Sea Green

Ephemera etc.

Friday, May 09, 2008

Planty plant - community gardens

Sydney and Regional Community Gardens:
Annual Gathering of the Clans
Sunday May 18 2008
10.30-3.30pm

At Randwick Community Organic Garden, in Paine Reserve, cnr Botany &
Rainbow Sts, Randwick, Sydney.

Three Themes:
* Meeting the community
* Mentoring new gardens
* Moving forward, building the network internally and forging
connections with others.

Workshops:
* Starting and sustaining your community garden
* Organic crop protection and pest control
* Basics of organic gardening
* Working with councils, schools and others
* Arts in the Garden
* Building the community garden network

Workshops will be held in the Garden and adjacent Scout hall.
Each garden is encouraged to bring some visual material for an
afternoon 'show and tell' & an all day exhibition in the hall.

Your hosts will provide BBQ lunch, organic salads & fabulous cakes,
but your bringing a plate would also be much appreciated.

Please RSVP for catering purposes.
Contact: Maery O'Connell, RCOG Committee,
www.rcog.org.au
E: handmaidpress@hotmail.com
tel (02) 9665 1773h

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

postcards from the hedge

Quick post here just to say 'hey!', I'm still here. Are you?
I've been away - in my hometown, for a whirlwind visit of family, friends, work do and head cold. Heady combination (pun kind of intended).
I have all sorts of musings to share, but right now also am facing the 5 squillion work emails that built up when I was away and all need earnest, well thought out responses, and diary coordination. I think I am suffering from rabbit in the project-headlights-itis: a temporary form of paralysis where you bounce from one possible stream of project related emails and actions to another, without actually resolving or even reading them all, but feeling kind of queasy as you realise the time and effort that will be involved in puttinng them all to rest. And then you make a cup of tea.
Family visit was good, and interesting, and annoying and lovely. Ran out of time to see many people, sorry anyone I didn't get my act together to see. Missed birthdays and deadlines and weddings and all sorts these last few months, and this last week in particular through being immersed in conference hoo ha and very flat from my cold. Snuck back to the hotel room to sleep in between sessions.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, great to be home, Sydney feels like home. Doing some interesting things art-wise, update you'all later.

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Talky talk - Environment

UTS Inaugural Anniversary Address
Professor Tim Flannery: Sustainability – Issues Facing World Cities and World City Universities

UTS celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and will mark the occasion with the inauguration of the UTS Annual Anniversary Address.

Professor Tim Flannery, one of Australia’s leading thinkers and writers will deliver the inaugural address on Thursday 22 May 2008.

A scientist, explorer and conservationist he has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers and numerous books that have changed the way we think about Australia and the environmental challenges facing both our continent and the world today.

He was named 2007 Australian of the Year. Both here in Australia and in North America, Asia and Europe he has worked tirelessly with governments and business to spur action on climate change.

We invite you to hear Professor Flannery speak about sustainability and the issues facing world cities and world city universities.

Date: 9:00 am - Thursday 22 May 2008
Venue: Great Hall, Level 5, UTS Tower Building
RSVP: Booking essential by Wednesday 21 May, email or phone Anna Yiasemides events@uts.edu.au, (02) 9514 1697.

Talky talk - peace movements

Professor David S. Meyer
Peace movements, politics, and policies: lessons from the US


Thursday 8 May

6 - 7.30pm

Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition office

499 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills

Professor David Meyer is Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Planning, Policy, and Design at the University of California, Irvine. His interests include social movements, political sociology, and public policy, and he is concerned with the relationships between social movements and the political contexts in which they emerge. He teaches courses on social movements, social problems, and sociological theory. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Boston University, and a B.A. from Hampshire College, where he studied literature.

He is interested to exchange ideas with members of local peace and social justice groups.