German chart?

January 7, 2007

Anything on this in the chart Jorge? Innovation, conservation, intelligent living..

Aloha,

Sally

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Published on Thursday, December 21, 2006 by the Christian Science Monitor

New German Community Models Car-free Living

by Isabelle de Pommereau

It's

pickup time at the Vauban kindergarten here at the edge of the Black

Forest, but there's not a single minivan waiting for the kids. Instead,

a convoy of helmet-donning moms - bicycle trailers in tow - pedal up to

the entrance.

Welcome

to Germany's best-known environmentally friendly neighborhood and a

successful experiment in green urban living. The Vauban development -

2,000 new homes on a former military base 10 minutes by bike from the

heart of Freiburg - has put into practice many ideas that were once

dismissed as eco-fantasy but which are now moving to the center of

public policy.

The Vauban neighborhood in Freiburg, Germany, is being developed as a

model sustainable district on the site of a former military base. Many

of the houses produce more energy than they use. Other buildings are

heated by a neighborhood-scale combined heat and power station burning

wood chips. (Photo by Jayson Antonoff)

With gas prices well

above $6 per gallon across much of the continent, Vauban is striking a

chord in Western Europe as communities encourage people to be less

car-dependent. Just this week, Paris unveiled a new electric tram in a

bid to reduce urban pollution and traffic congestion.

" Vauban is

clearly an offer for families with kids to live without cars, " says Jan

Scheurer, an Australian researcher who has studied the Vauban model

extensively. " It was meant to counter urban sprawl - an offer for

families not to move out to the suburbs and give them the same, if

better quality of life. And it is very successful. "

There are

numerous incentives for Vauban's 4,700 residents to live car-free:

Carpoolers get free yearly tramway passes, while parking spots -

available only in a garage at the neighborhood's edge - go for €17,500

(US$23,000). Forty percent of residents have bought spaces, many just

for the benefit of their visiting guests.

As a result, the

car-ownership rate in Vauban is only 150 per 1,000 inhabitants,

compared with 430 per 1,000 inhabitants in Freiburg proper.

In contrast, the

US average is 640 household vehicles per 1,000 residents. But some

cities - such as Davis, Calif., where 17 percent of residents commute

by bike - have pioneered a car-free lifestyle that is similar to

Vauban's model.

Vauban, which is

located in the southwestern part of the country, owes its existence, at

least in part, to Freiburg - a university town, like Davis - that has a

reputation as Germany's ecological capital.

In the 1970s, the

city became the cradle of Germany's powerful antinuclear movement after

local activists killed plans for a nuclear power station nearby. The

battle brought energy-policy issues closer to the people and increased

involvement in local politics. With a quarter of its people voting for

the Green Party, Freiburg became a political counterweight in the

conservative state of Baden-Württemberg.

At about the same

time, Freiburg, a city of 216,000 people, revolutionized travel

behavior. It made its medieval center more pedestrian-friendly, laid

down a lattice of bike paths, and introduced a flat rate for tramways

and buses.

Environmental

research also became a backbone of the region's economy, which boasts

Germany's largest solar-research center and an international center for

renewable energy. Services such as installing solar panels and

purifying wastewater account for 3 percent of jobs in the region,

according to city figures.

Little wonder

then, that when the French Army closed the 94-acre base that Vauban now

occupies in 1991, a group of forward-thinking citizens took the

initiative to create a new form of city living for young families.

" We knew the city

had a duty to make a plan. We wanted to get as involved as possible, "

says Andreas Delleske, then a physics student who led the grass-roots

initiative that codesigned Vauban. " And we were accepted as a partner

of the city. "

In 1998, Freiburg

bought land from the German government and worked with Delleske's group

to lay out a master plan for the area, keeping in mind the ecological,

social, economic, and cultural goals of reducing energy levels while

creating healthier air and a solid infrastructure for young families.

Rather than handing the area to a real estate developer, the city let

small homeowner cooperatives design and build their homes from scratch.

In retrospect,

" It would have been much simpler to give a big developer a piece of

land and say, 'Come back five years later with a plan,' " says Roland

Veith, the Freiburg city official in charge of Vauban.

