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EVENTS - Archive
Current Events Page. This is a diary
of LETS-friendly community events, meanwhile for monetary reform
events go to Global
Justice Movement or for holistic events go to Pathways
Network - some may be LETS-tradable - see also LONDON
EVENTS
| Saturday 15th May 2010
- LEVELLERS' DAY 2010 - What are we going to
eat? - Sustainable food for all. 10:30-6pm - Burford, Oxfordshire,
with Professor Tim Lang, Tristram Stuart (Liber-ate
• Feeding The 5000)
and David Gardner (Co-op
Farms) - further details: www.levellers.org.uk
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| S/S 1st & 2nd May:
Post-Usury Economy: The Norwich Conference aims to bring together
individuals and groups who are looking for change. |
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Saturday 20 March
2010. Visions of Mercia: The Midlands after Meltdown. FREE
conference in Stoke-on-Trent. Seven speakers, represent the
Acting Witan of Mercia, Greenpeace, Transition Towns, the Optimum
Population Trust, Devolve!, the Regionalist Seminar and
the Mercia Bureau. The conference is running from 10 to
5. Please visit our website www.independentmercia.org
for further information and please spread the word! If you would
like to reserve a place, please contact Jeff Kent (Convener
of the Acting Witan of Mercia) at witan@mail.com-
01782 791673.
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Sat 26th Sept 2009 - Conway Hall,
25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL - A
vibrant, jampacked, holistic event, running from 10.30am to
11.30pm, the Festival is a unique one-day event with over 50
free talks and workshops and over 60 stalls covering: Self-healing
and Self-empowerment • Natural Parenting and Nature Cures
• Healthy Vegan Organic Meals and Whole-foods • Permaculture
and Environmentalism • Musical, Poetic and Artistic Expression
• Simple and Non-consumerist Living • Creating Community
and Networks • Celebration and Connection: Doors open:
10.30am • Talks and Workshops: 11am-8pm Stalls: 10.30am-6pm
• Conscious Dance Party: 7pm-11.30pm. Ticket price for
full event: 10.30am-11.30pm: £10 /£8 (concs) at
the door. Late ticket price - from 4pm onwards: £7 /£5
(concs) at the door. £4 refund if you leave before 7pm.
Accompanied under 16's free. For full details of special
volunteering deal please visit the website: www.festivaloflife.net
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23rd May 2009. Practical
Economics: radical alternatives to a failed economic system:
10am-6pm Conway Hall, London. Keynote
speaker Paul Mason economics editor at BBC Newsnight. Also
Liz Cox from the New Economics Foundation on sustainable community
economics, Rufus Pollock, Mead Fellow in Economics, Emmanuel
College, Cambridge and co-director of the Open Knowledge Foundation
on the economics of producing and distributing open information,
Chris Cook of Open Capital on innovative legal structures
and financing. We hope also to have speakers from the Permaculture
Association, Transition Towns Inititiative, West Midlands
New Economics Forum and many more. Workshops are likely
to cover gift economies, local currencies, co-ops and collectives,
property in common ownership, anarchist economics, income
sharing, etc. We will be holding the Rootstock AGM during
the course of the day. At the same time and again after
the conference, we will show the newly released film, 'Age
of Stupid', starring Pete Postlethwaite. This event is supported
by the New Economics Foundation and by other supporters, and
is organised by
Rootstock and Radical
Routes. Free:
followed by Gig £8/4, or £11/£6 +food -
booking
essential.
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Thu
23rd April 2009. Challenging
the Recession:
Can we Change the Economy? Yes, we Can!
A conference focussing on practical solutions for individuals,
NGOs and businesses organised by the Forum
for Stable Currencies and LETSlink
UK in association with The
London Civic Forum - Further
Details
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| Saturday 14th February
2009 - Valentines
"FeelGood" Day: at the aker Meeting House, 78 Eden
Street, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1
1DJ, featuring alternative therapies and other LETS activities.
Organised by Kingston Upon Thames Local Exchange Trading Scheme
- KUTLETS - one of the
earliest established LETS in the UK - and open to the public. |
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| Saturday 24th January
2009 -11am-5:30pm (Doors open at 10:00am)
– Stoke 99: Conference of the British Constitution Group,
at Kings Hall, Glebe Street, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire.
Speakers John Bingley, David Bourne, Albert Burgess. Brain Gerrish,
John Harris. Send a cheque for £12.50 per attendee to:
The British Constitution Group, c/o Roger Hayes, 7 Holland Road,
Wallasey, Wirral, CH45 7QZ – roger@thebcgroup.org.uk, 01752
312743 or 0781 352 9383 or online: www.thebcgroup.org.uk |
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| Monday 12th January
2009 - 7pm: Financial crisis: What does
it mean for social change? January Activist Forum at The Studio,
22 Betterton Street, Covent
Garden, London WC2 (through the blue
door and upstairs). Economist Paulo dos Santos (SOAS)
will kick us off with some thoughts on the economic crisis and
radical social change. Then we'll all discuss it. This is the
first in our series of monthly activist forums, a regular space
where we can discuss the politics of social and ecological justice,
make links between issues we're involved in as activists, and
help strengthen radical politics in London. |
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Saturday 13th December
2008 at 43 Lancaster Gate, London:
Global Vision 2000's one day emergency conference: "THE
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRASH AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR HUMANITY
This conference is being called to address the unprecedented
"black swan" event of the unfolding global financial
crash. All attempts by the Government are failing to resurrect
a bankrupt financial sector and the financial collapse
will deepen with more bubbles expected to burst and impacting
severely on the real economy. The economy is being haemorraged,
asset prices plunging, banks are insolvent, mass unemployment
stalks the land and social strife beckons. It is time to
ask what is really going on? more |
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| Local Economy Day:
Thursday June 19th 2008: Lambeth Town Hall.
