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Richmond Vale Academy Dream. Decide. Develop. Do. Only together we can change the world. Numerous Climate summits and political events are held continuously, but also today we can see very little change happening on higher levels. Political systems are still the same, mega-corporations keep dominating society. And we know that the oil and gas companies are among the most powerful in the world, so we honestly cannot expect much to happen on political level. Climate Change is real, even though the denial machine might have confused you. But we know better. Major changes in the way we generate energy and grow food need to happen to turn this around. But unfortunately, just as the Energy sector, the Agricultural sector is dominated by mega corporations with a lot of political influence. Companies such as Monsanto, Dow Chemicals, Dupont and others are more than ever trying to control the markets and the food production methods. Under the false pretense of being more efficient, those companies are trying to force GMOs and chemical fertilizers into our systems and consequently our bodies. All this despite clear evidence that our health is deteriorating, with most obviously, a raise in diabetes and allergy rates. In St. Vincent there are attempts to bring GMOs into the agricultural system. But they didn’t count on the people here!! We won’t let this happen!!
Newsletter June 2015
Since a few months one of the main campaigns of Richmond Vale Academy has been to prevent GMOs and LMOs from entering our country. Together with a network of good friends and comrade activists, we have been spreading awareness in St. Vincent; on the radio, in the newspapers, in presentations all around the island and by producing 2 newspapers we have tried to bring the message to the public. The highlight was the March against Monsanto on Friday 22nd of May! A group of activists of St. Vincent gathered in Kingstown and brought this worldwide event for the first time to St. Vincent. A lot of attention was caught and the GMO topic is on everyone’s lips right now!! But we cannot wait for big companies to change, or for politicians to create a better world. We, the people, have to bring the change we are looking for! The power is in our hands! By establishing and supporting organic model gardens around the island we are creating an example of positive change, demonstrating that organic agriculture can definitely be more productive, more healthy and safer for the environment. By implementing the design principles and ideas of the Permaculture movement, we can create systems that are sustainable, enriching the biodiversity and creating abundance of everything! We can work with and for nature, instead of all against it.
Here at the Academy, we are trying to get to live 100% organic and are designing and implementing systems that are fully sustainable; harvesting our own water, going towards carbon neutral energy and nochemical farming and growing all of our own food, or finding it locally. Building local sustainability is our aim, for RVA but also for St. Vincent. And the same counts for the work we carry out in Belize, where we work together with Humana People to People Belize, in the Child Aid project. For the last 2 years 4 duos and/or trios have traveled down to Belize to serve for 6 months the needs of the Poor in rural communities of Toledo - the Southern part of Belize. Small steps to improve and assist the livelihoods of the Poor are being made, but a scream for more assistance and support is loud and we are looking for many more activists to join hands with us, join one of our programs and contribute what they can to our big goals. Only we the people, shoulder to shoulder with all mankind, can bring the sustainable and equal development that so many people are looking for. We definitely would love your help!!
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