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Events Calendar
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- Demonstrations
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- Fairs
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Resurgence Readers Weekend & Camp
Four days of stimulating discussion, music, dance, crafts and walks with Resurgence readers and contributors at Green & Away. With Pooran Desai, sustainability consultant, co-founder of BedZED; Ziauddin Sardar, author of "Desperately Seeking Paradise"; Satish Kumar, Editor of Resurgence; John Letts, archaeobotanist; Helen Moore, eco poet; Gaia Partnership, workshop on deep ecology; Victoria Field, writing workshop; Angela Cooper, singing bowls workshop; storytelling with Eric Maddern; Tai Chi with Shibashi with Teena Gould; music from Dragonsfly, Caitlin and Sika & Brigitte Norland.
Green & Away is Europe's only tented conference centre and in 2008 will be near Malvern, Worcestershire. Organic food, wood-burning showers, crafts, electricity from the sun and wind, and saunas. People with disabilities welcome. Accessible by public transport. Book early as previous events have been full!
Contact:
Tel: 01237 441293 , info@resurgence.org
Location:
Worcestershire
More info:
Resurgence
[Ends: 15:00 - 27 Jul]
Introduction to Permaculture - A two-day course
These courses introduce the basics of Permaculture and show how this approach can be applied. These courses are run regularly. Please see www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk for full details
Contact:
Contact via website
Location:
Brighton area
More info:
Brighton Permaculture Trust
[Ends: 17:00 - 27 Jul]
Learn to weave using a simple backstrap loom which you can hang from a tree and take home in your bag. £65 incl food, overnight camping available
Contact:
ambuka, 07722 762701
Location:
Landmatters permaculture project, Totnes, Devon
More info:
link
[Ends: 17:00 - 26 Jul]
Your Region Needs You - consultation
East Midlands Friends of the Earth is drawing up a strategy for our work in the region between 2008 - 2013. This is your chance to feed in your ideas and thoughts - what do you want your region to look like by 2013? How can we best support local groups and activists in the East Midlands.
We're holding a number of consultation days across the region, as well as providing opportunities for online and telephone feedback. Find out more at:
http://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/FOE
Contact:
louise hazan
Contact:
callie lister
Location:
NCVS Nottingham - 7 Mansfield Road
More info:
Strategic Plan Overview
More info:
Activist Dialogue Project Blog
More info:
More information about the consultation
[Ends: 16:30 - 26 Jul]
Regional Consultation - New Mill, Derbyshire
East Midlands Friends of the Earth is drawing up a strategy for our work in the region between 2008 - 2013. This is your chance to feed in your ideas and thoughts - what do you want your region to look like by 2013? How can we best support local groups and activists in the East Midlands?
We're holding a number of consultation evenings across the region, as well as providing opportunities for online and telephone feedback. Find out more at: http://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/FOE
(please contact callie.lister@foe.co.uk for the password)
Contact:
louise hazan
Contact:
callie lister
Location:
Chalkers Pub, New Mills, Derbyshire
More info:
More information about the Regional Strategy consultations
[Ends: 21:00 - 28 Jul]
AgroFuels - The Climate Endgame
A talk by Deepak Rughani, biofuels campaigner and co-director of BioFuelWatch. In his presentation, Mr Rughani will look at the negative effects of large-scale biofuel production, some alternative solutions to the combined threats of climate change and diminishing fossil fuels, and answer questions. Admission is free and donations are very welcome.
Contact:
wycombefoe@yahoo.co.uk
Location:
The Environment Centre on Holywell Mead
More info:
Wycombe Friends of the Earth
More info:
Directions to the venue
[Ends: 21:30 - 31 Jul]
On this course you will learn how to source, mix and apply clay render and to leave different final finishes. It will be a hands-on, practical workshop where participants are involved in rendering a mobile demonstration structure. Come and find out about this wonderful material and how to use it. Cost - £60.
Contact:
lili@lowimpact.org
Location:
Hackney City Farm, London
More info:
Hackney City Farm
More info:
Course bookings
[Ends: 17:00 - 02 Aug]
Lime is a traditional building material used for pointing, rendering, paving and as building blocks. On this course you will learn the theory behind using lime as render, get hands-on experience of working with it and learn the benefits of this material for sustainable construction. Cost - £60.
Contact:
lili@lowimpact.org
Location:
Hackney City Farm, London
More info:
Hackney City Farm
[Ends: 17:00 - 03 Aug]
"No new coal" march : Rochester to Kingsnorth
Rally starts at 12.30pm, Set off at 1pm. Speakers from local groups, as well as national NGOs, will talk about why a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth should never happen....We'll be linking up with Climate Camp Caravans from London and Brighton on their last day, as well as cyclists from London and around the country. Dress as a dinosaur, a power station chimney or anything you can think of.