But the result is

a " master plan of an ecological city ... unique in its holistic

approach, " says Peter Heck, a professor of material-flow management at

Germany's University of Trier, pointing out that this was a

community-wide effort involving engineers, politicians, city planners,

and residents - not just an environmental group's pilot program.

Today, rows of

individually designed, brightly painted buildings line streets that are

designed to be too narrow for cars. There are four kindergartens, a

Waldorf school, and plenty of playgrounds - a good thing, because a

third of Vauban's residents are under age 18, bucking the trend in a

graying country.

As Germany's

population ages - and shrinks - experts say Vauban's model will become

more important as officials increasingly tailor-make communities in an

effort to attract citizens .

" We have fewer

young people. What you need now is a good quality of life with good

services, a good infrastructure for kids and older people, " says Thomas

Schleifnecker, a Hannover-based urban planner.

Across Europe,

similar projects are popping up. Copenhagen, for instance, maintains a

fleet of bikes for public use that is financed through advertising on

bicycle frames.

But what makes

Vauban unique, say experts, is that " it's as much a grass-roots

initiative as it is pursued by the city council, " says Mr. Scheurer.

" It brings together the community, the government, and the private

sector at every state of the game. "

As more cities

follow Vauban's example, some see its approach taking off. " Before you

had pilot projects. Now it's like a movement, " says Mr. Heck. " The idea

of saving energy for our landscape is getting into the basic planning

procedure of German cities. "

-- Sally Spencer, Jyotish KovidA Gentle Journey to Deep Healing Ascension work, Vedic Astrology*,Western Astrology reports www.Devi3.byregion.net

sally234 *Vedic Astrology, a co creative sacred science, which determines, strengthens or propitiates planetary results.

www.EnlightenedLiving/AscensionJoys

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Entering the PlanetIt's inevitable. It's contagious~

January 7, 2007

On December 21, 2006, Germany dasha was Sa/Ke/Sa/Me/Ju. Saturn rules H8 and is placed in H6. Transit Ketu was aspecting natal Moon, L1 and collective consciousness, and Saturn exactly. Natal Ketu is exactly conjunct with MEP1, influencing H1, H5, H7, and H9. Besides, its influence over the chart is very deep, as it is placed in H1 also in D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D9, D10, D12, D20, D30. It seems it was a kind of a spiritual awakening, in the direction of a better quality of life...

Aloha,

Jorge

On 1/7/07, Sally Spencer <sally234 wrote:

Anything on this in the chart Jorge? Innovation, conservation, intelligent living..Aloha,Sally

http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com//refer.php?s=45767739 & u=1705791

Published on Thursday, December 21, 2006 by the

Christian Science Monitor

New German Community Models Car-free Living

by Isabelle de Pommereau

It's pickup time at the Vauban kindergarten here at the edge of the Black Forest, but there's not a single minivan waiting for the kids. Instead, a convoy of helmet-donning moms - bicycle trailers in tow - pedal up to the entrance.

Welcome to Germany's best-known environmentally friendly neighborhood and a successful experiment in green urban living. The Vauban development - 2,000 new homes on a former military base 10 minutes by bike from the heart of Freiburg - has put into practice many ideas that were once dismissed as eco-fantasy but which are now moving to the center of public policy.

The Vauban neighborhood in Freiburg, Germany, is being developed as a model sustainable district on the site of a former military base. Many of the houses produce more energy than they use. Other buildings are heated by a neighborhood-scale combined heat and power station burning wood chips. (Photo by Jayson Antonoff) With gas prices well above $6 per gallon across much of the continent, Vauban is striking a chord in Western Europe as communities encourage people to be less car-dependent. Just this week, Paris unveiled a new electric tram in a bid to reduce urban pollution and traffic congestion.

" Vauban is clearly an offer for families with kids to live without cars, " says Jan Scheurer, an Australian researcher who has studied the Vauban model extensively. " It was meant to counter urban sprawl - an offer for families not to move out to the suburbs and give them the same, if better quality of life. And it is very successful. "

There are numerous incentives for Vauban's 4,700 residents to live car-free: Carpoolers get free yearly tramway passes, while parking spots - available only in a garage at the neighborhood's edge - go for â‚¬17,500 (US$23,000). Forty percent of residents have bought spaces, many just for the benefit of their visiting guests.

As a result, the car-ownership rate in Vauban is only 150 per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 430 per 1,000 inhabitants in Freiburg proper.

