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<big><strong style="color: red;">Draft only, page under construction</strong></big> ==Transition Norwich November meetings== [[Image:TransitionNorwich.jpg]] *Organic seed swap, Sun 1 Nov, 12:00 - 16:00, Venue: Grow our own Allotment society, Bluebell South, roughly at 82 The Avenues NR4 7DP Seed swap of organic home grown or surplus seeds. *Heart and Soul meeting, Mon 2 Nov, 19:30-21:30,Venue: Elder's Vestry, United Reformed Church Meeting to discuss Collective Intelligence and new forms of leadership (main agenda item). Come along any time from 7pm to have a cup of tea before we start. *TN2, Mon, 2 Nov, 19:00 - 21:00, Venue: (on request) Keswick Monthly meeting of the Transition Circles hub group. We’ll be discussing all things low-carbon and our plans for the future. Bring food to share. All those who would like to come please get in touch with Elena at info@transitionnorwich.org for directions. *Strangers' Circle, Mon, 9 Nov, 19:00-21:00, Venue: Email Tully (tully@transitionnorwich.org) for details The Strangers’ Circle is one of 2 or 3 Transition Circles (see TN2 page on website). At present it consists entirely of people who live outside Norwich, and so it meets outside Norwich too. If you’re interested in joining this Circle email Tully. *Resilience Plan meeting, Fri, 13 Nov, 19:30 - 21:30, Venue: Inner Space, Maude Gray Court, St Benedict's St NR2 4PA By this meeting we should have a draft of the Plan. Main purpose is to plan the Open Space meeting in early December. *Transition East Gathering, Sat, 14 Nov,10:00-16:00, United Reform Church, Mere Street, Diss IP22 4AD Transition East is a regional collective of all the Transition initiatives in the Eastern Region. On 14 Nov the second Transition East Gathering will take place in Diss (the first was organised by Downham Market and Villages). This will a great opportunity to meet everyone in Transition, share in our successes, grapple with our issues and identify people who can provide specialist support and expertise. The day’s programme will include mapping, open space, Transition Troubleshooting and of course lunch (please bring a dish to share, soup will be provided by our Diss hosts). Suggested donation to cover costs: £3. For further details and booking contact Gary Alexander at garyalex@earthconnected.net or tel 07766 711999 *Comms - Events Meeting, Wed, 25 Nov, 18:00-19:00, Take Five Please come along if you are interested in getting involved in planning events. More info on Transition Norwich: http://www.transitionnorwich.org/ ---------------- ==Copenhagen Climate Emergency, Public Meeting, Wed. Nov. 11th, 7.30pm, United Reform Church== Climate scientists and campaigners will outline urgent action needed to prevent climate disaster, how we must change our economy, what we can all do, how to press our politicians to do more locally and nationally and at Copenhagen. Copenhagen UN summit: ‘The most important meeting in history’ In December 2009 in Copenhagen (Denmark) the world’s governments will meet for what may be the last chance to agree on joint global actions to cut greenhouse gases, to prevent runaway global warming. This is being called ‘the most important meeting in history’. Millions of people are pressing their governments to do more – and to agree the best policies at Copenhagen, even if some powerful oil, bio-fuel and aviation businesses oppose this. Venue: United Reform Church, Princes St, Norwich (near Cinema City) ------------------------- ==Story-telling Circle Event, Thu Nov.12th, 7:30pm, United Reform Church== Venue: Conversation Room at Princes Street U.R.C. More info from: norwichstorytelling@googlemail.com. --------------- ==Film shows at UEA: TAKING LIBERTIES, Thursday, 12th November, 7pm in ARTS 01.02== [[Image:Taking_liberties.jpg|left]] (Chris Atkins, 2007) 'TAKING LIBERTIES was a surprise box office hit in 2007 and hailed by the Daily Mirror as "One of the most important films of the year". Chris Atkins' unflinching documentary examines how Tony Blair's New Labour has systematically eroded our basic liberties and its themes resonated with British audiences. Shocking, determinedly truthful and scathingly funny, TAKING LIBERTIES combines real stories of liberty loss with cheeky stunts and comment from Mark Thomas, Boris Johnson and Tony Benn as well as other leading politicians, celebrities, human rights organisations, academics and more'. Followed by discussion about the government's proposed national identity scheme. This film is presented by Norwich No2ID group in cooperation with NSTWC. {| class="wikitable" |- |width="10%"|[[Image: No2id.png|left|100px|No2ID logo]] |width="20%"| http://www.norwichno2id.org.uk/ |width="10%"|[[Image:NorwichStopTheWarCoalition.jpg]] |width="20%"|http://www.norwichstopwar.org.uk |width="10%"| |} More information on the film: http://www.noliberties.com/ -------------- ==Norwich NO2ID Street Stall, Sat 14th Nov, 1-3pm, Haymarket, Gentleman's Walk== Meet the public and spread the word! ==Norwich NO2ID Meeting, Tue 17th Nov, 7:30-9pm, The