Support Otago Uni to become a Fair Trade campus
The Fair Trade Campus Launch
When: Thursday 15th October 10-2
Where: Otago University Quad (by OUSA),
WHY go?: Why not? Come and get some free chocolate and support Otago Uni to become Fair trade
Fair Trade and Environmental Film Festival
presented by Trade Aid and Forest & Bird
Seven nights of New Zealand and International documentaries with a fair trade and environmental focus. Each film night has a theme – Energy, Nature and Kiwi to name a few – and will be held at The Academy on Dundas St, beside Alhambra Park from 2 May. Entry $5 and includes fair trade coffee and chocolate! See below for the films and links to more info..
NATURAL – 6pm, Saturday 16th May
Double bill plus bonus shorts!
Calici – A Rural Conspiracy (NZ, 2007, 24 mins)
Death on the Beach (NZ, 2008, 46 mins, www.thetvset.co.nz/projects.php?id=13)
RESOURCE – 8pm, Saturday 16th May
Award winning feature and bonus short!
FLOW: For Love of Water (USA, 2008, 84 mins, www.flowthefilm.com)
Lively and engaging…Smartly Done”
- Los Angeles Times
*****I recommend it-opens your eyes up to political complexity. Tess 5/5
ECO – 6pm, Sunday 17th May
Award winning feature plus bonus shorts!
The Greening of Southie (US, 85 mins, www.greeningofsouthie.com)
GLOBAL – 8pm, Sunday 17th May
Double bill!
Occupation
101: Voices of the Silenced Majority (US, 2007, 90 mins, www.occupation101.com)
The Iron Wall (Palestine, 2006, 52 mins, www.theironwall.ps) directed by Mohammed Alatar
The Iron Wall documentary is about Israel, Gaza Strip, The Zionist movement. It follows the timeline, size, population of the settlements, and its impact on the peace process. This film also touches on the latest project to make the settlements a permanent fact on the ground – the wall that Israel is building in the West Bank and its impact on the Palestinian’s peoples. It hopes to spread awareness about the Palestinian issue and about Israel’s expansionist policies. Produced by : Palestinians for peace and democracy.
Other Events
Organic Fest – At Sammy’s on Friday 1st May, with free beer and chocolate samples, as well as a tonne of local bands, all for just an hour of your time.
Students for Environmental Action (SEA) Otago are holding the annual Organic Festival at Sammy’s (Dunedin) Friday, May 1. The fifth Organic Festival is an event set up by SEA to promote organic options. There will be free organic beer/wine samples, food and environmental and community groups set up to provide information. Local Dunedin acts Tono, The Tomato Plants, Sex with Bowie, Fea St
Hustle, Biff Merchants, DJ Booof, DJ Manick and DJ Undertow will provide the entertainment.
Tickets are $5 and pre-sales are available at OUSA.
THURSDAY 7th May -* Winter Gala – Come along to Trade Aid & check out more music, offers, coffee, wine, nibbles and lots and lots of chocolate!
SATURDAY 9th May 10-4pm * World Fair Trade Day – “Big Bang” for fair trade. drum workshop at Trade Aid! Free coffee, chocolate and family fun.
* Coffee Roasting, Making and Tasting
- Join us on Sunday 10th May at Governor’s Cafe and Trade Aid, where you can roast your own coffee beans and then make and taste your own fresh coffee. Tickets just $5 and available in advance from Trade Aid. ****THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT****
SUNDAY 10th MAY * BYO Mum – Bring your Mum down to Trade Aid and enjoy free fair trade coffee and chocolate!
* Fair Trade Pedal Power – Come down to Trade Aid from 11am on Sunday 10th May and pick-up a city map, coffee vouchers and fair trade info for your free cycle tour of Dunedin. Cycle the fair trade route at your leisure, with everyone a winner, including prize packs and spot prizes on your return to the shop.
Fair Trade events
TRADE – 6pm, Saturday 2nd May
Squeezed – The Real Cost of Free Trade in the
Asia-Pacific (Australia, 2007, 40 mins, www.tradewatch.org.au/squeezed.html)
MUSIC – 8pm, Saturday 2nd May
Plus live music and award winning bonus short!
What About Me? (UK, 2008, 120 mins, www.whataboutme.tv)
KIWI THEME – 6pm, Sunday 3rd May
Lessons from a Melting Icecap (NZ, 2005, 39 mins)
No Nukes is Good Nukes (NZ, 2007, 50 mins, www.docnz.org.nz/2007/ak/film/no-nukes-is-good-nukes)
Dumpster Diving, (5mins) 2008. NZ by Iain Frengley
ENERGY – 8pm, Sunday 3rd May
Plus bonus award winning shorts!
The Nuclear Comeback (NZ, 2007, 75 mins, www.docnz.org.nz/2007/film/nuclear-comeback)
Winner – Best New Zealand Feature Documentary, DOCNZ 2007
“We’re seeing nuclear – the “n” word – is much more mentionable in high political places today than it was even two years ago.”-IAN HORE-LACY – DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, WORLD NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION
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