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==Saturday 31 July The Taste of African Allotments, == | ==Saturday 31 July The Taste of African Allotments, == | ||
Food is by ticket at £5 per dish. | Food is by ticket at £5 per dish. | ||
Admission is free. Please come with your family and friends. | Admission is free. Please come with your family and friends. | ||
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NACA, FOSTERING SOCIAL COHESION IN NORFOLK. | NACA, FOSTERING SOCIAL COHESION IN NORFOLK. | ||
47 WINCHESTER TOWER' VAUXHALL STREET, NORWICH, NR2 2SE. | 47 WINCHESTER TOWER' VAUXHALL STREET, NORWICH, NR2 2SE. | ||
| - | ==NEESA Project Family Fun Day | + | ==31st July, NEESA Project Family Fun Day== |
We are pleased to announce that The Neesa Project has arranged a Family Fun Day at The Runnel, Three Score, Bowthorpe this coming Saturday 31st July. The event will start at 11 am and finish at 3pm. | We are pleased to announce that The Neesa Project has arranged a Family Fun Day at The Runnel, Three Score, Bowthorpe this coming Saturday 31st July. The event will start at 11 am and finish at 3pm. | ||
The event is completely free and is supported by Norwich City Council and Norfolk Constabulary. | The event is completely free and is supported by Norwich City Council and Norfolk Constabulary. | ||
Bring your friends and family and have a great day out. | Bring your friends and family and have a great day out. | ||
Hajira Ben Moussa, www.theneesaproject.co.uk | Hajira Ben Moussa, www.theneesaproject.co.uk | ||
| - | + | ==Aug 2nd - 14th, Art Of Norwich 13-Art Exhibition, St Margarets Church, , 10am-5pm daily== | |
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[[Image:AON_13.jpg|500px]] | [[Image:AON_13.jpg|500px]] | ||
For more information, please email ArtofNorwich@yahoo.co.uk | For more information, please email ArtofNorwich@yahoo.co.uk | ||
www.Church-of-Art.co.uk for information about events at St Margarets - The Church of Art. | www.Church-of-Art.co.uk for information about events at St Margarets - The Church of Art. | ||
| + | ==Sunday 8th August,Hiroshima Memorial Ceremony and picnic, 11am - 2pm == | ||
| + | 11.45 -12.45– Norwich Japan Society Discussion group, open to everyone,at the Greenhouse (people should buy a drink, as they are opening specially for the occassion) | ||
| + | 1pm – 1:25pm (approx) – Memorial Ceremony, with Taiko drummer, Lord Mayor, words from survivor memoir. All welcome to contribute | ||
| + | 1.30 Picnic in park - Greenhouse will open for us if it rains | ||
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| + | ==13th -15th August, East Albion's own Green Gathering, the Harlequin Fayre== | ||
| + | http://www.medleyproductions.co.uk/HarlequinFayre.html | ||
| + | Beautiful website, impossible to copy, worth a visit | ||
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==Magdalen Street - the first annual celebration organising meeting Aug 25th, 6.30pm, Blue House== | ==Magdalen Street - the first annual celebration organising meeting Aug 25th, 6.30pm, Blue House== | ||
[[Image:MagdalenStreetCelebration.jpg|400px]] | [[Image:MagdalenStreetCelebration.jpg|400px]] | ||
| - | =[[Image:NorwichStopTheWarCoalition.jpg]]Stop the War/[[Image:psc.jpg]] | + | =[[Image:NorwichStopTheWarCoalition.jpg]] Stop the War Coalition/Palestine Solidarity Campaign [[Image:psc.jpg]]= |
==NPSC meeting 7.45pm Belvedere Centre Belvoir St 19th August all welcome== | ==NPSC meeting 7.45pm Belvedere Centre Belvoir St 19th August all welcome== | ||
| - | ==Eyewitness report from Gaza | + | ==Eyewitness report from Gaza Flotilla, Wed Aug. 25th, The Cube (at the Forum), time: 7 pm == |
Speaker '''Sarah Colborne''' is the director of campaigns and operations at the | Speaker '''Sarah Colborne''' is the director of campaigns and operations at the | ||
Palestine Solidarity Campaign. She was a passenger on the Mavi Marmara, the ship which was | Palestine Solidarity Campaign. She was a passenger on the Mavi Marmara, the ship which was | ||
will also show a short film with footage smuggled from the boat. | will also show a short film with footage smuggled from the boat. | ||
Organised by Norwich Stop the War Coalition & Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign. | Organised by Norwich Stop the War Coalition & Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign. | ||
| + | =Advance notices for September= | ||
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| + | ==Sunday September 5th, Burston School Strike Rally, == | ||
| + | with Tony Benn, Red Flags, and Ian Saville's Magic for Socialists - | ||
| + | An annual rally is held each September in the Norfolk village of Burston to remember the Strike School. This school represented the ‘longest strike in history’ when pupils from Burston school went on strike to protest at the sacking of their teachers; Tom and Kitty Higdon. | ||
| + | The pupils though, were not having their free-thinking teachers sacked, and went on strike, effectively creating a new school. | ||
| + | http://educationandsociety.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/burston-strike-school-rally-2010/ | ||
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| + | ==Sunday 5th of September, 1200-2300, Not the Greenpeace Fair, but....== | ||
| + | Waveney Greenpeace have decided to hold a Waveney Greenpeace Celebration Gig on 2010 from 12pm until 11pm at Hulver Farm, St Michael, Bungay. This event will only involve music and food and drink stalls. It will cost £5 per person and £5 per car. The first band confirmed are Rabo de Foguete a Brazilian Samba band from Norwich. http://www.myspace.com/rabodefoguete | ||
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| + | ==Sat.Sept 25th Workshop: Build your own bike-powered generator, BOOK NOW, == | ||
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| + | Build your own bike-powered generator - a kit made up of a Turbo Trainer, 250 watt generator, 12 volt battery and bits to join them together safely. | ||
| + | *WHEN ? Saturday 25th September 2010, 1-5 p.m. | ||
| + | *WHERE ? Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW | ||
| + | *COST ? £120 incl. all parts & evening meal. | ||
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| + | The non-profit workshop is led by Tom Foxe, electrician/TV engineer, bike lover, and builder of the Human Dynamo sound system. | ||