In contrast, the US average is 640 household vehicles per 1,000 residents. But some cities - such as Davis, Calif., where 17 percent of residents commute by bike - have pioneered a car-free lifestyle that is similar to Vauban's model.

Vauban, which is located in the southwestern part of the country, owes its existence, at least in part, to Freiburg - a university town, like Davis - that has a reputation as Germany's ecological capital.

In the 1970s, the city became the cradle of Germany's powerful antinuclear movement after local activists killed plans for a nuclear power station nearby. The battle brought energy-policy issues closer to the people and increased involvement in local politics. With a quarter of its people voting for the Green Party, Freiburg became a political counterweight in the conservative state of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg.

At about the same time, Freiburg, a city of 216,000 people, revolutionized travel behavior. It made its medieval center more pedestrian-friendly, laid down a lattice of bike paths, and introduced a flat rate for tramways and buses.

Environmental research also became a backbone of the region's economy, which boasts Germany's largest solar-research center and an international center for renewable energy. Services such as installing solar panels and purifying wastewater account for 3 percent of jobs in the region, according to city figures.

Little wonder then, that when the French Army closed the 94-acre base that Vauban now occupies in 1991, a group of forward-thinking citizens took the initiative to create a new form of city living for young families.

" We knew the city had a duty to make a plan. We wanted to get as involved as possible, " says Andreas Delleske, then a physics student who led the grass-roots initiative that codesigned Vauban. " And we were accepted as a partner of the city. "

In 1998, Freiburg bought land from the German government and worked with Delleske's group to lay out a master plan for the area, keeping in mind the ecological, social, economic, and cultural goals of reducing energy levels while creating healthier air and a solid infrastructure for young families. Rather than handing the area to a real estate developer, the city let small homeowner cooperatives design and build their homes from scratch.

In retrospect, " It would have been much simpler to give a big developer a piece of land and say, 'Come back five years later with a plan,' " says Roland Veith, the Freiburg city official in charge of Vauban.

But the result is a " master plan of an ecological city ... unique in its holistic approach, " says Peter Heck, a professor of material-flow management at Germany's University of Trier, pointing out that this was a community-wide effort involving engineers, politicians, city planners, and residents - not just an environmental group's pilot program.

Today, rows of individually designed, brightly painted buildings line streets that are designed to be too narrow for cars. There are four kindergartens, a Waldorf school, and plenty of playgrounds - a good thing, because a third of Vauban's residents are under age 18, bucking the trend in a graying country.

As Germany's population ages - and shrinks - experts say Vauban's model will become more important as officials increasingly tailor-make communities in an effort to attract citizens .

" We have fewer young people. What you need now is a good quality of life with good services, a good infrastructure for kids and older people, " says Thomas Schleifnecker, a Hannover-based urban planner.

Across Europe, similar projects are popping up. Copenhagen, for instance, maintains a fleet of bikes for public use that is financed through advertising on bicycle frames.

But what makes Vauban unique, say experts, is that " it's as much a grass-roots initiative as it is pursued by the city council, " says Mr. Scheurer. " It brings together the community, the government, and the private sector at every state of the game. "

As more cities follow Vauban's example, some see its approach taking off. " Before you had pilot projects. Now it's like a movement, " says Mr. Heck. " The idea of saving energy for our landscape is getting into the basic planning procedure of German cities. "

sally234 *Vedic Astrology, a co creative sacred science,which determines, strengthens or propitiatesplanetary results.

www.EnlightenedLiving/AscensionJoys

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January 7, 2007

Very good Jorge. Inspiring. And sixth house could rule the

construction aspect. I didn't get what the rising sign was.

Thank you.

SallyOn 1/6/07, Jorge Angelino <jorge.angelino wrote:

On December 21, 2006, Germany dasha was Sa/Ke/Sa/Me/Ju.

Saturn rules H8 and is placed in H6. Transit Ketu was aspecting natal

Moon, L1 and collective consciousness, and Saturn exactly. Natal Ketu

is exactly conjunct with MEP1, influencing H1, H5, H7, and H9. Besides,

its influence over the chart is very deep, as it is placed in H1 also

in D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D9, D10, D12, D20, D30. It seems it was a kind

of a spiritual awakening, in the direction of a better quality of

life...

