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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Ashish,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please to hear from you. Thank you very much for such an interesting piece of work which captured very well important elements the GTA gathering in Kenya. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Congratulations for the successful task accomplished and looking forward to more collaborations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have a good day ahead <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>Fassil Gebeyehu Yelemtu (PhD)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>General Coordinator<br>African Biodiversity Network (ABN)<br>Email: <u><a href="mailto:abnsecretariat@africanbiodiversity.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#7030A0'>abnsecretariat@africanbiodiversity.org </span></a></u>; <u><a href="mailto:fassilgeb@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#7030A0'>fassilgeb@yahoo.com</span></a></u>; <u><a href="mailto:fassil@africanbiodiversity.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#7030A0'>fassil@africanbiodiversity.org</span></a></u>; </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NO-BOK style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>Skype: fassil.gebeyehu</span><span lang=NO-BOK style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=NO-BOK style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>Tel: +254 (0) 202675043<br>Mobile +254 (0) 704 191934 </span><span lang=NO-BOK style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>Office address: OAU Road, House Number 60. 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Vikalp Sangam elist <vikalp-sangam-list@googlegroups.com>; Beyond Development (global) <bedev_gwg@googlegroups.com>; GTA-observer-endorsers <global-tapestry-alternatives-observers@lists.riseup.net>; Coalition for EJ in India <coalition-for-environmental-justice-in-india@googlegroups.com>; PeDAGoG <gta-pedagog@lists.ourproject.org>; WSM <wsm-discuss@lists.openspaceforum.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [GTA] The Global Tapestry of Alternatives meets in Kenya | Meer<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Friends, this article on the first physical Assembly of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives may be of interest: <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://www.meer.com/en/75735-the-global-tapestry-of-alternatives-meets-in-kenya">https://www.meer.com/en/75735-the-global-tapestry-of-alternatives-meets-in-kenya</a><o:p></o:p></p><p>Comments welcome, but pl. mail me directly. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Sorry for cross-posting if any. <o:p></o:p></p><p>thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p>Ashish<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1>Ashish Kothari</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1>Kalpavriksh</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1>Apt 5 Shree Datta Krupa</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1>908 Deccan Gymkhana</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1>Pune 411004, India</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1>Tel: 91-20-25654239</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s2><a href="https://ashishkothari.in/">https://ashishkothari.in</a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s2><a href="https://kalpavriksh.org/">Kalpavriksh<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s2><a href="http://vikalpsangam.org/">Vikalp Sangam</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s2><a href="http://www.radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/">Radical Ecological Democracy<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s2><a href="http://www.globaltapestryofalternatives.org/">Global Tapestry of Alternatives </a></span><span class=s3> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s2><a href="https://ashishkothari51.blogspot.com/">https://ashishkothari51.blogspot.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p2><span class=s2><a href="https://twitter.com/chikikothari">Twitter</a></span><span class=s3> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishkothari1961"><span class=s4>LinkedIn</span></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ashishkotharivikalp/"><span class=s4>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ashish.kothari.1297"><span class=s4>Facebook</span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1><span class=s1> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>