Ecotopia

Ecotopia 1994 took place in the beautiful mountains of Ardeluta, Romania.

Billed as the Global Dream Village, it nearly became a nightmare. But aside from water, food and venue problems, up to 250 environmentalists from East and Western Europe turned up and enjoyed themselves.

Four women from Women's Environmental Network (WEN) and eight EF!ers managed to make their way from the UK.

After a slow start, workshops peaked at 14 per day!, ranging from NVDA to Green Consumerism, encompassing Radical Men's Therapy, Herbs and Menstruation.

Ecotopia is run by ASEED (Action on Solidarity, Equality, Environment and Development), who are based in various continental cities (mainly Amsterdam). It takes place in a different country each year for about 2 -3 weeks, next year in Poland.

If there is one over-riding result from the workshops, it is a plea from the Eastern Europeans for better networking from the west, particularly information about western multinationals now making inroads (sic) into the East - perhaps this is a role for Corporate Watch.