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Events To go to a particular event-click on that Month> January, February. March. April May June, July, August, September, October, November, December, Check out other local/national events lists (NB listings published do not imply formal endorsement by NSF) |
| Ist | EU Presidency | On January 1st 2007, the German government will take over the Presidencies of the European Union (EU) and the Group of Eight (G8). |
| 16th | Teachers' Forum meeting | For
teachers, schools management and governors: KS 1-4. Getting global issues
into the classroom. Fair trade fortnight special venue: St Mary Redcliffe
and Temple School, Somerset Square, 5pm - 6:30pm contact_person:
Liz Astle, tel: 0117 916 6452, email: deved@african-initiatives.org.uk |
| 16th | Global Campaign for Education Launch | GCE campaign Free Pack from Action Aid 01460 238000 http://www.sendmyfriend.org |
| January to March | Great Reading Adventure |
Bristol’s annual Great Reading Adventure will include other British cities in 2007, as people in Bristol, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow will be encouraged to read Andrea Levy’s book Small Island. The book has been chosen for its focus on black history. http://www.smallislandread.com, http://www.abolition200.com |
| 18th | Bristol Airport- vital meeting! | The decision on the Bristol International Airport's Masterplan on their expansion plans is expected to be taken at the meeting of the North Somerset District Council's P and R Committee this Thursday 2.30pm at the Town Hall in Weston Super Mare. If you can come, please do. A group is leaving Bristol from Temple Meads station on the 1.14pm.train. We will be meeting outside the shop at 1.05pm. Bikes can be parked in the station on Platform 1. If you contact pip_sheard@hotmail.co.uk Pip can get the tickets in advance (£3.80return) http://www.stopbia.com |
| 18th | South Glos FT meeting | 7.30pm in the Zion Church in Frampton.Please ring Kath Waring 01225 394179 or 0117 957 5580 email renuka.suri@btinternet.com http://www.sgftn.co.uk |
| 18th | Bristol FT Network meeting | 5.30 pm Brunel House, (rear of Council House) http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk/bristol/fairtrade.html |
| 18th-21st | African Horizons, Trowbridge, Wilts | A weekend of African Films http://www.trowbridgefilm.org.uk ffi download flyer |
| 20th | Bristol Campaigning Student Conference 2007 | Bristol University Students' Union, 9.45am--4pm Download Agenda FFI bristol.campaigning.conference@gmail.com Call Tom (07928 274515) or Rowan (07737 344318, ALSO in the evening Bristol’s Climate Action Group are having a fundraising Social. SINK OR SWIM – 8 till late, Entry=£3, DJs playing funky music @ Blue Lagoon on Gloucester Rd, http://bristolcampaigningconference.pbwiki.com |
| 20-25th | World Social Forum Nairobi | http://www.wsf2007.org, Global Call against Poverty http://www.whiteband.org |
| 22-29th | Africa Union Summit | http://www.africa-union.org, http://www.iisd.ca/africa/aauss |
| 24-28th | World Economic Forum | Davos http://www.weforum.org/en/events/AnnualMeeting2007/index.htm See what's happening! http://davos.guardian.daylife.com http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/category/davos_07, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davos07 |
| 24th | Green Drinks | Green Drinks is an informal monthly opportunity for green (and Corporate Social Responsibility) drinkers to meet, chat, network. It's a self-organising network, there are no fees, so make sure to spread the word. "Llandoger Trow", King Street, Old City, Bristol, BS1 4ER. Please come from approx 7pm and look for the group with green literature (ENDS report) and publications. http://www.britishpubguide.com/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?results:Bristol:119 To register for a regular monthly reminder aways 4th Wednesday of the month, send your email address to greendrinksbristol@yahoo.co.uk, http://www.greendrinks.org |
| 24th | Sustainable Redland Meeting | 7.30 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House. Our speaker is Robin Ireland, Manager of Sainsbury's on Packaging Web http://www.sustainableredland.org.uk, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/susredland |
| 26th | Oxjam Music Event | Jim Moray, North Sea Navigator Caroline Martin, Delphi, Folk House Park St 8pm ffi Sylvain 0117 9467926 Tickets £5 http://www.oxjambristol.co.uk, http://www.myspace.com/oxjambristol |
| 27th | World Holocaust Day | http://www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk |
| 27th | Abolition 200 Launch | Cabot School in St Paul's. http://www.abolition200.com, National Antislavery events 2007 http://www.antislavery.org/2007/eventstimetable.htm |
| 29th | Bristol Rising Tide | 7:30 pm at Kebele Community Co-Operative, 14 Robertson Road, Easton, Bristol. We are a shiny new Climate Justice Direct Action Group ffi t_daly@hotmail.com |
| 31st | Tanzanian “Trek” for Social Justice |
Illustrated Talk: |
| 2nd | IPPC report out | Working Group 1 Science of Climate Changehttp://www.ipcc-wg2.org/index.html |
| 2nd | Meal for Mozambique | 7.30 pm, Colston Primary School, Cotham Grove, Cotham, Bristol, Organised by the Bristol Link with Beira, the Meal will be held in the presence of HE Antonio Gumende, High Commissioner. The evening will also feature the first showing in Britain of the film 'Marranbentando – the stories my guitar sings', a film of the music of the country - a sort of Mozambican Buena Vista Social Club.Tickets £15 from Dave Spurgeon (0117 9025009) or davespurgeon@blueyonder.co.uk, http://www.abolition200.com Download Flyer |
| 6th | Neighbourhood Solutions to Climate Change | 6.30 pm Free screening of An Inconvenient Truth, launch of a new local sustainable network for Barton Hill, the Dings, Lawrence Hill, Newtown, Redfield and Upper Easton Fielden Theatre, City Academy (main entrance) Russell Town Avenue, Bristol, BS5 9JH,ffi lorhamilton@yahoo.co.uk, For further information/ press enquiries contact Matthew Cheney, Neighbourhood Solutions, 0117 353 2308 matthew.cheney@ndcbristol.co.uk |
| 6th | Bristol Defend the Asylum seekers meeting | 7pm-9pm Malcolm X Centre Ashley Road (& Ist Tues. each month) http://www.asylumbristol.org.uk email: jo@benefield.force9.co.uk |
| 8th | FOE meeting | 7.30pm Redland Library, Whiteladies Road janestevenson@madasafish.com |
| 9-10th | G7 Finance Ministers, | Moscow http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/2006stpetersburg/road.html http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/evaluations/2006stpetersburg/2006agenda_fin.html#feb |
| 9th | FT Universities Conference, Leeds | Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development; Lucy Siegle, Ethical Living Correspondent, The Observer; Paul Chandler, CEO, Traidcraft. http://www.peopleandplanet.org/unicon |
| 9th/10th | The Homes for Good Exhibition | The only non-commercial exhibition in the South-West dedicated exclusively to promoting sustainable building and lifestyle. Winter Gardens,Weston-super-Mare Admission: adults £5, full time students and OAPS £2, children under 16 free http://www.sustainablehousing.org.uk/HomesforGood2007.html |
| 12th | North South Forum Meeting | Monday, Council House 5.30 pm |
| 15th | Bristol FT Network meeting | 5.30 pm Kuvuku Cafe Stokes Croft http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk/bristol/fairtrade.html |
| 19th | Bristol Campaign Against Arms Trade | Meeting 6.30pm at 10 Priory Road, Clifton (Bristol Uni Politics dept.) Email perlofreeman@yahoo.co.uk for more details |
| 20th | Climate Change & Global Justice | National WDM campaigns officer Beverley Duckworth is speaking on Climate Change. 7.30 pm at the CEED centre, Wilder Street, Bristol, BS2 FFI: 01275 462083 (Barbara Charnock) or 0117 909 3491 (Graham Davey). graham.davey@blueyonder.co.uk |
| 20th | Slavery: Unfinished business |
Take part in a public debate to discuss the challenge of eradicating modern day slavery and people trafficking. Join human rights campaigners and other keynote speakers to consider what can be done to fight slavery today. Presented in collaboration with Antislavery International. Empire Museum 7.30pm http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/events/lectures.htm |
| 22nd | One for Me’ | Fairgame Theatre Company ‘ production 7.30 pm Circomedia, Portland square, St Pauls. download Flyer http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk |
| 23rd-Ist March | Iraq in Fragments | Film- Longley’s award-winning documentary reveals the Iraq we don't see in the news, viewed through the eyes of Sunnis, Shi’ites and Kurds.Tickets please call Watershed Box Office on 0117 927 5100 To check screening times please visit http://www.watershed.co.uk Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX |
| 23rd | Cycle Celebration |
Following up on the
successful January mass, The February ride promises to be a big one,
joined by UWE students rolling down the hill at 5:30 from Frenchay campus.
