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FranzNahrada Global Villages, March 11, 2007 I issue at this early time the invitation to (for all Globalvillagers) come between 11th and 15th of October 2007 to Vienna and Kirchbach and participate in the MIR meeting titled "the regional / local educational institution of the future". Of course this is also depending on the success of the MIRy2 application that I am just writing...but it will be a converging point for videobridge plans and globalvillages thinkers.

FranzNahrada Global Villages, February 2, 2007 I consider this the right time a place like Arcosanti that has accumulated a lot of knowledge and experience opens up to the idea of a living network of information exchange between communities that want to contribute to global future. VideoBridging is not only a backbone technology connecting educational places with Video connections, but the important thing is the sharing approach, including documenting, indexing and using everything from these conversations for further educational use. We can imagine that by the cooperation of places apt to participate with good content, this sharing approach might generate the equivalent of a university, a virtual university ...and we are almost there in Austria with the kickoff of the bioversity - connecting more than 16 locations around the country in discussing all aspects of renewable resources.... http://www.bioversitaet.at (German only) So could - with the help of Arcosanti - such a "virtual university" or "Bioversity" emerge in the United States, merging with our efforts in Europe? The archipelago of world class living laboratories which in total form a whole sustainable lifestyle is still big in the US...maybe Arcosanti could take the lead and become an "educational city" amongst others.

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