Contact:
Phil Thornhill, info@campaigncc.org
Location:
Assemble at Rochester Station car park
More info:
link
[Ends: 16:00 - 03 Aug]
Fruit tree grafting - A one-day course
Learn how to propagate fruit trees by grafting on this practical course. Please see www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk for full details
Contact:
Contact via website
Location:
Brighton area
More info:
Brighton Permaculture Trust
[Ends: 17:00 - 09 Aug]
Aarati - Festival of Light 2008 - Lanhydrock Cornwall
One day event for eco-living, nature awareness and healthy living. Many workshops, talks and events. £25 - kids under 16 free.
Contact:
Aimée Blackman
Location:
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
More info:
Aarati Festival of Light 2008
[Ends: 20:00 - 31 Aug]
Another Kind of Silence - a play
Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" in 1962, overcoming the opposition of government, industry and her own failing personal health in order to alert the world to the careless use of chemicals in our environment. This theatre piece enables a contemporary audience to appreciate the courage of Rachel Carson once again. “"Well written, sharply intelligent, topical, tight and engrossing throughout”" - Matt Holland, Director, Swindon Literature Festival
Contact:
Steven, phone 020 8504 5325
Location:
St James' United Reformed Church, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst hill, Essex
[Ends: time TBC - 06 Sep]
Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" in 1962, overcoming the opposition of government, industry and her own failing personal health in order to alert the world to the careless use of chemicals in our environment. This theatre piece enables a contemporary audience to appreciate the courage of Rachel Carson once again. “"Well written, sharply intelligent, topical, tight and engrossing throughout”" - Matt Holland, Director, Swindon Literature Festival
Contact:
info@rachelcarson.co.uk
Location:
Tabard Theatre, Chiswick
[Ends: time TBC - 13 Sep]
Friends of the Earth Conference 2008
Our annual conference for local group members and local campaigners.
Location:
Loughborough University
More info:
More information on Conference
[Ends: time TBC - 14 Sep]
Climate Friendly Fortnight - Cornwall
Two weeks of music, actions, stalls, events happening across Cornwall, with a launch night of music on the 12th. Brigit Strawbridge (from the TV show "It's Not Easy Being Green") will be opening the night and will be followed by music from "Julian Gaskell and His Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" with support from "We have no TV". A great night to launch a great fortnight! Check the website nearer the time for more details (currently being updated).
Contact:
Clayton Elliott
Location:
Launch night - Miss Peapod's Cafe, Jubilee Wharf, Penryn. Other events - across Cornwall
More info:
Climate Friendly Cornwall
[Ends: time TBC - 26 Sep]
Energy saving begins at home
Geoffrey Stevens of the Energy Saving Trust on how to reduce your energy consumption and generate your own, whilst making your home more comfortable. Includes freebies! £2 admission includes free refreshments
Contact:
David Farrar, 01665 605812
Location:
St Michael's Church Hall, Canongate, Alnwick, Northumberland
More info:
Alnwick Area Friends of the Earth blog
[Ends: 21:30 - 16 Sep]
More than 20,000 people from all across Europe are expected to participate in the forum. It’s a meeting place for European social movements on issues as wide ranging as environment, peace, women’s rights, and global justice.
Seminars and workshops will be mixed with culture, music, activism and demonstrations. But the forum is so much more than a meeting of a couple of days - it’s a chance to put forward alternatives and visions for the future and another, better, more sustainable Europe.
Friends of the Earth Europe is planning a number of activities to take place during the course of the ESF. These include seminars on food sovereignty and Europe’s global environmental footprint, and workshops on meat consumption, GM, biofuels, and communities in the global South resisting European corporate power, among others.
Contact:
stephanie greig
Contact:
sarah-jayne clifton
Location:
Malmö, Sweden
More info:
For more information on the European Social Forum itself, see the ESF website
[Ends: time TBC - 21 Sep]
International Conference - Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
The Conference will discuss the evolving impacts of climate change and the issues of adaptation in a time of ongoing change. The Conference will be divided into 8 multidisciplinary themes. Registration fee is £200 (postgraduate students £100) for full attendance, including lunches and all refreshments during this 3-day Conference, plus dinner and the Gala Dinner on the Monday and Tuesday evenings respectively. See website for more details.
Contact:
Maggie.Smith@exeter.ac.uk
Location:
University of Exeter, UK
More info:
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: Dangerous rates of change
[Ends: time TBC - 24 Sep]
Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" in 1962, overcoming the opposition of government, industry and her own failing personal health in order to alert the world to the careless use of chemicals in our environment. This theatre piece enables a contemporary audience to appreciate the courage of Rachel Carson once again. “"Well written, sharply intelligent, topical, tight and engrossing throughout”" - Matt Holland, Director, Swindon Literature Festival
Contact:
info@rachelcarson.co.uk
Location:
Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
More info:
link
[Ends: time TBC - 27 Sep]
PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: An essential toolkit for communities and activists
On 25th September The Environmental Planning and Law Association Northern Ireland (EPLANI) will host an event at NICVA in Belfast, offering a café style training seminar on how best to engage with the planning system in Northern Ireland. Experts from a range of fields will be on hand to offer advice on how best to campaign for your rights. This is a unique opportunity to access expertise that would usually cost you.