Meet at 6:30pm at the Arnolfini in the Centre |
| 24th | CND/Stop the War Demo | London, Coaches leave Anchor road 8.30am http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol-stop-the-war-coalition, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolsocialforum,http://www.bathstopwar.org.uk |
| 26th- | FAIRTRADE Fortnight starts! | http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved_fairtrade_fortnight.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade contact jenny@bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk Tel M: 07970 878337 Download Programme |
| 26th- | FAIRTRADE Fortnight starts! | http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk, jenny@bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk Tel M: 07970 878337 Download Programme |
| 27th | Nicaraguan Coffee Producer talk and film | Meet Melba Estrada from the PRODE CO-OP coffee producers in northern Nicaragua. We will also screen a short documentary about 3 Nicaraguan fairtrade coffee producers. Green Room, Tobacco factory, 7.30 – 9.30pm. Download Flyer |
| 28th | FT Stall | @Farmers Market, Corn St, Bristol Volunteers needed! 9.30am-3pm http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk contact jenny@bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk |
| 28th | Trade injustice | Talk, Room MR6L, The Union, 8pm |
| 28th | Abolition 200 film | Watershed, 6pm Amazing Grace. The story of William Wilberforce. Amazing Grace will be released on March 23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Cv5P9H9qU, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace_(2007_film) http://www.amazinggracemovie.com Local Abolition events programme http://www.abolition200.com |
| 28th | Green Drinks | Green Drinks is an informal monthly opportunity for green (and corporate social responsibility) drinkers to meet, chat, network. Meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month. Llandoger Trow, King St BS1 To register for a regular monthly reminder please send a note of your email address to greendrinksbristol@yahoo.co.uk |
| 28th | An Evening with Andrea Levy | Author of 'Small Island' Conference Hall, Council House College Green 7.30 pm Tickets in Advance £6 contact 0117 9037289 http://www.smallislandread.com |
| Fairtrade Exhibitions | Throughout FTF | Central Library, Bristol Cathedral & St Nicholas Market |
| Ist | Asylum Monologues | A play about the UK's Aslum system using persoanl testomonioes UBHT Centre directly oppos BRI 6pm doors open starts 6.30 pm ffi http://www.medsin.org/branches/bristol or contact mnzaky@googlemail.com |
| 1st | World Book Day | http://www.worldbookday.com |
| 2nd | Faitrade Cafe | 12-2pm 1, Priory Road, Redland http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/maps/precinct.html |
| 2nd | Fairtrade Feast | An evening of FT food & wine & Talk. Kuvuka Cafe, Stokes Croft 7.30 pm tickets £5 bookings os4074@bristol.ac.uk |
| 3rd | Bath Literature Festival Starts | Huge Range of speakers & topics http://www.bathlitfest.org.uk |
| 3rd | Black Atlas |
Kuumba Arts Centre A touring performance inspired by George McDonald Fraser's celebrated novel Black Ajax, Black Atlas tells the true story of two slaves. One, William Richmond from Africa, is given the benefit of an English education, learning to read and write: the other, Tom Molineaux, isn’t, and became the first famous black prize-fighter in Britain. http://www.kuumba.org.uk, http://www.abolition200.com |
| 3rd | Bath Farmers Market FT stall | Fairtrade stalls in the Farmers market. Volunteers are needed to help out on the stalls, so if you are interested in helping out, then please email Claire Morgan at claire@faragherjones.com |
| 4th | FT Food Tasting | Central Library 1-4pm |
| 4th | FT Stall | @Fresh Market, Corn St Bristol 10am-4pm Volunteers needed! http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk contact jenny@bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk |
| 5th | Play Fair Concert/Market | Colston Hall 7.30 pm download flyer |
| 5th | Bath Oxfam Group Meeting | 7.30pm upstairs in The Rummer Pub (Nr Pulteney Bridge) ffi new members welcome! oxfambath@yahoo.co.uk |
| 4th-15th | Slavery the hidden History! | Bristol Radical History week, Talks, Film, music events @ The Cube, Kuumba, Shakespeare Pub http://www.brh.org.uk/home.htm download programme |
| 6th | George Monbiot | Bath Guildhall 6pm http://www.bathlitfest.org.uk |
| Womens' History Month | http://www.nwhp.org | |
| 7th | Culture of Food | Bordeaux Quay excellent Food & Speakers 6.00pm onwards For further information & to book biz-rjt@blueyonder.co.uk or call Rosalind Turner on 0117 377 9231 http://groups.google.co.uk/group/BrSN?hl=en-GB Flyer |
| TUC Womens' Conference | http://www.tuc.org.uk | |
| 7-8th | Climate Change Messaging | Conference, London http://www.ethicalcorp.com/climateforum2007/program.shtml |
| 8th | International Womens' Day | http://www.internationalwomensday.com |
| 8th | International Womens' Day |
Meet Melba Estrada from the PRODE CO-OP coffee producers in northern Nicaragua. Food, film and discussion, La Ruca, 89 Gloucester Road 7.30 pm download Flyer |
| 8th | Sometimes in April | A gripping drama around the Rwandan Genocide, in aid of the University buy a brick campaign to raise £8000 for the Nyakagezi Coffee Co-op in Rwanda 7.30 pm Blandine Richards room, The Union, Queens Road |
| 9th | Faitrade Cafe | 12-2pm 1, Priory Road, Redland http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/maps/precinct.html |
| 10th | Bristol Latin American Forum 2007 | Tariq Ali and the Venezuelan Ambassador will be speaking Range of speakers/workshops/films on current Latin American social and political issues. Planning is also underway for a Latin America Forum social event on the evening of 10th March at the Univ of Bristol Students Union Hispanic Dept of Univ of Bristol, 15 Woodland Rd (entrance at the back). Cost: Free (financial support welcome) Lunch available to buy. ffi Alix.Hughes@uwe.ac.uk, download programme |
| 10th | Bath Farmers Market FT stall | Fairtrade stall in the Farmers market on Volunteers are needed to help out on the stall, so if you are interested in helping out, then please email Claire Morgan at claire@faragherjones.com |
| 10th | Dignity. Period Rally | Since launching Dignity! Period. in 2005, ACTSA – in solidarity with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – has campaigned for the appropriate distribution of sanitary products amongst those Zimbabwean women in greatest need. Rally in Trafalgar Square ffi http://www.actsa.org |
| 10th | The Abolition Campaign | 2.30 pm Adam Hochschild, Author of Bury the Chains The Story of the Abolition campaign Bookings 0117 925 4980 bookings@empiremuseum.co.uk http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk |
| 10th | The Slave Trade -Speakers in Bath | Bath Literature Festival Event Speakers Madge Dresser and others Festival Meeting Guildhall 8.30 pm http://www.bathlitfest.org.uk |
| -11th | FT Fortnight ends | http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved_fairtrade_fortnight.htm |
| 11th |
Black Heroes in the Hall of Fame |
BLACK
HEROES IN THE HALL OF FAME celebrates 20 years of excellence in Theatre in
2007 with a programme of performances and cultural activities Colston
hall 0117 922 3686 7.30pm tickets from £12 http://www.blackheroesinthehalloffame.com |
| 13th | Commonwealth Day | http://www.commonwealthday.co.uk |
| 13th | Every Action Counts | Lesley Watson from Sustainability Southwest small steps to a sustainable world Southville Centre afternoon session http://www.urbanforum.org.uk, http://www.southvillecentre.org.uk |
| 15th | "A law unto Themselves" | BAE Systems, the Arms Trade and Corruption, speakers Nick Gilby, a researcher for Campaign Against Arms Trade and Nick Hildyard of the Cornerhouse Foundation. Bristol Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) 7.45pm at Redland Friends' Meeting House, Hampton Road, Bristol. http://www.bristolcaat.org.uk |
| 14/14th | IMF/WB spring meetings | Washington http://www.imf.org/external/am/index.htm,
http://www.imf.org, http://www.worldbank.org |
| 16th | What is Wellbeing in Developing Countries? Bath | 2.15 - 4.05pm at the University of Bath (8 West 2.5) Download Flyer |
| 16th | Red Nose Day | Comic Relief http://www.rednoseday.com, http://www.comicrelief.com, History & facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief |
| 17th/18th | Climate Camp planning meeting | To plan for climate camp 07. Please come along and help us make climate camp 2007 a reality. we meet Saturday 17th march 11am – 6pm, Sunday 18th March 10am-5pm. Barton Hill Settlement which is 5mins from Lawrence Hill station. We will be providing food all weekend (small charge), and can provide accommodation (free of charge) for those coming from outside Bristol. There will be evening entertainment and a crèche whilst the meeting is taking place. http://www.climatecamp.org.uk Email: bristolclimatecampgathering@gmail.com To add to the agenda, email : gatherings@climatecamp.org.uk |
| 19th | Bath Fairtrade Network meeting | 7.30pm upstairs in The Rummer pub ffi Steve Faragher, Bath fairtrade co-ordinator 01225 319799 |
| 19th | Uganda HIV/Climate Change | Meeting with Joyce Eribu, from YWAM, Uganda and Paul Ashford (chair of Montreal Protocol) on Climate change and Christian Aid's new campaign. Woodlands Christian Centre, Belgrave Road, Bristol, BS8 2AA Contact: Roger Allen rallen@christian-aid.org or 0117 950 5006 or Helen Harrison hharrison@christian-aid.org, Download Flyer |
| 19th | Inside Palestine | Film on the wall and Palestinian resistance Bristol YHA, 14, Narrow Quay 7.45pm ffu Contact Margaret Hodson 0117 975 6684 download poster |
| 20th | Representing Slavery and Abolition in Bristol | Presentations by Dr Beth Kowaleski & Dr John McAleer plus showing of locally made film Clarkson Watershed Media Centre http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/abolition200.shtml Free event - reserve a place via 0117 32 84372 email Rose.West@uwe.ac.uk |
| 20th | Earth Day | March 21st, which is the Vernal Equinox. This is the moment when night and day are equal throughout the Earth - reminding us of Earth's beautiful systems of balance which humanity has partially upset and must restore. http://www.earthsite.org, http://www.earthday.net |
| 20th | Stop AID's Day of action Parliament | Stop AIDS Campaign is inviting campaigners from across the country to come to London to tell the Government to keep the promise on Universal Access to HIV Treatment by 2010. Emmanuel Centre, 9-23 Marsham St http://www.stopaidscampaign.org.uk/actionPills&Parliament07.asp |
| 21st | ‘Slavery: the slave trade and its aftermath’ | Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queen’s Building, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, 17:30 http://www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/faculty/abolition200.shtml |
| 21st | Africa Quiz Night | 7.30 pm at Woodward Community resource centre Alexandra Park, Fishponds BS16 2BG teams of up to 5 people tickets £8&£5 includes Somali meal to book contact 01275 817153 anne.s.mitch@lineone.net download poster |
| 21st | Launch of 'Transition city' Bristol | 6pm photocall ,Meeting 7pm Trinity Centre, Trinity Rd, Bristol, BS2 0NW, Worried by climate change but see it as beyond your power to do much?. This Wednesday evening, an inspiring community based programme is being launched in Bristol by Sarah Pugh & Dr Chris Johnstone. Sarah Pugh teaches permaculture in Bristol and is co-ordinator the Transition City Bristol Programme. Dr Chris Johnstone is a Bristol-based addictions specialist and author of Find Your Power, a self-help book addressing both planetary and personal concerns. For further information See http://www.transitioncitybristol.org |
| UK Budget | http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/bud_index.cfm | |
| 22nd | "From Incas to Ashantis" Bath | A slide show and lecture entitled by one of Britian's top photographers 'Max Milligan' following his recent publication of his books on Ghana and Peru. It is a non political slide show depicting life in Ghana today, 50 years after independance and the life of the Incas in Peru. See www.maxmilligan.com Tickets: £8 7.30pm at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, 18, Queens Square, Bath. There are only 100 tickets available so you need to book now by sending a cheque payable to 'Max Milligan' with a SAE to Row Court, Laverton, Bath. BA2 7R |
| 22nd | World Water Day | You are invited to an evening with FRANK in celebration of World Water Day.6pm - 8pm at The Hub. 35 King Street. Bristol. BS1 4DZ, hello@frankwater.com 01173 700 999 http://www.frankwater.com World Development Movement is calling on the government to abandon its support for water privatisation & to invest in public solutions to the global water crisis. If you would like any help with taking action, or to order any of the materials please contact Amy Burgess on 020 7820 4900 or amy@wdm.org.uk, http://www.worldwaterday.org, http://www.gemswater.org |
| 22nd | Bristol FT Network meeting | 5.30 pm Kuvuku Cafe Stokes Croft http://www.bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk/bristol/fairtrade.html |
| 23-31st | Amazing Grace | Film on Wilberforce/Slavery @Watershed See preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Cv5P9H9qU, http://www.watershed.co.uk |
| 24th | 200 years since Abolition of the Slave Trade @ the Pierian Centre |
