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Would they really radioactively contaminate a potentially vauable ore
source?

I suspect that after 175+ nuclear tests on Muruoa, they've already
done so. Mururoa is a seamount atoll ie. a basalt base and an upper
layer of limestones and corals which leak like a sieve
www.abc.net.au/quantum/info/mururoa.htm

There are those who actually enjoy French rule, and perhaps the most
of us are not very attached to which european country on the opposite
side of the planet claims and rules our home. Maybe such a changeover
won't matter much. The French run a few islands off Newfoundland, too.

I'm something of a Francophile myself; they could hardly do worse than
the British have done.

However, Pitcairn has been a farflung nook of the Anglosphere for over
two centuries now & they have no desire to become French.

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So, what I need is some advice on the best way to introduce the key
principles & concepts of Permaculture to the Pitcairn Islander
community.
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Can you talk with family there? Do any PC designers have Ed. degres or
teaching experience, with which they could get employed there? Could
you invite him or someone he trusts to a PC designer training?

From the email feedback I've had on this topic, the consensus advice
is, that the optimum approach would be to conduct PDC's on the Island
for all interested parties; in conjunction with supplying the
community with Permaculture reference material. The Islanders could
then come up with their own design plan.

Sounds good to me. Only problem is getting an English-speaking PDC
Trainer, along with relevant reference materials, out to the most
inaccessible inhabited Island on earth.

Meanwhile, both the global tourism industry
http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories...1/ap_45445.asp & sundry
fringe political groups have designs on the Island eg.
www.freedonia.org/pitcairn.html


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Brian Cady