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AEGEE-Ankara "Finding Sustainland" Summer University 2009 Offical Blog
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there is a web site about the sustainability games.But sorry guys,its in Turkish..:(
http://www.surdurulebiliryasamoyunlari.com/
Moreover,there was a climate change conference in METU. For presentations about this subject..check it out the web site
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Evimizin balkonundan sanki bir sanat filmi setini izlemekteyim. Radyo’da “İmparator Konçertosu”, 1800 lerin Viyana’sı Fransız işgali altındayken bestelemiş Beethoven. Tokat’ta, Reşadiye’de alt katını ineklerimizle paylaştığımız evimizin balkonunda...serinletici bir Eylül rüzgarı. Kalkınıp, “ihtiyaçları” ını karşılamayı hayal edip İstanbul’a, Ankara’ya sığınan ekonomik mülteciler terk edeli köyü hayli olmuş. Bisikletli, sarışın komşu çocuğu geçiyor kavak ağaçlarının gölgelediği yoldan. Sonra başka iki çocuk geliyor almaya babaannemin verdiği kırmızı elmaları. Gökyüzünde huzurlu bir mavilik...Ramazan’ın 6. günü...bir Müslüman mahallesi. Yeni aldıkları traktörün kornasını hiç susturmuyor üst komşunun ergenliğin doruğunda, heyecanlı çocuğu. Sonra bilmem Urfa’dan, bilmem Hatay’dan ya da daha başka yerlerden Arap “çerçiciler” beliriyor. Bozuk Türkçe aksanlarıyla “tave, tencere, helal” diye sesleniyorlar mutfaklarındaki köy kadınlarına. Kapı gıcırtıları, yaprak hışırtıları, buğday, mısır, kuşburnu sergileri, balkonlarda asılı sıralı yeşil biberler, terasta son ürününü veren saksı domateslerimiz ve babaannem, ilham kaynağım; 88lik yaşına aldırmaksızın “emek” diyor yine, “işleyen demir paslanmaz” timsali, otururken ben balkonda, o buğday seriyor karşımda. Konçerto dingin bir evresinde, ve bir horoz sesi duyuyorum, ekleniyor bir başkasınınki ona...ve ben neler düşünüyor, neler düşlüyorum bu küçük, çok küçük balkondan: Nasıl kurtarmalı dünyayı? Ya da, kurtarmaya yeltenmeli mi, yoksa baştan kabul mü etmeli mümkün olmadığını? Rusya-Gürcistan çatışması Rusya-ABD çatışmasını ve enerjisiz kutuplaşmanın olamayacağını anlayan AB bocalamasını getiriyor. İran savaşın ne zaman başlayacağını hesaplıyor ve nükleer silahlanma devam ediyor. 25 Eylül 2008, BM New York’da toplanıyor, 2015 ‘e kadar makul bir ilerleme öngörülmüş “Milenyum Kalkınma Hedefleri”nin akıbetini görüşmek üzere. MKH hikayesi esasında tam bir masal tekerlemesi: az gidilmiş, uz gidilmiş, dere tepe düz gidilmiş, bir de bakılmış ki bir arpa boyu yol alınmış. Ne gıda güvenliği sorunu çözülmüş, ne yükselen yoksulluk.....Orta Asya enerji kaynaklarıyla yeni bir scramble’ın (kapışma) nesnesi olurken, Kıbrıs’ta birleşme müzakereleri yine power politics gölgesinde ilerlemekte. Bir de Ermenistan maçı var tabii, Soykırım Anıtı da ziyaret edilmeliymiş Ermeni Diasporası’nın talepleri üzre. Tabii bunlar yakın çevrenin güvenlik sorunları, oysa 192 bayrağın tanındığı ulusal devletler dünyası mevcut status quo ile yaşamını sürdüremeyeceğinin bilincinde yeni bir yapılanmanın eşiğindeyken yükselen sivil toplum hareketleriyle, uluslarüstü birlikler ve rejimlerle; 2. Soğuk Savaş dillendirilmekte kadim adlandırmayla “Batı” medyasında. Ve konçerto bitiyor...düşünceler düşüncelere ekleniyor...Farkında olmanın ağırlığı omuzlarımda, nefes aldığım anın tadını çıkarmaya karar veriyor ve kulak veriyorum sokaktan gelen sese, ve şanslı buluyorum kendimi henüz kirlenmemiş bir gök, hala ürün veren tarlalar ve tükenmemiş bir ormanın çevrelediği bu küçük köyden aldığım için köklerimi...Kaçmak istediğimde postmodern kargaşadan, hep kapısı açık olacak beyaz pencereli, kırmızı çatılı evimizin. Süper kahraman pelerinimi çıkardığımda, ortaya çıkan sevgi, huzur, tazelik ve doğayı ve dolayısıyla doğasını arayan insan benliğim, biliyorum dönecek köyüne.Ahh...21. yüzyıl biz mi seni bedbaht ettik, sen bizi?! Yine de güzel balkonda geçirilmiş dingin bir kaç saat...
