einen umfassenden Überblick über die zur Zeit verfügbaren Techniken: verschiedene Systeme zur Grauwassernutzung, Trenn- und Vakuumtoiletten, Trockenurinale sowie Regenwassernutzung und -versickerung können im täglichen Gebrauch begutachtet werden.

Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ Ecosan team
April 13, 2002 First Announcement of Ecocity Conference in China now available

The first announcement can be downloaded here: Ecocity (pdf, 110 kB)
April 4, 2002 New GTZ Ecosan Newsletter, issue no 4, March 2002

The GTZ ecosan-newsletter is the regular electronic news bulletin from the ecosan-project of GTZ, Germany, to a network of friends and professionals interested in ecological sanitation.

You can download a German, French, Spanish and English version in PDF-layout from the GTZ homepage at :

Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ Ecosan team
February 4, 2002 Open Letter to the "Johannesburg Summit Division for Sustainable Development", United Nations

The open letter was prepared by 8 professors active in the field of sustainable sanitation for the PREPCOM 2 meeting, 28 January - 8 February 2002, New York, USA (http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/prepcoms.html).

It wants to stress the following points:

  • Sustainable Sanitation is a key to Sustainable Development and is widely neglected!
  • Conventional Sanitation has contributed to water scarcity and contamination of water resources all too often and is not capable of full reuse.

The open letter can be downloaded here in full length (12,5kB, 1 A4 page).

Source: Email by Deepak Raj Gajurel, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
February 3, 2002 Typha-Meeting and Plant Inauguration in Switzerland

as. On March 1, 2002, a combined rainwater retention and Typha production site will be inaugurated in Geuensee, Switzerland. On this occasion, a workshop will be held on various aspects of Typha cultivation and utilization, including operation and maintenance, water management issues, ecology, harvesting, market situation and marketing.

The inauguration and the workshop will be in German language.

Contact:
Philippe Wyss, Philippe.Wyss@seecon.ch, Phone: +41-41-248 51 84
January 22, 2002 More than 2100 visitors per month on this site

as. The interest in [EcoEng-online] is continuously growing. The latest website statistics show that more than 2100 visitors come to our website every month. This is an average of 70 people per day, with mostly specific interests in Ecological Engineering issues, as the search engine records are showing.

The feedback by our users ist mostly encouraging and very positive. We also have a mailing list with more than 1200 up-to-date email adresses, with 10-30 new subscribers coming in every month.

If you like this service for the Ecological Engineering community, please consider supporting [EcoEng-online] to enable us to keep it up.

Direct contact:

January 21, 2002 Eco-City Conference in China, August 2002

as. The 5th Eco-City conference will take place in Shenzhen, P.R. China, from August 19-23, 2002. Its main goals are, to:

  • promote information exchange about the methodological development of urban, industrial and human ecology among planners, designers, technicians, entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers
  • communicate experiences and lessons of urban development between industrialized, emerging and developing countries and develop new instruments and technologies for planning, design and development of eco-industry, eco-engineering, eco-agriculture and eco-city
  • search for ecologically sound and economically effective strategies and policies for ecocity development through technological incubation, institutional reform, education and behavioral incentives
  • explore means of preserving and restoring natural environments and species diversity, climate stability and long-term availability of resources to human society.

The first announcement can be downloaded here (PDF, 24 kB)

Source: Email by Johannes Heeb, President of IEES
January 4, 2002 Next Focus Topic of EcoEng Newsletter: Ecological Engineering in New Zealand

as. During the last IEES conference in Christchurch, NZ, our correspondent Astrid Kirchner has organized a series of contributions on Ecological Engineering in that South East Pacific country.

If you haven't been in contact with Mrs. Kirchner and would like to make a contribution, please contact the editorial team (). Deadline is end of January 2002. the next newsletter is scheduled for March 2002.
January 3, 2002 New GTZ Ecosan newsletter issued

Again, the GTZ-Ecosan team has compiled an interesting collection of new items on ecological sanitation. A must for everybody interested in the field.

You can download a German, French, Spanish and English version in PDF-layout at:

http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/docs/nl3_dt.pdf (German)
http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/docs/nl3_fr.pdf (French)
http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/docs/nl3_esp.pdf (Spanish)
http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/docs/nl3_eng.pdf (English)

Source: Email by Christine Werner, GTZ Ecosan team