For Love and Freedom on Clean Mother-Earth! _______________________________________________________________ !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! !!! ! ! ! ! ! !!! !!! !!! ! ! ! !!!!! !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! ! !!!!! ! ! !!!!! !!!!! ! _______________________________________________________________ "ECODEFENSE!inform" environmental inform-bulletin * number 21 * _______________________________________________________________ ..................................................* JULY 1994 * _______________________________________________________________ "ECODEFENSE!" Moskovsky prospekt 120-34 236006 Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg Russia telephone +7 0112 437286 E-mail: ecodefense@glas.apc.org _______________________________________________________________ CONTENT News - ENVIRONMENTAL - MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS - OIL Meeting ENVIRONMENT-CULTURE/SCIENCE-EDUCATION SUMMER COURSE Project for environment NON-VIOLENCE DIRECT ACTION INITIATIVES CENTER ECODEFENSE!inform present THE BALTIC SEA REGION PUBLICATION LIST (continuation) _______________________________________________________________ ENVIRONMENTAL * NORWAY COASTGUARD FIRES WARNING SHOTS AT ANTI-WHALERS By Stella Bugge OSLO, July 6 (Reuter) The Norwegian coastguard on Wednesday fired warning shots to try to arrest an environmentalists' ship on an anti-whaling mission. Two cold grenades were fired in safe * EAST EUROPE NUCLEAR SAFETY, BONN (July1) IPS Safety standards at nuclear power plants in central and eastern Europe are "alarming" and in some countries, like the Ukraine, are actually getting worse. The situation in the Ukraine - where 14 NPPs Source:Greenbase * Children's environmental camp, which based in National Park "Kurshskaya Kosa" (Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg region), is closed by mid-July. The members of the camp spoke 10 precepts of young environmentalists (prepared by ECODEFENSE!) in commemoration of the end of camp work. "After this camp some hundreds of young people displayed new love, love to EARTH" - said Alexandra Koroleva environmental education coordinator of ECODEFENSE!, who work in the camp. Source:EDI M-CORPORATIONS * COCA-COLA Co. COCA-COLA Co. is one of the biggest foreign investors on the territory of the former USSR. The company's Baltic office manager cites the following data: 35 million dollars invested in St.Petersburg, 3 million dollars invested in Latvia, about 10 million dollars - in Estonia (by the end of this year); a factory started up in Lithuania in the space of 70 days. The next target is Kaliningrad. * VOLKSWAGEN. Four Latvian enterpises - Auda, Straume, Laima and Radiotechnika - have become objects of research for Berlin experts on market and trade. The research, financed by the Volkswagen foundation, concerns the prospects and possibilities of German investments. On the whole it will cover the Baltics as well as the territory of the former USSR. Source:EDI OIL * The Ports Council of Latvia made necessary decision for the building of oil port-terminal. Oil terminal parts is belonging to the corporations: STATOIL, NESTE, UNITRADE PETROLEUM, HANZA BUKERING, MANTESS. Source:EDI * RIVER GAUJA THREATENED, in 1975, an oil processing plant in Riga began to pollute the Inculans area with sulphuric acid. These pollutants have now accumulated to the proportions of a lake, over 1.5 km2 in area. Ten years from now the Gauja river will be threatened. The Latvian-American company Baltec has begun to try to save the area, and Danish geologists are also involved. Source:"Labrit" Latvia _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** "ENVIRONMENT-CULTURE/SCIENCE-EDUCATION" A summer ecological course is to be held for teachers and pupils aged 14-17 who are interested in protection of the environment, in particular, that of the Baltic Sea region, and also wishing to do the sights of the historical places of St.Petersburg and become familiar with the culture of city. Time and Location: July 10-17, 1994, An academician Gymna- sia of the St.Petersburg State University, Old Petershof, St.Petersburg, Russia. Old Petershof is a worldfamed historical and architectural complex noted for its well-known palace and part ensembles as well as for the famous