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The GAIA International Festival is an international gathering of citizens coming together to address the social/ecological problems affecting our Sea and Earth. This event will include discussions, workshops, speakers, music, art, film and theatre.

It will take place from the 19th to the 27th of June 2010. It will be located on the coast and in the mountains stretching from Maratea in the region of Basilicata to Amantea in Calabria.

We are inviting delegations from all the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea as well as delegations from all over the world.

Mission

We plan to provide a platform for environmental and social change and a new model of sustainable economics to benefit future generations and protect natural resources. We will engage in the following topics: economic localization, language for a transition to a sustainable world, renewable energy, Slow Food, climate change, waste-reduction/land-conservation, biodiversity, water issues, and social justice.

We want this effort to grow into an enduring and effective organization that can hold such an event on an annual basis. We are committed to making the GAIA Festival a success and a launching point, but we cannot do it without your help and participation. We need your input, creativity, time, contacts, and resources to pull this off.

There is tremendous enthusiasm and yearning for change in the region and beyond, but that alone is not sufficient. A few activists with a dream is not enough. Frustration with the status quo is high, but resignation and reliance on political theatre are not viable options anymore.

We need YOU out there. Come join us, citizens of the world, and let us make this time ours indeed. Come listen, teach, and learn together.

These are the most challenging of times in human history.

The stakes are too high for us to neglect our purpose on Earth, our calling for future generations and for ourselves.