| + | Limited to 12 people, early booking advised. Contact: Tom 01603 920801 tom7railway@yahoo.co.uk. | ||
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| + | If you can use a screwdriver you can do it ! The kit can be built by a child of, say 8+. | ||
| + | We will NOT be going deeply into theory of electricity/ mechanics, we will focus on | ||
| + | A. Safety B. Building the generator C. Applications | ||
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| + | After the workshop there will be a Pedalpower Party including | ||
| + | Live performances using a pedal-powered sound system and lighting. | ||
| + | And a short film, using a pedal-powered computer and data projector. | ||
=Other info= | =Other info= | ||
Even as the scientists are telling us action on climate change is becoming ever more urgent the politicians are dithering again – no climate treaty was produced at the last UN talks in Copenhagen, and every year we waste brings us closer to a tipping point beyond which climate change becomes unstoppable. | Even as the scientists are telling us action on climate change is becoming ever more urgent the politicians are dithering again – no climate treaty was produced at the last UN talks in Copenhagen, and every year we waste brings us closer to a tipping point beyond which climate change becomes unstoppable. | ||
So now is the time for everyone to act together for the sake of our children's future, by joining in the zero carbon world concert for a zero carbon world on 27/28 November, just before the next UN climate summit, to show the politicians that a zero carbon world is possible. | So now is the time for everyone to act together for the sake of our children's future, by joining in the zero carbon world concert for a zero carbon world on 27/28 November, just before the next UN climate summit, to show the politicians that a zero carbon world is possible. | ||
| - | We have no time to waste – preparations for the concerts will begin on October 10th as part of the Global Work Party called by the 350 <www.350.org> and 10:10 <www.1010global.org> organisations. | + | We have no time to waste – preparations for the concerts will begin on October 10th as part of the Global Work Party called by the 350 <http://www.350.org> and 10:10 <http://www.1010global.org> organisations. |
| - | So visit www.zerocarbonconcert.org today to get involved, where you can find publicity material to download and social networking groups to join to spread the word, and contribute to developing the website and the practical guidelines for putting on the concerts. | + | So visit http://www.zerocarbonconcert.org today to get involved, where you can find publicity material to download and social networking groups to join to spread the word, and contribute to developing the website and the practical guidelines for putting on the concerts. |
And enlist everyone else too by forwarding on this email – the vested interests opposing action on climate change are immensely powerful but those of us who will suffer from inaction are far more numerous, and if we act now, and act together, we can defeat them. | And enlist everyone else too by forwarding on this email – the vested interests opposing action on climate change are immensely powerful but those of us who will suffer from inaction are far more numerous, and if we act now, and act together, we can defeat them. | ||
The main ground for the Council's decision to reject the application was their concern about the wider impacts of the biofuels which the company intends to burn - largely palm oil from South-east Asia. However, the Planning Inspector has so far stated that the Council's main reasons for originally rejecting the application will not even be heard! Instead, it is claimed that wier impacts of biofuels are not planning matters - because of one sentence in an outdated technical annex to planning guidance. Weymouth & Portland Council previously cited that same document and sentence when approving another palm oil power station by W4B. | The main ground for the Council's decision to reject the application was their concern about the wider impacts of the biofuels which the company intends to burn - largely palm oil from South-east Asia. However, the Planning Inspector has so far stated that the Council's main reasons for originally rejecting the application will not even be heard! Instead, it is claimed that wier impacts of biofuels are not planning matters - because of one sentence in an outdated technical annex to planning guidance. Weymouth & Portland Council previously cited that same document and sentence when approving another palm oil power station by W4B. | ||
The new Government has promised to devolve more planning powers to local governments and to strengthen local democracy; Bristol City Council's decision against W4B is a test case for this commitment. | The new Government has promised to devolve more planning powers to local governments and to strengthen local democracy; Bristol City Council's decision against W4B is a test case for this commitment. | ||
| - | Please write to the Government today and ask them to confirm that it is not their intention to stop Councils from considering climate change and wider environmental and social impacts in such planning applications. To take part in the alert, please go to www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/w4bjul2010.php | + | Please write to the Government today and ask them to confirm that it is not their intention to stop Councils from considering climate change and wider environmental and social impacts in such planning applications. To take part in the alert, please go to http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/w4bjul2010.php |
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Please let your friends and family know about this email action. Many thanks. | Please let your friends and family know about this email action. Many thanks. | ||
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Best regards, | Best regards, | ||
| - | Almuth Ernsting | + | |
| - | Biofuelwatch | + | Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch, info@biofuelwatch.org.uk |
| - | info@biofuelwatch.org.uk | + | |
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