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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Counterpart Caribbean
HQ address: #2 Quarters, Edgehill
St. Thomas
Barbados
Email: futurecentre@sunbeach.net
Website: none
Type: NGO
Scope: national
Interest in Forestry: peripheral
Description
The Future Centre, a permanent exhibition in Barbados focusing on the sustainability of the country,
created a rallying point for those concerned with protection of the environment. The Centre focuses
on role models from Barbados and other countries in addition to practical demonstrations on eco-farming,
permaculture, composting, alternative energy, gray water reuse, as well as other issues
pertaining to the environment and development.
Its creation resulted from the 1994 UN Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States, hosted by Barbados. During the conference, an NGO forum exhibition, entitled
“The Village of Hope”, included 300 displays which depicted “The Horror”, environmental decay, and “The
Hope”, environmental protection if special action is taken.The linkage of art, spirit and
technology had been one of the key developments at the Village of Hope.
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