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| posted by duncan on Friday, 11. April 2003, 16:27 in topic: eco city banjaluka |
eco city banja luka
"eco city project – banja luka" could and indeed should become the most exciting global architectural project, an example of a new direction in a new age. if it gathers sufficient momentum, it will happen. its up to us to make that momentum
the worlds population is moving into the urban, sustainable city living is the problem we as designers must create the solutions for. This project is attempting to face this challenge.
Personally I think today’s architectural vision is lost, this is exactly the thing architecture and indeed the world needs.
Placing it in the Balkans is the most appropriate position for it due to recent wars.
ecotopia happened in Ireland last summer, hopefully it will happen in banja luka sometime soon, sustainable living can happen out in the woods but we have to make it happen in our urban world
www.ecg.rs.sr is the website of the eco city banjaluka group
easa.antville.org is the main COMMUNICATION SPACE for this project, anyone can contribute to it, so it will grow as the project itself does. See the latest on what’s going on, contribute your input and help make this idea of ECO CITY a reality
below are links to the wider global discussion about this project
indymedia ireland.indymedia.org
ORAISTE www.oraiste.com
Archeire www.archeire.com
Sustainable Ireland www.sustainable.ie
Eco city forum
curitiba
make the world a better place...please do
Eko grad banjaluka
Projekat Banjaluka Eko Grad mogao bi i uistinu bi trebao postati najinteresantniji arhitektonski projekat globalno, primjer novog pravca u novom dobu. Ukoliko dobije odgovarajuæi znaèaj, to æe se i dogoditi, na nama je da to omoguæimo.
Svjetska populacija migrira ka gradovima, problem održivog razvoja i života grada je problem za koje mi planeri moramo naæi rješenje. Ovaj projekat je jedan od naèina da se suoèimo sa ovim izazovom.
Danas kada je arhitektonska vizija nedovoljno jasna , to je ono što arhitektura i svijet zaista trebaju. Realizacija ove ideje na Balkanu možda je pravi izbor, s obzirom na protekli rat.
Ekotopija je projekat koji je realizovan u Irskoj prošlo ljeto, a koji je pokazao kako princip održivog razvoja funkcioniše u prirodi, i kako princip iznaæi i u urbanoj sredini.
www.ecg.rs.sr je web stranica Eco City Group
easa.antville.org is je glavni prostor za komunikaciju ovog projekta, svako se može ukljuèiti.Budite u toku posljednjih dešavanja, dajte svoj doprinos i pomozite u ostvarenju ideje EKO GRADA.
Dole i navedeni linkovi su veza sa forum prostorom i projektima na ovu temu na globalnom nivou.
indymedia ireland.indymedia.org
ORAISTE www.oraiste.com
Archeire www.archeire.com
Sustainable Ireland www.sustainable.ie
Eco city forum
curitiba
uèinimo svijet boljim mjestom za život, …
"eco city project – banja luka" could and indeed should become the most exciting global architectural project, an example of a new direction in a new age. if it gathers sufficient momentum, it will happen. its up to us to make that momentum
the worlds population is moving into the urban, sustainable city living is the problem we as designers must create the solutions for. This project is attempting to face this challenge.
Personally I think today’s architectural vision is lost, this is exactly the thing architecture and indeed the world needs.
Placing it in the Balkans is the most appropriate position for it due to recent wars.
ecotopia happened in Ireland last summer, hopefully it will happen in banja luka sometime soon, sustainable living can happen out in the woods but we have to make it happen in our urban world
www.ecg.rs.sr is the website of the eco city banjaluka group
easa.antville.org is the main COMMUNICATION SPACE for this project, anyone can contribute to it, so it will grow as the project itself does. See the latest on what’s going on, contribute your input and help make this idea of ECO CITY a reality
below are links to the wider global discussion about this project
indymedia ireland.indymedia.org
ORAISTE www.oraiste.com
Archeire www.archeire.com
Sustainable Ireland www.sustainable.ie
Eco city forum
curitiba
make the world a better place...please do
Eko grad banjaluka
Projekat Banjaluka Eko Grad mogao bi i uistinu bi trebao postati najinteresantniji arhitektonski projekat globalno, primjer novog pravca u novom dobu. Ukoliko dobije odgovarajuæi znaèaj, to æe se i dogoditi, na nama je da to omoguæimo.
Svjetska populacija migrira ka gradovima, problem održivog razvoja i života grada je problem za koje mi planeri moramo naæi rješenje. Ovaj projekat je jedan od naèina da se suoèimo sa ovim izazovom.
Danas kada je arhitektonska vizija nedovoljno jasna , to je ono što arhitektura i svijet zaista trebaju. Realizacija ove ideje na Balkanu možda je pravi izbor, s obzirom na protekli rat.
Ekotopija je projekat koji je realizovan u Irskoj prošlo ljeto, a koji je pokazao kako princip održivog razvoja funkcioniše u prirodi, i kako princip iznaæi i u urbanoj sredini.
www.ecg.rs.sr je web stranica Eco City Group
easa.antville.org is je glavni prostor za komunikaciju ovog projekta, svako se može ukljuèiti.Budite u toku posljednjih dešavanja, dajte svoj doprinos i pomozite u ostvarenju ideje EKO GRADA.