11am-9pm: What are the economic and structural obstacles to
building sustainability into our communities? Transition Town
Brixton is hosting a one-day conference aiming to examine in
depth the economics of sustainability. We will spend the
day unpacking the economic mechanisms that drive carbon intensive
lifestyles and waste resources. Topics of discussion
will range from macro-economic overviews, the drawbacks of our
globalized economy, the nature of money, the importance of credit,
the under-acknowledge role of cheap energy as economic driver
and the causes of our unsustainable systems, and then move into
a local perspective and on to possible action. |
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| Saturday 14th June
2007 - LAUNCH EVENT for the new web-based London-wide LETS
- under the auspices of "Love London" - London21's
three-week festival of sustainability events. |
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| Wed-Fri - April 14-16th
2008 - Unmoney Convergence: a group of social-entrepreneurs,
academics, economists, bankers, philanthropists, business men
and woman, system changers, lenders, borrowers and barter-ers
will gather in Seattle for the 2008 unMoney Convergence to engage
in an evolutionary conversation on money. Topics covered
will include micro-credit, slow money, local currencies, complementary
currencies, time dollars, retail trade exchanges, LETS, state
of the art transaction software and hardware technologies, money
and spirituality, ecological accounting, social venture and
entrepreneurship, monetary theory, value network mapping, equity
sharing, energy backed currency, organizational structures,
gift economies, and barter. |
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| Saturday April 5th
2008 9-6: GLOBAL FINANCIAL MELTDOWN, SOCIOECONOMIC INJUSTICE
AND WAR:CAUSE AND REMEDY: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, London
WIH 1LP: Global Vision 2000 will be hosting
a special one day conference on " The Global Financial
Meltdown, Socioeconomic Injustice and War: Cause and Remedy
" on Saturday 5th April 2008 in London. As an
independent international Islamic thinktank it will be building
on previous events focussing on these issues. This time it will
bring together some of the UK's leading independent political
and economic thinkers, writers and campaigners to focus on these
issues at a time of crisis and turbulence in the global financial
markets and impending recession and ongoing wars raging around
the world. Organised by: Moeen Yaseen, Managing Director,
Global Vision 2000 |
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| Friday 30th to Sunday
2nd December 2007: The Colours of Money Seminar Brighton,
convened by Stann Whipple <triform13 - at - yahoo.com>,
full details are available at www.arthuredwards.net/events |
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| Tuesday 27th November
at 6pm - Monetary Reform Club, Room 2c, University of London
Union, Malet Street. For further details contact Margaret Oluk:
0780 964 5030 - oluk2000-at-hotmail.co.uk. |
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| Sat 27th Oct 2007
10am - 6pm £1: Anarchist Book Fair: Queen
Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS. The
very first Anarchist Bookfair was in 1983. It’s happened
every year since, getting bigger and better each time. This
coming one is our 26th Anarchist Bookfair and it is the largest
and most important regular gathering of Anarchists in the world.
It reflects the full range of Anarchist groups, publishers and
activity. Alongside the day length Bookfair, where you can get
the latest books, pamphlets, magazines and all the other stuff,
there are continual meetings and discussions on all aspects
of anarchist activity. These are open to all. Through the day
there is a professionally run creche and hot food. As has happened
in previous years there will be anarchist caberet throughout
the day and a full programme of videos/DVD’s for people
to watch. Buses 25; 205; 339. From
Mile End tube come out of station and turn left, walk along
Mile End Road until you get to Harford Street and entrance to
venue is opposite Harford Road. From Stepney Green tube come
out of station and turn left, walk along Mile End Road and venue
entrance is on your left opposite Harford Road. |
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| Sat
27th Oct 2007 CCMJ (Christian Council for Monetary Justice)
Annual General Meeting, at Christchurch 127
Blackfriars Rd London SE1 8NY from 1pm to 4pm. |
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October 10th 6-9pm: AUTHORS AND ADVOCACY
FOR MONETARY JUSTICE: a hearing and debate
in which we examine the advocacy for which we should be responsible
as the rich poor gap widens remorselessly and planetary stewardship
eludes us, at The John Marshall Hall, Christ Church, 27 Blackfriars
Rd, London SE1 8DP. £5: RSVP to peterchallen@googlemail.com
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| FSS
5-7th Oct 2007: Bromsgrove Forum: residential UK Gathering
for reviewing Monetary Reform and Structural Justice. |
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| Sept.
27-30 2007 - American Monetary Institute: MONETARY
REFORM CONFERENCE at Roosevelt University In Chicago. Some scholarships
may become available for bona-fide students:
2007 schedule: also NB free
seminar 26th September 2007 |
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S/S
1st-2nd Sept 2007 11am-7pm - DJs and (dancing Sat
7-10pm) - £8 /£5 Under 16s Free - FESTIVAL OF
LIFE - Heal Thyself Heal the Planet - Steiner School, St Pauls
Church, 1 St Pauls Road, London N1 2QH - 0870 7344 888 - www.festivaloflife.net
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| Saturday June 16th,
2007 11 am to 5 pm: AN ALTERNATIVE ECONOMICS
CONFERENCE organised by Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique: from
10.30 am Imperial College, Mechanical Engineering Building,
Concourse Level 2, Exhibition Rd, London SW7 2AZ with Ann Pettifor,
David Woodward, John Christensen, Colin Hines, Aileen Kwa Bookings:
Admission £5. Tickets on sale at the door or booked in advance
by cheque and sae to Friends of Le Monde Diplo, 63 Cloudesley
Road, London N1 0EL - download
PDF Flier |
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| May 23-27, 2007
Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Building Sustainable Local
Economies "Tools for Change" Training Seminar, organised
by the E.F. Schumacher Society, linkingßpeople,ßland,ßandßcommunityßbyßbuildingßlocalßeconomies |
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TRUTHFEST - Festival Event !!!
