Oxford has just joined the Sustainable Food Cities Network and will be holding an information and discussion day on Monday 2nd December. Topics to be covered include food supply chains and reducing waste. The event is jointly organised by Low Carbon Oxford and Cultivate (not WDM). Email hannah.jacobs@lowcarbonhub.org for more details. Space is limited, so it is essential that attendees sign up in advance.
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Should Lord Browne resign?
Cabinet Minister Lord Browne has been appointed a Non-Executive Director in the Cabinet Office. This gives him influence in the government – but he is also Chairman of fracking company Cuadrilla. His company is currently exploring fracking sites in Lancashire and West Sussex. There is a change.org petition calling on Lord Browne to resign his Cabinet Office post on the grounds that this represents an unacceptable conflict of interest. Please sign if you agree. (This petition was created by Young Friends of the Earth, not WDM.)
Want to know more? The WDM “fracking web of power” is a useful guide to conflicts of interest between government and the fracking (hydraulic fracturing) industry.
Film screening: Blood of the Amazon (Reading)
This full-length documentary covers one woman’s journey down the Amazon in a series of small boats, researching the effects of the oil industry on the environment and indigenous people. The documentary is followed by a Q&A and discussion with the director, Nicola Peel.
Held at Reading International Solidarity Centre, Main Hall, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS.
Date: Wednesday 23 October 2013.
Time: 7:30pm-10pm
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1VfKt4qPiI
Read the Guardian review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/oct/28/blood-of-the-amazon-nicola-peel
This event is not organised by WDM.
Beyond Forgiving: documentary, Fri 18 Oct
Abingdon Quakers are screening the award-winning film Beyond Forgiving on Friday 18th October at the Health and Wellbeing Centre, Audlett Drive, Abingdon OX14 3GD. The film depicts the journey of two South Africans trying to move beyond their pain towards forgiveness and healing. Free entry and refreshments. This event is not organised by WDM.
Talk on climate change policy (Garsington)
Tony Venables, BP Professor of Economics and Director of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies (OxCarre) will be giving a talk in Garsington on 22nd October. The title of the talk is Climate change: what should policy do? The meeting is primarily for village residents but please contact WDM if you are interested in attending and we may be able to arrange for you to come as a guest of a local resident. This event is not organised by WDM.
Shell is Hell film screening
A double-bill of films about Shell will take place at OARC (above East Oxford Community Centre) on Sunday 10th November. The films are Poison Fire and Delta Boys, both about Shell’s oil drilling in the Niger delta. An activist from Niger will lead the discussion afterwards. This event is not organised by WDM.