Dole i navedeni linkovi su veza sa forum prostorom i projektima na ovu temu na globalnom nivou.
indymedia ireland.indymedia.org
ORAISTE www.oraiste.com
Archeire www.archeire.com
Sustainable Ireland www.sustainable.ie
Eco city forum
curitiba
uèinimo svijet boljim mjestom za život, …
duncan, Sunday, 13. April 2003, 18:01
60 + of us from all over europe are working very hard together to try to turn this idea into a reality.we are also having an amazing time doing so.
duck ye ovdiah puno zakun
the SPIRIT here is very amazing
ECO ROCKS
week 1 is over
yesterday we had a lovely day and went to one of the most amazing places i have ever been in my life, EKO ZONE @ zelenkovac, a settlement in a forest an hour from banja luka, www.mrkonjic-grad.com it is an amazing place, a tree house out in the woods, we sang, drank, danced, laughed.
bosnia t.v is covering this project. so too is state media, newspapers etc.
we will work for one more week and then its home for most of us. hopefully we will have succeeded in creating a progressive thinking and acting network that will lead this city toward the ideal state we want it to be
buildings like trees, cities like forests.
this project can become an example to the world, of how despite bad things and bad times people can work together and overcome their differences to create someething beautiful
we are working with the youth group "hi neighbour" too, so we will be working with loads of the young people of the city, they are already preparing street theatre and music performances for EARTH DAY, tue 22nd of april, 3 days after we go home
the work we putting together will be exhibited in the serbian republic state art gallery, which is here in banja luka. this part will be part 2 of the story, this exhibition will be inclussive, so that people can connect into the ECO network, there and then in the gallery. with that more people get involved and the project grows,
there will be a parade or walk also on the opening day of this exhibition, that will visit a few nodes in the city and have installations happen there. the point of this is to raise AWARENESS about the project.
the university sits on the bank of the river, there is an empty field inbetween, this is being called EKO PARK BANJA LUKA, it is an open space, the river bank walk goes through it, as part of the ceremony a symbolic tree will be planted here by ECO CITY GROUP, with care and effort this tree can grow to be a strong, beautiful, powerful system, this story relates to how too the city can develop.
how will the city look in 50 years, 100 years, 1000 years?
WHAT IS AN ECO CITY?
that is the question that we are asking, we dont have all the answers, but at least we are asking the question
duncan, Sunday, 13. April 2003, 18:32
www.ecosustainable.com.auis the place to find links and all the info you want on eco stuff
if you want to do something to help this project, click on above then contact some of the groups and tell them about this project and ask them to contribute
the more people that add to this discussion the better, that will encourage others to participate.
Andjelina, Sunday, 13. April 2003, 21:27
Ooh YeahWe are having this project "Banjaluka eco city" going real well…
These 7 days spending it here with friends, are incredible!
Last few days had brought so many new ideas and new knowledg, which, eventhough I was organizer I couldn't expect… Seems like this impact of east and west, different ideas gave new aspect of this Eco issue!
Me myself have learned so many new things, somehow we menaged to taste "ECO" - we have some lecturers about Banjaluka's current eco status, than we visited ECO center where river is being cleaned, and last night we had such a great party in Zelenkovac, something like an eco village in mountains, with healthy water and ground, air…. Seems like new aspects of nature and man's impact on it just have shown… I can't believe this! And this idea to plant a tree in our University campus will also raise this feeling of community, and will prove that people can do what ever they want if they just think about the idea!
I hope that rest of the SESAM will be just fine, keep your fingers crossed!!!
Andjelina
duncan, Monday, 14. April 2003, 18:16
duh je ovdje zakon means; the spirit here is amazingi hope everybody feels comfortable to contribute here, no matter how big or small you feel your contribution is, it is very important to communicate it. that is how healthy diverse open systems develop. as online communication increases, real communication increases, with that we get closer and closer to making the idea of "ECO CITY" a reality.
Nadam se da se svako osjeca slobodnim da da svoj doprinos, bez obzira koliko smatrao da je on veliki ili mali, vazno je ispoljiti svoje misljenje. Do je upravo nacin na koji se stvaraju raznoliki otvoreni sistemi. Kako se komunikacija putem interneta bude razvijala, nivo stvarne komunikacije se povecava, a mi se sami zblizavamo u nastojanju da ideja "Eko grad" postan realnost.
thanks (hvala)
dunk
duncan, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 12:01
Where to from here?
- banja luka “no plastic” project
- ecotopia @ zelenkovac 2005
or industrial area of BL
- indymedia bosnia
- ECO CITY BANJA LUKA awareness project
o Flyers
o Media
o Street theatre – music – art
o “hi neighbour” youth project – nelson development center – GETO – young researchers
o internet – EASA – eco mags and sites – ark schools @ world
- curitiba and banja luka – twin towns
- EARTH DAY festival – 22 april 2003
- Convergence festival < irish ecological festival with ECO CITY debate with leading figures on issue>
- ECO PARADE – Friday 18 april 2003 < as opening part of exhibition >
o Tree planting @ ECO PARK <field between university and river>
o River and open dirty water pumped in
o Hi neighbour
o Old fort
o Market
o Open space < street theatre >
o Main street
o City hall
o Art gallery
- feedback sessions every evening 6.45
- malu eco parade @ uni – tomorrow, tue @ 1.00
o street theatre - eko sign
- eko footprint
duncan, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 12:05
Hello, Tried to put this up on the EASA website, but as I'm a complete technophobe it proved impossible. Anyway, would just like to say how inspiring it is to see people doing such good stuff as in Banja Luka. Its just a shame that more of us can't be over there to experience the spirit of the place. Maybe next time though? Anyway, keep up the good work people and remember 'life is for living'.
Charlotte
from www.oraiste.com , another strand of the network
duncan, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 12:47
banja luka is officially a GREEN CITY, as its proportion of green space and trees to humans is so high.population is over a quarter of a million and growing, especially with refugees from last war.
it has a huge river running through the city centre. the banks of this river are still natural, wiht eco systems, bio diversity, birds and bees about
the place is changing though
more and more cars
more CO2, carbon dioxide
more pollution, plastic bags and bottles just thrown into the massive river
worst of all there is a massive pipe coming from the factories which pours its DIRTY WATER into the river, right into the river outside the university. as long as continues there is no eco city,
if people become organised, work with each other and existing NETWORKS in the city and with the OUTSIDE WORLD to bring pressure on the government to deal with this problem it will be the first step
the second step will be getting rid of it in a SUSTAINABLE way.
sounds like an uphill battle, but as LAO TZU said 2500 years ago
a thousand mile journey starts with the first step
duncan, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 13:26
we met the mayor and had a nice chat 
we looked around and saw some strange industry buildings
we made our own open source library
we have had our first casualty
all in all though, the network is growing
we are having party after party
and we are doing what we can to help the world to grow in the way it has done long before we arrived, in an ecological way
ljiljana, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 14:04
First,I know BL better than others because I was born here.You can`t imagine how I like my town.But it has started dirty place recently.I would like to change that.One of the ways is to organize projects like "Banjaluka-eco city".As you can see my town has a beautiful river Vrbas.Hope that somebody finally think how to clear its bank.I have a dream to walk along clear green Vrbas and to enjoy a view.Hope things will go better.