Book Launch: Satan's Kingdom - Bristol and the Slave Trade, by Pip Jones. Published through Mike Manson, Sat (eve) 6.30pm (924 4512) Drinks & refreshments. , 0117 330 5004 (Mike) Abolition - or just a change of Chains?" 7.30pm at the Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St Pauls (924 4512) Download Local events programme |
| 24th | World TB day | http://www.who.int/3by5/release/en, http://www.stoptb.org |
| 25th | 200 yrs since UK Slave Trade abolished | Download Local events programme http://www.abolition200.com, National Antislavery events 2007 http://www.antislavery.org/2007/eventstimetable.htm, http://www.setallfree.net, http://www.direct.gov.uk/slavery http://www.rendezvousofvictory.org http://www.bbc.co.uk/abolition Have your Say on line http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/6435251.stm also see http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/abolition, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition |
| 25th | 'Bells Unbound' | Everyone is invited to ring bells at noon marking the Abolition of Slavery ffi http://www.bellsunbound.com |
| 25th |
Service of Remembrance
and Reconciliation |
3.00 pm Bristol Cathedral will host a civic service to mark the date that King George III signed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, http://www.abolition200.com, Local events programme ffi 0117 9244512 june@pierian.co.uk |
| 25th | Slavery Event Bath | A unique event is being planned as Bath's response to Set All Free, on the exact anniversary of the Act, Sunday March 25. A themed walk through Bath will start at Beckford's Tower on Lansdown, and end with a service in Bath Abbey. The walk will begin around the grave of William Beckford, at the foot of his tower, at 3pm, with a reflection on his family's ownership of thousands of slaves in the West Indies. It will proceed via St Swithin's Walcot, where William Wilberforce was married. Then the Bishop of Bath and Wells will conduct a special service at 6.30pm at Bath Abbey. see story |
| 24/25th | 200 years since Abolition of the Slave Trade @ the Pierian Centre- Art Exhibitions |
Open
Art Exhibition – to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the
slave trade, The Pierian Centre in partnership with Pegasus Digital, Saturday – Sunday (day), 24th – 25th Mar 07, 0117 924 4512, june@pierian.co.uk, Exhibition
Including "Maid in South Africa", new photographic project by
Carly McDonough. Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St Pauls, BS2
8SA (924 4512). http://www.pierian.co.uk,
http://www.abolition200.com |
| 24th until 24th April | Set All Free | Exhibition by eleven artists to mark Abolition 200 Grant Bradley Library, 1, St Peters Court Bedminster Parade, Bristol BS3 4AQ 10-4pm Mon- Sat http://www.grantbradleygallery.co.uk |
| 26-27th | G8 meeting | Development ministers http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/development/index.html |
| 28th | Bristol ACSTA AGM | Speaker, Masi Cowper of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) South Africa Youth Hostel Association, Princes St. 7.30 pm ffi 0117 9719912 |
| 30th | Saga Afrika Fever | Zigou Dam Debate 1pm Show 8pm @ Paintworks under Bocabar, Bath Road Bristol tickets £10 & £8 http://www.zigoudam.com more dates to follow Daniel Soko Zigou-dam Admin 01179442111 07748632115 zigoudam@yahoo.com |
| 2nd | Children's Book Day | http://www.ibby.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Children's_Book_Day, http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/whatson/Annual.html |
| 3rd | Transition City Meeting | Transition City an initial meeting for anyone wanting to get involved on a practical level. 7pm at the Scout Boat house, Redcliffe Wharf, off Redcliffe Parade Email sarah@transitioncitybristol.org or turn up at 7pm. Tea provided, please bring cake to share! For directions see http://www.avonscouts.org.uk/boathouse Keep checking http://www.transitioncitybristol.org for more events |
| 4th | Blackout Bristol | Switch of your office lights tonight! “Friends of the Earth Bristol will be asking for the lights to go out on 4th April 2007 all over Bristol. ‘Blackout Bristol’ is particularly aimed at big offices where interior& exterior lights are left on all night, every night http://www.blackoutbristol.com |
| 4th | Late Night Ecohome | CREATE Centre A stimulating line-up of eco experts will be on hand on the first Wednesday of the month 4 - 8 pm (until September) to answer questions on a variety of sustainability topics. CREATE Ecohome, Smeaton Road, Cumberland Basin, Bristol BS1 6XN. Tel. 0117 925 0505; create@bristol.gov.uk view http://www.bristol.gov.uk/create and select 'Events' |
| 5th | IPPC Report | Acceptance and approval at the 8th Session of Working Group II, 2-5 April 2007, Brussels, Belgium The release of the "Climate Impacts" section of the new IPRCC (UN panel of scientists' ) Report http://www.ipcc.ch, http://www.ipcc-wg2.org/index.html |
| 5/6th | Exxon Day of Action re Climate Change | http://www.campaigncc.org http://www.exxonsecrets.org |
| 7th | World Health Day | http://www.who.int/en |
| 13th | Classical Concert for Africa |
Schubert Piano Trio in B Flat Slow Movement, Ravo Chansons Madecasses for Mezzo Soprano, Cello and Flute, Hayden "Gypsy Rondo" Piano Trio and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition - Solo Piano Show Songs. High Commissioner for Africa , the Deputy Lord Mayor will be attending this concert in support of girls education in Africa 7.30 pm Great Hall, Bristol Grammar School University Road, Tickets for this classical music extravaganza can be purchased in advance from Providence Music, 1 St. George Road (Off Park St Bristol or by telephoning 0117 927 6536 |
| 16th | 200 Years On - The Legacy of Slavery | 7.15 pm Unitarian Meeting House, Brunswick Square BS2 8PE,led by a speaker from the World Development Movement Join us and learn more about - The untold story of resistance and grassroots pressure Today's injustice built on past abuses of power Campaigning for global justice - then and now. contact 01275 462083 email: barb.charnock@btinternet.com |
| 14-15th | IMF/WB Meetings | http://www.imf.org/external/am/index.htm
http://www.imf.org http://www.worldbank.org http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/update/index.html http://www.50years.org/ http://www.worldbank.org/events/ http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/ |
| 17th | Wakey-Wakey Peak Oil | Paul Mobbs, Author of Energy Beyond Oil gives a talk on Peak Oil and the consequences in all aspects of our lives. 7pm at the Trinity, Bristol. Part of the national ‘Wakey Wakey!’ tour http://www.fraw.org.uk/tour/index.shtml |
| 19th | Trade Justice EPA's day of action | "Don't lock Africa into poverty" 11am, London EU and ACP campaigners will be targeting their German embassy and embassies of strategic EU countries, the European Commission representation, plus the DTI ar government offices, calling on them to use their influence to stop the EU pushing harmful free trade deals onto poorer ACP countries http://www.epa2007.org, http://www.tjm.org.uk, http://www.oxfam.org.uk/tjm |
| 19th- 21st | Climate Change Course Oxford |
‘Climate Change: The Most Urgent Issue Of Our Time’ “Climate Outreach & Information Network (COIN) is running a course on climate change in partnership with Ruskin College Oxford. Key speakers from the environmental movement will work with you, offering a range of practical suggestions and sharing their knowledge. Booking Required, Tel: 0870 0660854 http://coinet.org.uk/projects/ruskincourse |
| 19th - 22nd | Camp for Climate Action Bath |
Shut down Land and Marine - Friday 20th April - all day - Land and Marine are responsible for building a 125 mile long gas pipeline through Wales, destroying numerous green spaces and wildlife habitats including the Brecon Beacons, and we have their head offices here in Bath. Party against petrol - Saturday 21st of April - meet at 11 at Bath Climate Camp or 12 at Bath Abbey .You can find the camp if you follow Lower Bristol Road until it meets the A4 towards Bristol, and we should be pretty visible! Info, or to help publicise the camp, e-mail bathclimatecamp@yahoo.co.uk, Bath climate camp at http://www.myspace.com/bathclimatecamp |
| 21st | Big Cafe 2 |
Ten year Plan to Make Bristol a Sustainable City 10-4 Tobacco Factory, North Road, Bedminster, Bristol http://sustainability.gly.bris.ac.uk, http://groups.google.co.uk/group/BrSN?hl=en-GB |
| 23rd | 'Breaking the
Chains' Britain and the Abolition of the Slave Trade |
“Breaking the chains” Exhibition opens tells the story of Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. It will pay tribute to the resilience and courage of those who were enslaved and the tireless abolition campaigners. British Empire and Commonwealth Museum http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk, http://www.abolition200.com http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/exhibitions/st2007.htm |
| 23-29th | Global Education Action week | http://www.campaignforeducation.org/action/action.html http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/index.shtml, http://www.sendmyfriend.org/getinvolved-invite-mp.shtml |
| 23rd | Bristol Rising Tide Meeting | Bristol Rising Tide have meetings every 2 weeks. Everyone is invited. We take direct action on the causes of climate change. 7:30 at Kebele Community Co-Operative, 15 Robertson Road, Easton. More info http://www.risingtide.org.uk/bristol/pipeline |
| SCF week | http://www.savethechildren.org.uk | |
| 22nd | Earth Day' | Another 'Earth Day' is run every year by the Earth Day Network |
| 24th | Oxfam Live Conference | Bristol Arnos Vale Hotel http://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfamlive/dates.htm |
| 25th | Climate Change & local Action, Bath |
Bill Gething -Sustainability Advisor to RIBA President, Mick Company,Woking Council Climate Change Project Officer 7pm 7:30pm Wednesday Bath Literary & Scientific Institute, 16-18 Queens Square: £3 Entrance Fee (£1:50 unwaged organised By ;ENVOLVE , Bath Greenpeace & Bath FoE: ffi ingaway@yahoo.co.uk |
| 25th | Green Drinks | Green drinks is part of a global social network of people who share similar green and/or ethical views of life and living 6 pm onwards "Llandoger Trow" Pub, King Street, Old City, Bristol,BS1 4ER. and is held in the side bar, Remember Green Drinks Bristol, meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month. greendrinksbristol@yahoo.co.uk, http://www.britishpubguide.com/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?results:Bristol:119 |
| 28th | Jubilee Debt Conference | Annual conference – Debt and Power: Breaking the Chains – will be held at South Camden Community School, Euston, London NW1 1RG speakers from Africa, India and the US, as well as workshops and a panel discussion. http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk |
| 28th | Climate Change Campaign meeting Bristol | Knowle Park Community Centre, 29 The Square, Knowle Park BS4 2SR on the main road from Temple Meads. an organising meeting and not a rally or public meeting, an opportunity for individuals and organisations (from Faith groups to Unions) to get involved in building for the Dec 8th demonstration. See http://www.campaigncc.org ffi sparkymarky50@yahoo.com |
| 28th | Zimbabwe vigil | 11am-3pm opposite Hippodrome ffi cfeeny@blueyonder.co.uk http://www.zimvigil.co.uk |
| 29th | Global Days for Darfur | News & briefing BBC on Sudan, Oxfam's Work, http://www.savedarfur.org/page/content/globaldays, International Crisis Group, http://www.genocideintervention.net/index.php, |
| 30th | Stop Climate Chaos meeting | SW Regional Planning meeting 10.30 am-1.00pm YHA Dockside, Bristol City Centre http://www.icount.org.uk |
| 30th | North South Forum | Meeting Council House 5:30pm |
| April 30 – May 11 | UN Commission on Sustainable Development | UN Commission on Sustainable Development (the UN CSD) meets in New York. http://www.anped.org/index.php?part=166 |
| Ist | The role of Transition Towns | Rob Hopkins, originator of the Transition Towns approach gives a talk. An inspiring look at how communities can come together to determine their own responses to Peak Oil and Climate Change. http://www.transitionculture.org Tickets in advance from Seven Generations or Better Food Company. Book early! |
| Ist | Bristol Defend Asylum seekers | Meeting 7-9pm Malcolm X Centre Ashley Road (meet Ist Tuesday of every month) http://www.asylumbristol.org.uk |
| 3rd | Local Elections | http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/elections, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath, http://www.bristolgreenparty.org.uk, http://www.bristollabourparty.org.uk, http://www.bristol-lib-dems.org.uk, http://www.conservatives.com, |
| 4th | IPCC 'Mitigation' report out | Acceptance and approval at the 9th Session of Working Group III, 30 April - 3May 2007, Bangkok, Thailand http://www.ipcc-wg2.org/index.html |
| 5th May until 17th June | Bristol Faces, Afrikan Footsteps | 10-5pm Daily Bristol Museum Queens Road Heritage, Identity and Bristol's slaving history http://www.bristol.gov.uk/museums |
| 6th | International Dawn Chorus Day | http://www.wildlifetrusts.org |
| 7th | Redland May Fair | May Day Bank Holiday 1pm - 5pm on Redland Green http://www.rcas.org.uk/May_Fair_2007.htm Email us at: mayfairinfo@rcas.org.uk. |
| 8th | Fairtrade Global Journey & Fashion Show | IFAT FT Banner/march comes to Bristol
Park.
