Sol Square, renamed "Plaza Solution" is now a small town, a microcosm. There you can find all kinds of services (from a nursery to a speakers point), all workshops, debates. While the first may seem a chaos, the organization achieved in the Sun in just five days is admirable. Among the outrage against the system and the desire for change has emerged assembly-structure and a system of debates and thematic working groups where everyone who goes has a say or contribute their ideas. Among the topics addressed by the "outraged" Sol is the education, health, economy, political system ... and could not miss the Environment, which has a proper and permanent space in the Plaza del Carmen since yesterday night.
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| Assembly Environment, in the Plaza del Carmen |
After some small problems of coordination and organization, "Assembly" of the Environment may become yesterday thanks to the good work of the volunteers and the interest of people who filled the Plaza del Carmen from seven in the evening. It was decided to split into eight thematic areas that had emerged in a debate the day before: control of industry, coastal marine environment, animal dignity, energy and climate change, cities, rural areas, environmental education and decline. Each subject area in dances separated to discuss proposals and after just over an hour, the "Assembly" gathered again to read and vote on these proposals.
In Control industries are proposed, among other things, use and promote public participation mechanisms in the control of the industries regulated by law, that every product has a specific labeling to include information such as your ecological footprint , or that the fines are higher than the benefit for environmental crimes.
After recalling that "in Madrid our representation is limited," Marine and Coastal drew a number of ideas and effective implementation of the Coastal Act, the control marine pollution, promotion of artisanal fisheries, and ecotourism in the coastal tourism model as an alternative to sun, sand and brick. And finally, a desire which was greeted with a standing ovation, "that mistakes have been committed on land not committed at sea."
Animal Dignity group claimed the animal movement from within any social movement, especially within ecology, as someone has to give voice to the animals. " Among his proposals was to "prevent animal suffering, all that being alive you feel, especially the suffering that is made for fun" and a much more controversial which was not well received in the Assembly, especially the issue of invasive species, as argued that "one should not kill 1000 species that have brought out to save four of here." At the end they had to remove the right to speak, attempting to monopolize, to maintain the smooth functioning of the Assembly.
Proposals for Energy and Climate Change revolved around the idea of \u200b\u200bsaving energy, which is considered essential, but also called for plans to develop renewable energy and phasing out nuclear, with a "commitment a democratic and local energy model. " Assuming that the large challenge for a world will be 100% renewable electricity transport and not rejected the use of the car and set out to increase and improve the heavy rail lines: "no bird." The mobility issue was also addressed by the next topic area, Cities, proposed a better management of public transport, encouraging cycling and reducing car use. Other ideas: that employment is generated within the district to reduce transportation needs and improve public information on air pollution.
The Rural area was probably the one that was proposed to the Assembly, such as creating a new agricultural model based on food sovereignty, transfer of public lands for rural initiatives, presentation and collection of folk knowledge, reverse the rural exodus ... consider promoting positive contact between producers and consumers through initiatives as consumer groups, and the "abolition of the major surfaces, an idea that was greeted with a standing ovation. Before closing out to make a symbolic garden planters around the sources, "the only available land is in the Sun", to show where they come from our food. Has been rapid since the garden this morning already made, the source close to the bear and the tree.
"That environmental education is transverse while a core subject in all educational levels," was the first proposal of the Group for Environmental Education, a fundamental issue which needs to be done in our country. For the group, education should "make clear that we depend on nature," and have to change some ideas on which rests the educational model, such as consumerism, which "must disappear as educational foundation." They also highlighted the importance of environmental information, as the media have a great responsibility in shaping society (this was one of the most applauded ideas throughout the Assembly).
To close the round of proposals was the Decrease group, which called for "decrease it will make us happier and because growth has led us to this situation," and shook many hands in the air after hearing these words . In addition, reported that "the system is taking over the green message, but we must send people the idea of \u200b\u200bdecline. We do not sell that is environmentally friendly to continue consuming like crazy. "
In general, the level of debate and proposals later it was amazing. There were more than a very diverse group of people talking about the environment in a public square, but as he said in twitter the president of the Environmental Sciences Association (ACA), Roberto Ruiz Robles, "looks like a mini CONAMA. "There are at least ten components of CONAMA," Roberto told me excited after the Assembly. It was hard not to share your emotion, for whom we had said very few days ago in a square in Madrid were to gather several hundred people to discuss or just listen to talk about decline, protection of biodiversity on the energy model ... I only say goes: Sol camping alive! Viva la quiet revolution! And I'm running there, that ten hours since I left and I miss him.
PS: To follow the environmental area of \u200b\u200bthe camp on Twitter, you can use the # sersostenibles
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