The Borneo Project: FALL '98 UPDATE
The Uma Bawang "longhouse" along the Baram River of Borneo is home to an
indigenous community who has lived a unique and ecologically-sound
lifestyle for generations. Like many indigenous communities in Sarawak,
Malaysia, they cultivate hill rice, hunt, fish and collect food, medicines
and other materials from the world's oldest rainforest.
Due to the onslaught of globalization, the people of Uma Bawang and
surrounding villages now face corporate logging, mega oil-palm plantations,
and a loss of customary land rights. With little resources, indigenous
leaders have been fighting back for two decades.
From October 10 - 24, a delegation of indigenous leaders from Uma Bawang
will be visiting California to share their stories and perspectives. The
Borneo Project of Earth Island Institute has arraigned a series of speaking
engagements for the public. We urge you to come learn more about their
non-violent resistance and unique struggle to maintain a communal
life-style based on sound economic and environmental principles. Find out
what the newspapers do NOT tell you. Understand how, we can contribute to
the effort for social and environmental justice in Borneo!
Calendar of Events
Saturday October 10: 10:00am - 6:00pm
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY POW WOW
Martin Luther King Jr. Park @ MLK & Milvia, Berkeley
12:00 pm Sister-City presentation with Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean
followed by dancing and celebrations
Tuesday October 12: 12:00pm
CONSERVATION ROUNDTABLE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF LOGGING AND PLANTATION
DEVELOPMENT IN SARAWAK
Earth Island Institute
300 Broadway @ Sansome, Suite 28, San Francisco
Tuesday October 12: 7:00pm
BORNEO FIGHTS BACK: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE FACE OF
GLOBALIZATION
New College of California
766 Valencia St. (between 19th & 20th Sts.) -- Close to BART
$4-$8 sliding scale (no one turned away from lack of funds)
Thursday October 15: 7:00pm
CHAINSAWS AND CHANGE: DAYAK COMMUNITIES AND THEIR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
Hosted by Earthways Foundation
20110 Rockport Way, Malibu, Ca 90265
Donations greatly appreciated!For more info contact: Cherise Miller at (310) 456-1340
Tuesday October 20: 7:00pm
CHAINSAWS AND CHANGE: DAYAK COMMUNITIES AND THEIR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
UC Berkeley International House
Home Room, 2299 Piedmont @ Bancroft Way, Berkeley
* All events are wheelchair accessible.
For more information contact:
Wick Pancoast
Director,
Berkeley Borneo Project
1916 "A" Martin Luther King Way Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 705-8987
Fax: (510) 705-8988
borneo@earthisland.org
