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Aldeia De Sonho, part 2

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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
Title:
Aldeia De Sonho, part 2
Video Language:
Portuguese

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