Food not Bombs is now happening at the new space. Cooking starts at 4. Eating starts at 6. Anyone is welcome to cook and eat. All the food is vegan. We serve out back in the park just behind Loophole.
The Sharehood is all about sharing resources within your neighbourhood and helps you to meet and make friends with people in your local area. All sorts of things can be shared, such as sewing machines, vegetables, wheelbarrows, tools, cars, books and computers. Skills can be shared too: gardening help, bike fixing, accountancy, language skills, child-minding, how to make wine or dance the tango. The Sharehood holds regular talks at different locations.
Check out the website for details
http://www.thesharehood.org/
Bring a craft you are working on or start something new using Loophole's craft space. Table, sewing machines, screens for printing, paints, fabrics, needles and wool and lots more available.
By donation.
The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) organised a picket outside the Chilean Consulate in Melbourne at lunchtime today, displaying the Mapuche flag and delivering a letter to be forwarded to the President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera.
Calling all young Victorians with a vision for a sustainable future
Are you under 25 and want to win some great cash and prizes? The Future Shots Sustainability Film Challenge is now open. For the second year running, Future Shots invites all Victorians 25 and under to create a short film of under three minutes addressing the theme of sustainability.
With over $9000 in cash and prizes to be won, Future Shots encourages young Victorians to creatively explore sustainability in their world.
Entry deadline is 15 November 2010.
Presented by: Port Phillip Urban Fresh Food Network (PPUFFN)
Music, stalls, local food and cooking displays. GM free stall and talks by MADGE.
Proceeds to Care Australia
More info : Gardeners at EcoCentre gardeners@ecocentre.com
Anti-war campaigners held a vigil at the Elizabeth St entrance to Melbourne Central station during the peak hour rush this evening, holding banners reading "End the Afghanistan War" and "Hit the STOP Button on the Afghanistan War". Although most passers-by were obviously rushing to catch their trains, as can be seen in some of the accompanying photos, many took leaflets, and a few stopped to discuss the issues.
We are asking for you to join with us at a Peoples Assembly in Canberra at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September (2010).
We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House to call on the new Parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as their own messages.
Come to our meeting to hear about the Mega Bolt workers of Campbellfield, currently in their third week of protected action and how you can support them.
The following article about a strike by AMWU workers for fair wages is repostd from the AMWU website. Visit the link below and leave a comment of support for the workers or even better get down to the picket line to offer your support in person at 25 Glenbarry Road in Campbellfield
http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/558/Megabolt-workers-fig...
Sep 02, 2010
Workers at Megabolt in Campbellfield have been forced to take protected action after negotiations to establish their first union collective agreement broke down.