Workshop== Norwich NO2ID will be meeting at The Workshop Cafe (opposite The Black Horse), 53 Earlham Road, NR2 3AD. Come along to air your views and get involved in positive action to stop the database state. If you are interested in the work of the Norwich group, please join their mailing list on: http://www.no2id.net/mailman/listinfo/no2id.norwich --------------- ==United Nations Lunchbox Talk, Fri Nov 20th, 12:00, tbc== --------------- ==Climate Procession And Rally, Sat. Nov. 21nd, 12.00, Assemble Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich== This peaceful and colourful, family friendly event will show the breadth of local public support for our campaign. We will have a wide-ranging platform of speakers and stalls from organisations supporting our aims. You are invited to bring your own delegation/supporters – using your own words and images in support of our aims. If you require a stall or would like to offer a speaker, please contact us. Assemble 12.00 Chapelfield. Depart 12.30 in a procession, via shopping streets, to the Forum. Rally at Forum 1.15-2.00. Bring banners and displays to express your views and support. The Norwich events are being developed by the Campaign Against Climate Change alongside other campaigning organisations concerned about global warming. OTHER EVENTS *Saturday 5 December: UK Climate Emergency Rally, London. Coaches from Norwich. 'The Wave' http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave [[Image:TheWave.gif]] *Saturday 12 December: International protest in Copenhagen. FOR MORE INFORMATION to offer ideas or other help, to order leaflets or email leaflets, donate or to find out about coaches to London, contact: NorwichCACC@live.co.uk Published by Norwich CACC , 42 Bethel St., Norwich , NR2 1NR. ==Philosophy Public Lectures 2009: Matters of Life and Death, Thursdays, 7 pm, UEA Lecture Theatre 2== The UEA Philosophy Public Lectures will this year be devoted to "Matters of Life and Death". *Thursday 5 November 2009, Jerry Goodenough, Reasoning about abortion *Thursday 19 November 2009, Jonathan Glover, Narratives that kill: the case of Israel and Palestine Jonathan Glover, Professor of Philosophy at King's College, London, author of Causing Death and Saving Lives and Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, shows how internecine strife is born out of the narratives which sustain the identities of Israel and Palestine. In the concluding lecture, *Thursday 26 November 2009, Clive Stafford Smith, Torture and the Secret Prisons Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, renowned for his work on behalf of prisoners on Death Row in the U.S.A., will talk on "Torture and the Secret Prisons". Admission is free and all are welcome If you are interested in attending any of these public lectures or to join the mailinglist, email philosophyevents@uea.ac.uk. See also the UEA announcement: http://www.uea.ac.uk/phi/publiclectures --------------------------- ==Learn to be a Mental Health First Aider - FREE 2-DAY Training Courses in Norwich== One in four of us experiences a serious mental health problem at some point in our lives. Anxiety, depression, extreme mood-swings, addictions, eating disorders, and sometimes frightening-sounding labels like ‘schizophrenia’ or bi-polar’… These aren’t things that anonymous “other people” go through; these are the experiences of people we know, work with, live with. The biggest difference we can make – for others and for ourselves – is not to remain in ignorance of such everyday mental and emotional distress. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID courses teach you the basic skills necessary to support others (and yourself) at times of crisis. *25-26 Nov in MILE CROSS *8-9 Dec in BOWTHORPE *15-16 Dec in CITY CENTRE *12-13 Jan in HEARTSEASE *26-27 Jan in LAKENHAM EACH COURSE RUNS OVER TWO DAYS, IS FREE OF CHARGE AND LEADS TO A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID CERTIFICATE MIND FIRST AID is a programme of Norwich Mind Further details from Simon Barker or Sarah Ingram, 01603 496388 or mindfirstaid@norwichmind.org.uk --------------------------- ==Thomas Paine Lecture on "Politics and religion", Fri 27 Nov 2009, 7.00 pm, UEA, Lecture Theatre 1== Speaker: Tariq Ali - Politics and religion Please contact 01603 592130 to get your free tickets now. This lecture is open to all and discusses the legacy left by Norfolk-born Thomas Paine. This year's lecture commemorates 200 years since Thomas Paine's death. It will be celebrating Paine's life and the ways in which his views have influenced the "rights of man" in today's world. During a varied career, Tariq Ali has been a novelist, historian, screenwriter, political campaigner, social commentator and regular writer for The Guardian. He is a long-standing editor of the New Left Review and a political commentator published on every continent. See also the UEA announcement: http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/events/2009/nov/tplect?mode --------------- {{Norwich Scoop footer|}}

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