[Digestion] Fwd: Popgroup Normaal signs CO2 agreement with SNV supported biogas programme in Vietnam

[Bruno M.]

An other nice idea.  ;-)

Off topic, but about that rock&blues group from Holland:
they were a local success in the Netherlands back in the 70ties,
always singing in a local dialect.
They had a big hit among younger people and motorbikers called
"Oerend Hard " ( going very fast ( on there BSA )).
The name of the group "Normaal"  means "normal",
but that was and is, a strong contradiction.  ;-)
Now they seams to make a comeback, and recently got over to
Afghanistan to support the dutch soldiers on duty there.
And for that occasion made an parodie on there own succes hit.
the single is now called " Oehoe Oehoeroezgan   ".
They have their own web site:  www.normaal.nl/main.htm   ( all in 
dutch not in english)
were people also can download that song,
but you can hear a piece of it ( if you have broadband) at :
www.normaal.nl/download/download.htm
click on the blue "play" button, if it is not starting automatically.

Grts
Bruno M. ( from Belgium just south of Holland )
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At 19:02 6/07/2007, Tom Miles wrote:
>30,000 digesters in Vietnam should be of interest to this group. This is
>from the HEDON CarbonSIG.
>
>Tom
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > From: Grant Ballard-Tremeer [mailto:grant at ecoharmony.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:45 AM
> > Hi Folks
> > These are the first biogas plants sponsored by a pop group that I have
> > heard of - see below.
> >
> > Grant
> > From: Wim van Nes <nesvliet04 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > Date: Thursday, July 5, 2007
> >
> > Subject: Popgroup Normaal signs CO2 agreement with SNV supported
> > biogas programme in Vietnam
> >
> > ===8<==============Original message text===============
> >
> > Popgroup Normaal signs CO2 agreement with SNV supported biogas
> > programme in Vietnam
> >
> > The Dutch popgroup Normaal is one of the first music artists to
> > produce a climate neutral Album. For their newest album, called "Hier
> > is Normaal", they partnered with SNV and the Vietnamese Ministry  of
> > Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to compensate on a voluntary
> > basis the CO2 emission related to the production and the tour around
> > the release of this album. The official agreement arranging for this
> > transaction is due for signing on the 6th of July.
> >
> > The total amount emitted by Normaal is estimated to be 250.5 tonnes
> > of CO2. This emission will be compensated by the construction of 25
> > biogas plants in Vietnam in 2007. The reductions related to the
> > operation of these plants have  been sold to the popgroup for a
> > period of five years.
> >
> > In this partnership, productivity, the fight against global warming
> > and development are beautifully stringed together on a micro-scale.
> > Normaal shows a sincere interest to mainstream the climate issue in
> > their business, while the Vietnamese Government takes care of the
> > improvement of life of 25 families in Vietnam. The biogas programme
> > in Vietnam is a long-term programme, started in 2003. Since then,
> > about 30,000 families were provided access  to biogas, not only
> > providing a clean, quick and convenient cooking fuel, but also
> > improving sanitation, protecting the environment, and generating
> > employment in the rural areas. This successful and innovative project
> > won the Energy Globe Award in Brussels last April.
> >
> > For SNV, this agreement with the Popgroup Normaal is a mere
> > demonstration that  such kind of partnership is feasible and
> > valuable. On behalf of the national implementing partners in the
> > national biogas programmes in Asian and African countries, more
> > substantial transactions related to many more biogas plants will be
> > prepared involving also independent third parties for quality
> > assurance.
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