Nuran Torun
Eylül-2008
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First off, "Reduce"
Let's start with bulk buying. The while point of bulk is that you leave the store with the same containers you arrived with, no more, no less. Strictly speaking, it is "bulk" buying if you buy in quantity or appropriate amounts that you individually package, but for the purposes of eco-friendly lifestyles, "bulk" means that you bring your own containers and bags and actually use them.
"Reduce", of course, means not buying anything that you don't need. The operative word is "need". Of course I am not suggesting that all readers immediately switch to lives of asceticism, but how many pairs of shoes do you really need? Blouses? Computer toys? It is truly terrifying how many North Americans regard "shopping" as an acceptable social activity, practised every day or two. Apparently the average is 6 hours per week.
Now for "Reuse"
Keep using the old one. Make rags out of old cloths. Return items for reuse. Donate to various goodwill agencies - only what you no longer have a use for. If you are simply buying a new one for yourself,you have not done the planet any favours. Find new uses for "garbage". Borrow, or buy second-hand.
"Recycle" is next
Many environmentalists were initially opposed to recycling because they felt it would be seen as a panacea and people would forget about waste reduction. Sadly those fears are being realized.
Let's be clear about what recycling actually is. Recycling is when materials are reprocessed and manufactured into the same or similar products. [Most] plastics, for example, cannot actually be recycled. Plastics are subject to what is known as "downcycling". Downcycling is when the waste product is reprocessed and as a result becomes a lower grade of resource and comes back as a different product. Optimally plastic can make a maximum of four "cycles", although usually it is lucky if it makes one trip through the spiral. There is no question that it is a good thing that we are able to make shirts and other products out of plastic waste, but that in no way changes the fact that we still need a massive reduction in our waste, whether to the dump or the recycling plant.
Nuran Torun
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Sustainability can be a property of living systems, a manufacturing method, or a consideration as to a way of interpreting life. Although one definition of sustainable development given by the Brundtland Commission, is frequently quoted, it is not universally accepted and has undergone various interpretations. Difficulty in defining sustainability stems in part, that it may be seen to encompass all human activity.Although science forms the basis of sustainability concepts, it can be perceived also as a general concept like "liberty" or "justice", which is accepted as important, and can also be viewed as a "dialogue of values"that defies consensual definition. It is also open to political interpretation.
Sustainability, in a general sense, is the capacity to maintain a certain process or state indefinitely.[citation needed] The concept of sustainability applies to all aspects of life on Earth and is commonly defined within ecological, social and economic contexts. Due to factors such as overpopulation, lack of education, inadequate financial circumstances and the actions of past generations, sustainability can be difficult to achieve.
In an ecological context, sustainability is defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes, functions, biodiversity and productivity into the future. In a social context, sustainability is expressed as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.When applied in an economic context, a business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and is accountable for the environmental impacts of its activities.
To be sustainable, regardless of context, the Earth's resources must be used at a rate at which they can be replenished. There is now clear scientific evidence that humanity is living unsustainably, and that an effort is needed to keep human use of natural resources within sustainable limits. This has brought sustainability to the forefront of public consciousness and is seen by many as being a natural progression in human evolution as we develop the thought and means to sustain our own existence on Earth.Sustainability has become a complex term that can be applied to almost every facet of life on Earth, particularly the many different levels of biological organization, such as; wetlands, prairies and forests and is expressed in human organization concepts, such as; ecovillages, eco-municipalities, sustainable cities, and human activities and disciplines, such as; sustainable agriculture, sustainable architecture and renewable energy.
Nevertheless, from the developmental perspective of the UN Bruttland Commission’s report (1983), "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Intergenerational solidarity is the important point within this definition.
photo:taken @ Middle East Technical University
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