A talk on “Sustainability” by Oliver Dowding, hosted by Mere Garden Club
Speakers from different faiths on the subject of Inter Faith and Social Action with the theme being One World, Many Needs, Many Faiths, One Golden Rule. Displays of Social Action providers from across the travel to work area i.e. cross borders; some provide local services others in different parts of the world, e.g. Kashmir, Pakistan, Kenya, Congo, Gambia, Burundi, Albania, Chernobyl children.
Event Description: The largest Fair/ethical trade event in Wales. 50 stalls selling fairly traded goods from around the world. African food, dancing and drumming. Fairtrade song competition. Live music. Children's zone.
The largest Fair/ethical trade event in Wales. A two day event with up to 50 stalls selling fairly traded goods from around the world. African food, dancing and drumming. Fairtrade school somg competition. live music.
Admission: Free
Information stalls and displays provided by local campaigning organisations; exhibition about how people are adapting to change and how we can share ideas for our common future; International buffet; Interactive participatory discussion sharing ideas on how we can work together for a better world.
Admission: Free admission to the event. £5 for ticket for buffet plus soft drink.
Organised by Portsmouth Film Society in conjunction with Portsmouth OWW. The action takes place in the context of the Bolivian Water Wars and raises issues about exploitation and ownership of the basic needs for human survival. There will be information stalls and Fairtrade refreshments from 7.30 and the film will be shown at 8pm.
The 2012 theme asks:
How can we shape our lives to contribute to an equitable future for all?
This year looks back to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 with a conference Rio+20 in June which will review progress and assess what the world and each of us needs to do now if we want to hand on a planet worth living in to future generations. One World Week 2012 offers us an opportunity to review the findings of the conference and plan the actions we can take to contribute to an equitable, harmonious and enduring future.
A Central Region Forum, with Chairman UNA UK, Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Aims
1.To create a plan for contributing to a peaceful Middle East
2. To recognise young peoples' skills in 'Model UN'
3. To recognise the contribution to UN goals of local partners
Venues:
Silvester Horne Institute; St laurence's Parish Centre; and Mayfair Community Centre Venue Address
1. High St, Chuch Stretton, SY6 6BY
2. Church St, Church Stretton, SY6 6DQ
3. Easthope Rd, Church Stretton, SY6 6BL
The Warwick District UN Association will be celebrating the UN International Day of Peace on 21st September, 2012. Guest speakers, film screening from Peaceoneday.org and followed by discussions on the subject.
Talk by Chris Cole of Drone Wars UK.
SMK runs a series of one-day introductory level campaign workshops throughout the UK to equip people with the skills to bring about change at a local or national level, supported by the Tudor Trust. Participants will already be involved at a basic level of campaigning or just about to get started - whether you are challenging local authority social care changes or protesting about climate change - if you want information and advice about the next steps, then this campaign workshop is for you.
Speakers: Brian Wicker, Trustee of Pax Christi and co-editor of 'Just War on Terror? A Christian and Muslim Response'.
And: Jim McCluskey, author of 'The Nuclear Threat: Intolerable and Avoidable'
Bring sandwiches from 12.30pm. Tea and coffee provided.
Grassroot Diplomat is hosting the Initiative Awards 2012 which will formally recognise six diplomats and politicians who are working hard on issues and organisations led by civil society. We hope to raise awareness about grassroots activities and bring government officials closer to the people.
Over the weekend of October 5th-9th, there will be a protest at Hinkley Point. This will consist of:
1) a protest camp at Hinkley from the 5th to the 9th,
2) A protest march around the nearest town, Bridgwater, followed by a rally in the town centre, on Saturday 6th October, with a die-in at Hinkley Point later in the day.
3) Workshops and other events at the camp and around the proposed site for Sizewell C on Sunday 7th.
4) A Day of Action at Hinkley on Monday 8th including a blockade of the base in the morning.
The screening will be followed by a panel debate with director Jean-Philippe Tremblay, other panelists to be confirmed.
Shadows of Liberty is an in-depth examination of the American media crisis and the decline of independent journalism as a result of the influence of corporate interests and government.
More: http://tinyurl.com/ch9axva
Organised by Lapido Media with photography by Jeremy Hunter.
The 'ante-chamber of terror' as the French security service is said to have dubbed it, or an other-worldly group of Muslims dedicated to piety and preaching? A movement of separatist, supremacist, misogynists bent on the Islamisation of Europe, or just another facet of multicultural Britain to be celebrated?
More: http://tinyurl.com/cdw75lv
Named one of India's most influential people, Tarun J. Tejpal is an acclaimed journalist, publisher, novelist and founder of Tehelka, a news organisation that has become renowned globally for its aggressive public interest journalism. He will be joining us at the Frontline Club to talk about his work and the media landscape in India today.
More: http://tinyurl.com/cokf6ko
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Michael Grigsby and co-director Rebekah Tolley.
In 1970 director Michael Grigsby made one of the first films to show the devastating impact of the Vietnam war on soldiers who returned home. In We Went To War he returns to meet these men over 40 years later. Merging past and present in a contemplative, visual and touching way, the film reveals how much the men's experience of war shaped their lives.
More: http://tinyurl.com/c9dr4rt
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Jawed Taiman and producer Sharron Ward.
This award-winning documentary tells the story of two addicted teenage boys living in Afghanistan and how their lives and those of their families have been ravaged by drugs. Director Jawed Taiman not only shows the vicious cycle of addiction, the devastating effect of drugs on everyday family life, and the distressing lack of life prospects, but also captures the remarkable friendship between the boys.
More: http://tinyurl.com/bodp2yd
