7th Russian Anti-nuclear Camp, Tomsk, Siberia from July 26th to August 3rd 2006
This year the Ecodefense (WISE/NIRS Russia) anti-nuclear camp will focus on the issue of radioactive waste imports. The camp will be held near Tomsk in Siberia and activists from environmental groups and NGOs are invited to participate.
The program will include seminars and training programs on nuclear waste imports to Russia, transportation, access to information, resistance and non-violent protest. Strategy sessions for environmental groups to develop activities are also planned and protests may be held at cities located near the camp.
For more information on how to participate contact Ecodefense.
Greenpeace Eco-Camp 2006, Jasov, Slovakia from July 24th to 31st 2006
Greenpeace intends to inform the Slovakian public, specifically the population of Koice Slovakia's second largest city and the surrounding villages, about the risks associated with the proposed uranium mine to be sited on Jahoda hill, a local holiday destination.
The uranium deposit was discovered in the 1980s, is from 250 to 650 underground and is thought to contain over one and a quarter million tons of uranium ore.
For more information on how to register, contact Klaudia Bednárová at Greenpeace Slovenska, PO Box 58, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia. Email klaudia.bednarova@greenpeace.sk, Phone +421 (0)905 70 66 55
International Anti-nuclear Summer Gathering, Dordogne, France from August 13th to 20th 2006
This event, organized by the French anti-nuclear network 'Réseau Sortir du Nucléaire', aims to create and strengthen links as well as promote cooperation and joint campaigning between antinuclear groups. Both French and English will be spoken and the proposed agenda includes discussion on the best energy policy for the planet, development and dwindling resources, theory and techniques for non-violent action, discussion of activities for the 50th anniversary of Euratom in 2007, the 1 million signature campaign against nuclear power and a possible action at the nearest nuclear installation.
For more information contact André Larivière, Nérol, 43440 Champagnac le Vieux, France, andre.lariviere@sortirdunucleaire.fr, +33 (0)4 71 76 36 40 or +31 (0)6 76 69 54 98 or Bue Alred, Beau Champs, 24610 Montpeyroux, France, bue.alred@barkmail.com, +31 (0)5 53 82 69 98.
TRANS-EUROPEAN BICYCLE TOUR FOR CHERNOBYL
Canadian-born Engineer Christian Boyko, 31, and Swiss-born Special Education Teacher and Art Therapist Emmanuelle Plattet, also 31, will cycle over 2,100 km (1,300 miles) from Friburg, Switzerland, to Kyiv, Ukraine to raise awareness about the long term social, health, and environmental effects of the Chernobyl accident.
The cyclists will travel an average of over approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) per day for 34 days through Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Poland, toward their final destination in Ukraine. The pair leave from Friburg, Switzerland, on July 6 and conclude their trip on August 8, in Slavutych, Ukraine having traveled through some of the front-line communities that were home to many of the people relocated after the 1986 tragedy.
These include the towns of Borodyanka, Ivankiv, Slavutych, Korosten, and Boyarka in Ukraine, and Gagarin, Uzlovaya, Bolhov, and Nikolskaya Sloboda in Russia. These communities are home to a network of psycho-social rehabilitation centers engaged in addressing a broad spectrum of social issues - everything from addressing Chernobyl-related fears about health; education for youth regarding healthy lifestyle practices in light of continued contamination of the land and limited access to health care; and, the impact of economic conditions resulting, in part, from the Chernobyl disaster.
For more information, please visit Christian and Emmanuelle's website at http://www.2000k.soliloq.com, and FOCCUS' website at http://www.foccus.org
FOCCUS press release, June 28 2006
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