Casey Vayn-Todos today said, “the increasingly undemocratic nature of the monetary system the G8 represents is becoming more and more apparent. So-called “apathy” is growing with every election held by the western democracies. But it is not by appealing to the leaders that we can solve the problems the world faces, the solution to the worlds problems lies in our own hands.”



“The Eco–Village will show that through self organisation the people of the world can solve their own problems, scraps from the rich mans table will not and in fact can not solve anything. The G8’s paltry debt consolidation deal offered to the various African governments is fittingly similar to the type of deal offered by loan sharks throughout the country.”



Many of the people in the eco village will focus on peace issues. Robin Francis commented; “Only by reclaiming the power stolen using the threat, and often use, of violence by governments can the problems of poverty, hunger, war and environmental armageddon be halted.



The Eco-Village will be a microcosm of a world that is not only possible and desirable but necessary. From West Wales to West Papua, From Stirling to Soweto the new world is growing. Let’s leave the G8 and all it’s institutions of misery, death and destruction behind and move towards a beautiful, free future. Let the example and deeds of the Eco-Villagers spread beyond Stirling and cre8 a world where none live in poverty and all are liberated."



The activists will show that people are more than capable of making the decisions that affect their lives. Organizing horizontally, rather than hierarchically, the Activists will show that the rigid authority of the state, and therefore the G8, is not only unnecessary but is extremely harmful. Harmful to human beings and our communities, harmful to our environment and harmful to all life on earth.

“Where the G8 leaders offer up the dead end of Nuclear power as a solution to climate change, on this twenty five acres we will be using low impact sustainable technologies such as wind and solar power generation to demonstrate that it is practical and possible to break away from the insane use of deadly fossil fuels and a radioactive future for our children.” Said Amy Marie
Activist Andrew Rhys was quoted today saying “The planet is rapidly being destroyed by the un-sustainable policies of the G8, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization. At the Eco-Village we will, unlike the G8 governments, deal with all our own needs and our own waste. From composting toilets to re-using and re-cycling waste products we will show that it is easy to take responsibility for our selves and our environment. Without immediate radical change Poverty will never be history but the future for all mankind except the very richest and most powerful, the G8 leaders for example. As the runaway train of industrialization and economic globalisation hurtles towards ecological meltdown the G8 leaders will play golf and make deals that make all our futures even more precarious.”

A press conference will be held on Monday 20th June.