amorylovinsesalen2007
Advanced Energy Efficiency for Profitable Climate Protection
Here's the place where participants in Amory Lovins' 2007 Esalen workshop can continue the discussions that started at our Advanced Energy Efficiency weekend.
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Created: Dec 03, 2007
Updated: Sep 23, 2009
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Salween Watch was formed in February 1999, and is a coalition of different organizations and NGO`s based in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, who deal with different Burma-related and environmental issues. It was set up with the primary aim of preventing the building of harmful hydroelectric power dams on the Salween River. The group members aim to inform and raise awareness to the local and international communities about the impacts of the proposed hydropower development projects in the Salween Basin.
The coalition works to collect information directly from the affected project areas including data from the affected environment and the people, as well as information from the media, and other credible sources. The information, along with various participatory activities is used to raise awareness about the dams, the environment, and looks at both the positive and negative aspects of development projects among the affected communities. The group strives to build the capacity of local activists, and supports local community initiatives to help organize against development projects that potentially harm their livelihoods. At the same time, much of the groups information and campaign activities are directed outwards, with the aim of alerting and motivating key sections of the regional and international community who are in a position to access more information, influence policy, and block the financing of the hydroelectric power dams.
Salween Watch operates in a difficult environment as most of its members have illegal status in Thailand and the project site areas in the Salween Basin are part of a landmine strewn war zone. The potential dam sites are mostly surrounded by “black zones”, in which the people are often shot on sight, tortured and killed on suspicion of giving support to rebel ethnic resistance groups.
Group members exchange information through meetings and email, as well as produce campaign materials, generate mass email-out publications and local language printed publications. They carry out interviews, and produce reports in collaboration with network coalition partners, and other closely associated NGO’s.
On the local level, Salween Watch members have held well attended meetings, produced and distributed information booklets and articles in English and the local languages, organized workshops, and produced T-shirt and sticker campaign materials. They have made speeches, presented photo/poster displays, discussed with, lobbied and provided data packages about the dam project plans to leaders of ethnic groups and to journalists.
The coalition works to collect information directly from the affected project areas including data from the affected environment and the people, as well as information from the media, and other credible sources. The information, along with various participatory activities is used to raise awareness about the dams, the environment, and looks at both the positive and negative aspects of development projects among the affected communities. The group strives to build the capacity of local activists, and supports local community initiatives to help organize against development projects that potentially harm their livelihoods. At the same time, much of the groups information and campaign activities are directed outwards, with the aim of alerting and motivating key sections of the regional and international community who are in a position to access more information, influence policy, and block the financing of the hydroelectric power dams.
Salween Watch operates in a difficult environment as most of its members have illegal status in Thailand and the project site areas in the Salween Basin are part of a landmine strewn war zone. The potential dam sites are mostly surrounded by “black zones”, in which the people are often shot on sight, tortured and killed on suspicion of giving support to rebel ethnic resistance groups.
Group members exchange information through meetings and email, as well as produce campaign materials, generate mass email-out publications and local language printed publications. They carry out interviews, and produce reports in collaboration with network coalition partners, and other closely associated NGO’s.
On the local level, Salween Watch members have held well attended meetings, produced and distributed information booklets and articles in English and the local languages, organized workshops, and produced T-shirt and sticker campaign materials. They have made speeches, presented photo/poster displays, discussed with, lobbied and provided data packages about the dam project plans to leaders of ethnic groups and to journalists.