Contact:
niall bakewell
Location:
NICVA, 61 Duncairn Garden, Belfast, BT15 2GB
More info:
Directions to NICVA
[Ends: 18:00 - 25 Sep]
The world food crisis - a debate
The debates are held on Wednesdays in March and October each year. The speakers have included Cabinet Ministers, politicians and academic thinkers and researchers, and international celebrities, including George Soros. Admission: £8.00
Contact:
director@global-development-forum.org
Location:
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
More info:
Global Development Forum
[Ends: 20:30 - 01 Oct]
London Forum re-launch meeting
Re-launch of the London Forum for Friends of the Earth Local Groups. Come along to network and share your skills and experiences with other Friends of the Earth campaigners in London. We will be looking at how we can better connect groups together across the London region and how we can make a regular Forum work for your Local Group. All members of Local Groups welcome!
Contact:
katie higgins
Contact:
howard whitehead
Location:
Venue tbc
[Ends: time TBC - 07 Oct]
The International Agenda of the next President of the USA - a debate
The debates are held on Wednesdays in March and October each year. The speakers have included Cabinet Ministers, politicians and academic thinkers and researchers, and international celebrities, including George Soros. Admission: £8.00.
Contact:
director@global-development-forum.org
Location:
St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
More info:
Global Development Forum
[Ends: 20:30 - 08 Oct]
Forget globalisation - a debate
The debates are held on Wednesdays in March and October each year. The speakers have included Cabinet Ministers, politicians and academic thinkers and researchers, and international celebrities, including George Soros. Admission: £8.00
Contact:
director@global-development-forum.org
Location:
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
More info:
Global Development Forum
[Ends: 20:30 - 15 Oct]
Earthwatch lecture: Shrinking Habitats, Species Survival
Two talks on Earthwatch projects, 'South Africa's Brown Hyenas' and 'Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe', species in the one case often unfairly maligned, and in the other, sadly under- researched. Ticket only. Free to Earthwatch supporters; otherwise donation requested on door.
Contact:
Simon Laman, Events Officer, Earthwatch; events@earthwatch.org.uk; (01865) 318856
Location:
Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR
More info:
Earthwatch Europe
[Ends: 20:30 - 16 Oct]
European leadership is needed to reform the UN - a debate
The debates are held on Wednesdays in March and October each year. The speakers have included Cabinet Ministers, politicians and academic thinkers and researchers, and international celebrities, including George Soros. Admission: £8.00
Contact:
director@global-development-forum.org
Location:
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
More info:
Global Development Forum
[Ends: 20:30 - 22 Oct]
Eu Renewables Directive - National Day of Action
A day of action highlighting the role the British Government is playing in attempts to weaken the EU Renewables Directive. Activists will be raising awareness and asking MPs to write to Gordon Brown to ensure that he doesn't try to wriggle out of a strong renewables target.
Contact:
tom wright
Location:
local actions throughout England and Wales
More info:
campaign page
[Ends: time TBC - 25 Oct]
Only private initiative will develop the South - a debate
The debates are held on Wednesdays in March and October each year. The speakers have included Cabinet Ministers, politicians and academic thinkers and researchers, and international celebrities, including George Soros. Admission: £8.00
Contact:
director@global-development-forum.org
Location:
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
More info:
Global Development Forum
[Ends: 20:30 - 29 Oct]
You are not alone. What the public really thinks about climate change
Does the media influence what the public believe about climate change, or does it just reflect it? The truth about public attitudes to climate change.
Contact:
David Farrar, 01665 605812
Location:
St Michael's Church Hall, Canongate, Alnwick, Northumberland
More info:
Alnwick Area Friends of the Earth Blog
[Ends: 21:30 - 18 Nov]
Earthwatch Debate: Irreplaceable - the World's Most Invaluable Species
The ever-popular and thought-provoking Earthwatch Debate this year focuses on the world's most irreplaceable species - choose between bees, bats, fungi, plankton and primates (but not man!), championed by leaders in their field.
Doors open at 6.00pm (cash bar); debate to be followed by a second cash bar 9.00-9.30pm. Entrance free to Earthwatch supporters, otherwise a small donation will be requested on the door. Optional buffet supper 9.00-10.30 - tickets £25.00.
Contact:
Simon Laman; events@earthwatch.org.uk; (01865) 318856
Location:
Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR
More info:
Earthwatch Europe
[Ends: 21:00 - 20 Nov]
This is the sixth annual Homes for Good (sustainable home and garden exhibition) to be held in the south west. It promotes regional contacts for both trade and consumers in the field of sustainability. Ecos Trust who organises the event is the charitable arm of Ecos Homes and aims to make sustainable building the norm by 2010. Tickets Adults £5, 16 and under free
Contact:
Corina Reay, corina@ecostrust.org.uk Tel: 01458 259400
Location:
Westpoint Arena, Exeter
More info:
link
[Ends: 16:00 - 18 Apr 09]
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