[Advisors] FW: [globalvillages] Global Villages Network co-creates "Village Innovation Talk" [1 Attachment]

[michael gurstein]

Folks,

Franz is a very good friend who has been working in this area for many
years... Some of you might find this an intersting way to engage your =
local
communities...

Best,

M
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Global Villages Network
local community - global networking

Dear Members of the Global Villages Network,
Dear subscribers of the globalvillages yahoogroup,

for the first time, in the name of GVN, a major and groundbreaking =
activity
is finally taking place.=20


I have the pleasure to announce it today and I hope that most of you =
will
decide to take part passively by using the video stream we are going to
produce.=20


If you want to take part more actively, please send me a private message =
at:
f.nahrada@reflex.at


please also help us to distribute the following press release:



Village Innovation Talks Begin!


St.Martin, Siegendorf, Kirchbach, Bittelbronn, Odernheim, Witzenhausen - =



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.


=95    In a relaxed pre-Christmas mood in local meeting places groups of
locals with something to say will come together. By projector, screen =
and
sound, this groups will converse with each other, connected by the =
internet
in real time. 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. "Videobridging" as distinct =
from
Video Conferencing seeks to connect whole local learning circles and =
foster
local encounter and dialogue by bringing in "global" viewpoints.


=95    "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 =96 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
partnering with Global Villages Network. 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.


=95    The participants in this first round of talks all have successful
experiences to present in the areas of energy, broadband, culture and
education.


=95     Bittelbronn, with 580 villagers in Zollernalbkreis, has founded =
a
cooperative to supply the locality with heating from renewable sources.=20
=95    Also in the energy sector Odernheim has plans underway for a wind
turbine park. In addition, the activities of the "Odernheim Future =
Viability
Group", are targeting young entrepreneurs in creativity and future =
oriented
fields to widen the scope of cultural offers.=20
=95   In Witzenhausen in Hessen, R=E4derwerk e.V. is raising awareness =
of
connections between culture and work with small businesses, institutions =
and
individuals on an old industrial site.=20
=95    Dream Academia on the German-Hungarian border (Siegendorf) is the =
first
=84center for dream development=93 and invites folks to implement and =
actualize
their dreams across boundaries.
=95    St.Martin in Waldviertel has created really concretely a fiber =
optic IT
infrastructure that even surpasses the urban infrastructure.=20
=95   Kirchbach in Steiermark (Styria/SouthEast Austria) has brought the
university into the village via Videobridging.=20


Franz Nahrada, the founder of GVN (Global Villages 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 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.


Other communication possibilities during the event (Videostream, =
Facebook,
Twitter) will be provided. We will send out the URL in a later message.


16th of December 2011


Start time is 16.00 o'clock
End time is 19.30 o'clock.


Further Info


=95    Germany: Dagmar Eisenbach    +49 152 01587728
dagmar.eisenbach@ideawerk.de =95    Austria: Franz Nahrada             =
+43 676
9133961    f.nahrada@reflex.at=20

Visit Global Villages Network at:
http://globalvillages.ning.com/?xg_source=3Dmsg_mes_network




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called
"Global Villages" is desireable and possible and they want to work for =
it.

Global Villages stems from the idea of a positive exchange of energy =
between
the city and the village, the idea of a dyadic world where each side
profits enormously from the counterpart.  The core idea is promoting a  =
new
economic logic of extending or creating kinds of "household  economies" =
to
whole villages -  and have those empowered villages  cooperate globally,
with cities as hubs of services and inventions, but also increasingly =
among
themselves.

The purpose of this global cooperation is primarily the improvement of a
local cooperative lifebase - virtually anywhere. Cooperation thus means
exchange of knowledge, joint research and development, sharing network
effects, but also direct buildup support out of a positive self - =
interest:
the more Global Villages exist, the bigger the knowledge base, the =
higher
the standards they can aim at.

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