September 29th - October 1st 2006
Near Bristol, including: The eight fold path
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Each of these paths is divided
into three stages of learning each of which takes place sequentially
but in a different location.
1. Talk Experts express there truths followed but a Question
and answer session
2. Film Video evidence is presented that relates to the talk
3. Dialog - Small groups break up and form solutions based
discussions
The purpose for this structure is to firstly allow participants
to follow specific topics of enquiry and focus finally on
small groups taking action. Secondly is will allow for a controlled
output of information that can collectively be collated and
used to strengthen the position of the underground movement
for truth, peace and culture.
For details click on the poster. Also see: www.myspace.com/truthfest
Tickets for sale here: www.cultureshop.org/details.php?code=FEST
Contact truthfest@googlemail.com
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September 28-29, Weimar, Germany: A
Conference on Monetary Regionalisation, Weimar, September
2006. International Scientific Conference: "Monetary
Regionalisation" in Weimar, Germany: by Miguel Yasuyuki
Hirota <mig@lime.plala.or.jp> - Local currency systems
as catalysts for endogenous regional development"- www.monetary-regionalisation.com/
Gill Seyfang, Centre
for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
(CSERGE) Reeports: Monetary Regionalisation: Local currency
systems as catalysts for endogenous regional development -
read the
report.
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http://money.socioeco.org/en/index.php
| Sun September 10th 2006 - FESTIVAL
OF LIFE and London Vegan Festival - Heal
Thyself Heal the Planet - celebrating sustainable, compassionate,
raw and living food, and holistic lifestyles - inspiration for
transformation • Self-healing & Self-empowerment •
Natural Therapies & Parenting • Healthy Organic Meals
& Whole-foods • Permaculture & Environmentalism
• Musical, Poetic & Artistic Expression • Simple
& Non-consumerist Living • Talks/Workshops, Education/Experience
• Creating Community & Networks • Celebration
& Connection - new venue: Kensington Town Hall Hornton St,
Kensington, London,W8 7NX - 10am-10pm £5/£3 •
Contact: Chris Kennett: 023-9261-1607 • fol_chris@hotmail.co.uk
• www.festivaloflife.net |
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| August 26th-September
4th 2006 - The Camp for Climate Change Action: North of
England: |
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| Tuesday 8th August
2006 1-4pm: LETS workshop with Mary Fee at Global Village 2006
[Sat 29th Jul to Wed 9th Aug] in Kent: Today,
we live more than ever in an interlocking world, where solutions
have to be found by international co-operation and understanding
to the problems created by globalisation. Global Village 2006
will build, for a fortnight in southern England, a community
of young people and adults working together with optimism and
determination to change the world for the better. For more information,
please see www.globalvillage2006.org
or contact Tamsin Pearce at info@globalvillage2006.org |
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Aug 2-6th: THE BIG GREEN GATHERING
- Europe's biggest Green Gathering:
£5 off adult & concession tickets bought before
May 1st. Venue Mendip Hills - near Cheddar - details will
be sent with tickets - contact www.big-green-gathering.com
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| Wed 7th June 2006:
Sustainable Currencies- 6-9pm at Limehouse
Town Hall, 646 Commercial Road, Limehouse (DLR from Bank), London
E14 7HA In times of economic hardship, bartering is used to
sustain the essentials of life. Local Exchange Trading Schemes
(LETS) do this by means of local currencies. They encourage
good use of resources, and enhance neighbourly relationships.
Following "green dollar" experiments in Canada, the
first Local Exchange Trading Scheme in the UK began in Norwich
in 1985 and there are now hundreds of schemes. Some have survived
well, others have fallen by the wayside. New ones are being
set up incorporating web-based technology. Running a LETS is
a complex, co-operative undertaking, and can be done in many
different ways. We will consider what factors can help to make
LETS more sustainable. Call 07966-216891 to confirm venue. Contact:
london@letslink.org |
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Sun
June 4th 2006 12-7pm Free/ Don. The
15th CAMDEN GREEN FAIR & Bikefest: Regent’s Park, London
NW1 c/o Rachel, 63 Maiden Lane, London, NW1 9YN • 020-7974-2260
• camdengreenfair@googlemail.com
• www.camdengreenfair.ik.com/ |
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| 2nd-4th June: World
Environment Day: Green
Film Festival 2006: Park Hall Country Park, Hume road, Weston
Coyney, ST3 5BH. Matthew Widgery, Green Film Project, T: 07922
478 360, F: 001 206 20 FILM 1, E: greenfilm@london.com, W: www.greenfilmproject.net.tc |
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| Wed 26th April 2006:
1.30-5.15pm: Motivate London: Why Projects Work:
at the Social Market Foundation,
11 Tufton Street, SW1P 3QP, organised by the London Sustainability
Exchange "accelerating the transition to a sustainable
London by connecting and motivating people. Sign up for our
FREE bi-monthly email bulletin by emailing info@lsx.org.uk for
the latest news on our projects, and a roundup of the major
sustainability news in London." - PDF
download. |
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| Sat 8th April 2006
10am-7pm:
Green Economics Institute - a conference at Oxford University
Mansfield College on Intergenerational Equity and long termism
in Economics and the stakeholder perspective as well as Corporate
Social Responsibility and business ethics. For further details/booking
please email: info@greeneconomice.org.uk |
Green
Economics Institute
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| Sat 8th April 2006
- Associative
Economics and Rudolf Steiner's Thinking: 1.30-4.30pm Room
S315, St Clements Building, at the London School of Economics,
England. A presentation in association with The
Network Project contact: Rosamund Stock
<r.e.stock@lse.ac.uk> |
Associative
Economics
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| Sat 25 Feb 11am -
Sun 26 Feb 2006 - 2pm - at Earth Spirit,
Lockyers Farm, Compton Dundon, near Glastonbury, Somerset. This
weekend will provide a space to discuss Green Economics, in
beautiful surroundings on an organic farm and to walk in the
country and to discuss the relevance of Natural Science to Economics
and Green Economics and to think outside the box of our everyday
experiences and move the concepts of Green Economics forward
in a supportive group. Details.
