Can you donate an art-work to this fundraiser for the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (an Aboriginal/environmental alliance) and FoE's Anti-Nuclear & Clean Energy Campaign? Please contact Richilde <[email protected]>, 0403 965977.
 
The auction will be held at 7pm on Tuesday, June 16 at Hogan Gallery, 310 Smith St. Collingwood, (next door to the Friends of the Earth office).

FoE's Anti-Nuclear & Clean Energy (ACE) Campaign <www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear>

Australian Nuclear Free Alliance <www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz/alliance>

David Rovics & Alistair Hulett
touring Australia, December 2008 and January 2009

David Rovics is based in Portland, Oregon, and has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US. Since the mid-90's he has spent most of his time on the road, playing hundreds of shows every year throughout the world. He has shared the stage with musicians like Billy Bragg and the Indigo Girls. More importantly, he's really good. He will make you laugh, he will make you cry, and he will make the revolution irresistible.

FoE members and supporters feedback, October 2008

Every two years we ask our members and supporters to provide feedback about the organisation and the campaigns we are working on.

Attached is this years form, we would greatly appreciate your time in answering as little or much as you want of the questions below.

Media Release

September 30 2008

Rudd must reject Garnaut's low climate change targets

Friends
of the Earth Australia has described Garnaut's report as a "recipe for
disaster" and called on the government to reject his proposed low-end
carbon pollution targets.

Professor Garnaut's Final Report outlining the science and economics of climate change and emission trading was released today.

6pm Thursday October 16th
Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith Street Collingwood

Online tools offer climate change activists and groups excellent
opportunities and strategies to build the movement. Websites, egroups,
blogs, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and other applications are being used
extensively by community organisers… But how well? How can online tools
be harnessed most effectively to recruit, engage, energise, strategise
and sustain grassroots climate change activism?

Friends of the Earth is currently seeking a Membership and Fundraising
Coordinator. Applications close 1st September 2008. For a full
position description, click here

Farming and food production have strong connections to us all. Join us on a journey through three film nights as we explore some of the darker sides of our relationship with food. Issues ranging from industrial factory farming and genetically engineering of food to the loss of food sovereignty and threat to food security will be addressed. Weâ??ll have a short discussion of some of the problems raised and pose solutions and actions we can all take.

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Real Food Film Nights

Wednesday 25th June, 6.30pm

Tuesday 1st July, 6.30pm

Wednesday 9th July, 6.30pm

Loop Bar, 23 Meyers Place Melbourne

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Whatâ??s on the menu?

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Wednesday 25th June, 6.30pm

Entrée: Store Wars â?? Spoof animation comedy (5 min)

Main course: The World According to Monsanto â?? Documentary (100 min)

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Tuesday 1st July, 6.30pm

Entrée: Food not Bombs - Short film documentary (6 min)

Main course: We Feed the World â?? Documentary (95 mni)

Desert: Meatrix - Spoof animation comedy (5 min)

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Wednesday 9th July, 6.30pm

Main course: Lost in Palm Oil - Documentary (63 min)

Desert: Palm Oil & Orangutan Rescue â?? Slide show (5 min)

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Wednesday 25th June, 6.30pm

As entrée you can enjoy the spoof Star Wars animation titled â??Store Warsâ?? (5 min) where Cuc Skywalker and Jedi Yoghurt take on Dark Tador in a battle for the Farm. Main course consists of a documentary titled â??The World According to Monsantoâ?? (100 min) which investigates the journey of Monsanto corporation from chemical manufactures to biotechnology giant in its global takeover of our food, farms, and agriculture heritage.

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Tuesday 1st July, 6.30pm

The short documentary on Melbourneâ??s â??Food not Bombsâ?? (6 min) will be followed by a documentary titled â??We feed the worldâ?? (95 min - subtitles) which investigates food and globalisation, fishermen and farmers, drivers and high-powered corporate executives, the flow of goods and cash, a film about scarcity amid plenty. Desert consists of the spoof Matrix animation titled â??Meatrixâ?? (5 min) where Moothius and Leo discover the impacts of factory farming.

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Wednesday 9th July, 6.30pm

The feature documentary â??Lost in Palm Oilâ?? (63 min) investigates the negative impacts that oil palm plantations have on forests, climate change, water pollution, biodiversity, with a focus on Indigenous communities in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. How does this relate to food? Palm oil shows us that food issues, forests, people, culture and animals are interconnected. Palm Oil is used in 1 in 10 supermarket products, yet there no requirement for it to be labelled. Guest speaker Jessica McKelson from the Melbourne Zoo Orangutan Sanctuary will present an uplifting slide show of her recent trip to Nyaru Menteng Gunung Leseur National Park in Indonesia where she saw the impacts of Palm Oil on the Orangutan population first hand. The wild organutan population is heading towards extinction, but the rescues and release work witnessed by Jess gives us hope that there is a future for them.

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Free Entry.

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Drinks and food available from the bar.

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Seating is limited and RSVP is preferred.

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For bookings and more information, email [email protected]

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Organised by: Friends of the Earth Melbourne Real Food group

www.melbourne.foe.org.au

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Supported by: Loop Bar, 23 Meyers Place Melbourne

www.looponline.com.au