Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Transition Darebin hosts Nicole Foss (The Automatic Earth)
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on January 20th, 2012
| 19 February , 2012 |
Nicole Foss is one of those big picture people who understands and explains the links between the converging pressures affecting the globe (peak oil, climate change, financial crisis) and the implications for our everyday lives. Nicole explains why a period of deflation is likely and discusses household and community preparation strategies. Nicole is a systems analyst who lives in Canada and blogs under the name Stoneleigh with writing partner “Ilargi” at The Automatic Earth.
Transition Darebin is cohosting an all day workshop with Nicole and Steve Keen on Sun 19th February.
Check out the Transition Darebin post for information about other Nicole Foss events in Melbourne.
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City Square Seminars: Climate Change & Environmental Politics
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on December 12th, 2011
| 13 December , 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Melbourne Free University at City Square in collaboration with Occupy Melbourne
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Climate Change Adaptation National Congress
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on September 15th, 2011
| 13 October , 2011 | ||
| 14 October , 2011 |
Photo by benzpics63 via flickr CC
Climate change presents planners and decision-makers with unique challenges. How, when and at what scale climate change will impact us remains uncertain. What is clear is that adaptation needs to be part of our planning and risk management now.
3 Pillars Network in partnership with Net Balance, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship present the 2nd Climate Change Adaptation Congress, a landmark event exploring the policy, strategies and business models needed to enable a climate resilient future for Australia. Planning for adaptation remains an outstanding challenge for the vast majority of Australian organisations. This is why we believe a practical and collaborative approach to addressing this issue is required. The Congress will create a space for knowledge sharing and ‘peer learning’ – drawing on the collective and unique expertise of organisations at all stages of adaptation planning. See About the Congress Structure for more details.
October 13 & 14, Melbourne Town Hall
Register now – early bird registration closes September 22. Download the Event Program.
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Seeking Program Partners: 13th Sustainable Living Festival
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on September 15th, 2011
IT’S THE CELEBRATION THAT SUSTAINS A NATION
You are invited to join in the celebrations of the 13th annual Sustainable Living Festival. We want your ideas, imagination and insights into community education and mobilisation to help create the 2012 Festival program. This is the critical decade and we all know we need to help Australians achieve a new scale and speed of action for a safe climate and safe environment. The Festival’s role in helping to communicate this direction and showcase leading groups and solutions is a pivotal one in gaining community support for a mass transition to aid sustainability. The Festival’s program format is rapidly expanding to reach new audiences and develop fresh and more creative ways of engaging with people from all walks of life. We invite you to become a program partner today and help shape this direction and kick start the programming for Festival 2012.
- BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM
- PROMOTE YOUR WORK
- LAUNCH YOUR NEW CAMPAIGNS
- CONNECT WITH NEW AUDIENCES
- JOIN THE TEN YEAR TRANSITION
FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact: Luke Taylor, Sustainable Living Foundation – luke@slf.org.au
Apply: Online Event Application Form – http://www.slf.org.au/festival
SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL 2012 EVENT DATES 11 – 26 FEBRUARY
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The Climate Reality Project
Posted in Events, Movements by Kate Archdeacon on September 8th, 2011
| 14 September , 2011 |
24 Hours of Reality
24 Presenters. 24 Time Zones. 13 Languages. 1 Message. 24 Hours of Reality is a worldwide event to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis. It will consist of a new multimedia presentation created by Al Gore and delivered once per hour for 24 hours, representing every time zone around the globe. Each hour people living with the reality of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather events — including floods, droughts and storms — and the manmade pollution that is changing our climate. We will offer a round-the-clock, round-the-globe snapshot of the climate crisis in real time. The deniers may have millions of dollars to spend, but we have a powerful advantage. We have reality.
24 Hours of Reality will be broadcast live online from September 14 to 15, over 24 hours, representing 24 time zones and 13 languages.
From Tonga to Cape Verde, Mexico City to Alaska, Jakarta to London, people living with the impacts of climate change every day will tell their story. You can experience as much as you like without even leaving your home. Click here to find the location — or locations — where you would like to watch a presentation. Due to logistical considerations, three of the presentations will be broadcast remotely from New York — Tonga, the Solomon Islands and French Polynesia — but will include local footage and information. All other presentations will be filmed on location around the world. In Australia, people will congregate in each State and Territory to watch the Australian element of the event unfold. Click the link below to find out more about the event, and how you can hold your own viewing party or join another.
RSVP to the event on Facebook here
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Exhibition Launch: Land is Life
Posted in Events by bencampbell on August 25th, 2011
| 4 September , 2011 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Exhibition Launch: Land is Life, a free photographic exhibition by Oxfam Australia
Award winning photographer Rodney Dekker travelled with Oxfam to the Pacific Islands nations of Tuvalu and Kiribati, recording images and interviews with people whose daily lives and livelihoods are being affected by climate change. This striking series of images shows aspects of daily life and culture, the impact of rising sea levels on local food crops and fresh water supplies and how people are adapting to climate change. The photos also tell of a spirit of determination and innovation as they prepare for their futures.
Additional to the photographs, we will be exhibiting climate change related art created by local artists. There will also be live music and finger food at the event. The exhibition will be officially launched by Federal Member for Kooyong, Josh Frydenberg. Following the launch event, Land is Life will be held at Kew Library from Monday 5th September to Wednesday 5th October.
