Clean Up Australia Day is here again! Transition Town Guildford and Guildford Primary School P&C will be hosting a Clean Up Australia day site around the Guildford Primary school.
Come join us to clean up and hang around for morning tea. Children welcomed, but need to be supervised by parents.
When: Sunday 6th March 2016
Time: 8:00-10:00 am
Where: Guildford Primary School verge (125 Helena street, Guildford)
Bring: Bring gloves, water, hat, enclosed shoes and a friend!
When you return your bags join us for morning tea after 10 am.
As per previous years, Guildford Primary School students will receive 500 faction points for taking part.
Transition Town Guildford is starting a new monthly speaker series – Bright Ideas. Our first event will be a presentation by a recent Perth resident, sharing his experience of Fracking in the USA. A timely talk given the potential of fracking encroaching on the Perth Basin and the Swan Valley.
Dr Drew Hubbell lived in Pennsylvania for 15 years, ground zero for fracking in the United States.
While there are differences between WA and Pennsylvania, many of the threats are still the same. Dr Hubbell is concerned that there is a lack of knowledge in WA about what the industry has done – what its business model is.
In his talk, he will share what he saw and experienced in the US, and compare that to what is being proposed for the Perth Basin.
When: Tuesday, 1 March 2016 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Where: Mechanics Hall – 20 Meadow Street Guildford, WA 6055 AU – View Map
Dr Hubbell is an academic with a Ph.D. in Literature. He has taught at the university level in the United States for 25 years. He is currently Associate Professor of English at Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, and Adjunct Professor of English at UWA. His scholarship is in environmental literature and the way literature contributes to human-nature relationships. In June, 2015, he moved to Perth with his wife. Drew got involved with CCWA and No Fracking WAy shortly after moving here, after learning that WA was seriously considering the promotion of unconventional gas (“Fracking”).
At the end of last year we screened the first part of Human the movie. People really liked it and were keen for us to screen the remaining parts. So join us for part II of this extraordinary record of what it means to be Human. Part II covers the themes of war, forgiving, homosexuality, family and life after death.
“I am one man among seven billion others. For the past 40 years, I have been photographing our planet and its human diversity, and I have the feeling that humanity is not making any progress. We can’t always manage to live together.
Why is that?
I didn’t look for an answer in statistics or analysis, but in man himself.”
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
“HUMAN is a collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, HUMAN brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection.HUMAN is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.”
Transition Town Guildford 