The event
kicks off with a press call for the IFAT banner display at 5.30pm in the
grounds of St Stephen's Church (bottom of Corn St) and then into the
church for the FT marketplace, free wine from the Co-op and then the FT
Fashion Show starts at 7pm. The
event is to be run as part of the Coop’s women’s network so
is for women only. CONTACT: Fay
Bowden fay.bowden@co-op.co.uk
or 01202 606671 |
| 10th | 200th Anniversary | Bishop Joe Aldred lecture on Slavery. 7.30 pm @The New Room John Wesley's Chapel, 36, Horsefair Bristol BS1 3JE 0117 9264740 http://www.newroombristol.org.uk |
| 10th | Our Future on a hotter planet | Mark Lynas, Scientist and Writer, 7.45pm Circomedia, St Pauls Church Portland Squ £3/2 first of a series of events see programme ffi 0117 9574652 or email enquiries@agoraspace.org, http://www.agoraspace.org |
| 10-20th | Bristol Ideas Festival | Impressive programme of films, speakers, and writers on current key issues and spiritual ideas http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk |
| 12th | World Fairtrade Day | http://www.wftday.org/english/index.htm, http://www.ifat.org, http://www.maketradefair.com, http://www.ifat.org/library.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fair_Trade_Day |
| 15th | Climate Change Forum lunchtime | Peak Oil - Fact or Fiction? with Chris Vernon. - meet local people engaged with a climate change agenda, conversational, Bristol city centre, alternate Tuesday lunchtimes, St Stephen's Cafe, St Stephens Street, Bristol BS1 1EG 12.45-1.45pm. No charge ffi 0117 9574652 or email enquiries@agoraspace.org, http://www.agoraspace.org |
| 15th | 'Black Gold' | Watershed. 6pm A special showing of a new film about the global coffee industry A moving but scandalous story Showing as part of the festival of Ideas http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk, http://www.watershed.co.uk, http://www.blackgoldmovie.com |
| Small Arms week of Action | http://www.iansa.org | |
| 16th | World Debt Day | http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk |
| 17th | Bristol FT Network | Meeting Cafe Kavuka, Stokes Croft 5.30 pm FFI Jenny Foster fosjen68@hotmail.com |
| 17th | Climate Change Film | 'An Inconvenient Truth' Watershed 6pm Followed by panel debate with Tony Juniper FOE director and others http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk, http://www.watershed.co.uk |
| 18th-2nd June | Bath Music Festival, Classical, World, Jazz | http://www.bathmusicfest.org.uk/home.html |
| 18th-19th | G7 Finance Ministers | http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/finance/index.htm http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/evaluations/2007heiligendamm/2007agenda_fin.html |
| 19-20th | International Climate Conference | For the weekend May 19th-20th (most likely, but to be confirmed) in London, most probably at the London School of Economics. (check website http://www.campaigncc.org for updates) |
| 19th-27th | John Wesley Festival | @The New Room John Wesley's Chapel, 36, Horsefair Bristol BS1 3JE 0117 9264740 Download programme http://www.newroombristol.org.uk, http://www.abolition200.com |
| 21-27th | Vegetarian Week | http://www.vegsoc.org |
| Bath Fringe Festival | http://www.bathfringe.co.uk, http://www.bathfestivals.org.uk | |
| 1-7th | Volunteers Week | http://www.volunteersweek.org.uk |
| 1-3rd | Wychwood Music Festival | Cheltenham http://www.wychwoodfestival.com |
| 2nd | "The World Can't Wait"-Global Call to Action day | Ahead of the G8 Summit an event in London will take place on the South Bank of the Thames, opposite Parliament, Transport from Bristol hasn’t been arranged, but Megabus etc can get you there. If you’d like to travel with others who are going, contact Hilary Farey, tel: 0117 940 9725 Come to London on June 2nd! see programme for the day http://www.yourvoiceagainstpoverty.org.uk/come-to-london T, email: hfarey@blueyonder.co.uk International event in Germany http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/Demo_en/index_demo_en.html |
| 2-3rd | Bristol Festival of Nature | Bristol's Harbourside contact Katie Smith tel: 0117 915 7235 email: katie.smith@wildscreen.org.uk http://www.festivalofnature.org |
| 4th | Bath Oxfam Group meeting | Upstairs, Rummer Pub, 7.30 pm nr. Pulteney Bridge, Bath ffi oxfambath@yahoo.co.uk |
| 2-8th | Recycling week | http://www.recyclenow.com |
| Stop the Arms Trade week | http://www.caat.org.uk, http://www.networkforpeace.org.uk/events.htm | |
| 3rd> | CITES Conference | http://www.cites.org, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6715923.stm |
| 5th | Jazz for Abolition 200 | First of series of events, download programme http://www.bristoljazzsoc.co.uk Tickets for all concerts are available from St George’s, Bristol – Box Office Tel: 0845 4024 001, or online www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk |
| 5th | World Environment Day | Melting Ice http://www.unep.org/wed/2007/english 10 small things for big change http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wed, http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/regions/southwest Stunning Picture Gallery http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2007/jun/05/photography?picture=329977040 |
| 5-7th | Alternative Summit | Rostock, International demonstration, Germany download Protest Guide http://www.g8-germany.info, Junior 8 summit http://www.educationguardian.co.uk/j8, http://www.g8-alternative-summit.org/en/pages/start/call-of-the-initiators.php http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/Demo_en/index_demo_en.html |
| 6-8th | G8 Meeting | German Government
announced that the theme will be "Growth and
Responsibility" The priority themes are African development and
the globalised economy, but
Merkel decided to expand the agenda to include development and climate
change.