Malcolm MacInnes has submitted a paper - PDF.
Mary Fee's paper, which will be based on this
presentation. |
Green
Economics Institute
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Monday 5th to Wednesday
7th December, 2005: INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON ECONOMICS OF NONVIOLENCE AND THE VISION OF A SUSTAINABLE
WORLD jointly sponsored by IILM ACADEMY OF HIGHER LEARNING,
JAIPUR CAMPUS AND ANUVRAT GLOBAL ORGANIZATION - a transnational
center for peace and nonviolent action associated with UN DPI.
Venue: Adhyatm Sadhana Kendra, Chhatarpur Road, Mehrauli, New
Delhi-110 030, INDIA.
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Saturday 19th Nov 2005:
"From Ownership to Stewardship":
one-day conference by "The Network Project" at LSE
- details follow. |
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| Sat 29th Oct 2005
CCMJ (Christian Council for Monetary Justice) Annual General
Meeting, at Christchurch 127 Blackfriars Rd
London SE1 8NY from 10am to 4pm. |
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| Tue-Thu18-20th Oct:
Bromsgrove Forum: residential UK Gathering for reviewing
Monetary Reform and Structural Justice. |
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| S/S 1-2 Oct 2005
WORLD SUMMIT ON FREE INFORMATION INTRASTRUCTURES:
a weekend of scheduled presentations and short special interest
meetings; the week leading up to that and some of the week after
will be space and facilities for workshops, at least one on
documenting and propagating freenetworks and another on creating
and sharing free-of-copyright maps. |
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Thu
29th Sept-0ct 2nd 2005: MONETARY REFORM CONFERENCE IN
CHICAGO - 12noon for 4pm: AMERICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE , PO
BOX 601, VALATIE, NY 12184. Tel. 1-518-392-5387, email ami@taconic.net
• Stephen Zarlenga, Director "Dedicated to the
independent study of monetary history, theory, and reform":
www.monetary.org - REPORT
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Sunday
September 11th 2005 -
10am-9pm • £4/£2 FESTIVAL OF LIFE
• Conway Hall, Red Lion Square WC2 - Friends of Green
Angels: 020-7209-3976 • info@festivaloflife.net •
DETAILS •
www.festivaloflife.net
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| Wed, Sept 7th:
Aubrey Meyer - advisor on climate change
through his Global Commons Institute www.gci.org.uk and his
framework "Contraction & Convergence". 6-9pm in
Committee Room G at the House of Lords - using Blackrods Entrance
at the opposite end to Big Ben. For further details see www.ccmj.org/fsc/meetings.htm
and click on meeting date |
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| Thursday
August 18th, 7-9pm, LETS Get Together 6, Limehouse Town
Hall. This monthly
event brings builders of
webserver-based LETS and community exchange systems, with potential
interested users of them, at an evening 'Forum' style event.
After a few 10/15-minute presentations of peoples' work-in-progress,
there'll be time to talk and plan. |
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Monday 25th July 2005 THE
FUTURE OF THE CITY: - from
6pm for 7pm: a special Cogers debate on money and poweR, at
the St Bride's Institute in Bride Lane (at the Ludgate Circus
end of Fleet Street) - food from 6pm. Get there early as places
are limited (only 150). The debate starts at 7pm
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details
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| Wed
20th July 2005: Limehouse Town Hall: Dorkbot - people doing
strange things with electricity - artists and geekspace |
Details |
| Thursday
July 14th, 7-9pm, LETS Get Together 5, Limehouse Town Hall.
This event monthly
event brings builders of
webserver-based LETS and community exchange systems, with potential
interested users of them, at an evening 'Forum' style event.
After a few 10/15-minute presentations of peoples' work-in-progress,
there'll be time to talk and plan. |
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| Thursday
June 30th, 7-9pm, LETS Get Together 4, Limehouse Town Hall.
Thismonthly
event brings together builders
of webserver-based LETS and community exchange systems, with
potential interested users of them, at an evening 'Forum' style
event. After a few 10/15-minute presentations of peoples' work-in-progress,
there'll be time to talk and plan. |
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| Thursday
16th June 2005: Re-thinking Welfare Economics - Mutual benefits
without the moral hazard. Venue:
Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT (Baker St.
Tube) 0207 723 4400.
www.talkingeconomics.com
- or contact Arthur Edwards 01452 810764 / arthur@talkingeconomics.com.
Organised by The Centre for Associative Economics (01227 738207)
– www.cfae.biz. |
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| Wed
15th June 2005: Limehouse Town Hall: Dorkbot - people doing
strange things with electricity - artists and geekspace |
Details |
Fri
June 10th, 2005:
London: GRASSROOTS INNOVATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
A one-day conference in London for researchers,
practitioners and policymakers in the UK. Attendance, refreshments
and lunch are free to participants, but places must be reserved
in advance. Contact Ann Dixon on 01603 593176 or m.a.dixon@uea.ac.uk
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| Sun
June 5th 12-8pm:
The 14th CAMDEN GREEN FAIR & Bikefest new venue:
Regent’s Park, London NW1. For stalls contact Julian
Jacobs, or advertising contact Ravina 020-7239-1283 - jjacobs@groundwork.org.uk |
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Friday
27 May 2005: 9.30-5pm - “A UK Poverty Agenda for the
New Government” - one day conference to
be held at the Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Rd, London
NW1 5JR: Registration form from Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, Conference
Office, 73 Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, London N17 ONN: Call 020
8801 3014 or email <anna@rozbicki.freeserve.co.uk>
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| Thursday
May 26th, 7-9pm, LETS Get Together 3, Limehouse Town Hall.
