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Hello!

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Hello!

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Is everything allright?

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Yes.

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Ok, so this is the microphone.

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Today's meeting was summoned jointly by the Committee and the Centre,

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to understand along with the villagers what is truly desired

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and what is possible to achieve.

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I have just retired, after having been a nurse for 35 years.

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I have been living in the village for a month.

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And I am looking forward to live a long happy life here.

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So be it.

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And to contribute for the community.

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We are part of the problems and we must solve them.

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WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF AMOREIRAS

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THE DREAM VILLAGE 2011

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The land we live in belongs to our grandchildren,

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we must live on she offers us,

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without wasting it nor depending on other regions.

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WELCOME TO AMOREIRAS VILLAGE

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The Amoreiras village is our land

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which we must manage sustainably.

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The first step is to dream (to dream).

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FIRST COURSE ON TRANSITION INITIATIVES IN PORTUGAL

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We must solve our problems, as we are a part of them.

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I believe this is a very important ethical part,

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but there are also ecological and humanistic parts,

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and a holistic part too.

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The first change is the need to recognize the need

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for a change, at personal and community levels.

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The need to alter our present human behaviours

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that impair the planet.

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The way by which our society is lead nowadays is not sustainable.

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So this offers an alternative relatively to all this

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unsustainable consumerist behaviour we live upon.

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The most important issue at the start of a transition group

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is the pioneer team.

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To meet other people that are already involved

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or wish to become involved

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and understand how I may contribute to such a transition.

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We are trying to inspire, to share and to provide energy

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to all those that consider that the transition model

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is a highly important tool of cultural transformation

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and as a shift towards a more resilient world

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where we all can be happier.

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And the first step is to gather people that think similarly.

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FUNCHEIRA

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We are waiting for the volunteers that will perform the inquiries at the village.

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And that's it.

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It's hot and we keep awaiting.

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It came to oppose a large problem here in Portugal

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which is desertification of its inland and rural areas.

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There's a major desertification danger...

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With such desertification very important manners and traditions

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for the Portuguese history and identity are being lost.

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There are many villages like this in Portugal

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in the same or worst conditions.

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Villages still hold an important role on the development of countries.

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With this project at the village hope can be attained

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and elder people can believe that their lives are not over yet.

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Villages produce goods that are needed in the cities

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and cities provide for goods needed at the villages.

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The ideal would be not to neglect any of the parts.

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Instead of being dependent on other countries,

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maybe there could be a sustainable Portugal.

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It will result on the mutual help and better organization of the people

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so more people are attracted to the village.

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It would be really good that just some of the people's dreams

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could become real.

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It would be really good.

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The village would truly need it to become more dynamic

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and self-sustained, which is what was really needed.

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With a lot of work, all together, maybe we can achieve some of those dreams,

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I wouldn't say all, but most of them or the most essential ones.

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CLEANER VILLAGE

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NEATER VILLAGE

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MARKET

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VILLAGE MARKET

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"I've been a little seed and now I evolve"

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THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL SEEDS

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"In Spring my leaves grow"

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HOW AGRICULTURE AROUSE

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"And in Summer the fruits do too"

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GENETIC EROSION ON FIELD

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"Oh village, oh village"

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At least we could make some of the dreams real...

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"Oh village of Amoreiras, all the beautiful girls..."

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The meetings' purpose is to gather ideas

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and try to reach a conclusion so something can be done.

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MEETING: HEALTH

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We have came to a conclusion, we already have nurses.

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It is working and the medical appointments are ongoing.

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I came to measure my blood pressure.

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So have I.

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Hello!

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Hello!

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We are going to make a lot of noise here at the village.

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One of the dreams consisted in having more spaces and activities dedicated for children.

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CHILDREN'S COFFEE SHOP

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MEETING: CHILDREN

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SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN

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If parents want the village to develop they must help.

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"They do not know that dreaming

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"is a life's constancy

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"as concrete and defined

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"as any other thing

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A FILM BY

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CONVERGENCY CENTRE

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"as this grey stone

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& VILLAGE OF AMOREIRAS

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" where I sit and rest

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"as this gentle stream

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"in serene jolts

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"as these tall pinetrees

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"stirring gold and green

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This is the proposed challenge!

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"as these crying trees

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"in blue enebriations

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"They don't know that dreaming

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"is wine and foam and yeast

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"a merry thirsty little being

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"with a pointed snout

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"in a perpetual movement

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"They don't know nor dream

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"that the dream comands life

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"and everytime a man dreams

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"the world jumps and moves forward

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"just like a coloured ball

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"in the hands of a child."

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Poem «Pedra Filosofal» by António Gedeão, Music by Manuel Freire