G8 NEWS http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/0,,967228,00.html http://www.tiempocyberclimate.org/newswatch/feature061221.htm http://www.g-8.de/Webs/G8/EN/Homepage/home.html, http://www.g8-germany.info/english/index.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_G8_summit |
| 7th | Holidays ? | Time to think again? Leo Hickman examines the future of holidays The end of Flying? Conference Hall, Council House College green 7.30 pm £3/2 See programme & flyer ffi 0117 9574652 or email enquiries@agoraspace.org, http://www.agoraspace.org |
| 8th | G8 Climate Protest | International day of action against climate change, called by the Rising Tide network. http://risingtide.org.uk/g8 |
| 9/10th | Bristol Vegan Fayre | http://www.bristolveganfayre.co.uk FT/FRANK Water stall- vols needed to help contact fosgen68@hotmail.com |
| 9th | St Werburghs Fair | 12-8pm http://www.farmfair.org.uk/qcms4 |
| 11th | Guardian Climate Change Summit | London, Jonathon Porritt, Sir David King, How your organisation can prepare for and combat Climate change http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatesummit |
| 12-13th | EU Development Ministers Meeting | Bonn, Includes EPAs and EU Africa Strategy http://www.eu2007.de |
| 14th | National Lift Share Day | Promoting car-sharing, both nationally and locally, as a cost effective and environmentally friendly form of transport, which is available to everyone free of charge. http://www.liftsharesolutions.com |
| Green Transport Week | http://www.eta.co.uk/pages/Green-Transport-Week/40/default.htm | |
| 12-15th | EU Green week | http://greenweek.europa.eu |
| 12-16th | African Snow | 'African Snow', tells the extraordinary story of Olaudah Equiano, commissioned to mark the abolition bicentenary. Redgrave Theatre, Bristol Riding Lights Theatre Company 01904 655317 email vic@rltc.org, http://www.ridinglights.org tickets: box office 0117 327 0027 info@ridinglights.org download Flyer |
| 15th | ‘Combating Contemporary Slavery' | Arnolfini, Bristol, 10:00 - 15:30 Speakers: Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International (confirmed) Fernne Brennan Senior Lecturer in Law and a member of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex Christien van den Anker Reader in Global Ethics and Human Rights, University of the West of England (confirmed) Nick Kinsella, Director of the UK Human Trafficking Centre (agreed in principle) Contact: Rose West, HLSS Knowledge Exchange Officer on Tel: 0117 32 84372, or e-mail: Rose.West@uwe.ac.uk Free event. People may attend part of the day if they wish. |
| World Day against child labour | http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/child/index.htm | |
| 16, 18-23rd | Darfur: Exile and Memory | An Exhibition by Darfuri artist Mohamedin Bakhat" 9am-4pm St Mary Redcliffe Church, Redcliffe Way. |
| 16th-24th | National Refugee week | Huge range of Inter-cultural activities in Bristol Co-ordinator Lorraine Ayensu 0117 9036672 claires@refugee-action.org.uk, ffi Clair Stern 0117 941 5973 http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/bristol/default.aspx, Pierian Centre 0117 9244512, Tribe Of Doris 0845 4580190 http://www.bristolrefugeeweek.co.uk, http://www.asylumbristol.org.uk |
| 17th | Big Fun Day National Refugee week | Queen Square, Bristol 1pm- 9pm Music, Stalls, play areas, food http://www.bristolrefugeeweek.co.uk, |
| 17th-22 | UNISON Conference | Brighton Centre http://www.unison.org.uk |
| 16-24th | Bike week | http://www.bikeweek.org.uk |
| 17th | Walk for Southern Africa |
A 10k circular fundraising walk organised by Bristol ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa. Register 10-11am Pound Cottage Priddy, Somerset Ffi, sponsor form (if required), transport, contact Sheila (0117 9719912) |
| 17th | 'Saving Planet Earth' series | Sir David Attenborough starts 7pm tonight three weeks of conservation http://www.bbc.co.uk/savingplanetearth |
| 20th | World Refugee Day | http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home |
| 22-24th | Glastonbury Festival | http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk, http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/glastonbury, http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury http://www.efestivals.co.uk, http://home.q4music.com, http://www.virtualfestivals.com, , http://www.agreenerfestival.com, |
| 24th | Bristol Big Bike Ride | http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/biggestbikeride |
| 28th | Versing the damage | Artists and Climate Change, Circomedia Portland Squ 7.30 pm £3/2 See programme ffi 0117 9574652 or email enquiries@agoraspace.org, http://www.agoraspace.org |
| 29th June -5th July | Film-Black Gold | Arnolfini, A new film about the global coffee industry A moving but scandalous story http://www.blackgoldmovie.com, http://www.arnolfini.org.uk see Observer Story http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,,2089103,00.html |
| 1st | Bristol the West and the World |
Slavery examined from a range of perspectives. The New Room, John Wesley's chapel 3pm Free event but reserve a place, please contact Rose West, Tel: 0117 32 84372, or e-mail: Rose.West@uwe.ac.uk Download poster |
| 2-6th | African Voices | Lunchtime talks everyday this week 12.45 - 1.20 Lord Mayor's Reception Room, The Council House, College Green Understanding Africa: from slave trade to free trade download poster mike@african-initiatives.org.uk |
| 5th | People and
Planet"
|
Discussion hosted by the Bristol Natural History Consortium 6:30pm - 8:00pm University of Bristol, Centre for Public Engagement, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol Participants will meet to give their views on a series of different technologies. The outcome will be included in the overall consultation results, which will be presented to the government in Autumn 2007.Tickets are free but need to be booked in advance. Please contact 0117 370 0973 or director@bnhc.org.uk, http://www.bnhc.org.uk |
| 5th | Fair Trade - A Philippines Experience" | Speakers: Jenny Foster, Leader Bristol Fair Trade Network Venue: The Better Food Company Café, Sevier St, St Werburghs BS2 9QS 7.30pm |
| 7th | 'Live Earth' Concerts | http://liveearth.org, http://www.icount.org.uk http://www.together.com, http://www.climateprotect.org/index.php, http://liveearth.msn.com, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6367515.stm, Live Earth video package, http://www.thenewsmarket.com/liveearth. http://www.save-our-world.net/html/challenge.html |
| 7th | Halfway to 2015? | 07.07.07 – mid-point of the MDGs http://www.whiteband.org, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals, |
| 7th | 'Party on the Path' | Sustrans 30th anniversary party 11am-4.30 pm Castle Park, Bristol http://www.sustrans.org.uk/party |
| 11th | World Population Day | http://www.unfpa.org |
| 12th | FOE Meeting | 7.30pm Redland Library, Whiteladies Road (just past Clifton Down ShoppingCentre)Ffi contact Jane Stevenson info@bristolfoe.org.uk |
| 14th-15th | Tolpuddle Festival | Tolpuddle,
Dorchester contact South West TUC Office Tel 0117 947 0521 http://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk |
| 14th | Cut The Carbon March Starts | CA Marching to Labour Party Conference. Beginning in Northern Ireland today then through Scotland, England and Wales and arrive in London via Bournemouth and the Labour Party conference eleven weeks later. Christian Aid is looking for volunteers to join the longest ever protest march in UK history. http://www.pressureworks.org/dosomething/act/240107_volunteer.html http://www.climatechanged.org |
| 14th -15th | Ashton Court Festival | http://www.ashtoncourtfestival.com |
| 14th-22nd | Cycling for Climate Change week | The aim is to communicate Climate change issues to new audiences and help to increase awareness of and spark a "grass roots" debate about how we can all, individually and collectively start to help combat the causes of climate change http://www.cyclingforchange.com |
| 16th | UK Arms Control | UK ARMS EXPORT CONTROL –WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Guest Speaker: Roger Berry MP Chair, Quadripartite Committee on Strategic Export Controls, 7.30 pm YHA, Prince Street, Bristol contact: Helen Ostle tel: 07737 980778 (after 5.30 pm)helenbristolamnesty@hotmail.co.uk |
| 17th | Building for Climate Change | Susan Roaf- What changes will the city need to make to cope with Climate Change? Grand Council Chamber, Bristol Register office Corn St 7.30 pm See programme ffi 0117 9574652 or email enquiries@agoraspace.org, http://www.agoraspace.org |
| 25th | Green Drinks Bristol, | Meets
on the 4th Wednesday of every month Martin,Paul and Adrian we look forward
welcoming you from 18.30 hrs onwards,
"Llandoger
Trow" Pub, King Street, Old City.Bristol,BS1 4ER. To
join our mailing list please email
greendrinksbristol@yahoo.co.uk,
http://www.britishpubguide.com/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?results:Bristol:119 |
| 27-29th | WOMAD Festival | Charlton Park, nr Malmsbury, Wiltshire SN16 9DG http://www.womad.org, tickets etc http://womad.org/?festival_id=46 |
| 28th | Zimbabwe Vigil | Centre, by Hippodrome http://www.zimvigil.co.uk ffi judewrds@yahoo.co.uk http://www.asylum.org.uk |
| 28th | A Taste for Ethiopia | An evening of food,culture and auction Woodlands Church, Belgrave Road Clifton 7.30pm tickets £15 event@for-ethiopia.com 0117 3774347 http://www.ethiopia.com |
| 27-29th | Bristol Harbour Festival | Twinning Zone will be in Queen Square on both Sat & Sun at the Harbour Festival. We will be situated on the same side as the French Market and up towards the Hole in the Wall, One of the highlights promises to be the band from Beira, "Mussodji" on the Queen Square stage at 3pm on sunday Twinning programme http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/harbourfestival, http://www.bristol.gov.uk/twinning, http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/whats_on/p_35531 |
| 30th | Transition in Australia |
Transition
Bristol and The Better Food Company present a talk on Transition in
Australia |
| 1st | African Remembrance Day | African Remembrance Day (ARD) is a time for healing, reflection and renewal of the global African family. to commemorate the forced removal and enslavement of our Ancestors; to mourn the death of millions of Africans who were sacrificed to a cruel and unjust system and to pay homage to those who resisted and survived. http://www.africanremembrance.org.uk |
| 3rd | UN climate debate | To
kick-start new treaty-
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/ga10607.doc.htm,
http://www.un.org/ga/president/61/follow-up/thematic-climate.shtml Presentations http://www.un.org/ga/president/61/follow-up/climatechange/programme.shtml, http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/linkagesmeetings.asp?id=5 |
| 1-5th | Big Green Gathering | Mendip http://www.big-green-gathering.com http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/bgg/2006 |
| 5th | Amnesty Garden Party | Goldney Hall Constitution hill, Clifton 1pm-5.30pm download poster Helen Ostle, Bristol Group Amnesty International, helenbristolamnesty@hotmail.co.uk 07737 980 778includes local bands Indigo Mood and Fromage en Feu together with the Hotwells Howlers, local singer songwriter Colin Parsons and regular Goldney entertainers the Tagliondando Duo. http://www.amnestybristol.co.uk |
| 3-5th | Big Chill | Eastnor |
| World Youth Day | http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/iyouthday.htm | |
| 9th | FOE meeting | 7.30 pm Redland Library, Nr Clifton Down info@bristolfoe.org.uk, Jane Stevenson 0117 966 1639 |
| 13th | John Pilger Speaks in Bristol | The event is part of the launch of John Pilger’s new book ‘Freedom Next Time’ The evening starts with a showing of John’s film ‘Breaking The Silence - Truth & Lies In The War On Terror’ followed by a talk by John and questions from the audience. John will be joined on the platform by Lindsey German, National Convener of the Stop The War Coalition, who will also speak 7.30pm Bristol Old Vic Theatre, King Street, Bristol, BS1 4ED Advance tickets cost £4 and are available exclusively from: Waterstones, 11a Union Galleries, Union Street, Bristol, BS1 3XD |
