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GLOBAL
ENERGY NETWORK INSTITUTE
a
solution to global problems
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1 August
2000
Success
on 2 Continents!
Dear GENI
Friend,
While the
work of GENI deals with many of the global problems,
we also see positive signs on every continent. The
computer meltdown of Y2K
did not occur (and the lights remained on!) It now
seems that society wants to find solutions to pollution,
poverty,
overpopulation
and conflict,
and not just lay blame at the feet of another country
or ethnic group.
Enclosed
are two important milestones — although seemingly
from completely different arenas. You'll recall the
APEC
(Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation) Energy Ministers
meeting in San Diego just three months ago. The final
communique was favorable to the GENI Initiative, but
buried deep into the rhetoric of bureaucratic-speak.
Now, we have received word from the ASEAN
(Assoc. of Southeast Asian Nations) Energy Ministers
meeting in Hanoi last month. They made the
clear commitment to accelerate the integration of
the Trans-ASEAN gas and electrical networks, with
a pledge to expand renewable resources development!
Shifting
to San Francisco and the theater production: Buckminster
Fuller, the History and Mystery of the Universe.
This play was born in San Diego, and GENI was part
of the process. But how would it be received in a
major theater market? Well, the reviews are gushing,
the audiences standing, and we get to sell books,
maps and tell the GENI story five nights a week. The
show has been extended until Sept. 3rd if you have
friends in the area. Then the show is returning to
San Diego from Sept. 14 - Oct. 8th! You may never
think the same way again.
Now we
are focussed on the United
Nations Millennium Assembly next month in New
York. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has invited all
world leaders to convene an discuss the major global
challenges. As with the past energy summits, GENI
has been contacting all UN Ambassadors, UN department
staff , Prime Ministers and Presidents — asking
them to consider this strategy in-depth and discuss
it while in New York. You make this possible with
your support — and you'll be this first one to
hear if we are successful there as well.
In partnership
for the planet
Peter Meisen
President
p.s. I'm
very sorry for the delay in this month's report. Computer
upgrades can also upset a well oiled, yet older system.
Thanks to Jim Cathcart for your generous Macintosh
contribution!
Keywords
: Success on 2 Continents! & commitment to accelerate
the integration of the Trans-ASEAN gas and electrical
networks, with a ledge to expand renewable resources
development,sustainable development, global energy
network institute, international electricity transmission,
grid, power, environmental educational programs, peace
GENI
is a U.S. Tax Exempt 501(c)(3) Corporation committed
to improving the quality of life for everyone without
damage to the planet.
GENI Affiliates in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New
Zealand, Singapore and United States.
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