Friday, June 16, 2006

The June 16 Generation - It Can

With the 30 year anniversary having past 3 days ago for both, InternAfrica raises the struggle again, there are millions of people who need a sustainable way to build “City-Zenship” through reducing the ecological footprint, and use of renewable energies.

June 16 1976

* SA Student uprising - the begining of the end of apartheid
* The first Habitat Conference held in Vancouver - the begining of the end of slums

As the World Urban Forum3 Opens tonight - we step forward into the next 30 years.

Why do we still have these habitat problems? To build a home is a physical thing, far more achievable than a new political dispensation. We have accomplished that. We CAN resolve our habitat crisis.

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