Posts Tagged ‘film screening’
The end of suburbia: and the beginning of what?
Posted in Events by EcoCentre on January 13th, 2012
| 23 January , 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Join us for a FREE Film & Discussion Night. Monday 23 January 2012, 7pm @Port Phillip EcoCentre
The urban sprawl of Melbourne is reaching further and further, taking habitat for wildlife and prime land for growing food. It makes us more and more dependant on cars and doesn’t provide a space for a thriving neighbourhoods and engaged communities. With growing Australian population we all need a space to live but why instead of being more resourceful are Australian houses are getting bigger and bigger?
How do we deal with all these tensions? What is our outlook for the problem for the upcoming years?
Before solving all these issues let’s step back and watch a documentary: ‘The End of Suburbia’ (2004, Gregory Greene) that provides us with the historical background on how suburbs came to being in the USA and what are the challenges that face these places and their habitants.
After the screening join us for a snack and fun activities during which we will explore alternatives to a typical suburbian urban sprawl. Share your experience about the challenges of current housing realm.
Address: 55A Blessington St, St Kilda
Contact us:
- phone: 03 9534 0670
- e-mail: reception@ecocentre.com
- event’s website: http://www.ecocentre.com/node/703
To get the gist of what we will be talking about see this amazing short animation An Urban Sprawl Thinking Piece: http://vimeo.com/8001833
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The Yes Men Fix the World: The Big Picture
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on November 28th, 2011
| 6 December , 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Next screening, THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD, on Tuesday 6 December 2011 at 6pm at Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world’s most outrageous pranks. From New Orleans to India to New York City, armed with little more than cheap thrift-store suits, the Yes Men squeeze raucous comedy out of all the ways that corporate greed is destroying the planet.
Read more on the Ross House website.
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The Economics of Happiness: Foodie film screening
Posted in Events by TransitionTownPortPhillip on November 10th, 2011
| 14 November , 2011 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
“Going local” is a powerful strategy to repair our fractured world – our ecosystems, our societies and ourselves… Join us on Monday 14 November, 7.30 for 8pm screening of “The Economics of Happiness”, a film exploring the emerging paradigm of re-localisation, a new way of thinking about economics, growth & prosperity.
Special guest speaker, Nick Ray, founder of the Ethical Consumer Guide.
Tickets $11 online or $12 on the door (subject to availability) includes nibblies made from locally sourced produce & a glass of wine.
SLOWdown Cafe Bar Restaurant, 56 Acland St, St Kilda (opposite McDonalds).
Appetite for Insight foodie films are proudly presented in partnership with SLOWdown eco-friendly restaurant & Transition Town Port Phillip, supported by Port Phillip Urban Fresh Food Network & Veg Out Community Gardens.
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“The End Of The Line” foodie film screening
Posted in Events by TransitionTownPortPhillip on October 6th, 2011
| 10 October , 2011 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Imagine a world without fish, Imagine your meals without seafood…
Join us on Monday 10 October, 7.30 for 8pm screening of “The End Of The Line”, a film exploring the alarming consequences of global overfishing. Guest speaker John Ford, Marine Scientist & Presenter on Triple R’s “Radio Marinara” will share his knowledge about local impacts and sustainable seafood. Tickets $15 online http://slowdown.net.au/news.html or on the door (subject to availability) includes nibblies made from locally sourced produce & a glass of wine.
SLOWdown Cafe Bar Restaurant, 56 Acland St, St Kilda (opposite McDonalds), 8534 3030
Sustainable seafood pre-screening menu available.
Appetite for Insight foodie films are proudly presented in partnership with SLOWdown eco-friendly restaurant & Transition Town Port Phillip, supported by Port Phillip Urban Fresh Food Network & Veg Out Community Gardens.
