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=="The Greenest Government Ever?", Thu June 2nd, 7.30pm, St Gregory's Centre for the Arts==
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The Coalition said it wants to be the greenest Governmentever.  The UK urgently needs to cut its climate-changing emissions.  TheGovernment's Energy Bill is a massive opportunity to kick-start this greenoverhaul.  The meeting is an opportunity to tell Simon Wright MP memberof the committee that will debate the bill that we need a stronger EnergyBill.  It will also be an opporotunity to have your say about the policiesneeded globally and in our own communities.
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Speakers include: 
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*'''Simon Wright''' MP Norwich South,
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*'''Liz Hutchins''' Parliamentary Campaigner Friends of the Earth
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Entry:  Free
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Contact: Jenn Parkhouse 01603 427767/07864 674014 foenorwich@homail.com
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Venue St Gregory's Centre for the Arts, St. Gregory's Church, St. Gregory's Alley, Norwich NR2 1ER
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Hosts:  Norwich & Norfolk Friends of the Earth
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==Free Community Meal, Fridays, 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June, 7pm, The Friends Meeting House==
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FoodCycle brings together volunteers, surplus food and a kitchen space to create free nutritious meals for people affected by food poverty.  We aim to tackle food wastage by supermarkets and food poverty through weekly free community meals.
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Contact: Donald Timson, 01603 660756, 07583 921989, don@foodcycle.org.uk
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Venue The Friends Meeting House Upper Goat Lane, Norwich
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Organised by FoodCycle Norwich
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http://groupspaces.com/foodcyclenorwich/
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==Plant Sales, Sat 4 June and Tue 7 June, Off Plumstead Road East==
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Fundraising for the 'Norfolk Renal Fund' and the 'Hospital Macmillan Team'.
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Not just one table - a whole garden full!
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Contact:  Maggie & Peter Edwards: Tel 01603 439915
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Venue 85, Furze Road, Off Plumstead Road East, Thorpe St. Andrew, Norwich
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==The Final Fundraising Plant Sale, Sunday June 5th, 10am - 4pm, Thorpe St. Andrew==
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Plants Grown by members & Items of interest to the gardener
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Contact: Maureen Streetmaureen.street@ntlworld.com
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Venue Thorpe St. Andrew 37 Eastern Avenue.  NR7 0UQ
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Organised by Thorpe & District Gardening Club
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==Big Lunch, June 5th, in a garden near you==
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The Big Lunch is a very simple idea from the Eden Project. The aim is to get as many people as possible across the whole of the UK to have lunch with their neighbours in a simple act of community, friendship and fun. This year it’s happening on Sunday 5th June and a record number of people are expected to take part - why not be one of them?
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A Big Lunch can be anything from a few neighbours getting together in the garden or on the street, to a full blown party with food, music and decoration that quite literally stops the traffic.
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Since starting in 2009, thousands of Big Lunches have taken place in all kinds of communities across the UK and the best part of a million people get involved each year.
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More info: http://www.thebiglunch.com
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==Grapes Hill Community Garden - Public Meeting, Mon 6th June, 7.30 pm, The Belvedere Centre==
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Public Meeting, all welcome.
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Venue: The Belvedere Centre, Belvoir Street, Norwich, NR2 3AZ, 7.30
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==Grapes Hill Community Garden - Volunteer work days, Thursdays, June 9th and 23rd, 6pm==
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Garden volunteer work days – all welcome – members and non-members:
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We will be planting vegetable seeds, harvesting, watering and weeding.
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Meet at the garden. Tools will be provided.
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Future dates: Thursdays 6pm, 7th + 21st July, 4th August.
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==Greenpeace monthly meeting, 8th June, 7:30pm, Cafe Marzano @ The Forum==
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Regular monthly meeting
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Contact: Mark Crutchley  07722 798826  mark.crutchley@gmail.com
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Organised by Norwich Greenpeace Active Supporters
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==Talk 'A War Correspondent's Story of the Congolese War 1996-2010', Wed 15 June, 7.30pm, Charing Cross Centre ==
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Speaker: Jaques Kalume
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A War Correspondent's Story of the Congolese War 1996-2010All welcome Free entry
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Contact: Secretary 01603 810740
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Venue Charing Cross Centre  St John Maddermarket Norwich
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Organised by Norwich Group Amnesty International
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http://www.norwichamnesty.org.uk
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==Laugh in the Park, 15-18th, Chaplefield Garden==
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http://www.redcardcomedyclub.com/venues/132-comedy-festival
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==Amici - 50th Anniversary concert for Amnesty International, Sat 18 June, 7.30pm, Wymondham Abbey==
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Amici is an a cappella chamber choir that performs across East Anglia, at the Festival HAll and in Europe. This will be a summer concert of Renaissance, Modern and close harmony music taking place in this atmospheric setting.Tickets £8    £5 students
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Contact: Secretary 01603 810740 or Prelude Records(Norwich 01603 628319) Book Fountain (01953 603633)
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Venue Wymondham Abbey Church Street Wymondham NR18 0PH
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Organised by Amnesty International Norwich Group
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http://www.norwichamnesty.org.uk
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==Gold Exploration and the Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, Sat 18 June, 11am, The CUBE at the Forum==
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Dr. Sheila Aikman, from the School of International Development at UEA will talk on ‘Gold Exploration and the Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon’. A talk lasting 30-35 minutes followed by questions.