Thismonthly
event brings together builders
of webserver-based LETS and community exchange systems, with
potential interested users of them, at an evening 'Forum' style
event. After a few 10/15-minute presentations of peoples' work-in-progress,
there'll be time to talk and plan. |
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| Wed
18th May 2005: Limehouse Town Hall: Dorkbot - people doing
strange things with electricity - artists and geekspace |
Details |
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Wednesday
18 May 2005:
CONTESTING CAPITALISM: PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES. One
day Workshop at the Collective for Alternative Organisation
Studies (CAOS): University of Leicester Management Centre.
Please note, attendance is FREE, but we need to know how many
participants there will be in order to book lunch and refreshments.
So if you wish to attend, please complete the registration
form attached and email to Jenni Hern (j.hern@le.ac.uk)
by 15th of April 2005.
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Details: WORD
• RTF
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| Thursday
12th May 2005: Save as Houses? The Valuing of Financial
Assets Venue:
Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT (Baker St.
Tube) 0207 723 4400.
www.talkingeconomics.com
- or contact Arthur Edwards 01452 810764 / arthur@talkingeconomics.com.
Organised by The Centre for Associative Economics (01227 738207)
– www.cfae.biz. |
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| Thursday
April 28th, 7-9pm, LETS Get Together 2, Limehouse Town Hall.
This
monthly event brings together
builders of webserver-based LETS and community exchange systems,
with potential interested users of them, at an evening 'Forum'
style event. After a few 10/15-minute presentations of peoples'
work-in-progress, there'll be time to talk and plan. |
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| Wed
20th April 2005: Limehouse Town Hall: Dorkbot - people doing
strange things with electricity - artists and geekspace |
Details |
| Friday
15-16 April 2005: Stroud, Glos: Husbanding the Land - Valuing
the Farmer - A fresh look at the economics of Farming. Presentation
on the Friday evening and a workshop over the Saturday. Tickets
£50 for the whole event or £5 for the Friday presentation
only see
www.talkingeconomics.com - or contact Arthur Edwards 01452 810764
/ arthur@talkingeconomics.com. Organised by The Centre for Associative
Economics (01227 738207) – www.cfae.biz. |
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| Thursday
14th April 2005: Microfinance - theme of the year or genuine
investment strategy?
Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT (Baker
St. Tube) 0207 723 4400.
www.talkingeconomics.com
- or contact Arthur Edwards 01452 810764 / arthur@talkingeconomics.com.
Organised by The Centre for Associative Economics (01227 738207)
– www.cfae.biz. |
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| Thursday
March 31st, 7-9pm, LETS Get Together 1, Limehouse Town Hall.
This monthly event brings together builders
of webserver-based LETS and community exchange systems, with
potential interested users of them, at an evening 'Forum' style
event. After a few 10/15-minute presentations of peoples' work-in-progress,
there'll be time to talk and plan. |
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Saturday
19th March 2005:
Labour
Reform Network Project Workshop on COMMUNITY CURRENCIES and
REGENERATION with John Rogers of Wales Institute for Community
Currencies: 1-4pm: Room S315 St. Clements Building. Houghton
Street. London WC2A 2AE. Please note this is a small workshop.
If you are interested to attend please contact Rosamund Stock
in advance due to need to extend room booking if larger numbers
are expected: r.e.stock@lse.ac.uk
or call 0845 458 0610.
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London
School of Economics
Houghton Street,
London, WC2A 2AE
+44 20 7955 7583 |
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| FSS
March 18-20
weekend £100 (L) Colours of Money: from Competition
to Association with Christopher Houghton-Budd at Chartham,
Canterbury. This event looks at how money can be the main instrument
for bringing about real and lasting change in our economic circumstances:
Contact Arthur Morgan Edwards: arthur@talkingeconomics.com
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| 12th
March 2005 War on Want’s Annual Conference 2005 Keynote
Speaker: Jonathan Dimbleby Other Speakers: Angelino Garzon,
Governor of Valle de Cauca, Colombia Congressman Alexander Lopez,
Colombia Haifa Zangana, Iraqi novelist Duncan Campbell, journalist
Gina Patnaik, Rachel Corrie relative and campaigner Toby Shelley,
journalist and writer. Venue London School of Economics Houghton
Street, London WC2A 2AE (nearest tube: Holborn) 13.30-18.00
(plus War on Want AGM from 11.00) in conjunction with LSE People
& Planet Cost:Members: free Unwaged/ Student: £3 Waged:
£5 |
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Thursday
10th March,
6:00pm - 8:00pm: Local Strategic Partnerships and Sustainable
Development - The Practical Implications of the New Report.
Followed by: Policies, Processes and Planning: how do we build
better links between political processes and Sustainable Development
in London? Venue: London Community Recycling Network offices,
Grayson Square, N1 6HT. The meeting is open to all members and
supporters of London 21 Sustainability Network. Please
contact Edouard at info@london21.org
or on 020 7359 8228 to book your place. The event is free for
London 21 supporting members (£3 for others). You can
download the report here: www.london21.org/right/downloads/finallspreport.doc
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| Thursday
10 March, 2005: Talking Economics: An
associative perspective on economic events (Fairtrade Fortnight
Special) The fairest of them all? Brand value and competitive
marketing in a global economy. One of a regular series of talks
held on Thursdays at Rudolf Steiner House, Organised by The
Centre for Associative Economics (01227 738207) – www.cfae.biz |
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9th - Sat 12th March 2005: Llanidloes
& District Community Forum: Four-day Consultation and Networking
Event: Community Cauldron: Minerva Centre (Llanidloes): Contact
John Waters, Centre Manager, Llanidloes Resource Centre: 0845-408-0472 |
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here for full details (including PDF leaflet) |
| Saturday
19th February 2005:
Labour
Reform Network Project Workshop on CORPORATE POWER AND ITS ABUSES
with Claire Fausset of Corporate Watch: at London School of
Economics 1-4pm: Room S315 St. Clements Building. Houghton Street.