You can preview some of the photographs here: http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/events/land-is-life
Date: Sunday 4th September 2011
Time: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Location: QPO, 186 High Street, Kew
RSVP: By Monday 31st August to Ben Campbell – benc@oxfam.org.au or 0416 305 004
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“Anima Mundi”: Film screening
Posted in Events by TransitionTownPortPhillip on August 19th, 2011
| 12 September , 2011 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Will you survive the transition of human industrial civilization happening now due to peak oil and climate change? Can you see the forest for the trees, the earth for the dream, the universe for the seed?
Join us Monday 12 September @ 7.30pm for 8pm screening of “ANIMA MUNDI”, a new & innovative Aussie documentary about Permaculture, Peak Oil, Climate Change & the Soul of the World. with guest speakers, Filmmaker Peter Charles Downey & Integrative Medicine expert, Dr Mark O’Meadhra
SLOWdown restaurant cafe bar, 56 Acland Street, St Kilda (opp McDonalds)
Tickets $10 online or $11 on the door (subject to availability). Includes locally sourced produce nibblies & glass of wine. Sustainable pre-screening menu available beforehand.
Proudly presented in partnership with SLOWdown eco-friendly cafe bar & Transition Town Port Phillip, supported by Port Phillip Urban Fresh Food Network & Veg Out Community Gardens.
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The Economics of Happiness: Screening
Posted in Events by Nelly on August 3rd, 2011
| 4 September , 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Join us for the screening of ‘The Economics of Happiness’. Both hard-hitting and inspiring, this film demonstrates that millions of people across the world are already trying to create a better world. Their common cause: rebuilding more democratic, community based, ecological and local economies – the foundation of an ‘economics of happiness’.
The evening will be presented by Vasili, of ‘Vasili’s Garden’, with the screening to be followed by a panel discussion with director and producer Helena Norberg-Hodge and representatives from Transition Town Maroondah and Transition Geelong.
When: Sunday September 04, 6 – 8:30 pm
Where: Karralyka Centre
Mines Rd, Ringwood East (Mel 50 A6)
Entry: Voluntary gold coin donation
RSVP: By Friday 26 August 2011 to nelly.belperio@maroondah.vic.gov.au or call 9298 4261
View the trailer at: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org
This event is supported by Maroondah City Council in partnership with Transition Town Maroondah.
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Four Degrees Or More? Australia in a Hot World
Posted in Events, Uncategorized by Kate Archdeacon on June 29th, 2011
| 12 July , 2011 | ||
| 13 July , 2011 | ||
| 14 July , 2011 |
‘FOUR DEGREES OR MORE?’ Conference – Australia in a Hot World
Current domestic and international climate policies, if honoured collectively, will result in an average warming of four degrees or more. So what will Australia look like then? The upcoming ‘FOUR DEGREES OR MORE?’ Conference occurs at a critical time for Australian climate politics and brings together internationally and nationally renowned scientists and academics, to reflect on the likely social, ecological, economic and political implications of catastrophic warming for Australia and its region.
When: 12-14 July 2011
Where: The University of Melbourne, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Victoria Australia
Click here for further information and to register
Key speakers:
- Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Chair of the German Government’s Advisory Council on Global Change, the Chief Government Advisor on Climate and Related Issues during Germany’s EU Council Presidency and G8 Presidency, and Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany)
- Hon Greg Combet MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy EfficiencyProfessor Malte Meinshausen, Senior climate modeller, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany)
- Professor Ross Garnaut, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in Economics, The University of Melbourne; Author of the Garnaut Climate Change Review
- Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director, ANU Climate Change Institute; Scientific adviser to Multi-Party Climate Change Committee; Climate CommissionerDr Penny Whetton, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship and Lead Author of the IPCC reports in 2001 and 2007
Program:
The Science – examines the science around global warming at four degrees or more.
The Impacts – assesses the impacts of warming of four degrees or more on Australian ecosystems, industries and society.
Options and Possibilities– looks at implications for economic and social welfare, and the prospects and limits for mitigation and adaption policies to help us avoid these outcomes.
The Australian Water Story: The World Bank Water Day Revisited
Posted in Events, Uncategorized by land-environment on June 24th, 2011
| 30 June , 2011 | ||
| 8:30 am | to | 4:00 pm |
Photo of Lynbrook Estate from Australian Ecosystems
Demonstrating international recognition of the strengths of water research, policy and implementation in Australia, the World Bank in Washington DC hosted ‘The Australian Water Story’ on January 31 this year. A great strength of this program was Victorian-based companies, government agencies and educational institutions which have never been showcased in Victoria. In this day-long program, we recreate the presentations made by Victorians at the World Bank. We highlight new collaborations that have followed the World Bank visit and offer exciting opportunities for Victorian water conservation, agriculture and industry.
The event will be closed and summarised by Dr Sharon Nunes, global Vice President, Smarter Cities Strategy & Solutions of IBM. Dr Nunes will also give a public lecture at 6pm – Click through for details and reservations for the lecture ‘The Role of IT in Sustaining the World’s Water Resources‘.
Visit the website for more information and registrations or contact Skye Harrison, email: skyelh@unimelb.edu.au, phone: (03) 8344 5025
8:30am – 4pm, Thursday June 30, 2011
University of Melbourne, Harold Woodruff Theatre, Floor 1, Room 127, Microbiology Building 184, Map (reference J11)
Download the program.
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