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Coffee/tea served from 10.30 am.
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Venue The Cube at the Forum Millennium Plain, Norwich
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Contact: 01603-722880
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Organised by United Nations Association (Norwich & District Branch)
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www.unanorwich.co.uk
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==Clothes Swap, Saturday 18th June, 2-4pm, The Belvedere Centre==
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Bring along clothes you no longer want, which are in reasonably good condition, and swap them for someone else's.
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£1 entry. If you don't have anything to swap, you can buy tokens for 50p to swap for one item each.
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Children under ten free. Ladies' mens' and children's clothes included.
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Contact: Claire Stephenson
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Venue The Belvedere Centre Belvoir Street
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Organised by Norwich Green Party
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==Refugee Week, 20-26th June==
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“Refugee Week is a unique time when we
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can all celebrate the contribution that
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refugees have made over the years to the UK
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- both culturally and economically. Please
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do something to support Refugee Week- go
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to an event, find out more about the issue or
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just speak out for refugees when you can."
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Colin Firth, Actor and Brightwide founder
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4th-19th June Related events running before Refugee Week 6-7
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20th-26th June Events running throughout the week 8-9
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Monday 20th June Refugee Week Official Opening Event 10
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Monday 20th June Opening the Door to the Past 10
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Monday 20th June Welcome 11
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Tuesday 21st June A “Bad-Hair Day” for the King: Stories of Refugees in Norfolk over 1,000 years 12
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Tuesday 21st June One Small Suitcase 12
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Wednesday 22nd June Food and Stories from Around the World 13
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Wednesday 22nd June Refugee Week Talk 13
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Wednesday 22nd June Refugee Week Late Shift 14
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Wednesday 22nd June World Voices for Refugee Week 14
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Wednesday 22nd June One Small Suitcase 15
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Wednesday 22nd June “Los Ninos Vascos”: The Basque Child Refugees of 1937 15
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Thursday 23rd June Refugee Awareness Dialogues 16
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Thursday 23rd June A Vision of the Blind: A War Correspondent’s story of the Congolese War 1996-2010 16
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Friday 24th June “Los Ninos Vascos”: The Basque Child Refugees of 1937 17
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Friday 24th June Community Cuisines 17
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Friday 24th June Gran Torino 17
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Saturday 25th June Dad’s Time 18
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Saturday 25th June The Four Friends 18
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Sunday 26th June Family Fun Day
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For details visit http://www.bridgeplus.org.uk/Norwich___Norfolk_Refugee_Week_2011_Events_Booklet.pdf
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==Movie: Countdown to Zero, Tue 21st June, 18.30 Cinema City==
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A movie about the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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Countdown to Zero reveals the truth behind an issue on which human survival itself hangs - the very real possibility of nuclear disaster. From the producers of An Inconvenient Truth, Countdown is a chilling wake up call about the urgency of the nuclear threat.
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http://www.globalzero.org/en/film
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Check prices and availability of tickets with Cinema City.
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==Public Meeting: Libya & The Arab Spring, Wed 22nd June, 19:00 Baptist Central Church==
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Speaker: John Rees (National Officer, Stop the War Coalition)
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The first part will be a public meeting devoted to the speaker and discussion - All welcome.
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Then we shall conduct the general business of the Norwich Stop the War Coalition AGM.
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Venue: Baptist Central Church, Duke Street, Norwich
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More information from
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Frank 01493 664499 / Julie 07866 504671
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Organised by Norwich Stop the War Coalition, http://www.norwichstopwar.org.uk
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==Cafe Conversations - Aladdin's Cafe, Magdalen Street==
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Hot topics will be discussed in a series of cafes run by UEA MED lecturer Dr Stefi Barna. Free of charge and all welcome. The cafe conversations are sponsored by CUE East, Magdalen Street Celebration and Transition Norwich. More details and full programme at: http://www.uea.ac.uk/ssf/cue-east/events
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===COMMUTE, WORK, COMMUTE, SLEEP... WHAT IS WORK/LIFE BALANCE? Wed, 1 June, 12.30===
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What is the relationship between 'work' and 'life'? Does a 'work/life balance' suggest that
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when we're working we're not really living? Is work simply the means by which we
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acquire resources to keep us alive? These are some of the questions we'll discuss, and I'll
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outline ways in which people thought differently about the relationship between work and
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life in the past.
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Ross Wilson
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School of
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Literature and
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Creative Writing
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===INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION, Saturday, 4 June, 3 pm===
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What is involved in translating a piece of writing from one language to another? After a
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general background to what translation is, we will practice a short translation/adaptation
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exercise together, either into another language or from English to English.