fountains and situated in the suburb of St.Petersburg. Organizers: UNESCO Center - St.P. together with the Acade- mician Gymnasia of the St.P. State University for talanted children from St.P. and also from the North-Western region of Russia. The programme includes: lectures on the ecological situa- tion in the Baltic Sea region, practical and laboratory studies for pupils, excursions, visits to the Zoologoical museum, to the St.P. State University and to the Nuclear Power Plant, a cultural programme. Accomodation: Dormitory of the Academician Gymnasia of the St.P. State University, Old Petershof. Total cost: US $35 per day ( accomodation in single, doub- le rooms and rooms for three persons, meals, training and cul- tural programmes). Travel cost: The travel cost will be carried by the parti- cipants themselves. The applications for participation in summer course should contain the names, addresses, fax and phone numbers of schools. The applications are to be sent to: BSP representative for St.Petersburg Mr.Stanislav Babich UNESCO Center in St.P., Chaikovsky str.28, 119194 St.Pe- tersburg, phone +7 812 272-31-20, fax +7 812 273-27-12 _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION INITIATIVES CENTER The NVDAIC was established in mid-May 1994 by some organi- zations from Russia. This establishers is: Eco-politological Club "Alternative" (Saratov/Russia), "Alternative Civilization" International Center, ECODEFENSE!, also with participation of "Rainbow Keepers". "Deep" or "radical" ecologists" - can speak about many members of this organizations, also establishers of direct action movement in Russia. New organization main goal. Green movements in many countries is in deep crisis or go to the crisis, today. People's interest to the greens is very little. To make this interest more by non-violence direct acti- ons. New organization future activity. To organize non-violence direct actions for defense of the environment and any activities for optimization of green move- ments. The plans. In December 1994 the NVDAIC will try to organize interna- tional meeting of radical environmentalists on the theme "The Ways From The Crisis". The NVDAIC plan to gather radicals from whole world and to make this meeting in Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg. Contact addresses: Olga Pitsunova and Vladimir Sliviak . _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** THE B.S.R. PUBLICATION LIST * "Enviro" environmental magazine; 2 issues in year; colo- red, illustrated; in English; subscription questions to send on address: National Agency for Education, S-106 20 Stockholm, Sweden * "EuroNature" newsletter on the World Bank and the envi- ronment; published two issues; in English; publishers: EURONATURE Buro Bonn, Koblenzer Str.9, D-53359 Rheinbach/Bonn, Germany * ECODEFENSE! magazine, 4-6 issues in year; illustrated, in Russian; on Global environmental issues; contact: address of ECODEFENSE!inform agency. * The Working Team on Renewables Newsletter; monthly-bi- monthly; illustrated; on energy issues; in English; contact: address of ECODEFENSE!inform agency. * The Eco-Chronicle, monthly magazine; diffrent kinds of env.news; in English; published by information agency "Seve- ro-Zapad" St.Petersburg/Russia; contact: szia@glas.apc.org or Mikael Book, Tallberginkato 1/39, FIN-00180 Helsinki, e-ma- il:book@katto.kaapeli.fi * Sustainable Energy News, quarterly illustrate magazine; published by Information Network for Sustainable Energy (INforSE). Contact: inforse@pns.apc.org * EE-Net News, magazine of news on environmental educati- on; published by Latvian Eco-Center; contact: Ecological Cen- ter, University of Latvia, 19 Rainis blv., Riga, LV-1586, Lat- via _______________________________________________________________ *************************************************************** ECODEFENSE!inform bulletins get more than 150 env.NGOs of EARTH *************************************************************** Editorial Board thanks for financial help from "Sowing the Seeds of Democracy: A project for Environmental Grant-Making in tha NIS" program, which realize by ISAR. *************************************************************** Editorial Board: Alexandra Koroleva, Vladimir Sliviak ***************************************************************