| 17th-19th | Green man Festival | Brecon http://www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk |
| 14-21st | Climate Camp Action | Climate Action 2007. Transport from outside Kebele, 14 Robertson Road,Easton, Bristol. BS5 6JY On...Monday 13th August 10.30am (those who wish to help with the set up should try to get this one,...Tuesday 14th August 10.30am ...Friday 17th August 18.30 It will be taking place near a target within the aviation industries, 07917 383517 or bristol@risingtide.org.uk http://www.climatecamp.org.uk |
| World Water Week | http://www.worldwaterweek.org | |
| 24-27th | Greenbelt Festival | Cheltenham http://www.greenbelt.org.uk |
| 28th | Carbon Justice? | Ethical responses to climate change 6pm-8pm Bristol Urban Beach,( http://www.urbanbeach.org Redcliffe walk, BS1 6SR http://www.theconvergingworld.org |
| 29th-8th September | Amistad ship in Bristol | http://www.amistadamerica.org, http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/abolition |
| 1-15th | Organic Food Festival Bristol | Organic Food Fayre 1st-2nd, http://www.organicfoodfestival.org http://www.soilassociation.org/festival |
| Farmers' Market Month | http://www.farmersmarkets.net, http://www.mendipfoodfestival.co.uk | |
| 3rd | Bristol Indymedia Palestine film night | 7.30pm at the Cube Cinema, Stokes Croft, Bristol see http://microplex.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite/ and the evening will also feature a talk by members of the Bristol-based group who are preparing to travel out to help with this autumn's olive harvest in Palestine.For more information on the background to the Zaytoun Olive Oil visit www.zaytoun.org ffi Cathi at Zaytoun at Cathi@zaytoun.org A growing group of potentially harvesters is meeting locally contact EdwardHill1@yahoo.co.uk to be added to the mailing list. |
| 4th | Bath Oxfam Group Meeting | 7.30 pm The Rummer Pub (nr Pulteney Bridge) Come along and meet the crew oxfambath@yahoo.co.uk, Come along to find out what plans we have to join in with the Stand Up Speak Out Against Poverty Campaign! http://www.standupspeakout.org |
| 6th | UK launch event, Microfinance funding |
Come and enjoy drinks and canapes, watch a 20 minute film about Microfinance and help us by brainstorming ideas on how to spread the word about Microfinance in Bristol Create Centre from 6.00-8.00pm http://www.oikocredit.org, ffi 07974 235 494 download poster |
| 7-9th | FOE Conference | Reading, http://community.foe.co.uk/local_groups/running_your_own/resource/events/conference/index.html |
| 8th | International Literacy Day | http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/literacy |
| 8th | 'Eco Trade fair' |
Climate Friendly Bradford, St Margaret's Hall, Bradford on Avon 10am - 3pm Interested in 'greening up your life?' Then find out how at Bradford on Avon's first Eco Trade Fair. Traders coming include solar panels, insulation. re-cycled products, green fuel and much more. |
| 10-13th | TUC Annual Conference | Brighton http://www.tuc.org.uk/congress/index.cfm?mins=562, http://www.tuc.org.uk |
| 10th | North South Forum Meeting | 5.30 pm Bristol Council House, College green |
| 12th | Bath Green Drinks | A social meeting for anyone interested in environmental issues. Upstairs at the Rummer Pub, Grand Parade, 8.30pm onwards |
| 12th | Cut the Carbon march arrives | The walk comes into Bristol region on Sept 12th and leaves on Sept 16th: Sept 12th: severn crossing –Dursley Sept 13th: Dursley – Chipping Sodbury Sept 14th: Chipping Sodbury – Bristol Sept 15th: Bristol (no walking, event on college green in afternoon) Sept 16th: Bristol – arrives in Bath http://www.pressureworks.org Watch video of the march |
| 13th | FT Network meeting | The
FT Fortnight Steering Gp meetings will be 5 (or as soon as people can make
it after work!) until 6pm and the main Network will be 6-7pm (at Kuvuka
cafe on Stokes Croft as usual) |
| 13-16th | Systems for Survival | Artists together for nature, sustainability and ecology http://www.offloadfestival.org/offload07 box office Watershed 0117 927 5100 Events around the Spike Island & CREATE Centre |
| 15/16th | Cut the Carbon March in Bristol | Rest day in Bristol and an event is planned on College Green, Sept 16th: Bristol – Bath stage Contact Christian Aid Helen Harrison natroz@yahoo.co.uk http://www.climatechanged.org |
| 15th Sept till 11th Nov | Port City |
Exhibition, films and events dealing with issues of migration, trade and contemporary slavery. http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/PortCity.php |
| 16th | Cut the Carbon March in Bath. | The marchers will be welcomed by the Mayor in Abbey Churchyard at 4.30 pm. Christian Aid have invited us to take part in voicing our support for the campaign and showing the public and politicians the seriousness of this issue. More details will be coming soon, but if you would like to get involved, please email us on oxfambath@yahoo.co.uk so we can keep you up to date! |
| 15-30th | Climate Friendly Fortnight | Wildlife trusts- a time to take action on Climate Change http://swwt.org.uk/climate |
| 15/16th | Green Festival | WWT Slimbridge Glos GL2 7BT 11am-8pm http://www.wwt.org.uk http://www.myspace.com/slimbridgegreenfestival |
| 15th | St Paul’s Carnival |
Bristol’s much-loved St Paul’s Carnival celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007, promising a stunning spectacle of colourful costumes, live music, dance and stalls. http://www.stpaulscarnival.org |
| 16th | Day For Darfur | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict, http://www.GlobeforDarfur.org, http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3060&l=1&gclid=CJqG0ayFyI0CFRU7QAodgnopIA |
| 17th | Fairtrade Bath Meeting | Interested in finding out more about Fairtrade in Bath? join us to help promote Fairtrade in the city you are very welcome. Email info@bathfairtrade.org for more information |
| 18th | UN General Assembly | opening http://www.un.org/ga/61 http://www.un.org/events |
| 18th | Landmine Action | Tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Ottawa mine ban- action on cluster bombs http://www.landmineaction.org/resources/resource.asp?resID=1075 |
| 23rd- 26th | Labour Party Conference | Bournemouth http://www.labour.org.uk/conference07 |
| 24th | UN Climate Summit | The United Nations plans a "high level" meeting about climate change to promote dialogue, highlight priority issues within four broad thematic areas, and mobilize support at the highest level for a strong political signal to the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali that Governments are ready to accelerate work under the UNFCCC http://www.un.org/climatechange/2007highlevel/index.shtml http://www.un.org/ga/61, http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/linkagesmeetings.asp?id=5 |
| 24th | Bath Oxfam Group | Special Meeting to discuss activity for World Poverty Day 7.30 pm Rummer pub ffi oxfambath@yahoo.co.uk Come along to find out what plans we have to join in with the Stand Up Speak Out Against Poverty Campaign! http://www.standupspeakout.org |
| 25-27th | AIDS funding conference | Gordon Brown will face the first big test of his commitment to keeping the promises made on HIV and AIDS The Global Fund’s ‘Replenishment Conference’ http://peopleandplanet.org/navid4430 |
| 27th-28th | US Climate Talks | US led talks to discuss reducing carbon emissions President Bush has announced he will host talks with government leaders on climate change more |
| 22nd | Car Free Day | http://www.worldcarfree.net |
| 23rd | Eco Colerne Event Wilts | live
music demos & workshops free environmental giveaways local food &
drink ecofriendly products Colerne
Village Hall · 11am – 5pm · Free entrance |
| 24th-28th | UWE Freshers fayres | http://info.uwe.ac.uk/events/default.asp?Category=20, http://www.uwesu.org/ez |
| 25th Sep - 6th Oct | INVISIBLE
BONFIRES |
Forkbeard
Fantasy, maestros of comic cine theatre and one of the longest running
touring theatre companies in the UK, tackle the thorny issue of climate
change and humanity’s disregard for the natural world in Invisible
Bonfires, starring the Brittonioni Brothers with live music from The
Lotus Pedals, Tobacco
Factory, Bristol, http://www.forkbeardfantasy.co.uk,
0117
902 0344 http://www.tobaccofactory.com
download poster |
| 25th | Bath University | Freshers week http://www.bathstudent.com/Default.aspx |
| 26th | Bath Spa Fresh | http://www.bathspasu.co.uk/display/bath/Freshers%27+2007 |
| 27th | Stop EPAs Day | Working with allies and partners around the world to highlight he potential threat of Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP countries http://www.tjm.org.uk |
| 27th | Bristol Airport have your say | Compton Martin Village Hall 7.30 pm- 9.30 pm http://www.stopbia.com download poster |
| 27th | Nicaragua - Childrens' Rights today |
An evening of food and discussion with Luis Serra from Managua university and Harry Shier, community development worker from MatagalpaLa Ruca, 89 Glos Rd, Bishopston 6pm Latino food available 7pm talks begin. Free entry but donations welcome Bristol Link with Nicaragua (BLINC) event. http://www.blinc.org.ukThe Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign (NSC) launched an appeal for donations this week for the survivors of Hurricane Felix on the Caribean Coast of Nicaragua http://www.nicaraguasc.org.uk/donations/index.htm |
| 29th- | Fairtrade training day | 10:00am-5:00pm Hosted
by: The
Fairtrade Foundation Venue: Baden-Powell House 65-67 Queen’s Gate London Contact: Veronica Pasteur 020 740 5 5942 |
| 30th | Fairtrade Fiesta | The Old Deanery, Somerset Wells 2-6pm download programme Ffi 01935 850849 http://www.somersetfairtrade.org.uk |
| 1st | Bath University Societies Fayre | http://www.bathstudent.com/ents/event/16 |
| 1st | Bristol Indymedia Film Night: | Vulture Funds – Award winning investigative journalist Greg Palast Film The 'Perverse and Immoral' Face of Debt, 7.30 pm for 8pm at the Cube Cinema, Stokes Croft, Bristol Entry £2/£3 (but nobody refused entry for a lack of funds.) The event is accompanied by a mixture of informative and humorous short films around the issue and a brief talk by third-world debt campaigners. http://microplex.cubecinema.com/cgi-bin/diary/programme.pl, http://www.bristol.indymedia.org http://www.gregpalast.com |
| Black History Month | Bristol Programme of events Bristol Libraries events www.bristol.gov.uk/abolition200 http://www.black-history-month.co.uk, http://www.africanhistorymonth.org, | |
| 4-6th | Tomatoes Training and Trade | Ghana explored how organizations are changing the way aid is delivered. The space will contain two head mazes, dance and drum instruction, short film, art works and plenty of information. There will be talks and speeches, performance, bands and refreshments. Celebrate Bristol and the role we all play in the wiser global society. 12pm - 5pm & 7pm - 11pm each day Everyone is invited and no tickets are needed. Call 07971 229048 for more information or the chance to participate. http://www.circomedia.com/index.cfm/section.Performances |
| 4th | Trade Justice AGM | Trade Justice Movement Members AGM 9.45am-6pm Douglas Alexander MP speaking Amnesty International UK’s Human Rights Action Centre (17-25 New In Yard, London EC2- see map here www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10151 to book a place sarah@tjm.org.uk |
| Oct 1st-31st Bristol & Bath | Oxjam Music events!! | This October, you can have a great time, make music, raise money, and help end poverty with Oxjam, Whatever music you're into - from folk to funk, rock to rave - get involved. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/oxjam/index.php?ito=2415&itc=0, http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/music/oxjam, http://www.myspace.com/oxjam, http://www.myspace.com/oxjam2007bristol |