London WC2A 2AE. Please note this is a small workshop. If you
are interested to attend please contact Rosamund Stock in advance
due to need to extend room booking if larger numbers are expected:
r.e.stock@lse.ac.uk
or call 0845 458 0610 |
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London
School of Economics
Houghton Street,
London, WC2A 2AE
020 7955 7583 |
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Saturday
12th February 2005: The Creative Forum & Peace Not War
present Networking and Creating Friendships + Practical
Activism + Positive Change: 1pm till 8pm
at St George's Theatre, 49 Tufnell Park Road, London NW5 -
Monday
14th February from 7pm - support the campaign for this centre
by attending Islington Council's planning meeting -
see details on flier. |
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| Sunday
October 16th: LETS Co-operate: an event within the European
Social Forum - Community, LETS and Monetary Reform groups
will have an opportunity to make a contribution to the event
- the formal talks are now at LSE - circle time and networking
are still at Conway Hall. Here
is our own page for this event. |
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14-17th: European Social Forum, Thu eve (opening ceremony),
Fri /Sat full days of plenaries, seminars & workshops, Sun
- assembly of the social movements in the morning, demonstration
in the afternoon: two venues: Alexandra Palace & Bloomsbury:
NB LETSlink is a leading partner in the Solidarity
Village, an autonomous venue based in Holborn - follow links
to many other websites. |
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| 16/17
September in Liverpool - "Socialising
the Global Economy" followed by the AGM of the European
Network for Economic Self-Help and Local Development (Euronet)
on Saturday, 18 September. Organised jointly with SEN. |
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Sunday
September 12th 2004 -
10am-9pm • £4/£2 FESTIVAL OF LIFE
• Conway Hall, Red Lion Square WC2 - Friends of Green
Angels: 020-7209-3976 • info@festivaloflife.net •
www.festivaloflife.net
NB at this event we will have planning meeting for LETS
Co-operate on Saturday 16th October 2004.
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| Saturday
Sept 11th 2004: 1pm-1am - The European Creative Forum presents
Visions of Another World - MAKE PEACE NOT WAR. Full programme
of activities. This will be an opportunity to meet people involved
in the ECF - as well as others who are planning the ESF (October
14-17 2004) to meet each other and review progress. |
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Monday
19th July 5-9pm: Consultation on Economics Topics for
the European Social Forum (14-17th October 2004) and developing
the concept of the Solidarity Village - all are invited -
LSE Room H101 - go to agenda on this website via the picture
link...
Tuesday
20th July: Consultation on Economics Topics for the European
Social Forum (14-17th October 2004) and - for Social Economy
Organisations: Coin Street Community Builders: enquiries:
john.goodman@cooperatives-uk.coop
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July
18th-22nd 2004 - Complementary Currencies in Europe:
Their Importance for the Economy, Regional Development and
Employment - In the Catholic Social Institute, Bad Honnef
(near Bonn)Monday 19th July 5-9pm:
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| 10th
-24th July 2004, England: Earth Activist Training with Starhawk
& Erik Ohlsen, based on the principles of Permaculture,
at Ragmans Lane Farm, Gloucestershire, England: earthactuk@123mail.org |
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| Saturday
10th July, Room H216, London School
of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2. Life after Capitalism?
A conversation with Michael Albert - follow the links for details...
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| July
8th-11th - Fabricated Nature? Biotechnology, Theology
and Ethics International conference on environmental issues
held by the Centre for Religion and the Biosciences, University
College Chester. Contact trs.crb@chester.ac.uk. |
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| Monday
5 July 6 - 9.30 pm - Friends House, Euston: Sustainable
Development - What does it mean for London's community groups?
This event is organised by the community network London 21 and
is aimed at community groups' members and workers. All travel
expenses will be paid and the evening will start with food and
refreshments. The event is free of charge and travel expenses
will be reimbursed. Booking is essential, as places are limited,
please contact Vinciane on 0207 359 8228 or vinciane@london21.org |
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| Sunday
4 July
- 12pm to 5pm - Brighton Sunny Day, is run by volunteers and promotes
the use of sustainable and renewable energy, and other green
related issues, recycling, composting, etc. Click picture or
Contact Holly Robertson brightonsunnyday@yahoo.com |
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| Sun
July 4th 12-7pm Free/ Don- CAMDEN GREEN FAIR- Camden Greening
Forum - St James Gardens NW1 c/o Julian Jacobs, for stalls or
advertising contact Ravina 020-7239-1283 - 12 Baron Street,
London N1 9LL (Weds 0200-7239-1289) jjacobs@groundwork.org.uk
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| Thu
1st July to Sat 3rd July 2004 - The Social and Cultural
Movements Group, Edge Hill College, UK hosts the 2nd International
Conference: Imaging Social Movements. Contact Lee Salter: 01695
584374 |
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| June
25th-27th, 2004 - Local Currency in the 21st Century
- to be held at Bard College, Annondale-on-Hudson, New York,
USA: Chris Lindstrom, Conference Coordinator, EF Schumacher
Society (413) 528-1737 chris@smallisbeautiful.org |
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| Wednesday
23 June, 2004: Collective for Alternative Organisation Studies
(CAOS) - Launch: Opening Up The Future - University of Leicester,
UK |
DETAILS OF LAUNCH
www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/caos
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noon Friday 18th June to noon Monday 21st June Spirited
Away in partnership with the Northern Pagan Archive invite you
to the first Pendle Witch Camp located on a wonderful hilltop
site overlooked by Pendle Hill, near Burnley, Lancashire, an
area steeped in the folklore and history of witchcraft. Enjoy
talks, workshops, stalls and entertainment, including workshops
for Tarot, Healing, Massage, Guided Visualisations, Drumming
& Chanting, Sweat Lodge, Crystal Dreaming, Juggling etc. |
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Wednesday
16th June 2004 6-8pm: Meeting - all are invited: Economics
Topics for the European Social Forum Agenda: at LSE Room
E171: The New Theatre, East Building, Houghton St, Aldwych,
London EC1, Holborn or Temple tube. Meeting to be co-ordinated
by Sabine McNeil and John Courtneidge: - all offers of help
in organising and minuting meeting are welcome.
