Re. event below.  The Sahara Forest Project is also described at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/02/alternativeenergy.solarpower.
 
I suspect the drawing of a single long corridor in the desert is for illustration only, and really there would be large farms criss-crossed by rights of way with water mains crossing underground.  And a need to allow for the usual needs of passing camel trains (water, resting).
 
J

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:39:26 +0000
From: diana@...
To: climatecamp-london@...
Subject: [climatecamp-london] Tues 18 November - Polly Higgins' "UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF PLANETARY RIGHTS" as given to UN last week

PRESS RELEASE

Come and hear Polly Higgins’ presentation, as given to the United Nations last week.

"Just as the humanitarian crisis of the Second World War gave birth to the swift implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago in 1948, so are we now on the verge of a planetary crisis that needs to be addressed with equal urgency. Now is the time to call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights."

Polly Higgins, Barrister and UK Associate of EnAct International will be re-presenting her speech on Tuesday 18th November at Conway Hall, details as below and flyer attached. Polly is also legal advisor to TREC-UK and will be discussing the recent developments for the building of Concentrating Solar Power plants in the Sahara Desert to provide Europe, Middle East and North Africa with clean electricity via a power supergrid.

Please RSVP to press@...
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What: Three Big Climate Change Solutions

- DESERTEC: Clean Power from the Desert
- The Sahara Forest Project
- a call for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights

Who: Speakers:

• Michael Pawlyn (Exploration Architecture)
• Charlie Paton (Seawater Greenhouse)
• Polly Higgins (EnAct International and TREC-UK)
  

         
Event chaired by Katharine Hamnett with special panellists Neil Crumpton (Friends of the Earth) and Dr Gerry Wolff (TREC-UK)

Where: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1  (nearest tube: Holborn)
When: Tuesday 18th November, 6.30 - 8.30pm
RSVP: events@... <mailto:events@...>

This is a Free Event sponsored by Exploration Architecture, Seawater Greenhouse, EnAct International, TREC-UK, DisasterMAN and Wise Women

You can follow our call on the United Nations for a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights at http://www.treeshaverightstoo.com <http://www.treeshaverightstoo.com/>

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