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The Great Wall of China.

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이츠쿠시마신사(厳島神社)

이츠쿠시마신사는 히로시마현 하츠카이치시에 위치한 신사로 1996년에 유네스코 세계문화유산에 등록되어 있으며, 우리나라에서도 물에 떠 있는 토리이(일종의 문으로 인간의 세계와 신의 세계를 나누는 역할을 함)로 유명하다. 이츠쿠시마 신사는 이츠쿠 섬에 위치하며, 이 섬은 미야기현 마츠시마, 교토부 아마노하시다테와 더블어 일본의  3경중 하나로 불릴 정도로 좋은 경관을 자랑한다. 신사 건물의 대부분이 해상에 건축되어 있으며, 본전, 회랑 등의 6동이 국보로, 14동이 중요문화재로 지정되어 있다. 해상에 건설되어 있는 토리이는 약 16미터로 일본 3대 토리이 중 하나로 꼽힌다.  

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UNESCO-week op Lyceum Sancta Maria

Van maandag 23 tot en met vrijdag 27 september organiseert Lyceum Sancta Maria de UNESCO-week. In deze week reizen de leerlingen uit vwo 5 af naar onder andere IJsland, Napels en Belfast om te leren over cultuurverschillen met buitenlandse leeftijdsgenoten en werken leerlingen uit andere leerjaren aan projecten met UNESCO-hoofdthema’s zoals vrede en mensenrechten, duurzaamheid, […]

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LS산전, 노후 전력망 러시아에 스마트그리드 보급 나선다

LS산전, 노후 전력망 러시아에 스마트그리드 보급 나선다

러시아의 전력망 노후화로 교체 시기가 다가온 가운데 모스크바 신도시 사업에서 전력 분야를 전담할 UNECO(United Energy Company)사가 LS산전의 스마트그리드를 포함한 전력 솔루션 도입을 검토하기 위해 방한했다.

  LS산전은 러시아 UNECO사 CEO 안드레이 블라디미로비치(Andrey Vladimirovich)를 비롯한 고위 임원진과 현지 거래선 관계자 등 10여 명이 15일부터 19일 중 본사와 청주사업장을 방문하고 있다고 17일 밝혔다.

  UNECO는 모스크바에서 변전소 2,815개소, 송전 라인 12,000km를 통해 총 3,578MVA 규규모의 전력계통을 관할하는 회사로, 러시아 정부가 수도를 새롭게 정비하기 위해 추진하는 ‘뉴 모스크바 프로젝트(New Moscow…

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13 Years Later

In January 1999, UNECO, along with members of UNECO-sponsored ECO-KIDS, started Na Mahina Ai (Our Farm Harvest), the first community garden in North Kohala on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Thanks to the generosity of local macadamia nut farmer Jim Trump and the community outreach skills of UNECO Director Ed Mura, the 6-acre parcel off Ho'ea Road was offered to the community to use for one year. Land was newly tilled and water free. UNECO provided organic starter seeds, tools, and educational resources.

  Opening day found the garden full of excited residents, eager to begin. For some it was the first garden they’d planted. For others, it was an opportunity to expand their home plots and grow more produce to feed their families. For a few it was an opportunity to sell what they grew wholesale. UNECO'S goal was to introduce citizens to the idea of assuming increasing responsibility for their personal food needs. After all, Hawaii at that time and to this day still imports 90% of its food.

After months of cultivation and care, the rich soil at Na Mahina Ai produced an abundance of vegetables: sweet potatoes, green onions, taro, and greens of all kinds. At harvest time, garden crops were even delivered fresh to table!

  In December 2011, we returned to North Kohala to find out how community farming had progressed since those days. Although presently there is no full-scale operating community garden, a Saturday Farmers Market is on Hawi’s weekly agenda and is well supported by the community. Sage Farms, whose budding farmer Ben Nicholson taught ECO-KIDS 13 years ago about planting essentials, has expanded and now sells a variety of organic produce and honey in Big Island grocery stores. A former ECO-KID is studying environmental science at University of Hawaii, Manoa, while other ECO-KIDS have made the environment a key life concern. As part of the elementary public school curriculum in North Kohala, children are building a closer connection to the land by learning how to plant taro, sweet potatoes, and other island crops in school gardens.

There’s currently a new challenge in place on the Big Island called Eat Locally Grown. It started three years ago with a handful of people pledging to eat only locally grown food for one week in the year. Last year (2011), participants increased by 300% and expanded their commitment the entire month of September!

  Community Harvest Hawaii, a project of North Kohala Resource Center founded in 2002, encourages residents to harvest and drop off extra fruits and vegetables from their yard (citrus, avocados, guava, breadfruit, lilikoi, banana - anything!), ask for assistance in harvesting their trees, help prepare food and learn new food preparation skills, teach others their expertise, share a community meal/meet new people, and help distribute food in the community. CHH is committed to improving North Kohala’s food security while simultaneously supporting economic development. In order to directly address food security, the North Kohala community has set a goal to provide 50% of its own food by 2018.

We were very pleased to see that organic farming, self-sustainability, and improved nutritional education are issues residents of North Kohala take evermore to heart.

By Viktoria Vidali

For additional information on organic farming on the Big Island, visit the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association.

Learn more about our planet's food statistics using this interactive map. 

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"Slogans, chants and comments by Occupy Wall Street protestors calling for an end to corporate rule and demanding more equitable public spending and opportunities for the majority (the 99%) are familiar to those heard throughout Venezuela in the 1990s, when privatization overtook the oil-wealthy nation, multinationals ruled and the people were relegated to shantytowns." Correo del Orinoco Editor, Eva Golinger. Continued on page 8. 

UNECO Chairman Aldo Vidali with Eva Golinger in Caracas, holding up a miniature copy of Venezuela's Constitution.