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Experiments against Enclosure - Tools to reclaim the Commons

All round the world, there are thousands of projects and people working from the bottom up, creating and resisting the system that is causing climate change and building a more just and sustainable world, right here and now. As part of the 100 days run up to the Copenhagen Climate summit, The Trapese Collective invite YOU to three days of of practical workshops, trainings, discussions and inspiration on everything from crash technologies and local food to campaigning and building alternatives. Come to just one workshops or the whole three days. Check out our mid week film programme. Join the real green (grassroots) shoots.

When? Saturdays 17th October, 31st October, 14th November 2009, 10.30 - 6pm.

Where? Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA www.arnolfini.org.uk
How? Register via Arnolfini box office or phone, T: +44 (0)117 9172300 / 01 E: boxoffice@arnolfini.org.uk .

Please say which session(s) you plan to attend.Or simply turn up and register on the day. Some sessions are ‘closed’ once they start, others are drop in, (see programme)

How much? Participation is not dependent on paying but we suggest a donations from £5 to £15 per person, per day, depending on income. This will go to the workshop facilitators, who are offering these sessions for free, or to the projects of their choosing.
Food? Bring food to share or there are plenty of local eateries.

Who? Trapese are a popular education collective who among other projects edited the Do It Yourself -handbook for changing our world, in 2007. This project which draws on the themes from the book will be co-ordinated by Alice Cutler, Natasha Machin and Steve Stuffit, from Bristol with input from Paul Chatterton, and Kim Bryan and many
other Trapese friends. www.trapese.org

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I am running a short course in November. We have a great line up of speakers. Spread the word.

EMERGENCY PLANET EARTH! Environmental crises, definitions and responses Tues 10 - Sun 15 Nov 2009

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NEW SHORT COURSE in November 2009 led by the University of Leeds @ the Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales – the UK’s leading ecocentre

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• Want to learn more about the urgent environmental issues of our times?

• Want to engage with practitioners who are at the forefront of developing solutions?

• Want to tap into cutting edge, radical teaching and research with one of the UK’s most respected universities and the UK’s leading ecocentre?

Then this module is for you!

Teaching staff from the MA in ‘Activism and Social Change’ (www.activismsocialchange.org.uk) based in Geography at the University of Leeds are beginning an exciting new partnership with CAT to deliver this short course. CAT is one of Europe’s leading ecocentres, undertaking practical research and teaching into ecological issues. It is based in the town of Machynlleth on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. This collaboration is particularly timely as CAT is launching a major new educational initiative and resource this summer called WISE (the Wales Institute for Sustainable Education). WISE will provide a state-of-the-art environmental education centre, featuring 24 en suite study bedrooms, 200 seat rammed earth lecture theatre workshops, seminar rooms, laboratory, restaurant and bar.

++ Module Logistics and costs

This course will take place in mid November 2009 and will be taught over one week, from Tuesday evening to Sunday afternoon.

Registration for this course costs £300 unwaged, £475 waged and £650 company rate and includes full board accommodation, tuition and materials.

Accommodation will be on our main site, in small simply furnished rooms, which contain 2-5 bunk beds. We have a few single rooms available for an extra £10 per night. There are common rooms available for relaxation, with facilities for making drinks. Meals are served in our wholefood vegetarian restaurant.

++ Module Content

The module will be delivered by staff from the University of Leeds and CAT and will involve a mix of lectures, seminars, evening reading groups, debates and films, student led presentations, guest speakers and site tours and a social on Saturday evening.

++ Sessions include:

Issues

1. Introduction: understanding rapid change

2. Climate Change: emergency code red?

3. The Energy crisis and peak oil

4. Environmental Justice: living in a toxic society

5. Land matters: the industrialisation of food and agriculture

6. Mid point reflection and summary

Responses

7. Green capitalism and the corporate response

8. Government frameworks for change: from the local to the global

9. Grassroots civil society responses: localisation and transition towns

10. Social movements for change: radical ecological direct action

++ To register

Tel: 01654 705981 Email: course@cat.org.uk or www.cat.org.uk/courses for online booking.

To reserve a place, send a non-returnable deposit cheque to CAT Charity Ltd for £100 or ring or email with credit card details. Further details and invoices will be sent shortly before the course. The balance of the course fee is due before the start of the course. Residents of SY20 or SY23 should enquire about special non residential rates.

++ More information

For more information on the MA in Activism and Social Change see: www.activismsocialchange.org.uk or email the Programme Director: Dr Paul Chatterton p.chatterton@leeds.ac.uk