Thus, it is thought, may contribute to a new culture of modernity more harmonious with nature and more responsive to the real human needs.

The project mission will be fulfilled through the realization of the following objectives:

1. Improvement of quality of data, information and knowledge about RMR worldwide.

2. Creation of the opportunity to exhibit market-ready products from – and innovative applications of – RMR.

3. Attraction of the attention of consumers to the merits or products from RMR as compared with those from non-renewable from a life cycle analysis perspective and their harmony with the principles of sustainable development.

4. Support of the initiatives of consumers, entrepreneurs and researchers to set best practice examples for the sustainable use of RMR.

5. Creation of a framework for the interaction between the producers of products from RMR and the consumers/users of these products who will be encouraged to express their viewpoints and remarks on these products.

6. Support of establishment of networks, associating the producers of renewable material resources, local entrepreneurs and industrial investors, R & D institutions, as well as local authorities and NGOs, interested in the preservation of the environment. Such networking may serve as a vehicle for creation of patterns of sustainable development in different regions of the world, based on the judicious use of renewable material resources. A successful example is the INBAR (the International Network of Bamboo and Rattan): beginning as a non-governmental organization in 1979 linking national research institutions and NGOs in an informal network targeting its activity to serve the small enterprise and the poor.

7. Motivation of people to imagine future local communities they would like to belong to, which have sustainable life styles built on the sustainable use of RMR.

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