[P2P-F] Fwd: Village Innovation Talks Begin! English Announcement

Sat Nov 26 05:18:20 CET 2011

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From: Mark Petz <ravenwyn at gmail.com>
Date: 2011/11/26
Subject: Village Innovation Talks Begin! English Announcement
To: videobridgebuilders at globalvillages.org, Alois Weimer <
aloisweimer at gmail.com>, Karl Bär <karlbaer at gmail.com>, Michael Baer <
Michlbaer at gmail.com>, Phil Rippingale <philrippingale at btinternet.com>,
Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>

http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk%2FEnglishVersion

Village Innovation Talks Begin!

St.Martin, Siegendorf<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Siegendorf>
, Kirchbach<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Kirchbach><http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?action=multilink&id=VillageInnovationTalk/EnglishVersion&link=Kirchbach>
, Bittelbronn<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Bittelbronn>
, Odernheim<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Odernheim>
,Witzenhausen<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Witzenhausen>
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On 16th of December 2011 they will start the first "Village Innovation
Talk": Six innovative villages from Germany and Austria are connecting via
Videobridging and they will openly exchange innovative approaches in
various domains of village life..

In a relaxed pre-Christmas mood in local meeting places groups with
something to say will come together. By projector, screen and sound, the
groups will converse with each other. The aim of the Village Innovation
Talks is for village innovators to dialogue, and learn from each other, to
define new projects, and to get peer to peer support for them.

"The mayor in an Amazonian area and a mayor from this round would have a
lot to relate to each other. They might have to act under totally different
conditions, but their aims – like fighting the flight to the cities, the
creation of apt infrastructure, be it of energy, communication or
entertainment are similar," states Klaus Stoll, Managing Director of GKPF
(Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation), who are sponsoring the first
Talk. The GKPF seeks to explore new ways and chances for sustainable
development through the Village Innovation Talks.. They look to bring
people from the Global North and Global South to create something new
together.

The participants in this first round of talks all have successful
experiences to present in the areas of energy, broadband, culture and
education.

   - Bittelbronn<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Bittelbronn>,
   with 580 villagers in Zollernalbkreis, has founded a cooperative to supply
   the locality with heating from renewable sources.
   - Also in the energy sector
Odernheim<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Odernheim>
has
   plans underway for a wind turbine park. In addition, the activities of the "
   Odernheim<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Odernheim>
Future
   Viability Group", are targeting young entrepreneurs in creativity and
   future oriented fields to widen the scope of cultural offers.
   - Witzenhausen<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Witzenhausen>
in
   Hesse, Räderwerk e.V. is raising awareness of connections between culture
   and work with small businesses, institutions and individuals on an old
   industrial site.
   - Dream Academia on the German-Hungarian border is the first „center for
   dream development“ and invites folks to implement and actualize their
   dreams across boundaries.
   - St.Martin in Waldviertel has created really concretely a fiber optic
   IT infrastructure that even surpasses the urban infrastructure.
   - Kirchbach<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationTalk/Kirchbach><http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?action=multilink&id=VillageInnovationTalk/EnglishVersion&link=Kirchbach>
in
   Steiermark has brought the university into the village via Videobridging.

Franz Nahrada, the founder of GVN (Global Village Network), sets his vision
out "Villages which want to be sustainable must now proceed in many
directions and new ways. Years back a network was founded, which wanted to
use modern communication technologies, especiallyfor the purpose to let
creative and innovative people in rural areas exchange their ideas freely .
The time has come for such a dialogue!"

AdobeConnect?<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?action=browse&id=WillkommenImWiki&continue=VillageInnovationTalk/EnglishVersion/AdobeConnect&lang=1&list=VillageInnovationTalk/EnglishVersion/AdobeConnect%7CVillageInnovationTalk/AdobeConnect%7CAdobeConnect%7CERDE/AdobeConnect%7CMusterSprache/AdobeConnect>
will
be used as a technical solution as the video bridging software. In that
system, only one computer connected to the Internet, with a webcam and
browser is required. Start time is 16.00 o'clock End time is 19.30 o'clock.
Further Info

   - Germany: Dagmar Eisenbach             +49 152 01587728
dagmar.eisenbach
   (AT) ideawerk.de
   - Austria: Franz Nahrada             +43 676 9133961
   f.nahrada at reflex.at
   - Web: www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationSummit<http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?VillageInnovationSummit>
   - Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172593001758&v=wall<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172593001758&v=wall>

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