Ljiljana
ljiljana, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 14:16
Yesterday,I heard for project "Banjaluka-eco city" for a first time.As I work for youth radio station "Radio Balkan" I made a story about that.That`s my way to help your ideas.So,hope that people will hear for you thanks to our story.If you are interested in that story you can hear it tomorrow at noon in program named "Student journal".Radio Balkan is on 95,9MHz.Enjoy.
Radio Balkan
Ljiljana
sonja i dragan, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 21:13
hi everybody there,we are sonja from eko-stan(friendly apartmant) and dragan from river-banks,
we just wanted to say hi, and to say that we are all having great time, and especially to thank dunkan for supporting us here.
hi from banja luka-eko grad
tana i sale, Tuesday, 15. April 2003, 22:38
Puno pozdrava za nasu BANJA LUKU iz Nove Pazove, a posebno za Sonju i Dragana!!!Samo tako nastavite:)
duncan, Wednesday, 16. April 2003, 12:05
easa.antville.org
is an earlier discussion about ECO CITY, it was started in november 2002 after this project was announced to EASA, there was very little contribution to this debate from banja luka, communication with the outside world is essential for this ECO CITY project to succeed
duncan, Wednesday, 16. April 2003, 12:09
awareness of ECO CITY BANJA LUKAECO CITY BANJA LUKA is a 2 week long project initiated by students from the architecture department of the university. There are 60+ people here from all over Europe and even someone who has even come from Canada. There are architects, artists, ecologists, planners and a psychologist.
The bosnia media have covered it and local news and radio groups
publicizing this project is the most important thing, already many people know of and are supportive of the project. But we have to do more, to create systems so everybody is aware.
we have been in communication with some of the youth groups of the city.
They are the most important people to get involved with as they are the cities future.
They are already preparing music and street theatre for EARTH DAY, which happens next Tuesday the 22nd of April. So we hope to be working together to highlight each others projects and to try to make banja luka more sustainable.
On Friday the 18th at 7.00 is the grand opening of the ECO CITY BANJA LUKA exhibition in the art gallery, which is the main gallery for Srpska Republic. The exhibition will last 2 weeks and will show our projects, ideas, views, plans etc.
The exhibition will also be open, it will allow for townspeople to contribute their views and dreams.
It will be the first spark or catalyst that will develop further networks and initiaves, that are the key things needed to progress this IDEA to a REALITY.
It will also be an ongoing communication project. At the moment work is being done to strengthen communication between banja luka and the world, and vice versa. The internet and emails are the main way of doing this. It was hoped that the art gallery could have a computer hooked up to the internet, but unfortunately this is not looking like it is going to happen.
This is ironically a bit symbolic of how communication here is today.
There are 3 internet cafes and a few online connections in the university. But we are trying to develop a LINK TO THE WORLD from
Cultural Information Centre, (Cafe bar) KIC,
Milana Rakiæa 22, Banja Luka
kic, a café/ pub that does loads of multi media, music and art projects to develop the cultural side of life in banja luka. It also happens to be one of the nicest pubs I have ever been in. the idea is that there will be an online connection from there direct into the online
eco city banjaluka discussion
so Friday is the big day, the rough plan is the following
5.30 tree planting @ eko park <new name of field outside university>
walk into town, along eko route
street theatre/ performance/ music @ open space beside top of market, beside shopping center
outside performance and installations @ art gallery
7.00 opening of exhibition, free and open to everybody
so please support this project, get involved and get more people involved, do what you can to make this idea a reality
hvala
dunk
contacts
Duncan Crowley / Irish ark student 02092997@brookes.ac.uk
Bilja, Bosnian organizer – 065 729 649
Vesna, Bosnian organizer – 051 316452
EASA, European architectural student assembly- NGO 22 year old body
easa.antville.org
duncan, Wednesday, 16. April 2003, 12:35
ECOTOPIA 2005 could and i feel should happen in bosnia. the country mostly affected by the worst war in europe since WW2.
ECOTOPIA 2005 is exactly the type of project that could unite people, rebuild communities and promote more sustainable living
ECOTOPIA
Held over the first three weeks of August, Ecotopia is an attempt at building a self-reliant community, putting into practice the governing principles of an environmentally friendly life-style: waste recycling, vegetarian kitchen, consensus decision-making process, the use of alternative energy (hot water for dish-washing through solar panels, etc.). Furthermore, Ecotopia is a place to exchange experiences, spread information and enrich one's knowledge through workshops and discussions. Day-to-day policy is made through direct democracy at the daily circle. Where possible Ecotopians participate in regional actions and clean ups, working with local organisations.
www.eyfa.org
is this years ecotopia in The Carpathian mountains in Ukraine this summer
www.ecotopia2002.org is last years in ireland, 1000+ people participated, lived, worked together from all over the world
these are the people to talk to and listen to in terms of "sustainability" today; they are living it and trying to spread it, i lived with them last summer for about a week and i learned a lot, i think many "architects" have a lot to learn
my problem, as mentioned before, is that it is great to go out and live in the forest for a few weeks or longer. but there are serious challenges, the most important being that of making urban systems more "sustainable" as so much of the worlds population is moving into the urban. that is what ECO CITY BANJA LUKA has tried to explore
it would be great if ecotopia addressed this, and tried to have an "ecotopia" in banja luka in 2 years. either in the amazing forest at zelenkovac
www.mrkonjic-grad.com
or tackling the urban problem by occupying the industrial area of banja luka??
wherever though, ECOTOPIA is a great event. the balkans and bosnia in particular need something like this.
so please think about and make real
ECOTOPIA 2005 @ BALKANS
duncan, Wednesday, 16. April 2003, 12:40
Convergence Festival 2003 Sustainable Living Festival
May 16th to 25th at Cultivate: Sustainable Living Centre.
