Energy - Resources - Peace
Conference Cycle in Germany
September 16-19, 2007
A joint venture of several German foundations together with the Right Livelihood Award Foundation brought eight Right Livelihood Award Recipients for a conference cycle on Energy, Ressources and Peace to Germany.
With, from Sunday to Wednesday, almost 1500 people participating ...
Here with Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin
„Is globalisation always bad?“
„Do consumers really have the power to make a change?“
„Can we ask people to change their lifestyle patterns?“
„Can we treat technology as a cure for everything?“
"If you do not talk about lifestyles and consumption reduction, we talk a different language!“
Raúl Montenegro when the discussion had taken a rather technocratic turn, concentrating on the issues of industrialised countries.
„It is not only the CO2 we have to control – but the CEOs!“
Pat Mooney warning about the dangers of Bio- and Nanotechnology.
"A lot of people think that oil is a blessing for the region where it is found. But for my people it is a curse."
Ledum Mitee, MOSOP.
„When I was around 20, I was very arrogant. Then I learned that I do not know anything. And I started learning from the ancient wisdom of farmers.“
Sulak Sivaraksa while answering pupils' questions at a comprehensive school in Osnabrück.
Ledum Mitee on his childhood in a country torn by Shell’s oil production and a daily life surrounded by oil wells and their destructive effects:
„When I was a boy of 5-6, one day at school they told us to put our thumbs into our ears in order to protect us from a seismic explosion.“
„It is us first! We will tell the corporations what to do!“
„It is us who have to start the movement for change. We cannot wait for politicians to do so.“
Bianca Jagger
"Care more for others ..."
"Learn how to breathe ..."
"I am not going to tell you what to do. I do not even tell my own children what to do. I only want you to be yourselves."
Sulak Sivaraksa and a lesson pupils normally do not hear.
"Use resources more efficiently!"
Sigmar Gabriel, German Minister for Environment, addressing the audience on September 19 in Berlin.
The event was a joint venture by the Right Livelihood Award Foundation together with Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF) and Nordrhein-Westfälische Stiftung für Umwelt und Entwicklung. The Right Livelihood Award Foundation would like to thank these foundations for their commitment to make this event possible, as well as all organisers.
