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January 2008
Greetings!
Happy new year to you!
Resurgence is again organising more stimulating events this
year. Next week we have the latest in our series on climate change - this
time looking at food. And also next week you have the chance to see Satish
featured in a BBC2 documentary about Dartmoor.
We hope to see you soon!
Best wishes,
Peter Lang
Resurgence Events Director
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Resurgence Magazine and
Friends of the Earth present: Climate Stability: Addressing the Root Causes
rather than just the Symptoms
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Wednesday January 16 2008
Food and Climate Change: Food production,
distribution and consumption in the context of climate change.
Craig Sams, founder of Green & Black’s Chocolate; Jenny
Jones, Green Member of the GLA and chair of London Food; Tim Lang, Professor
of Food Policy at City University; and Patrick Holden, director of The Soil
Association.
Wednesday April 2 2008
The Business Response to Climate Change: how
corporations and businesses should adapt to the need for sustainability and
climate stability.
With Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group; Tessa
Tennant, co-founder of the UK Social Investment Forum; Nick Robins, Head of
the Climate Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC; and Tony Juniper, director
of Friends of the Earth.
Both events take place from 6.30pm at Cecil Sharpe House, 2
Regents Park Road, Camden, London NW1 7AY
Tickets: £15.00 per person per event. £25.00 for both events
concessions: £10.00 per event, £15 for both.
Restaurant and bar facilities are available. Accessible for the disabled.
RSVP: Peter Lang, Resurgence Events Director peter@resurgence.org
or 020 8809 2391.
www.resurgence.org
Supported by the Royal Mail.
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Earth Pilgrim: a year on
Dartmoor
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8pm, Friday 18 January 2008, and 6.10pm Sunday 20 January on
BBC2
A production by the Emmy award-winning AGB Films, for the BBC2
series Natural World,
which tracks ecologist, writer and Gandhi disciple, Satish Kumar, as he walks
Dartmoor in all its seasons, sharing the distinctively Indian perspective he
brings to one of England’s best known landscapes.
Cultures of Sustainability: Current thinking from Schumacher
College
Saturday March 8
2008
Schumacher College regularly hosts the most influential of
speakers from around the world at its courses. In this London event, some of
the College’s own faculty will be joined by distinguished visiting teachers
to discuss global sustainability. Themes will cover a wide range of cutting
edge thinking on development practice, gaia theory, nature and culture and
the role of education. With Vandana Shiva, Gustavo Esteva, Satish Kumar,
Karen Blncoe, Stephan Harding and David Orr.
2.30pm – 5.30pm, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, Camden, London NW1
7AY More details: 01803 865934 admin@schumachercollege.org.uk
www.schumachercollege.org.uk
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