Essex Street West, Temple Bar, Dublin, ireland
is happening in dublin next month, there will be a forum on ECO CITY, wiht guest speakers
convergence 4 is an example of the kind of festival/ education systems/ gatherings that are needed to help bring about an ideal of an "eco-city" by creating many small scale, local level projects
The 4th Annual Convergence Festival brings together a host of ideas and solutions in an attempt to define how to create a culture of sustainability. The Festival will feature conferences, workshops, films, theatre, music and exhibits. This year’s themes include the eco-economy, plant medicines, traditional knowledge, slow food, education for sustainability, natural health, appropriate technology, ecotourism, renewable energy, eco-cities, urban food production, eco-design and community building.
it would be great if ECO CITY team and projects communicate with this irish initiave
_______________________________
Sustainable Ireland Cooperative
15-19 Essex Street West
Dublin 8
01 6746396
www.sustainable.ie
email- convergence@sustainable.ie
duncan, Thursday, 17. April 2003, 13:20
posted by alicia falvey on Thursday, 17. April 2003, 11:36 in topic: fuspeyGreening Dublin
Duncan organized a group to go on a green walk around Dublin that culminated in Grafton st where we gave out free organic lettuce. We wore posters that promoted sustainable living and overalls. We got a positive response. The event brought awareness and fun to Dublin and was great outlet to express our enthusiasm and energy about working for a greener Dublin.
I'll send you photos Duncan. I don't have the net at home so I'll save them and bring them in. My assesments are comming up It could be after.
nikola faller, Thursday, 17. April 2003, 14:51
sculpture meets architecture hello! i am nikola and i study sculpture, this SESAM in which i fell into is really great and i am happy for joining it because i start to see things from a different view. we have alot of positiv energie gathering around here. long live the export import of ideas! lets plant trees!!! 2003
duncan, Thursday, 17. April 2003, 15:17
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
Chief Seattle, native american @ 1850
fritjof capra uses this as an intro to his book we are using as a source of info about ECOLOGY and working with nature
www.fritjofcapra.net
is a link to his website
www.2think.org gives a short description of the boook
duncan, Thursday, 17. April 2003, 16:08
KIC-kultural informational centre
banja luka`s connection to the world
after Irenes birthday party last week, a few of us ended up in KIC, i thought we were just going to another little pub, but when we got there i arrived into what i think is the best pub i have ever been in?
im not sure whether it was the few ales or pivo i had drunk, the company, the place or a mixture of all of these.
all i know is i said to my friends, wow this place ROCKS, duh je ovdje zakon, the SPIRIT here is amazing.
it was hard to leave later, as they were playing “the real thing” by faith no more, one of my favourite albums
anyway it turns out KIC is more than a pub, its everything, a multi media, film showing, art, games, info, discussion, music, pub, cafe, place.
and it is becoming banja luka`s connection to the world.
we had hoped that there would be an online connection in the gallery during the art exhibition of ECO CITY BANJA LUKA, so that people could communicate with the world outside the city, and that the outer world would have a direct link into the art gallery. but unfortunately this is not happening, we then approached KIC and asked them could we use their internet connection as a link to the world, there is some problem with this but we are still making KIC the main COMMUNICATION SPACE to continue this project.
what does this mean
the exhibition will run for 2 weeks and hopefully it will show the people of banja luka how they can embrace the idea of ECO CITY and get involved with NETWORKS to make it a REALITY
but there needs to be people there to discuss, answer questions and such things. there will not be ECO CTY GROUP people present in the gallery during the entire exhibtion so if people have questions they can find out more at KIC, where info and people will be.
they can also read the ECO CITY BOOK, an open source growing discussion, and even contribute their own feedback to it. IN this way the DISCUSSION keeps growing and we get closer and closer to our ideal, of ECO CITY
www.brightonart.org
duncan, Thursday, 17. April 2003, 16:28
80 questions around the world are a group of people who are making a journey around the world and asking 80 questions in places they visit. This journey will take three years
they will be in banja luka about 22nd of august 2003
people of this planet think about the planet as it is
What they ask? --> We consider this world as a great place, with enormous variety, very good potention and endless beauty. But in the same time we see new dilemma's and questions coming up every day. Questions about environment, poverty and health, technological progress, armament, missile shields, refugees, minorities, native people, European integration, terrorism, travel and tourism and economics are more and more becoming related to another. We ask ourselves how to continue dealing with this new form of information.
www.80questions.net
so our question to them was:
question- we are ECO CITY BANJA LUKA team, we are working from KIC. can you support and communicate with us and help us realize our dream
answer- yes you can, add to easa.antville.org
in topic :global conscienceness:
duncan, Thursday, 17. April 2003, 17:20
IT IS GREAT TO SEE HOW SUPPORTIVE YOU AND IRELAND IS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, I LOOK FOREWARD TO COMMUNICATING TO THE WORLD JUST HOW LITTLE VISION YOU HAVE
unfortunately you are now being made a mocary of in an art gallery in banja luka, bosnia. you are characterized as the big fat arrogant european who couldent give two fucks about whats going on in the world, once its not affecting him.
when people are desperately looking for help and you are the person able to provide it, that gives you power, its a pity paul that you can not or will not provide this assistance to the people of bosnia, who more than anyone else have gone through such pain in the recent balkan war. this project is an attempt to bring peace, prosperity and some happiness to peoples lives here, and in doing that an attempt to create an example to the world of what is an ECO CITY
as the info person of AAI, architectural association of ireland, you are in a position to inform the irish architectural community of information which affects them, architecture and the world. that is your job, please do it
inform the irish architectural community of ECO CITY BANJA LUKA and ask them for their support and help by communicating in the main COMMUNICATION SPACE, which is at easa.antville.org
the answer to the first request from paul clerkin ( information controller of AAI, architectural association of ireland) was simply
“Stop sending me your rubbish”
you can contact paul or inform the irish architectural community at www.archeire.com
dexter, Thursday, 17. April 2003, 22:35
ok eco peopleTomorrow is the day, when we are going to present to world the products of our time spended in workshops.