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| Saturday
June 5th LONDON GREEN MAP LAUNCH - including LETSlink London
workshop on mapping the green economy. Click
for Full Details |
INVITATION
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| June
5th-19th 2004 - LONDON SUSTAINABILITY WEEKS - Coordinator:
Tim Webb of London 21 - to mark World Environment Day and European
Green Days on direct action for sustainable development - many
local community events will be taking place - launch
event - 020-7359-0452 • www.londonsustainabilityweeks.org |
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| June
3rd-4th 2004 in Bratislava, Slovakia: Social Finance
and Inclusion in Europe - INAISE annual conference organised
in collaboration with Integra Foundation. Beforehand, on the
2nd and 3rd of June, is an information session on EU structural
funds for social finance. Contact viviane@inaise.org
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| Mon
May 31st 11-8pm £5 (concs) KINGSTON GREEN FAIR Canbury
Gdns Kingston-upon-Thames 01932 229911 • info@kingstongreenfair.org.uk
• www.kingstongreenfair.org.uk |
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Sunday May 16th 2004. World Debt Day - Jubilee Debt Campaign
will hold an international day of action. Contact Ashok Sinha
Coordinator, The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London
N1 6HT • Tel: +44 (0)20 7324 4722 • Fax: +44 (0) 20
7324 4723 • Mobile: +44 (0)7905 139 140 • www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk |
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| Saturday
15th May 7.30pm. Body Shop party
hosted by Yeovil LETS - at Yeovil Arts Centre (upstairs) A fun
evening for ladies of all ages. A chance to socialise, sample
the Body Shop products and to buy products (with no obligation).
Please bring a small contribution of food or drink towards the
light buffet. Ask your friends to join us! For more information
call LETS co-ordinator Kara on 01935 433185. LETS is a small
non-profit making organisation which trade in an alternative
currency. Visit the website on www.core-energy.co.uk/lets.htm |
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Saturday
May 15th 2004 - KYOTO MARCH: Time to stand up for the
environment. Time to make a stand against BushOrganised
by the 'Campaign against Climate Change'. Up-to-date details:
020-8855-3327, 07903-316331: www.campaigncc.org
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| Wednesday
11th May: The
London Social Forum announces: Emotional Intelligence for Activists
- a Workshop on Facilitation and Chairing of Meetings - to be
held at London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 62 Fieldgate Street,
Whitechapel, London E1 1ES (between Whitechapel and Aldgate
East tube stations). |
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| Saturday
May 8th 2004: 1pm-1am - The European Creative Forum presents
Visions of Another World - launching the Creative Process for
the ESF - at Area 10 Warehouse, Behind Peckham Library, Eagle
Wharf, Peckham Square, London, SE15. This will be an opportunity
to meet people involved in the ECF - as well as others who are
planning the ESF (October 14-17 2004) to meet each other and
review progress. |
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| Saturday
1st May - 11-1 pm - BOOK MAKING WORKSHOP
at Over Stratton Village Hall. Only £2 per person. Learn
how to make simple but beautiful books from handmade recycled
paper with Rachel Emmett. Rachel also produces crafts of very
high quality, which will also be available to buy, among other
stalls. Please bring: a sharp, sturdy needle, a pair of scissors
and any fabric you may wish to cover your book with. For further
information call Rachel On 01935 864133. This will be in conjunction
with the South Somerset LETS monthly trading event. |
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| Sunday
25th April 2004 - Give and Take Day - 11am-2pm - Yvonne
Carr Community Centre, Thessaly Rd, Patmore Estate, London SW8
- (Wandsworth Road BR) or bus down Nine Elms Lane from Vauxhall
tube. |
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Friday 23rd
April
from 8:30pm - All L.E.T.S. members and the whole of Southville
are invited to this Extravaganza Cabaret at the Southville
Centre. A chance for the people of Southville to meet,
chat, be entertained, have fun and if a member of L.E.T.S.
(Local Exchange Trading Scheme) bring along their goods to
trade. The event is aimed at adults (although children will
be welcome). Featuring Compere extraordinaire Chris Brown,
plus Music, poetry and banter from local artists Nick, Dave,
Geoff, Carol, Tony & friends. BRING FOOD AND DRINK
TO SHARE (There will be no bar open.) Entry: £3 or
3 Squids; children £1. We are always looking for
people to get involved - might you be interested in helping
out at an event? Either setting up, clearing up, or even performing?
We're thinking of doing quiz nights - would you be interested
in coming to one? Contact Karaline: karaline@freeuk.com) See you there!