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Environmental Film Festival 2011
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 3rd, 2011
| 11 October , 2011 7:00 pm | to | 16 October , 2011 7:30 pm |
http://effm.org.au/
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Queen of the Sun: Film Screening
Posted in Events, Visions by Kate Archdeacon on September 20th, 2011
| 4 October , 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
http://www.rosshouse.org.au/node/162
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Think Global, Act Rural: MIFF Screening
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 21st, 2011
| 24 July , 2011 | ||
| 12:00 am | to | 11:00 pm |
| 5 August , 2011 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Source: Permablitz Designers Guild
“Alarm-raising and catastrophist films have been made, and they have served their purpose. Now the time has come to show that there are solutions, to give a voice to the farmers, philosophers and economists who are inventing and experimenting with new alternatives, while explaining why our society is mired in the current ecological, financial and political crises.” Coline Serreau
Going beyond merely denouncing an agricultural system that has been perverted by unreasonable growth imperatives, Coline Serreau invites us in “Think Global Act Rural” to discover new farming systems, successful production techniques which not only produce better yield, but also repair the damages and offer better life and health to the communities, while ensuring perennial food security. Coline Serreau travelled the world for over three years, armed with a handheld camera, to meet women and men in the field – thinkers and economists – who locally, successfully, are trying out solutions to mend our long ill-treated earth.
Pierre Rabhi, Claude and Lydia Bourguignon, the landless workers of Brazil, Kokopelli in India, Mr. Antoniets in Ukraine… Meet the resistance fighters in love with Earth.
In turn funny and touching, assertive and inspired, they are granted a speaking platform in Coline Serreau’s documentary. The series of unbelievably concordant interviews proves that there are options, that an alternative is possible. It is responding, with concrete elements, to the ecological challenges and, generally speaking, to the civilization crisis, we are currently going through.
Looking beyond the disastrous effects of agriculture’s mass commodification, Think Global, Act Rural investigates the way forward, profiling organic farming techniques that may offer hope for the future.
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Screenings:
- July 24, 9pm
- August 5, 6:30pm
Read more or make a booking for Think Global, Act Rural
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Urban Farmers: “Homegrown” Film Screening
Posted in Events, Models by Kate Archdeacon on July 13th, 2011
| 20 July , 2011 | ||
| 12:30 am | to | 9:30 pm |
Life Changing Docos and the Transition Decade Alliance proudly present HOMEGROWN, hosted by the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
Join us for the last public screening of HOMEGROWN… it follows the Dervaes family who run a small organic farm in the heart of urban Pasadena, California. While “living off the grid”, they harvest over 6,000 pounds (2.7 Metric Tons) of produce on a fifth of an acre (800 square metres), make their own bio diesel, power their computers with the help of solar panels, and maintain a website that gets 4,000 hits a day. The film is an intimate human portrait of what it’s like to live like “Little House on the Prairie” in the 21st Century. After the screening the on-stage panel of experts will discuss the issues and solutions raised by the film, and field questions from the audience. Come along and meet the people that are an integral part of positive and sustainable solutions.
Wednesday, July 20 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Melbourne Law Building Theatrette
University of Melbourne
>>Bookings page (tickets are $20 on-line or $25 on the night)
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There Once Was An Island: Australian Premiere
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on May 17th, 2011
| 20 May , 2011 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
There Once Was An Island: Australian Premiere
The Indigenous people of Takuu, a tiny low-lying atoll in the South Western Pacific, have an impossible decision to make. Water is rising, and as their land starts to disappear, their way of life is under threat. But there are more immediate dangers. As they prepare for a terrifying tidal flood to rip through their community, they must ask the question: do we stay, or do we leave our homeland forever? There Once was an Island reveals the human face of climate change in the Pacific, challenging audiences everywhere to consider their own relationship to the earth and the other people on it.
6:30 pm, Friday, 20 May 2011
ACMI, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Part of the Human Rights Art & Film Festival: http://hraff.org.au/
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“The Economics of Happiness”: Film Screening
Posted in Models, Research by Kate Archdeacon on April 15th, 2011
Both hard-hitting and inspirational, the film ‘The Economics of Happiness’ reveals some uncomfortable truths about today’s global economy, which is creating divisiveness, financial instability and environmental breakdown worldwide. But it also shows how people around the world are already engaged in exploring alternative visions of prosperity: uniting around a common cause to build more ecological, more human-scale, more local economies. The film features a chorus of voices from six continents, including Vandana Shiva, Zac Goldsmith, Bill McKibben, Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche, and Clive Hamilton.
Join us for a special, free screening of ‘The Economics of Happiness’ followed by an opportunity for discussion with producer and director, Helena Norberg-Hodge.
Please RSVP: http://mssiscreeningtheeconomicsofhappiness.eventbrite.com/
Tuesday 3 May 2011, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Basement Theatre, ‘The Spot’, Business & Economics 198 Berkeley Street (cnr Pelham St) [Building 110] The University of Melbourne, Carlton
This event is proudly cosponsored by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI), and the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL).
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