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Taiwan's ‘First Green<br />
Conference,’ April 30 th<br />
to May 2 nd 2010<br />
TExT: kEli yEn<br />
Reminiscing<br />
By E.M. ChiEn<br />
This is a place my day unwinds and<br />
stretches out ‘cross little lines.<br />
I loved.<br />
I laughed.<br />
I sang.<br />
I danced.<br />
A star that flickered in the night, hoped<br />
someone else could use its light.<br />
For in the dark when no one shines, hatred<br />
lurks and fear is rife.<br />
So, I shined.<br />
E.M. Chien believes life is a conundrum and<br />
words are empowered with the vitality we<br />
need to not only define our lives but delineate<br />
the changes we plan to affect.<br />
From 30th April to 2nd May 2010, join a gathering<br />
of internationally renowned environmental activists,<br />
delegates from Green Parties and NGOs spanning<br />
over twenty countries. The aim is to not only share<br />
knowledge of, and responsibility for, environmental and<br />
social issues in the Asia Pacific region, but to aim to<br />
establish coordinated strategy and networks to advance<br />
focused environmental protection actions across the region.<br />
With the idea of ‘Fair Share’ for a theme, the program<br />
opens a highly participatory space for discussion on<br />
climate change, governance & accountability, justice,<br />
community empowerment, energy, food & water, natural<br />
disasters, business, peace, nuclear, and any topic that you<br />
may wish to raise from the floor.<br />
Keynote Speakers include Dr Vandana Shiva, Right<br />
Livelihood Award winner, eco-feminist and author, and<br />
Senator Bob Brown, Leader of the Australian Greens<br />
(Australia's third largest political party) and a determined<br />
and energetic activist.<br />
Taiwan’s first ‘green conference’ will convene on April<br />
30th. The organizers are The Green Party Taiwan and<br />
the Taiwan Friends of the Global Greens, groups striving<br />
to forge a common consensus among Asia Pacific Greens<br />
culminating in a formal declaration, resolutions, elections,<br />
and a five-year action plan for the APGN.<br />
An Asia Pacific Young Greens pre-congress event will<br />
be held on 29 April, one day before the formal APGN<br />
Congress. To register & learn about the core Green<br />
Values of ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory<br />
democracy, nonviolence, sustainability and respect<br />
for diversity, visit the APGN 2010 website at http://<br />
apgn2010.org/<br />
The conference will be held at Tianmu Convention<br />
<strong>Center</strong>, 113 Zhongshan North Road Section 7. Email:<br />
apgn2010@gmail.com<br />
Join APGN online Social networks<br />
http://twitter.com/apgn2010<br />
http://www.plurk.com/apgn2010<br />
http://vimeo.com/user2470532<br />
http://www.youtube.com/user/<br />
GreenPartyTaiwan#p/u<br />
Apr 2010<br />
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