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BJ Epstein
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School of
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Literature &
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Creative Writing
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===BIOPLASTICS: WASTE PRODUCT OR GOLD MINE? tbc===
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The food and drink industry generates 12.6 million tonnes of waste per year, more than
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10% of UK’s total. Can food waste be used to make ‘bioplastics’ for packaging and other
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sustainable materials?
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Dominique
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Georget
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School of
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Chemistry
==Peace Camp & Peace Cycle Saturday 25th June 2011, 10 am - 4 pm (tbc), Forum==
==Peace Camp & Peace Cycle Saturday 25th June 2011, 10 am - 4 pm (tbc), Forum==
[[Image: NorwichPeaceCamp.jpg|left|100px|Norwich Peace Camp Logo]]
[[Image: NorwichPeaceCamp.jpg|left|100px|Norwich Peace Camp Logo]]
The Peace Camp is an  interactive forum where people can meet, exchange ideas and information.  Here people can find out about  and consider joining any of the  diverse but  interconnected organisations which exist to promote peace, justice and better understanding.  The Peace Camp invites people to bring and contribute their own viewpoints, ideas and suggestions, in a day-long event devoted to peace and better relations.
The Peace Camp is an  interactive forum where people can meet, exchange ideas and information.  Here people can find out about  and consider joining any of the  diverse but  interconnected organisations which exist to promote peace, justice and better understanding.  The Peace Camp invites people to bring and contribute their own viewpoints, ideas and suggestions, in a day-long event devoted to peace and better relations.
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In this 5th consecutive year participating organisations reflect an
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In this 6th consecutive year participating organisations reflect an
integrated definition of commitment to peace embracing all ages in the
integrated definition of commitment to peace embracing all ages in the
belief that peace is achievable.
belief that peace is achievable.
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Organised by 35 organisations involved.
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See for more details: [http://www.norwichpeace.org/ Norwich Peace Camp Forum]
See for more details: [http://www.norwichpeace.org/ Norwich Peace Camp Forum]
See also http://www.thepeacecycle.com for more information on the Peace Cycle to Jerusalem.
See also http://www.thepeacecycle.com for more information on the Peace Cycle to Jerusalem.
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Contact: Shan shan_barclay@yahoo.co.uk, 07828278444
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==Material Inequality in Britain, Sat 25th June, 2-5pm, Friends Meeting House==
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Based on “The Spirit Level: why more equal societies almost always do better” by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
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Martin Wilkinson (Richard's brother) will give a presentation on the book
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and lead a discussion on equality, both in terms of the Quaker Testimony to
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Equality and more generally on how we in Britain should respond to the
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message of the book
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All welcome – entry free
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Venue: Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NORWICH, NR2 1EW
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For further details contact Teresa Belton 01603 465851,
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teresa.belton@ntlworld.com
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==Young Gardeners Stand, Saturday June 25th, 9am - 3.30pm, Norwich Peace Camp Forum==
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Where children aged 3 -12 years can make a 'Garden in a Seed Tray' for display and bring their families with them.  All entrants will get a 'Certificate of Appreciation' signed by the event organisers.  All materials provided.
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Contact: Maureen Street maureen.street@ntlworld.com
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Venue Norwich Peace Camp Forum The Forum, Norwich
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Organised by Thorpe & District Gardening Club
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==[[Image:TransitionNorwich.jpg]] Transition Norwich Meetings==
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More information from: http://www.transitionnorwich.org/
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===Magdalen Street Celebration Preparation Meeting, Tuesday, 7 June, 19:00, Aladdin's Cafe===
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Meeting to discuss and plan second neighbourhood festival in OctoberD 
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Contact: Karen artoftheordinary@googlemail.com or Stefi Barna on 07964 494836
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Venue: Aladdin's Cafe, 3
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===Norwich FarmShare, Sat June 11th, 12:30Venue: Postwick===
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Open Day. Join us on the farm for a family day out. Bring a picnic to share!
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We’ll be offering tours of the farm,
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introducing you to all the crops we’re growing and showing you the
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wildlife that shares our site. We’ll have an opportunity for
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anyone who wishes to join in with the work on the
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farm for an hour or so, and lots of fun activities for
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children. We’re also looking forward to a chance to share with you
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all the plans we have for the future.
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Absolutely everyone is welcome on the
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day: we hope to make it a real celebration of everything we’ve
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achieved so far. Please bring your friends and families along, the
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more the merrier. There will be lot sof FarmShare members on hand to answer any questions you have and a chance to sign up if you haven’t yet.
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Additionally, existing members are
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invited to join us a little earlier on the day at 12.00 for our
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Quarterly General Meeting. This will take only half an hour and is a
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great chance to catch up with what’s happening and take part in
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the decisions we make about the farms.
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Contact: Erik at martinburo67@hotmail.com or Laura (on the day) 07983 506500,
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===Low Carbon Cookbook, Wed, 15 June, Bee's===
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Meeting to discuss spring/summer produce and recipes and research on the low-carbon larder. We will also continue mapping the book's layout and drawing up a list ofcontributors and subjects.
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Contact: Charlotte Du Cann rootsshootsandseeds@hotmail.co.uk
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