EVENTS, EVENTS, EVENTS (details further down)
* Oxfam Change! Workshop, Wednesday 26th March, from 6pm
* VicEarth IGM, Thursday 27th March, 5pm
* World Peace Summit – Climate Change: What to do? Saturday 29th March, from 8:30am
* Sustainable Living Workshop – Around the house, Sunday 30th March, 12-4pm
* Gross National Happiness talk with Aaron Packard, Monday 31st March, 5pm
* VicIDS IGM, Monday 31st March, 5pm
* Sustainable Living Workshop – Out and about, Sunday 6th April, 12-4pm
* Sustainable Living Workshop – Conscious consumption, Sunday 13th April, 12-4pm
* 'Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad' (A little bit of so much truth) – Film screening, Wednesday 18th April, 8pm
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* Oxfam Change! Workshop
Wednesday 26th March, from 6pm
CO304, Cotton Building, Victoria University
Oxfam is providing an opportunity to find out more about ways in which you can join a global movement to end poverty and injustice! Within your university you have the power to make a difference.
- Get involved with campaigns, discussions, events and more
- Discover the many ways you can help to end poverty
- Meet like-minded people
Brought to you by Just Action
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* VicEarth IGM
Thursday 27th March, 5pm
CO304, Cotton Building, Victoria University
If you are a student of:
Geology, Geophysics, Physical Geography, Geography, Development Studies, Environmental Studies at Vic, you are invited to the VicEarth Inaugural General Meeting.
If you have any concerns or hopes for the School or would like to be part of the leadership of VicEarth, please come along!
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* World Peace Summit – Climate Change: What to do?
Saturday 29th March, from 8:30am
Westpac St James Theatre, Courtenay Place, Wellington
The World Peace Council is holding a one-day World Peace Summit - Climate Change: What to do? Topics covered will include:
- the interconnectedness of our world
- global and national factors creating climate change
- the key issues for New Zealand (energy, agriculture, business and sustainable consumerism) and our role in the world
- what is being done in those areas, and what more could be done
- new perspectives on sustainable solutions at an international, national, local and personal level
The aim is to inform and inspire people about what can be done, and is being done to develop a sustainable economy and way of life, at an international, national, and personal level, in order to protect our environment.
Tickets $60 from Ticketek
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* Sustainable Living Workshop – Around the house
Sunday 30th March, 12-4pm
Evolve, Eva Street, Wellington
Gecko is going to be running a series of workshops this semester to help students learn how to easily and practically live more sustainably. The theme of 'Around the house' is energy and waste.
Reply to urban.living.guide@gmail.com to register.
No charge.
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* Gross National Happiness talk with Aaron Packard
Monday 31st March, 5pm
CO304, Cotton Building, Victoria University
What if Gross Domestic Product (GDP) were to fade into irrelevance, because the world's governments realised that focussing on GDP growth did not serve the wellbeing or happiness of the planet's people? What could replace it as a measure for development?
It was this question that led Rebeka and I to the Third International Conference on Gross National Happiness (GNH), held in Thailand in November 2007, and then on to Bhutan, from where the concept originates. We wanted to find out more about the possibilities GNH might offer as a vision for development. The 400 conference participants came from many parts of the world, although the majority hailed from Mekong Delta countries. The conference ran for six days, in Nongkhai (North Eastern Thailand) and Bangkok. Over the course of the conference, we began to understand more deeply the values and intentions that underpin GNH.
GNH creates such an environment through understanding social suffering as personal suffering, observing the interconnectedness of life, seeking to treat root causes rather than symptoms, valuing life and so on. These principles are broadly pursued through the four pillars of GNH –
1. Maintaining the pristine environment
2. Sustainable economic growth
3. Good governance
4. Preserving cultural heritage
To find out more about Gross National Happiness and Aaron's experiences in Thailand and Bhutan come along to Monday the 31sts VicIDS meeting!
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*VicIDS IGM
Monday 31st March, 5pm
CO304, Cotton Building, Victoria University
Come along on Monday the 31st for VicIDS's IGM (coz apparently the last one doesn't count). This is the same night as Aaron's Gross National Happiness talk, so should be well worth it!
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* Sustainable Living Workshop – Out and about
Sunday 6th April, 12-4pm
Evolve, Eva Street, Wellington
Gecko is going to be running a series of workshops this semester to help students learn how to easily and practically live more sustainably. The theme of 'Out and about' is transport and travel.
Reply to urban.living.guide@gmail.com to register.
No charge.
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* Sustainable Living Workshop – Conscious consumption
Sunday 13th April, 12-4pm
Evolve, Eva Street, Wellington
Gecko is going to be running a series of workshops this semester to help students learn how to easily and practically live more sustainably. The theme of 'Conscious consumption' is shopping and gardening.
Reply to urban.living.guide@gmail.com to register.
No charge.
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* 'Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad' (A little bit of so much truth) – Film screening
Wednesday 18th April, 8pm
Happy Bar, corner of Vivien and Tory Streets
'When the people of Oaxaca decided they'd had enough of bad government, they didn't take their story to the media... they became the media!'
A Latin American Solidarity film screening.
Entry by koha
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