Tour Fees for Aug 2009 Set As the planning for the next Sustainable Sweden Tour proceedes we are now ready to announce the pricing for the (22nd–30th August) Tour. The Tour that will offer an intensive week of; study visits around Sweden, meetings with local sustainability profiles and "fire souls" and an open seminar, will be available for 25 000 SEK (≈ USD 2700, based on exchange rate on 2009 - 03-02). Further details you will find in the updated Tour Programme :
For questions on the Tour please contact Torbjörn Lahti About Sustainable Sweden. Sustainable Sweden Association is a non-goverment organization working for an economical, ecological and social sustainable developement. And has conducted Sustainable Sweden Tours since 1996. Manfred Max-Neef comes to Sweden in August  The famous Chilean economist Manfred Max-Neef will be back in Sweden in August 2009. Max-Neef attended the International Eco-municipality Conference in Helsingborg in May 2008. He also attended the Southern part of the Sustainable Sweden Tour in May, where he gave several speeches.He will now participate on a seminar that’s integrated with the Sustainable Sweden Tour in August 2009. Max-Neef is acknowledged for his work with Human Scale Economy and Fundamental Human Needs.
Related: Preliminary Tour program | Open Seminar: The Sustainable Community – Rich and Dematerialized! In a time of global economic and environmental crisis we invite everyone to join us in a 3-day seminar where long-term solutions and the necessity of a new economic paradigm will be on the top-list of the Agenda . One of the Speakers will be the famous chilean economist Dr. Manfred Max-Neef. As part of the seminar you will also be able to get experiences from an Eco-municipality which has put focus on how to become richer by using fewer resources, and where Culture and Local Food is essential in their strategy. Welcome to Hällefors during August 26th-28th!
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