VicIDS happenings

Terra Dumont — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:40:08 GMT

EVENTS, EVENTS, EVENTS (details further down)

* Oxfam Change! Workshop, Wednesday 26^th March, from 6pm

* VicEarth IGM, Thursday 27^th March, 5pm

* World Peace Summit – Climate Change: What to do? Saturday 29^th March, from 8:30am

* Sustainable Living Workshop – Around the house, Sunday 30^th March, 12-4pm

* Gross National Happiness talk with Aaron Packard, Monday 31^st March, 5pm

* VicIDS IGM, Monday 31^st March, 5pm

* Sustainable Living Workshop – Out and about, Sunday 6^th April, 12-4pm

* Sustainable Living Workshop – Conscious consumption, Sunday 13^th April, 12-4pm

* 'Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad' (A little bit of so much truth) – Film screening, Wednesday 18^th April, 8pm

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* Oxfam Change! Workshop

Wednesday 26^th 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 27^th 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 29^th 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 30^th 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 31^st 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 31^sts VicIDS meeting!

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*VicIDS IGM

Monday 31^st March, 5pm

CO304, Cotton Building, Victoria University

Come along on Monday the 31^st 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 6^th 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 13^th 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 18^th 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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