[permaculture-oceania] Re: World Unhabitat Day

[Robyn Williamson]

Wot an unfortunate decision for the poor old united nations chugging 
along under the weight of all that bureaucracy that they themed this 
year's world habitat day 'cities, magnets of hope'.  the only things 
cities produce in any meaningful quantities is money and waste, then 
they call their website unhabitat.org.  i reckon they're right however, 
the city is no place for animals, magnets of dogdroppings becomes more 
like the reality and i can't stand the thought of it washing into the 
creeks and rivers then they want to talk about us drinking it.  
actually they've drunk the seine in paris about 20 times i think, we 
shouldn't really complain.  i reckon they should just paint some of 
those blank walls on the streets with pictures of animals in zoos, or 
gardens, birds & landscape scenes or get those toy stuffed dogs like 
people do in japan ... robinet

On Thursday, August 3, 2006, at 12:00 pm, 
permaculture-oceania-request at lists.cat.org.au wrote:

>
> 3 October
> World Habitat Day <http://www.unhabitat.org/whd/2005/default.asp>
> The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October every 
> year as
> World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of human settlements and the 
> basic
> right to adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the 
> world
> of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat.
>
>  The theme of this yearπs World Habitat Day on Monday 2 October 2006 is
> Cities, magnets of hope.    http://www.unhabitat.org/
>
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