I hope that you all will be successful in finishing of your work.
We, from eco apartment, had problems because of weather these days, but I hope that tomorrow the weather will be on our side,
if it's not, then you better bring some high boots if you want to enter our apartment :)
Anyway, our vision of an eco apartment was (and still is) to get back to the nature, because without it we can't exist,
and as long as people don't comprehend that, they will continue ruining it. We tried to make connection within apartment and nature
so when you walk in, you feel like you're still in the nature but in an apartment.
We also used (as it was possible) eco materials for our furniture. Warning: those are just the symbols, if you see some chair,
please don't try to sit down on it :)
We have some proposals about using alternative sources of energy (thank dunk for the ideas, go raibh maith agat )
... all of that you can see there, in front of the national gallery
so see you there
Bojan
ecocity, Friday, 18. April 2003, 10:27
ECOCITY BANJA LUKA is nearly 2 weeks old, today is the big day, end of part 1 of the story, the start of part 2today we put our work into the gallery, have our AWARENESS wander from EKO PARK to the art gallery, where our work will have a home for 2 weeks.
it is one thing to have work in the gallery but we need to make people aware so that they go there.
the objective of these weeks was to set up a system which could start new connections, new networks, new events, new actions. so that this beautiful city does become more like ECO CITY.
it will be a long journey, but as long as people want it to happen it will happen, it does take work but that allows for the enjoyment of meeting people, learning new things, living
the amount of energy we recieve from the sun in 1 hour on planet earth is enough to power the planet for 1 year, we have to learn how to harness this
ecocity is this character
eco is the password
this has been set up to make it easier for banja luka people to access this COMMUNICATION SPACE and with that get communicating
COMMUNICATION is the key, if that dies, project dies, so please communicate
dunk
Andjelina, Wednesday, 23. April 2003, 18:53
hey there!yeah sooo many new things eventhough SESAM is finished!
Dunk thanks for this emphasizing of the communication, it means a lot!
I read all the comments added before mine and I have to add that certain Mr Paul also has turned me down when I wanted to add a info on that irish web page for architects. he said that was rubish... it happened in december 2002 or November 2003. Anyway, still I see that even without some help this eesam was successfull, cause we got offer to write a project proposal to REC(regional enviromental center), and luckily we will gather some money to publish a brochure about things going on here! Also we have done so many things - planetd our own tree to symbolize all our efforts towards healthy banjaluka....
With Young researchers we signed petition for adoption of LEAP(local ecological action plan)...
Now there is an exibition which gets good critics each day...
Hope that some of you can see some work we have done ... till than, here you are with these!!!
andjelina
duncan, Tuesday, 29. April 2003, 18:19
Ecotopia 2003 in Ukraineposted by javier montellano on Monday, 28. April 2003, 15:13 in topic: eco city banjaluka
Ecotopia 2003 in Ukraine
Ecotopia 2003 is the summer gathering of the european wide EYFA activist network.
This summer camp is set up as an example of sustainability in all aspects (environmental, economical, social), hopefully a place for exchange and experimentation (in the way of workshops, cleaning activities in the area, etc), and a starting point of future projects.
This year, Ecotopia will take place in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk area, from the 20th of August till the 3rd of September.
Ecotopia alternates every year between a country from the so-called Western Europe and a country from the so-called Eastern Europe.
But this time is the first time that it takes place in a former URSS country.
As an example of sustainable transport, every year there is a biketour organized to the ecotopia site.
The offical title for the Ecotopia this year is "YOUNG PEOPLE AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS ".
In this frame it would extremely valuable to have presence, as complete as possible, from the former Yugoslav republics.
Also, one of the practical focuses will be on SUSTAINABLE CITIES.
As Ecotopia takes place in a rural community, ways to overcome the traditional (and painful) differences and barriers countryside/city should also be discussed.
And, last but not least, I think that EYFA and EASA have quite some paralells and could benefit both from the exchange of experiences.
For more information, application form and so check :
www.eyfa.org
www.thebiketour.net
and questions, to
ecotopia2003@eyfa.org
www.eyfa.org
or directly to me,
javimontellano@yahoo.es
(right now, I am desperately looking for contact in Kosovo, Albania, and FYROM)
duncan, Tuesday, 29. April 2003, 20:16
shows how beautiful bosnia is
is a fine image of the city, notice how the banks are still left natural with many trees
hvala angelina for images
borvo, Thursday, 1. May 2003, 10:54
I can just say that this project, Eco city Banja Luka, can live after this exhibition. I did some work with a couple of my friends and we're trying to set up a big cleaning of banks of river Vrbas. It should take place some time next month. Right now we're in negotiations with mayor and he is pretty interested in project like that. I'll keep you informed about this issue.
Andjelina, Friday, 2. May 2003, 20:16
Eco hello from BiH!Thank you everyone paying attention to these things happening over here!
ECO CITY still living! Yes, we got a comment that this expo was one of the most visited, and tonight there is a television show about the exhibition, on National TV. At the moment I am doing so many things in order to promote the idea - writing reports for NCs, for local interested people in Serbian language, collecting all photo, MVI, video and audio shootings we had in order to make promoting collection for all participants and people who are interested to see it. Also trying to collect all TV shows we had… Bit hard, and to many things… Not only that….
Many people interested in ECO city -so ECG also got one more extra chance! We were invited by SEE REC (South Eastern Europe Regional Center) to participate in one seminar where we offered a new project proposal, and got selected, so only three projects from BiH(including ours) will go to Budapest where it will be decided weather we will get a chance to implement it or not. The ideas is management with spontaneous waste and new design for bins and benches for some Banjaluka's settlements...
I have also sent some training opportunities in SEE region to all people participating oin SEZAM in order to improve their knowledge in ecology…
I really expect that some of you will give any comment… At least, after I send you report on things that were going on here in period 7-19th of April, 2003
Dunk thanks a lot for all your efforts!
Hvala, I vidimo se!