Aloha,

Jorge

On 1/7/07, Sally Spencer <sally234

> wrote:

Anything on this in the chart Jorge? Innovation, conservation, intelligent living..Aloha,Sally

http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com//refer.php?s=45767739 & u=1705791

Published on Thursday, December 21, 2006 by the

Christian Science Monitor

New German Community Models Car-free Living

by Isabelle de Pommereau

It's pickup time

at the Vauban kindergarten here at the edge of the Black Forest, but

there's not a single minivan waiting for the kids. Instead, a convoy of

helmet-donning moms - bicycle trailers in tow - pedal up to the

entrance.

Welcome to

Germany's best-known environmentally friendly neighborhood and a

successful experiment in green urban living. The Vauban development -

2,000 new homes on a former military base 10 minutes by bike from the

heart of Freiburg - has put into practice many ideas that were once

dismissed as eco-fantasy but which are now moving to the center of

public policy.

The

Vauban neighborhood in Freiburg, Germany, is being developed as a model

sustainable district on the site of a former military base. Many of the

houses produce more energy than they use. Other buildings are heated by

a neighborhood-scale combined heat and power station burning wood

chips. (Photo by Jayson Antonoff)

-- Sally Spencer, Jyotish KovidA Gentle Journey to Deep Healing Ascension work, Vedic Astrology*,Western Astrology reports www.Devi3.byregion.net

sally234 *Vedic Astrology, a co creative sacred science,which determines, strengthens or propitiatesplanetary results.

www.EnlightenedLiving/AscensionJoys

http://health.ElectroMagneticHealth/

EMF Products:

http://www.mybiopro.com/Home.aspx?ID=SallySpencerWaves of LoveEntering the Planet

It's inevitable. It's contagious~

January 7, 2007

The rising sign is Cancer.

Jorge

On 1/7/07, Sally Spencer <sally234 wrote:

Very good Jorge. Inspiring. And sixth house could rule the construction aspect. I didn't get what the rising sign was. Thank you. Sally

On 1/6/07, Jorge Angelino <

jorge.angelino wrote:

On December 21, 2006, Germany dasha was Sa/Ke/Sa/Me/Ju. Saturn rules H8 and is placed in H6. Transit Ketu was aspecting natal Moon, L1 and collective consciousness, and Saturn exactly. Natal Ketu is exactly conjunct with MEP1, influencing H1, H5, H7, and H9. Besides, its influence over the chart is very deep, as it is placed in H1 also in D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D9, D10, D12, D20, D30. It seems it was a kind of a spiritual awakening, in the direction of a better quality of life...

Aloha,

Jorge

On 1/7/07, Sally Spencer <sally234

> wrote:

Anything on this in the chart Jorge? Innovation, conservation, intelligent living..Aloha,Sally

http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com//refer.php?s=45767739 & u=1705791

Published on Thursday, December 21, 2006 by the

Christian Science Monitor

New German Community Models Car-free Living

by Isabelle de Pommereau

It's pickup time at the Vauban kindergarten here at the edge of the Black Forest, but there's not a single minivan waiting for the kids. Instead, a convoy of helmet-donning moms - bicycle trailers in tow - pedal up to the entrance.

Welcome to Germany's best-known environmentally friendly neighborhood and a successful experiment in green urban living. The Vauban development - 2,000 new homes on a former military base 10 minutes by bike from the heart of Freiburg - has put into practice many ideas that were once dismissed as eco-fantasy but which are now moving to the center of public policy.

The Vauban neighborhood in Freiburg, Germany, is being developed as a model sustainable district on the site of a former military base. Many of the houses produce more energy than they use. Other buildings are heated by a neighborhood-scale combined heat and power station burning wood chips. (Photo by Jayson Antonoff)

-- Sally Spencer, Jyotish KovidA Gentle Journey to Deep Healing Ascension work, Vedic Astrology*,Western Astrology reports

www.Devi3.byregion.net sally234 *Vedic Astrology, a co creative sacred science,

which determines, strengthens or propitiatesplanetary results.www.EnlightenedLiving/

AscensionJoys

http://health.ElectroMagneticHealth/EMF Products: http://www.mybiopro.com/Home.aspx?ID=SallySpencer

Waves of LoveEntering the Planet It's inevitable. It's contagious~