| 4th | Chooseday Cafe | Southville Centre, Bristol 6.45 pm for a buffet meal 7.30 pm for conversation Our aim is to gather people from across the city to launch Chooseday beginning in Sept/Oct 2007 with the challenge to re-imagine 'Tuesdays without cars' - inviting people to 'choose' to leave their cars at home and discover other patterns of work and travel http://www.chooseday.org tickets £10 (with food) or £3 book via http://www.agoraspace.org or 0117 9574652 |
| 4-5th | Bristol University Freshers Fayre | Sarah Black email fresh-ubu@bristol.ac.uk, https://www.ubu.org.uk/site-events/freshers-fair |
| 5th | World Teachers Day | http://www.ei-ie.org/worldteachersday/en/index.htm |
| 7th | La Bouche du Roi, Fairtrade Fun day at City Museum |
City Museum and Art Gallery. Fairtrade Fun day at City Museum, To commemorate the exhibition of La Bouche du Roi, the depiction of a slave ship, the museum is exploring connections to modern-day slavery, A sculptural installation by Romauld Hazoumi from the republic of Benin featuring over 300 masks made from petrol cans arranged to evoke a slave ship. http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/museums |
| Harvest Fast day | CAFOD http://www.cafod.org.uk | |
| 6th | Fairtrade training day | 10:00am-5:00pm Hosted
by: The
Fairtrade Foundation Venue: Austin Court 80 Cambridge Street Birmingham B1 2NP Contact: Veronica Pasteur 020 740 5 5942 |
| 6th | World Ecological Debt Day | Ecological Debt Day marks the day when we begin living beyond our ecological means http://www.footprintnetwork.org/gfn_sub.php?content=overshoot UK footprint http://www.footprintnetwork.org/webgraph/graphpage.php?country=uk, http://www.footprintnetwork.org |
| 8th | Parliament in session | MP's return to Parliament http://www.parliament.uk |
| 8th | Stop the War Coalition March | Coaches leave Bristol for London 9.30am, Anchor Road. Tickets £14 waged, £7 unwaged For Tickets either email bristolstopwar@hotmail.com or phone 07748982569 http://www.stopwar.org.uk Daily Peace Vigil 5:30-6:30pm & Sat 3:00-4:00pm. City Centre (Opposite Hippodrome. St. Augustines Parade. |
| 10th | ENVEC 2007 | Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare (Delegate registration from 9.00am, conference starts at 9.45am) http://www.oursouthwest.com/envec/index.htm see programme |
| 11th | Bristol FOE meeting |
7.30pm Redland Library, Whiteladies Road (just past Clifton Down Shopping Centre |
| 12th | Meal for Mozambique | 7.30 at Colston Primary School , 18 Cotham Grove, Cotham, Bristol . The evening will include entertainment from Celso Paco, a Mozambican musician and storyteller. Tickets are £15.00 and can be obtained from Dave Spurgeon on (0117) 9025009 or davespurgeon@blueyonder.co.uk |
| 12th | Oxjam Music Night | Folk House Park St http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/oxjam/index.php?ito=2415&itc=0 http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/music/oxjam, http://www.myspace.com/oxjam |
| 13th | Bristol Schumacher Lectures | CRISIS
& OPPORTUNITY Mark Lynas, Cutting Carbon, Nicky
Gavron Deputy Mayor of London
Cities and Climate Change,
Vala Ragnarsdottir Professor
of Environmental Sustainability, Bristol university towards Eco city
Bristol,
Herbert Girardet |
| 13th | Fairtrade training day | 10:00am-5:00pm Hosted
by: The Fairtrade Foundation Venue: Civic Centre* Barras Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8P Contact: Veronica Pasteur 020 740 5 5942 |
| 14-21st | Global Week of Action on Debt |
Ahead of annual meetings in Washington DC. poor countries are being denied debt cancellation because they must first implement damaging and undemocratic economic policy conditions. Take action: http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/strings |
| Giving Week | http://www.nationalgivingweek.org | |
| 16th | Oxfam Bath Stand up! | Oxfam Bath will be having a to celebrate Stand Up Speak Out.at the Porter Bar from 8/8.30 onwards - there will be music be Dan Rushworth, a chance to meet new and old members of Oxfam and Amnesty alike, the great surroundings of the Porter Bar and at 9pm, the chance to participate in Bath's own Stand Up Event! At 9pm, we'll be inviting everyone in the bar to Stand Up Against Poverty, and will be sending the figures and photos to the global Stand Up call. Some come and help us send a message from Bath that we do care about the broken promises of the G8, and we do want International Leaders to take action! ffi oxfambath@yahoo.co.uk |
| 16th | World Food Day | http://www.fao.org, Slide Show for WFD, http://www.guardian.co.uk/slideshow/page/0,,1921631,00.html, |
| 17th | White Band Day 2007 | "Stand Up and Speak Out". GCAP's coordinated global mobilisation on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. http://www.whiteband.org, http://www.standagainstpoverty.org, http://www.millenniumcampaign.org, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals, http://www.oct17.org/Count-me-in.html |
| 17th | King Cotton | Stories from the cotton fields to the factories of Bristol Colston Hall ffi 9350067/0778 6913683 http://www.sul-art.com, http://www.bristol.gov.uk/abolition200 |
| 18/19th | Communicate 07 Bristol | A professional development conference in Bristol for those working in conservation and environmental communication. To register or your interest or for more information contact Angela Congedo, Communicate manager, at angela@bnhc.org.uk or savita@bnhc.org.uk on 0117 370 0973. register online at http://www.communicatenow.org |
| 18th/19th/20th |
“Slave Ship” & “Land” |
Two one act plays Say It Loud and Rupert Hopkins are proud to announce the production of Amiri Baraka's “Slave Ship” and Edson Burton's “Land”There will be a show each night on 18th, 19th and 20th of October at 7:30 p.m. with an additional matinee show at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, 20th October. Tickets are available for £5, concessions £4 through Colston Hall Box Office on 0117 922 3686 FFI contact Rupert Hopkins on 0117 9239095 or mobile: 07969001596 or email: rupert_hopkins@btinternet.com |
| 18th | Climate Change & Global Justice | Chaired by Professor Vala Ragnarsdottir, Dept of Environmental Sustainability, Bristol University, Speakers: George Monbiot, Andrew Simms NEF, and Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher Oxfam at Bristol Broadmead Baptist church, Lower Union Street (next to Tesco Metro) BS1 3HY events opens 6pm, enquiries@agoraspace.org, rjames@oxfam.org.uk http://www.agoraspace.org, http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/linkagesmeetings.asp?id=5 Download Flyer |
| 14-21st | International week of action against Debt | Take Action Lift the lid on Debt- lobby your MP http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/liftthelid http://www.debtweek.org, http://www.debtdeclaration.org, |
| World Water Monitoring Day | The event, which is organized jointly by the Water Environment Federation (http://www.wef.org) and the International Water Association (http://www.iwahq.org) aims to bring public attention to the role that the world's citizens must play in ensuring a sustainable supply of clean, usable water in each and every country. http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org | |
| 19th | Oxjam- A night to remember | Music. Dance Laughs & Wicked words, Polish Club 50 St Pauls St BS8 1LP 7PM http://www.myspace.com/nite2remember2007, http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/oxjam/index.php?ito=2415&itc=0 |
| 19th- 2nd November | Afrika Eye Film Festival | Organised by film-makers Simon Bright and Ingrid Sinclair from Zimbabwe, now living in Bristol Contact: Ingrid Sinclair, Tel: 0117 924 6129 zimmedia@blueyonder.co.uk http://www.afrikaeye.btik.com various venues see programme Summary Programme |
| 19th-21st | IMF/WB Meetings | Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/external/am/index.htm, http://www.eurodad.org |
| 21st-28th | One World Week | All together now 0118 939 4933 http://www.oneworldweek.org |
| 21st | MOZAMBICAN FILMS/Afrika Eye |
with Gabriel Mondlane, chairperson of the Mozambican association of filmmakers, he will give an illustrated talk about the history of film in one of the poorest countries in the world. 11–1pm Arnolfini Studio Download Flyer Afrika Eye Film Festival Visit www.zimmedia.com for other Afrika Eye events, You can book tickets by phoning 0117 917 2300 / 01 (phone lines are open from 9.30am - 9.30pm daily) or in person at the box office (open from 10am to 9.30pm daily) If you have any enquiries, please ring or email us at boxoffice@arnolfini.org.uk |
| 23rd | Martin Bell on Tony Blair | Celebrated broadcaster and independent MP, Martin Bell attacks the government of Tony Blair for spin, unnecessary intervention overseas, conducting faith based policies, and failing to deliver an ethical foreign policy. Have things changed with Gordon Brown’s ascendancy? Watershed Media Centre 18.00-19.00 £5.00/ £3.50 In person or by phone: 0117 927 5100 http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk |
| 24th | UN Day | http://www.un.org/events/unday/2005 |
| 24th | Festival of Ideas |
The
great scientist James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA. James
will be visiting Bristol on 24 October 2007 for a lunchtime session at St
Georges 12.45-14.00
Andrew
Kelly, Director t 07778 932778 | e:
andrew.kelly@businesswest.co.uk
|
| 24th | Green Drinks | Bristol Green Drinks meets at the "Llandoger Trow", King Street, Old City, Bristol,BS1 4ER. We meet in the side bar (go in the main door, past the main bar to the back of the pub and turn right) For directions to the pub - http://www.britishpubguide.com/cgi-bin/pub.cgi?results:Bristol:119 Meetings are on the 4th Wednesday of the month and are there from 6:30 to 9:30pmTo register for a monthly reminder, please send an email, with "Register Me" as the subject to: greendrinksbristol@yahoo.co.uk, http://www.greendrinks.org/ |
| 22nd-28th | National Energy Efficiency Week | "Commit to save your 20%", http://www.est.org.uk, http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/resources/features/features_archive/energy_saving_week |
| 27th | Bristol CAAT Dayschool | 9.30am-5.00pm, 34 Tyndall's Park Rd, Clifton, Bristol. http://www.bristolcaat.org.uk/Dayschool2007.html |
| 27th- 4th Nov | Bristol Radical History Week | Pirates, Witches & Smugglers, http://www.brh.org.uk/home.htm |
| Ethical Gifts! | If you are going to buy gifts buy ethically! http://www.oxfamunwrapped.com | |
| 31st | Bristol Blackout |
Bristol Friends of the Earth are organising a blackout. The aim of the campaign is to highlight the waste of energy that happens every night when businesses leave their non-essential lights and equipment switched on People to nominate the 'Worst Offenders' in Bristol, with the most nominations going to the still unoccupied HBOS building on the harbourside. http://www.blackoutbristol.com |
| 1st | Environmental Technology Sector Confer & Venture Capital Forum | 9.30-17.00 at Bristol Zoo Gardens. The event, supported by Bristol City Council and University, will address barriers to sector expansion and tips for attracting venture capital. Please email molly.brown@bristol.gov.uk or tel 0117 922 4472 to find out more. |
| 5th | Action on Cluster Bombs | International day of action on cluster bombs http://www.landmineaction.org/resources/resource.asp?resID=1077, http://www.stopclusterbombs.org, http://www.landmineaction.org/support/takeaction/index.asp |
| 6th | Queen's Speech | UK Parliament programme presented http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/parliament_crown/stateopening.cfm |
| 8th | FT Network meeting | The
FT Fortnight Steering Gp meetings will be 5 (or as soon as people can make
it after work!) until 6pm and the main Network will be 6-7pm (at Kuvuka
cafe on Stokes Croft as usual) |