Andjelina
Andjelina, Friday, 2. May 2003, 20:35
ecocity, Tuesday, 6. May 2003, 10:52
gracias jose for pic
super dobra
duncan, Tuesday, 6. May 2003, 11:42
easa.antville.orgis an further attempt to try to get EASA more invovled with our project.
this years main EASA theme is SUSTAINABILITY.
i believe trying to create networks that lead cities toward the ideal of ECO CITY, is the main process architecture and sustainability, green, ecological groups have to focus on,
i believe ECOTOPIA is probably the most progressive vehicle we can use to achieve this state.
we do not have the answers. but we have started to ask the right questions.
duncan, Tuesday, 6. May 2003, 19:17
is a possible route ECO CITY GROUP exhibition could go, wander around the planet setting up communication systems, art events, educational systems. bringing together people and developing and setting up NETWORKS, and making a bigger ECO CITY GROUP.
could be a whole lot of FUN
ecocity, Friday, 9. May 2003, 11:41
WORLD BANK BOYCOTT
last night we had an economist from senegal, demba dembele, talk to us about the world bank and its negative affects on africa and in particular senegal.
he was joined by a lady from india too.
basically WTO, IMF, world bank, pump money into "developing nations" knowing full well that it comes right back to the leading nations through debt.
a new global network has started up from some "developing nations" and grown into a very well worked out system BOYCOTT WORLD BANK, it tries to get groups to not support the world bank by not usings its BONDS.
already many city municipalities, universities and groups have signed up to this boycott, its modelled on the method which got rid of apartheid in south africa. cities in the united states which have signed up are
san fancisco
boulder
milwakee
university of new mexico
wadham college, oxford, england
we are trying to get brookes to sign up to this boycott, we encourage you to find out about the boycott at
www.wbbeurope.org
and try to get your uni/ group to sign up
this is architectural. if you explore its details you see why. also many NGO environmental groups are behind this boycott due to the UNSUSTAINABLE systems the WORLD BANK enforces, ie dam building and forcing african countries to start buying U.S tomatoes and stop planting their own
more info on our campaign as it develops at
uk.indymedia.org
and follow this article at its main space of.
easa.antville.org
dunk
duncan, Monday, 12. May 2003, 16:21
FUSPEY week is happening this week in oxford, englandas part of it we will be highlighting the ECO CITY BANJA LUKA project in an attempt to develop stronger NETWORKS and to make some prectical advances in the project
if people could please post images of the workshops and the exhibition here, or else email to me- 02092997@brookes.ac.uk that would help a lot
hvala
dunk
See FUSPEY website for more details
www.geocities.com
FUSPEY week @ Oxford Brookes Uni
Gipsy Lane campus, Headington road, oxford, england
Monday 12th – Sunday the 18th may 2003
____________________________________________________________
Monday 12th May
Awareness raising and network gathering, main foyer space
____________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 13th May
- “Globalisation and the media” film and discussion
- FUSPEY main event
Globalisation and the media
Lloyd lecture theatre,
1-2pm, 22 minute film followed by open discussion
“Globalisation and the media”
UNDERCURRENTS award winning documentary and discussion afterwards
shown as part of the recent …..oxford documentary film festival
www.oxdox.com
FUSPEY main event
Main Lecture Theatre
4pm to 7pm
Afternoon of films, activities, talks and discussions with guest speakers.
Guest speakers
-Lucy Ford- Lecturer in International Relations- international security and sustainability.
-Pritam Singh- Senior Lecturer, Business School- the global implications of the neo-conservative agenda in the USA.
-Paul Kingsworth- author and journalist for the Ecologist,
-Andy Taylor- conflict, respect and compassion.
-Richard Thompson- Quakers and peace.
-Fiyaz Mughal- Liberal Democrat Councillor- activity in the local community
____________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday 14th May
-Steven Hawkins universe. Short inspirational film and discussion about, life, the universe and everything
Abercrombie lecture hall, A405, (up stairs outside library to top floor )
6pm
____________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 15th May
-“Globalisation and the media” film and discussion
-WORLD BANK BOYCOTT discussion
-The FUSPEY lecture, film preview and wine reception
Globalisation and the media
Main lecture theatre,
1.00 – 2.00, 22 minute film followed by open discussion
WORLD BANK BOYCOTT discussion
Gibbs building room 110, 5pm
Online @ easa.antville.org
The FUSPEY lecture, film preview and wine reception
Main lecture hall
6pm
____________________________________________________________________________
Friday 16th May
-Public meeting,Friday 16th May 7pm Oxford Town Hall,St.Aldates.
End the Occupation of Iraq!
Speakers George Galloway
Milan Rai (Arrow)
Christine Shawcroft (Labour Party NEC)
Ghada Razuki (Stop the War Coalition)
Focusing attention of week on
WORLD BANK BOYCOTT
____________________________________________________________
See FUSPEY website for more details
www.geocities.com
or email Fuspey@yahoo.co.uk
braca, Tuesday, 13. May 2003, 16:41
english is down...Evo malo i ja da dosadjujem, pa ne moze samo irac!
Kako je sve pocelo? I pored svega valjda smo napokon shvatili kolike potencijale nam ostavlja proslost... A mi smo samo korisnici... treba ih zadrzati...
Sta? Banjaluku kao razuzdani grad preobratiti u zdrav organizam arhetipski prihvacenog urbanog ekosistema
Zasto? preziveti! vratiti se civilizaciji - duhovno, likovno...
Kako? Pokazali smo pionirske, naivne ali originalne, nekonvencionalne mehanizme. Zaokrenuli smo tocak...
Impresija: jos jednom je pokazao Balkan koliko ima duha -To je pravi nacin!
sljivovica is the key!
How everything started? after all, i hope we (this crazy part of the world) finnaly realized what potencials we got from past times to protect... we are just temporary users... we must take care about...
What is the key? From Banjaluka as dissolute city make evolution change in healthy organism of primarly accepted urban ecosystem. And most important! we have thousands of Banjaluka here!
Why? to survive! to return to civilisation - spiritually, and practicly...
