SDIA Brochure—May 2013

SDIA Brochure 2013

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March 2013

Samuel Chapleau Passes

Samuel Chapleau, who died on February 16th, 2013, surrounded by his three sons, Menez, Adrian and Geoffroy and his wife Raphaëlle. Samuel was diligent and committed to his Susila Dharma work as volunteer bookkeeper and administrator for Susila Dharma Canada and Susila Dharma International. 

SD Canada and SDIA have both created memorial funds to honour his memory, contribution and the work that he did in support of Susila Dharma in the DRC. (Those who want Canadian tax receipts, can donate through SD Canada

• Three reports from the Rio+20 Global Summit on the Environment. The SD Network sent three representatives to the Global Summit in Rio de Janeiro. “Sustainability, the capacity to live healthily in the present while preserving, building and not depleting the earth’s resources for the future, rests on a three-legged stool: environment, economics and social equity.”
• Practical Action Most food in the world is grown, collected and harvested by more than a billion small-scale farmers, pastoralists and artisanal fisherfolk. This food is mainly sold, processed, resold and consumed locally… reinforcing the diversity and vibrancy of local food systems should also be at the forefront of the international policy agenda.
  • Sharifin Gardiner
  • Jae Twyman
  • Illène Pevec