Tong Tana December 1999 - Bruno Manser Fonds
Tong Tana December 1999 - Bruno Manser Fonds
Tong Tana December 1999 - Bruno Manser Fonds
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BMF Internal<br />
Where have the poison arrows gone<br />
bm – In the jungle among the primitive Penan people it<br />
is normal to respect the possessions of one’s neighbors.<br />
In civilized Switzerland one cannot recommend<br />
(anymore) leaving one’s things unattended even for a<br />
moment; there has been no clue to the whereabouts of<br />
my rucksack which I left in a hurry under a bush for<br />
want of a luggage locker on July 6 at the train station<br />
in Dietlikon – as well as its contents worth 3,000<br />
Swiss Francs, including the quiver of poison arrows.<br />
Maybe a clairvoyant could help<br />
Nicole and Laura had practised shooting unpoisoned!<br />
arrows using a blowpipe at an event for children. When<br />
Thanks!<br />
dk – We would like to express a very big thank you to<br />
the following persons and institutions which supported<br />
us so generously in <strong>1999</strong>: Jean-Jacques Belet, Ernst<br />
Beyeler, Erika & Jürg Binz, Michel Bovey, Samuel<br />
Buri, Arturo Cuéllar-Nathan, Ulla Dreyfus, Greenpeace<br />
Switzerland, Elsbeth Meier, Ruedi Mettler, Maria<br />
Meylan, Olivier Murset, Mark & Ursula Nussberger, Andreas<br />
Ochsenbein, Pro Natura, Renate & Alex Rabus,<br />
Gisèle Rappaz, Nanni Reinhart-Schinz, René & Monika<br />
Rohner , Marco Sager, Eira Schader, Irma Spaenhauer,<br />
Dr. Urs-Peter Stäuble, Barbara & Daniel Strub-Roth,<br />
Dr. Michael Tschanz, Veronika Von Stockar, Martin<br />
Vosseler, Arnold Witzig, Wolfgang Wolfsgruber, the<br />
cities Winterthur and St. Gallen as members of the<br />
Climate Alliance as well as the anonymous donors.<br />
Many heartfelt thanks also to the numerous contributors<br />
who keep supporting the BMF with smaller donations,<br />
every Franc is a commitment for us to continue!<br />
Without the voluntary helpers this would not be possible<br />
– thank you very much:<br />
Marco Bähler, Charlotte Bélet, J.J. Belet, Michel Bovey,<br />
Wädel Brunner, Dominik Bucheli, Marianne & Steve<br />
Dodd, Roger Graf, Guy-Betrand Jaquier, <strong>Bruno</strong>ne<br />
Morandi, Sarah Moylan, Chantal Pfiffner, Peter Rudin,<br />
Jürg Schär, Larissa Schönfelder, Michael Studer,<br />
Barbara Sturm, Norbert Vock, Mel & Ben.<br />
The web<br />
Since some time our newsletter can be read on our<br />
homepage “http://www.bmf.ch”. Apart from the<br />
newest information on the BMF you can also find<br />
almost all back issues of our newsletters.<br />
Events<br />
The exhibition of <strong>Bruno</strong> <strong>Manser</strong>’s diaries “Die Tagebücher<br />
des <strong>Bruno</strong> <strong>Manser</strong>” can be seen in the “Naturmuseum”<br />
in Lucerne until March 19, 2000.<br />
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Nicole, Laura and budgie Gino – Thank you!<br />
they heard that I got a fine over 1,000 Francs because<br />
of my all too great trust in the good in human nature,<br />
they made little “lucky parcels” out of toys such as<br />
Snurfs, stuffed animals and a pirate’s head mixed with<br />
sweets and sold them for 1 Franc on the street. They<br />
added their allowances to the proceeds and presented<br />
a proud 107 Francs and 10 cents, accompanied by<br />
budgerigar Gino, as a contribution to my fine – our<br />
heartfelt thanks! In future I will be more careful, yet I’ll<br />
keep believing in the good in mankind!<br />
Trees, forests and religions<br />
bm – Persons of different cultures and spiritual<br />
backgrounds have met for the fourth “Klingenthal Symposium”<br />
in France, in September <strong>1999</strong>, to find common<br />
conclusions of the world religions about the<br />
safeguard and management of forests. Present were<br />
members of Bahaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism,<br />
Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Taoism,<br />
Rationalists, Indigenous Peoples of Africa, Asia<br />
(including a Penan women from Sarawak), Australia,<br />
Canada, South America, a.o.. The result has been<br />
put on paper and can be ordered thanks to the organizers<br />
at:<br />
Jean Pierre Ribaut, Pax Christi – 27 rue Rabié,<br />
F-33250 Pauillac, fax: 33 (0)5 56 59 68 80,<br />
e-mail: “marie.cais@wanadoo.fr”