Scoop September 2009
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|width="25%"| http://www.norwichstopwar.org.uk info@norwichstopwar.org.uk and | |width="25%"| http://www.norwichstopwar.org.uk info@norwichstopwar.org.uk and | ||
| - | ==Peace One Day | + | ==Peace One Day, September 19th - 21st== |
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| - | UN peace day | + | UN peace day. |
| + | The details are to be confirmed, but we want to flag up the dates, so | ||
| + | that busy activists can bear it in mind | ||
| - | + | ==Zero Carbon Caravan coming to Norwich, September 19th - 21st== | |
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Travelling without fossil fuels to the climate negotiations in Copenhagen to demand a zero carbon world. | Travelling without fossil fuels to the climate negotiations in Copenhagen to demand a zero carbon world. | ||
| + | The Zero Carbon Caravan is a group of people cycling to from Wales to Copenhagen. | ||
The Zero Carbon Caravan passes through Norfolk in mid to late September. | The Zero Carbon Caravan passes through Norfolk in mid to late September. | ||
http://www.zerocarboncaravan.net/wordpress/ | http://www.zerocarboncaravan.net/wordpress/ | ||
| + | *Carbon Chronicles Opera, September 19th, evening | ||
| + | *Zero Carbon Festival, September 20th, Chapelfield Gardens | ||
| + | *Talk by Clive Hamilton, September 21st, UEA | ||
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| + | On 19th September we cycle to Norwich, where we will have an improvised environmental opera, the ‘Carbon Chronicles’ http://www.apeuk.org/p001.php?page=p0156 on the evening of 19th, followed on 20th by a family friendly zero carbon festival in Chapelfield Gardens http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/funstuff/360/chapelfield_gardens.shtml in the centre of Norwich, organised by the local Friends of the Earth http://www.foenorwich.org.uk/ , with stalls for campaigning organisations and those selling green goods and climate friendly food (local, organic), and a zero carbon concert, and in the morning of 21st September at the University of East Anglia http://www.uea.ac.uk/ by an international video conference linking Clive Hamilton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Hamilton (author of ‘Growth Fetish’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_Fetish ) in Australia with a number of people from Norwich, just to prove that you can have an international conference without flying . Later that day we will visit the Ranger’s House on Mousehold heath, which is being turned into an environmental education centre. | ||
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| + | After spending the night of 21st/22nd September in Norwich, we will cycle down to Bungay, a Transition Town, http://transitiontowns.org/Bungay/Bungay to take part in their car-free day. | ||
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