| 9th | Business Breakfast with George Alagiah | Empire
& Commonwealth Museum (next to Temple Meads station) 8.30 am- 9.45 am
To book a place, contact Jenny
Foster, Bristol Fairtrade Co-ordinator, 0117-922-4916 jenny@bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk |
| 9th | George Alagiah in Bristol | George
is patron of the Fairtrade Foundation and has chosen to visit cities
involved with Abolition 200 in 2007. Speaking on 'Fairtrade
Helping to break the bonds of modern day Slavery' 5pm- 7pm St
Stephens Church, off Corn St. free entry refreshments/stalls ffi Jenny
Foster, Bristol Fairtrade Co-ordinator, 0117-922-4916 jenny@bristolfairtradenetwork.org.uk |
| 10th-10th December | Climate Change in Britain | How Climate Change is affecting UK's Landscape, Exhibition Bristol Museum and Arts Gallery see National Trust/ Sustainability Officer Rob Jarman |
| 10th | SW Green Party | Regional meeting, Widcombe room, Manvers Street church hall,Manvers Street,Bath.10.30a.m afternoon session, from 2 to 4p.m., is open only to Green Party memberS |
| 12th-16th | IPCC meeting on Climate | IPCC-27 will focus on the adoption of its Fourth Assessment Report "Climate Change 2007", also referred to as AR4. Valencia, Spain For more information contact: Rudie Bourgeois, IPCC Secretariat; tel: +41-22-730-8208; fax: +41-22-7 30-8025/13; e-mail: IPCC-Sec@wmo.int; Internet: http://www.ipcc.ch http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/linkagesmeetings.asp?id=5 |
| 13th | ‘Hard Rain’, | Watershed, Bristol, Mark Edwards will deliver ‘Hard Rain’, a powerful presentation of his award winning environmental photographs set to the words of Bob Dylan. To reserve a place (first come first served), email your contact details to swdebates@southwestrda.org.uk by 29th October. |
| 14th | Transition City event | Soil
Association director Patrick Holden will be giving a talk for Transition
Bristol on the subject of Fossil Fuel Depletion: Agriculture and the
Soil Association + Josh Hart, who is studying
Transport Planning at the University of the West of England, will be
talking about sustainable transport, and how he travelled from San
Francisco to Bristol without flying. |
| 15th-17th | Be The Change | London Conference The Sky's The Limit, excellent speakers workshops http://bethechange.org.uk/downloads/Advert-02-11-07.pdf, http://www.bethechange.org.uk/symposium.cfm www.bethechange.org.uk |
| 17-18th | Shared Planet 07 | Shared Planet is the UK’s largest student conference on world poverty. Sheffield University http://peopleandplanet.org/events/sharedplanet |
| 17/18th | Western Lib Dem Conference |
Conference
& AGM's Plymouth, Novotel Paul
Rustad / English Party
Administrator
englishlibdems@cix.co.uk
: 020 7227 1325 |
| 24th | WDM Campaigner Convention | Bristol, St
Werburgh’s Centre , 43 Horley Road, St Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9TJ 10.30am – 4.30pm for more information call 0800 328 2153. http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/events/onlinebooking/conventions.htm |
| 24th/25th | Green Market |
Come along and browse a wide range of eco-friendly stalls – get expert advice from local and national organisations and discover practical ways in which we can reduce our carbon footprint. Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery Queen’s Road 10am-4pm, Bristol BS8 1RL |
| 24th | Buy Nothing Day | http://www.buynothingday.co.uk |
| 24th | Debate winning the new progressive consensus in Bristol |
Winning
the new progressive consensus - making change happen. The
event is free to attend but registration is essential. Our fantastic line
up of speakers for you to debate and engage with include: Compass Chair
Neal Lawson, Kerry McCarthy MP; Roger Berry MP; Doug Naysmith MP; Cllr Sam
Townend and Paul Smith. To register please email gavin@compassonline.org.uk
,or sign
up using Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6081405974
10.30am-1pm at Transport House (T&G South West Region offices) in
Bristol, http://www.compassonline.org.uk |
| 24th | Don't Attack Iran' | Bristol Stop the War Coalition will hold a local demonstration on the national 'Don't Attack Iran' Day of Action 12.00 noon, Castle Green Andy Abel, Bristol Stop the War Coalition 07747 443454 |
| 25th | Day for Elimination of violence against Women | http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/violence |
| 25th | Transition
Bristol - The BIG Event |
The
Council House, College Green, Bristol
An
exciting day of talks, workshops, films and open discussion 9:30am
to 6pm
,For
full details and to book tickets please visit our website: www.transitionbristol.org
With
chilled music at the Folkhouse after-party 6.30 |
| 25th | Oxfam Film Night | Host a film night
showing of 'An Inconvenient Truth' Activists
all over the UK are putting on film parties to raise awareness of how
climate change affects the world’s poorest people ahead of the UN
Climate Conference. an Oxfam
expert and a special guest speaker will discuss the issues with you. Oxfam
is also giving away free An Inconvenient Truth DVDs and 150 Oxfam T-shirts
for house party organisers too. For more info and to sign up: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/actions/film_party.html
|
| 25-27th | CHOGM meeting, Uganda | http://www.chogm2007.ug/index.php, http://www.aboutuganda.com/chogm |
| 27th | UNDP Climate Report | The UNDP's Human Development Report, ahead of UN climate talks in Bali, will focus on the economics of climate change. http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008 |
| 29th | Film |
The Witnesses French
film about the onset of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.is a masterwork of sexualities, relationships and lives during a crisis that still endures today. showings 1740, 2020 http://www.watershed.co.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Watershed.woa/wa/exhibit?object=1213 |
| 30th | World AIDS Speaker Night |
Jane Machira (Christian Aid HIV coordinator in East Africa) and Jennipher Sakala Uwishaka (Christian Aid Country manager for Zambia, who specialises in HIV work. 6:30pm, in MR 1 in the union, 1st floor |
| 1st | World AIDS Day | http://www.worldaidsday.org, http://peopleandplanet.org/treataidsnow, http://www.stopaidscampaign.org.uk/actionAccessDenied.asp, http://www.guardian.co.uk/panoramic/page/0,,1869994,00.html, http://www.oxfam.org.uk/stopaids, http://www.avert.org.uk, http://www.tht.org.uk/ |
| 1st | World AIDS Day |
1.30pm: Balloon release, Bristol City Centre The Lord Mayor, Cllr Royston Griffey, Stephen Williams MP (Bristol West) Kerry McCarthy MP (Bristol East)Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West) 7pm:
Singing for Sex, live
talent show, Avon Gorge room, the Students Union.
http://www.spw.org |
| 3-14th | Climate Change Summit | COP 13 and COP/MOP 3 Climate Change Summit Bali Indonesia http://unfccc.int/2860.php 2006 meeting report http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop13 Contact: UNFCCC Secretariat, tel.: +49 228 815 1000, fax: +49 228 815 1999 e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.int http://www.unfccc.int |
| 1-24th | Bristol's online Advent Calendar | http://www.electricdecember.org |
| 6th | Sustainable Region Conference | Watershed 9.14-4pm www.creatingexcellence.org.uk/ceimages/conference2007finalflyer.doc |
| 7/8th | CREATE Festive Fayre | http://visitbristol.co.uk/winter/whats_on_this_winter/p_61371 |
| 8th | Day of Action on Climate Change | Global Day of Action with demonstrations all round the world, on the Saturday midway through the UN Climate Talks (COP 13/MOP3) in Bali, Indonesia. download Leaflets/ Resources FFI See http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org, http://www.campaigncc.org Coaches leave from Anchor Rd – opposite @ Bristol @ 08.30 – arrive about 08.00. Coach will leave London @ approx 4.30 – 5.00 arriving back in Bristol for approx 08.30 Tickets £10.00 from The Banana Boat in Totterdown - opposite Tesco at the bottom of the Wells Rd or Booty (Formerly Greenleaf) and from Bloom and curl a few doors down. (Not open on mon) |
| 8th | FT Network meeting | The
FT Fortnight Steering Gp meetings will be 5 (or as soon as people can make
it after work!) until 6pm and the main Network will be 6-7pm (at Kuvuka
cafe on Stokes Croft as usual) |
| 10th | Human Rights Day | http://www.ohchr.org/english/events/day2004/background.htm |
| 11th | SWRA Climate Change consultation | The South West Regional Assembly and partners are in the process of developing a South West Climate Change Action Plan, which aims to set clear direction on mitigation and adaptation priorities for the region. Exeter University, Streatham Campus, to explore regional working and action on climate change adaptation to sign up contact: Vivien.james@southwest-ra.gov.uk or fax 01823 425200 tel 01823 425200 climatechange@southwest-ra.gov.uk |
| 12th | Great Green Debate |
Green Energy – Can It Keep the Lights On?7.30pm onwards, upstairs at the Stag and Hounds, Old Market (next to Evening Post building). Daniella Radice daniellaradice@hotmail.com |
| 14th | Winter Party | Celebration and fundraisers for refugees, Unitarian Hall Brunswick Square 8PM details see flier |
Community (Voscur) Social Economy, Bristol Social Forum , Indymedia Calendar, Youtubebristol, Stop War, Create Centre, @t Bristol, Zoo, Kebele Commonwealth Museum, Bristol City Council, B&NES Envolve, (Bath), Bristol Univ Politics Brisli, (Bath Lectures/meetings) Bristol Green Party, Bristol Climate calendar, Quakers, Greenevents (Devon) Bristol Palestine Campaign
Community Env/Sustainability Calendars Bristol Green Capital Bristol Sustainability Network, Transition City, Sustainable Redland, FCDL,
National Antislavery events 2007 http://www.antislavery.org/2007/eventstimetable.htm
UK Parliament 'What's On?' UK Dates/News 2007 general
Local General events/entertainment listings /info for Bristol/Bath area
Bristol City Council events listing, Venue, Visit Bristol, BBC, Whatson, BU, UWE, ThisisBristol, Itchyguide, Bristolworldguide, Watershed, Visitbath, Bristol+Bath, Bath, Bath Student, Theatre, ThisisBath, Ents24 , Nowtdo, Nakedguides,
Festivals
For all the festivals this year see http://www.efestivals.co.uk
or http://www.virtualfestivals.com, http://greenfuturesfestivals.org.uk/diary.html
2006+50 cool festivals in see & Bristol Summer Festivals see
National/local
Oxfam national campaigning calendar http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/calendar/oct.htm
NGO Calendar BOND http://www.bond.org.uk/events/index.html
The 'Count me in' Calendar- excellent site. Vast range of charity & campaigning events weeks, dates etc. http://www.countmeincalendar.info
Blackworld celebrating black creativity in film, television and the moving image http://blackworld.bfi.org.uk/events/cal
Charity Times Charity training/conferences
One World Net Events list http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/6369/
2007 Wikipedia events/info/dates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007
Food related events http://www.sustainweb.org/cal_index.asp
Fairtrade events http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/calindex.shtml
Jubilee Debt events http://www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/events
Green Events http://www.greendirectory.net/events
Sustainable Development events calendar here also http://www.iisd.ca/
Climate
Calendar The
average person in the South-West of England will have produced as much CO2 by 8
January as the average person in the world’s poorest countries will all year.
The South-West of England, with 4.9 million people, produces as much CO2 as
Ecuador and Peru combined, with 40.5 million people. http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/climate/calendar/index.htm
Calendars, Religious dates, Time Zones- its all here!
http://www.sldirectory.com/cal.html
http://www.interfaithcalendar.org
Bristol North-South Forum, c/o liz.zeidler@modoto.co.uk
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