| This morning I got up early and had a
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| | might take us. Limits to Growth was first
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| nice breakfast in the inner courtyard of
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| | published in 1972 and several experts
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| La Nuestra. Shortly before 9 am Andie and
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| | modeled the development of these key
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| I left for her monthly meeting of the
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| | factors and projected them well into the
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| Newcomers Club, a group of about 170
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| | 3rd millenium. From about 2050 onwards
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| mostly English-speaking expatriates from
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| | their models predict a stark drop in
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| all different countries who have settled
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| | population as resources get depleted,
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| in Cuernavaca. Andie Grater has been the
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| | pollution takes on an increasingly
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| president of this volunteer organization
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| | destructive level, and industrial output
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| for the last 4 years. We didn't have to
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| | multiplies. He mentioned some interesting
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| drive very far and arrived at an
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| | statistics: between 1950 and 2000 the
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| Episcopelian Church where several people
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| | global population increased from about
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| were already setting up chairs and coffee
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| | 2.5 billion to 6.1 billion. Average
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| for the monthly reunion. Two staff
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| | incomes tripled and so did the demand for
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| members from the American Consulate in
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| | grain. Economic output multiplied 6.6
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| Mexico City were setting up a table with
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| | times from $7 trillion annually to $46
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| information about taxation, voting and
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| | trillion. The demand for grain is
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| other issues relating specifically to US
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| | interesting because 1 ton of beef, for
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| Citizens living in Mexico.The Newcomers
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| | example, takes 10 tons of grain to
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| Club often invites speakers or experts on
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| | produce, a very resource-intensive form
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| topics related directly to the expatriate
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| | of food production.Bob Vockerath also
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| community. I had a chance to speak with a
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| | went into a brief description of the book
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| few of the club members. There was a
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| | Plan B and that its author expounds on 6
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| gentleman roughly in his late 50s who had
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| | basic social goals:1. Basic universal -
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| emigrated from Israel three years ago and
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| | primary education2. Adult literacy
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| was now working in real estate and
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| | programs3. Family planning4. School
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| providing catering services for Middle
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| | lunches5. Assisting pre-schoolers6.
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| Eastern foods. I also chatted with a
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| | Universal basic health care In addition
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| young gentleman in his 30s who had
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| | these social goals are supplemented by
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| emigrated from Poland and now had a
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| | earth restoration goals:1.
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| wood-working company with his partner,
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| | Reforestation2. Protection topsoil on
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| making special wood toys that they sell
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| | croplands3. Restoring rangelands4.
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| throughout organic food stores in Mexico.
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| | Restoring fisheries5. Protecting
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| Then I connected with a lady who was
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| | biodiversity6. Stabilizing the water
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| originally from Germany, and she and her
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| | table. Social goals and earth restoration
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| husband have been working for a long time
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| | together are forecast to cost an
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| for a German charity helping blind people
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| | additional $191 million per year over and
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| all over the world. She has lived all
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| | above what is being spent already. This
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| over Latin America as well as Pakistan.
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| | contrasts to annual military spending of
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| Cuernavaca's Newcomers Club is definitely
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| | $975 billion, apparently in the US alone
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| a very interesting and diverse group of
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| | every year $475 billion are spent on
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| people. Most of the members I saw were in
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| | defense. So if we simply reallocated our
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| their 50s, 60s and up, although I saw a
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| | spending we would be in a position to
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| few younger people. The majority are
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| | effect tremendous social and
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| retirees who have settled in Cuernavaca
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| | environmental change for the better.The
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| permanently. After the initial
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| | crowd in the room was listening
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| refreshments were taken, the group
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| | attentively and asked many questions. I
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| settled in and Andie, as the President,
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| | was really impressed by this meeting
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| made a variety of announcements. Then a
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| | since many people in the audience were in
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| lady by the name of Ana Gonzalez, talked
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| | their 60 all the way into their late 80s
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| about the special project run by an NGO
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| | or beyond and they showed such a strong
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| called Caminamos Juntos para la Salud y
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| | interest in this topic although the
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| el Desarollo ("Walking Together for
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| | future consequences of these issues will
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| Health and Development").The project was
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| | have a much stronger affect on their
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| founded by Susan Smith, a Canadian woman,
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| | grand and great-grand children. As
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| who has adopted a very poor Mexican
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| | someone with an interest in ecological
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| village. One of the greatest problems of
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| | issues, I found this presentation very
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| this village is that its water has been
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| | informative and concluded that the
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| contaminated with arsenic, so drinking
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| | immigrant community in Cuernavaca is
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| water is a real issue. The people of this
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| | involved in some pretty interesting
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| village are very poor, and every month
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| | things...Susanne Pacher is the publisher
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| Susan asks the Newcomers Club to donate
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| | of a website called Travel and
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| different items, from pots and pans, to
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| | Transitions ( Travel and Transitions
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| blankets, toys, school supplies and much
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| | deals with unconventional travel and is
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| more. Then after a few more
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| | chock full of advice, tips, real life
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| announcements, Bob Vockerath, a
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| | travel experiences, interviews with
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| distinguished looking gentleman in his
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| | travellers and travel experts, insights
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| late seventies, originally from
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| | and reflections, cross-cultural issues,
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| Vancouver, Canada, got up give a special
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| | contests and many other features. You
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| presentation. He talked about several
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| | will also find stories about life and the
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| books he had read (Plan B and Limits to
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| | transitions that we face as we go through
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| Growth) which talk about human impact on
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| | our own personal life-long
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| the planet and the sustainability of our
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| | journeys.Submit your own travel stories
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| human activities. He talked about
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| | in our first travel story contest ( and
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| population growth, resources, industrial
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| | have a chance to win a fabulous 2-Week
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| output, pollution etc. and showed several
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| | Sailing Adventure for Two through the
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| charts of projections of where our future
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| | Greek Islands.
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