How? we show pioneer, naive but original non-convencional mechanisms...We iniciated the moving of the wheel...
Impression: After so many times Balkan presented again how it is fulfilled of spirit - that`s the right way!
sljivovica is the key!
duncan, Wednesday, 14. May 2003, 16:44
how are those trees we planted in EKO PARK coming along?
thanks to all who have sent images for the presentation
hvala
dunk
ecocity, Saturday, 24. May 2003, 13:47
Evo konacno i ja da se malo oglasim i dam svoj komentar.Konacno se na jednom mestu skupilo vise ljudi slicnog misljenja koji ipak u ovo ludo vreme tehnike ne odstupaju od svoje prirode i od onoga kako se kaze sto nam je Bog podario.
Covek nikad nece napraviti bolju stvar od one koju nam je dala sama priroda.Na primer pokusajte da napravite CVET lepsi nego sto mozete da nadjete u prirodi.Nemojte ni da pokusavate vec ga uberite u prirodi i poklonite dragoj osobi.
Celu organizaciju samog sesama ne treba mnogo komentarisati.
Sve pohvale za celokupnu organizaciju i nadam se da ce ih biti jos mnogo.
Pozdrav iz Beograda
Vladimir Savic
Jost, Saturday, 24. May 2003, 17:30
this is an english speaking weblog, if u dont want me to understand u, open up ur own bosnian weblog, please.. wants to know, what u are talking about: jost from berlin
duncan, Tuesday, 3. June 2003, 11:14
ZDRAVO vladimirkako se
dunk here
i suggest that you keep writing in srbski and try to also write the same article in english, as best you can, this goes for everyone else.
if your english is not too good, dont worry write in srbski.
this article is printed and put into a book that is in KIC cafe/ multimedia centre.
it is important that all can use it, therefor i stress to EASA that they should encourage all communication on this thread.
if anyone, who is still part of the ECO CITY GROUP, wants to do something beneficial it might be to get a team to translate some of the posts
good luck to banja luka
hvala to all who believe in the idea.
vedimo se
dunk
duncan, Wednesday, 25. June 2003, 13:48
flos question- what is an eco city
my rough answer- again trying ot encourage debate here
easa.antville.org
was set up on Wednesday, 27. November 2002,
no one really added to it
easa.antville.org
began in bosnia during the ECO CITY BANJA LUKA project
im not sure there is set rules for what an ECO CITY is
rough ones are to do with energy, waste, growth,
energy, can we use passive means - yes, sun- wind, water, biomass
why dont we?
we are starting to
enough energy comes to the planet in 1 hour form the sun to power the entire planet for a year
why is this not explored?
(mostly to do with oil companies, which will loose business when we turn eco
ie- see www.stopesso.com re kyoto agreement)
waste-
3 r`s
reduce
reuse
recycle
what do we do with our shit and piss, can we compost it
can we turn waste into used stuff
building industry contributes to about half of this due to poor design of process of construction and destruction of buildings
c02 emmisions, from cars etc,
why dont we have car free cities like
www.carfree.com
at some stage we will have to
then use electrically powered vehicles for transport and delivery
its safer too
individuals must learn- how education, art, events etc
why- cheaper and spiritual side to it
we are learning from ecosytems- see fritjof capra books
www.fritjofcapra.net
www.2think.org
if we mimic them- processes, feedback loops- communication we get closer
but in general i suppose its an ongoing evolving process, whereby habitants of ECO CITY participate in that process
curitiba in brazil is the closest to an eco city
the idea of ECO CITY is the single biggest issue humans have to deal with today, if we are to continue living- designers, ecologists, humans
duncan, Monday, 25. August 2003, 02:59
the question of eco cities is the most important issue for us humans to address, question, explorewhat are they, how can we start making cities more like the ideal of an "eco city".....
"sustainable living" event happened in denmark, there was a further step in this "eco city process" made there, hopefully more people will get involved
European/ world car free day is coming up soon,September 22nd
This is a big chance to do something regarding this difficult issue of “sustainable living”
easa.antville.org
your views on these important issues are most welcome and much desired
duncan, Saturday, 16. April 2005, 21:36
zdravo bosnia
kako see
just wondering how things are in your lovely green country?
and wondering how you are
its been over 2 years now since the eco city project?
what has happened in banja luka since?
here in dublin many things are happening
hvala for the experience and the adventure
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it's only a question of doing the math right i'd say:
- 100.000 plus scotsmen (not the most sensible people in the world) supporting a team that was the lesser of the two
- 9.000 russians (also not widely known for their sensitivity when intoxicated) supporting the better team
- packed in a already overcrowded city center
- the team with 100.000 fans - by then fucked out of their heads on what not - losing...
anyway, next time something like this might happen i would put up some big screens somewhere on a pasture way outside of the city.
M
ps. how can your money be...
by das-horst @ 2008-05-15 18:38
A word of caution, some of the videos capture some brutal scenes, but i would recomend the film shot from a helicopter, though it focuses only around the town hall it gives an indication just how many people were in the city yesterday/last night. Consider that this is one of four screens that were erected.
news.bbc.co.uk
by chris - manchester @ 2008-05-15 14:48
Bad Buzz. Its a pain to lose a years work. I hope most people had files backed up externally. Its going to be interesting to see what will replace it.
by paddy_roche @ 2008-05-15 14:32
It's hard to imagine how many problems this is causing!
I hope you did a backup and had your models elsewhere.
I just had a lecture with Axel Killian from TU delft yesterday and after hearing about the fire I told him about it. He thought I was joking, and I felt like it was a joke. So we found pictures on flickr and he saw his office burning. Quite sureal.
Good luck! And se you in CPH erasmus students!
by nikolaj_dk @ 2008-05-15 14:25
well for most neutrals the game was dull, but late on justice was done with the Russians coming out on top.
Which left just a couple of questions, what would happen to the city now there were 150,000 (estimates keep rising) pissed up pissed off Rangers fans who essentially couldn't move due to sheer weight of numbers?
