Here are some interesting things going on in the world of environment and socail justic... 

 

Hi there,

Hope you are all having a fabulicious holiday and a swell summer.

 

We are sending out this e-mail to give you a heads-up about Oxfam New Zealand's recently launched 'Feel the Heat' climate change campaign which- amongst other things- gives you the chance to exercise your right to lobby our government by signing the 'Feel the Heat' petition. This petition can be found on Oxfam New Zealand's website www.oxfam.org.nz Just follow the climate change link found on the left hand side of the page.

 

Oxfam looks at Climate Change from the perspective of development and social justice. Climate change hits the poorest people first and worst, a grave injustice because these people are the least responsible for climate change and the least able to cope. The petition calls for the NZ government to take stronger action against climate change and to push for an effective climate change deal at the upcoming UN Copenhagen conference this year that not only keeps climate change under control, but also places the needs of developing countries at the heart of the deal.

 

For more information about how Climate Change impacts the world's poorest, about what the petition is calling for, or to sign the petition, visit www.oxfam.org.nz

 

Have a great rest of the Summer!

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VicIDS

Victoria International Development Society
Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand - Aotearoa
www.vicids.org.nz

Member of U8 Global Student Partnership for Development  
www.u8development.com

 

Seeing Cultures Wellington Ethnographic Cinema 2009
Free entry   -   Thursday 29th - Saturday 31st January,   -   Lecture Theatre 2, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay.

Wellington Ethnographic Cinema will showcase twenty films exploring a variety of cultural worlds, from the everyday lives of disillusioned Berlin teenagers to the last months in the life of an Alzheimer's sufferer.
This film festival is part of ANTH 215 paper running over summer and is student run and part of the course mark depends on the succe of the festival so please come along and distribute on your own networks.
For a full list of film find the attached programme.