Events

Hear about the international climate change talks in Warsaw through the eyes of Ronagh Craddock.  Ronagh has been attending the talks representing the  UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC).   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqS6dA6iD0c[/youtube].

Ronagh spoke to the group at a meeting in December.

When: Friday 6th December

Where: Emmanuel Church Hall, Saltburn

Time: 7.30 – 9.00pm

To mark the start of the climate talks in Warsaw, Danny Chivers, who visited Saltburn in 2011 has made a new video with the excellent film-maker Richard Roaf and New Internationalist magazine. They are working on a series of friendly, lively videos to make climate change easier to understand.  The first one has just been launched at http://nononsensevideos.org/climate-science – it’s their attempt to explain the basics of climate change science in just four minutes, using a top hat, a bathtub and a van full of gibbons.  This one’s straight-up explaining the basics of why climate change matters, but the later ones are going to get further under the skin of the issue to look at the vested interests blocking progress and what action we can take to overcome them.

Following a similar event last year we got together as a group to share a meal and watch a film.  This year we watched a series of short films provided by WDM, with the title ‘Whose food, our food’, exploring issues around food sovereignty.  Food sovereignty puts the people who produce, distribute and consume food at the centre of food systems, instead of markets and corporations.  The films provoked an interesting discussion on the production of food both locally and globally.

After a quiet summer, we will be meeting in The Marine, Marine Parade, Saltburn from 8pm to plan our next campaign. We will be joined by our regional rep Maya Williams.

We held our summer walk this year on the 18th July, walking from Castleton to Danby Park.  This was followed by sandwiches and chips in the Eskdale Inn.

Come and hear about the experiences of a volunteer peace keeper in Palestine on Tuesday 9th April from 8.00pm in the upstairs  room of  The Marine Hotel, Marine Parade, Saltburn.  Tricia Griffin has recently returned from Palestine so it is an ideal opportunity to find out more about a country that is often in the news.

The meeting is being organised by East Cleveland WDM.

East Cleveland WDM held an open meeting in Saltburn, on the 11th January,  for people to have the chance to meet with local MP Tom Blenkinsop and Deborah Doane, Director of WDM.

The meeting was well attended with representatives from the local churches, the local WDM group and promoters of Fairtrade products.  Food speculation was the main topic covered during the meeting.