On the occasion of the training seminar Since 2002, Plexus Inter- PLEXUS ADVANCEMENTS ON national Forum Onlus is INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION AND OBESITY organizing in the Medina is an ongoing communi- organized by the Research Group on Nutrition "THE TRIANGLE of Dakar ty-based artists and scien- OF ART FESTIVAL", a tists network. Since its be- community-based sustai- ginnings in 1982, in New nable development pro- York, it has created many ject to be held every two years on the occasion of the community-based cross- Dakar Biennale. Workshops are conducted with children, cultural experimental art women, and young artists and their artworks and pro- & science events, invol- ducts are sold internationally through art events and scien- 21 July 2006 ving on some occasions tific meetings to raise funds for the community project. Casa de Colón (Columbus House) Kre MBaye hundreds of artists and Las Palmas of Gran Canaria scientists, across Euro- pe, Africa, Australia and North America. PLEXUS has pla- yed a seminal role in the conception of numerous insti- The Closing of the tutional scientific projects, linking the notion of "art", as International Travelling Event a community sustainable development resource, to the concept of "well being for all".

Erosions and Renaissance Show ACT VI°: Sardi- nia, Sicily, Calabria, no- vember 2006. EROSIONS AND RENAISSANCE SHOW It will continue, on the oc- ACT V casion of the World Food Medina of Dakar – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Day Italian Celebrations, from Carloforte, in Sardi- nia, on board the Elisabeth CHANGE OF ROUTE boat, The Ark of the Well AN OPEN CALL FOR Being, an open shuttle of communication A COMMON ACTION of art & science, to continue to promote the Open Call for a Common Action on Food in the Mediterranean. ART FOR FOOD THE VOYAGE CONTINUES… 6

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