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| Tuesday
20th April, 4-6.30 pm: Community Green Mapping Process -
a training session organised by London 21 on at the Islington
Ecology Centre (Arsenal Tube; £10/free for community groups).
The session will cover the tools detailed in the pack as well
as others. Book: vinciane@london21.org |
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Thursday
15 April 2004 10.30am-3.30pm: Let's
start a CSA!
Community
Supported Agriculture - The
SOIL ASSOCIATION'S Cultivating Communities Project - very
low cost workshop to be held at Penwith Business Centre, Longrock,
Penzance
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Wednesday
14th April: The
London Social Forum announces: Emotional Intelligence for Activists
- a Workshop on Facilitation and Chairing of Meetings - to be
held at London Action Resource Centre (LARC), 62 Fieldgate Street,
Whitechapel, London E1 1ES (between Whitechapel and Aldgate
East tube stations).
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| Saturday
April 10th 2004: 1pm-1am - The European Creative
Forum presents Visions of Another World at Area 10 Warehouse,
Behind Peckham Library, Eagle Wharf, Peckham Square, London,
SE15. This will be an opportunity to meet people involved in
the ECF - as well as others who are planning the ESF (October
14-17 2004) to meet each other and review progress. |
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| Friday
9th April 11am - CND Rally - Trafalgar
Square, London - Stop the war coalition support Aldermaston
Easter March - SURROUND THE AWE BASE on - Monday 12th April
2004 - THOUSANDS TO SAY NO TO NEW WMD |
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| Sunday
March 21st at the Glastonbury Town Hall.Richard Rockefeller
will be the main speaker at the opening of the Avalon Fair Shares
LETS and Timebank in Glastonbury. Letslink UK attended this
event. |
See NEWS ITEM |
| March
19-21st: The Money Crunch:to be held at Naropa University
in Boulder Colorado, USA. Presenters include: Randy Peterson,
Bernard Lietaer, Stephan Brunnhuber, Thomas Greco, Luca Fantacci,
Sergio Lub, Edgar Cahn,, Octavia Allis, Greg Berry, Arthur Brock,
Christine Gray, Victor Grey, Anita Halcyon, Joel Hedroff, Chritian
Isquierdo, and Dr. Alec Tsoucatos. Details can be found at: www.accessfoundation.org |
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March
14th : Marlow & District LETS celebrates its 10th Anniversary
at its AGM.
For details contact Eileen |
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Events Archive 2003
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Featuring:
James Taris UK Visit: Nov 2003
NB
This listing is available for all LETS groups to list
open events, eg socials, talk & trade, AGMs etc.
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Sat
Dec 13th: North Birmingham "Second Saturday"
is a regular monthly programme, usually
including a lunchtime "Cafe Society" and occasional entertainment,
led by LETS members, and open to associated
groups and projects. These include the local Food & Global
Recipes Project, which promotes buy-local organic and fairgrade,
and is also developing a sustainable events catering business. Another
associated project is BECOMM (Birmingham Electronic Community),
which is developing on-line forums in association with Birmingham's
budgetary devolution. Becomm also includes the market-place which
is a LETS-inspired skill exchange system. For further info: 0121-333-6860.
Sat
Dec 6th
1pm-eve North London LETS Christmas Trading & Social
in the common room at their offices, 1a Waterlow Road, Archway,
North London - turn up or contact: 020-7281-0919.
Thu
Dec 4th
James is attending a Social and AGM of Waterfront and South Greenwich
LETS at Glyndon Community Centre, Raglan Road, Plumstead SE18
from 7pm. All LETS members or those interested to join in the Greenwich
area are invited to attend - for catering purposes please contact
Ann Seargeant ea.sargeant@ntlworld.com
or call 020-8265-1251.
Wed
Dec 3rd - James returns from Bletchley to London where
he has been invited to a planning meeting of the Ministry for
Peace being held in the Grand Committee Room of the Houses of
Parliament, at 7pm. For details contact "Diana Basterfield"
diana@metronet.co.uk.
Tue/Wed
Dec 2nd/3rd - James will be travelling to Bletchley
and will be met by Peter Hughes and will join members of the Milton
Keynes LETnet preparing the evening meal for the AGM in the
evening where he will be Guest Speaker. For details contact peter.hughes14@which.net
Mon
Dec 1st - James will be attending Alternatives at
St James, 197 Piccadilly, London W1 to meet David Boyle, author
of "Funny Money" who is speaking on the subject of "Money"
- £8/£5.
Sun
Nov 30th - James Taris will be joining us at Social Evening
of the Camden LETS at 55 Antrim Mansions, NW3 8-9.30pm -
contact Phillida on - 020-7722-8120 - p.sawbridge@btinternet.com
Meanwhile
LETS members in London are invited to an informal gathering at the
Bedzeds ecological housing project, near Sutton. James Taris
and members of LETS groups in London will have the opportunity of
meeting Bedzed's innovative architect Bill Dunster at 6pm at the
Bedzed Centre, 24 Helios Road, Wallington, Surrey, (nearest BR Station
Hackbridge) http://www.bedzed.org.uk
Fri
Nov 28th
Woody Bronson will be attend the Organophosphate Users Support Group
AGM Knighton Community Centre 7pm www.rs-opus.co.uk
and are hoping to meet LETS members in the area. Woody represents
a group who are seeking to create ecological and chemically clean
sustainable co-operative housing project/s: contact
Thursday 20th November 2003: launch
of the new Wales Institute for Community Currencies, a partnership
project between University of Wales College Newport, Time Banks
UK and Valleys Kids (a charity working with young people in the
South Wales Valleys). at the Oasis
Centre near Caerphilly, at which both local community development
practitioners and policy makers from the National Assembly for Wales
will be present and is headed up by John
Rogers. The project is part-funded by European Regional Development
Funds. See NEWS ITEM
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