Today Manchester isn't quite the city it was. Personally I think it was handled well by the city and the mess/clean up is only to be expected for such numbers.
again here are some links to vids/pics and comment:
news.bbc.co.uk
news.uk.msn.com
www.telegraph.co.uk
news.sky.com
www.independent.co.uk
www.itv.com
by chris - manchester @ 2008-05-15 13:06
sorry guys. you did have a spectacular school..!
by kotryna_lt @ 2008-05-14 20:14
couldn't help it, but i trust in your ability to forgive me for the small little stab at ye ;)
i also am looking forward to a couple of weeks of nice
entertainment and sportsmanship and may the better team win,
both tonight and at the tournament and while i am not much of an UEFA fan, i do look forward for the CL final next week.
enjoy the night!
by sennahoj @ 2008-05-14 20:11
while I know the blog is not technically (most definately) the place for me to emphasise my football (religious) beliefs, I can't help but rise to the bait.
For me the only important European football match takes place on 21st May in Moscow. I, like most other United fans, live in the knowledge that United > England. As a pure football fan I can say Croatia did me a favour, it means this summer I can enjoy the games for what they are without distraction.
For the record my money is on Holland, but then again it has been since about Euro...
by chris - manchester @ 2008-05-14 20:01
while you still can ;)
i'll be having a beer or two during the
European Cup next month, cheering for my team,
that are actually playing...
by sennahoj @ 2008-05-14 19:20
Hi Ronan it's Ana Lukic from Macedonia.
We'll organize everything with our NC if we are coming as guests; i am intresed in the prize of the apartments you are renting in leterrfrack..how many peple are sharing it and the prize per night, and of course if there's still place available.
thank you in advance,
Ana
by ana lukich @ 2008-05-14 18:25
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
www.itv.com
www.iht.com
I think I'll be heading out amongst it all tonight. There was talk the council underestimated the interest and attendance. Should be interesting to find out how the city is coping with the influx of such numbers into a few key parts of teh city centre.
by chris - manchester @ 2008-05-14 16:04
in topic: off topic
Here is a link to BBC videos covering the cities build up to the UEFA cup final tonight. Its the second time in 7 years a major European final has been held in the city, but its fair to say that with the 100,000+ Rangers fans expected (today's wave started flooding in about 4am and promptly began the drinking session of a life time) it is a more rowdy affair then the all (classic) Italian European cup final at Old Traffod. Good luck to both Rangers and Zenit, here's to football and good natured banter!
news.bbc.co.uk
by chris - manchester @ 2008-05-14 15:45
Just saw it on our schools web. Hope everybody got out...
We will prepare for a Dutch erasmus invasion!
by sigurd-dk @ 2008-05-14 13:24
this is horrible, I am so sorry
by tikog @ 2008-05-14 10:29
this is a disaster,
I’ve spent some times there
Helping for a diploma
Watching a eclipse at the last floor balcony
Meeting old friends
Parting of course
So many perfect memories vanishing
the bouwkunde is gathering place for european architects
The easa1982 take place there, remenber it , new easians
As dunk said, be kind to yourself, be strong, be brave, be united,
by jerome @ 2008-05-13 22:41
sorry to see this happen. any ideas how it started. am sure along with the building is lots and lots of really important stuff belonging to students and i imagine that the stress of this loss will really hurt some people. look out for each other, expect that this will be very hard for people to get over. go for a walk, go to nature, take break, invite others for a stroll by a stream. be gentle....
time helps...
by duncan @ 2008-05-13 20:55
Seems we are now the 'generation before the fire'... building is now completely lost... its now 8pm and still burning: soon its gonna be the 12hr of fire. I think there's gonna be a lot of Dutch Erasmus students next year..
by jurnalism @ 2008-05-13 20:21
in topic: architecture
and we dutch take everything very serious.
so today the faculty of architecture of the TU Delft burnt down. life's a bitch.
www.dumpert.nl
by das-horst @ 2008-05-13 18:27
It seems that the Revolution is well and truly underway...
(Careful now, that has always been a fully loaded word) Judging by whats going on in the US these days, its seems that the eco-revolution has truly taken off with a Bang...
From this years upcoming USGBC GREEN BUILD EXPO
to
"George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Robert F Kennedy Jnr, and Al Gore, and the call for A NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION"
Which was the front cover of Vanity Fair's recent GREEN Issue
In it (or possibly another edition, not sure, as don't read the mag myself) there is the following 6 page interview with Bill McDonough:
Industrial Revolution,...
by duncan @ 2008-05-13 18:04
Wow, it looks really bad, hopefully nobody's hurt
Did you leave a cigarette lit Marten!
by ronan_mc @ 2008-05-13 16:59
shit! not a good way to finish the year...and not the first fire there either...I remember the pavilion went up in smokee not too long ago, ouch
by conor @ 2008-05-13 16:48
Well done SF - this result was a hard-fought one and deserves a hearty bout of cross border congratulation.
by hugo_irl @ 2008-05-12 15:18
We just got news from our Dept. of Foreign Affairs that they will grant free visas to our guests to attend easa008!
not only will this be of financial benefit to our guests but the accompanying support of the Dept. will be very useful should any problems arise. they will send us an official letter which we will scan and issue to all of our guests to add to their application documents. they will obviously inform the embassies/consulates directly too.
once we receive this letter we will begin to issue our letters of invitation, along with any other important information regarding...
by irish_sean @ 2008-05-12 12:54
yes, you are right.
I double checked every information available on the net about these issues and it resulted to me that our embassy is in Athens.
Can you please give me a hint about what visa category it's better to apply for ? At this step of the processing, this would be the most important information.
thanks,
Klejdi* :-)
PS. I used the name of the character of a wonderful book "Odin Modvalsen" when I signed up and have no chance to set it to my real name...
by odin modvalsen @ 2008-05-11 01:19
No, there is not an Irish embassy in Skopje. The one for the Macedonian citizens is in Bratislava, so we're going to send our documents there. I think you should ask in your ministry of foreign affairs in which country's Irish embassy you should apply for visa, I think it's not just any country..
Cheers :)
by nevenka_mkd @ 2008-05-10 17:53