Melbourne

Solar Hot Water System Worker Co-operative talk

Submitted by Flowerpower on Fri, 02/07/2010 - 10:07pm
Date and Time: 
Wed, 07/07/2010 -
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
New International Bookshop, Trades Hall
Contact Email: 
nibs@nibs.org. au

The response to climate change of big business and government looks like being too little, too late. But what if organised labour itself could create green jobs and push Australia towards a sustainable future?

It's a not a hypothetical, this is actually happening.

The Gippsland Trades and Labour Council (GTLC) oversees a region already hit hard by the privatisation of the power industry. Now, when some hear climate change sounding the death knell for the local economy, the GTLC is going on the front foot by backing the Earthworker Social Enterprise.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Belgrave Replace Hazelwood Event

Submitted by Flowerpower on Fri, 02/07/2010 - 9:17pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 17/07/2010 -
10:30am to 11:00am
Location: 
Meet in front of Safeway Belgrave.(Main St. Belgrave).

BELGRAVE ‘REPLACE HAZELWOOD’ EVENT - Be part of the July 17, National Day of Action

Please bring your own folding chair and if possible, a ‘Replace Hazelwood‘
sign. You definitely need a chair for this unique and very brief
event.

Please come if you are concerned about Climate Change.

Organised by the Dandenong Ranges Renewable Energy Association.

Geography: 
Melbourne

World Vegan Day

Submitted by Flowerpower on Fri, 02/07/2010 - 9:12pm
Date and Time: 
Sun, 31/10/2010 -
10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 
The Convent: 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford (See MELWAYS Ref 44 G5)
Website: 
www.wvd.org.au

Get ready for the biggest and best World Vegan Day Melbourne ever!

With more stalls, more events, more opportunities to meet like minded people, a great line up of musicians, speakers, food demonstrators and HUGE numbers of people, you'd be crazy to miss it!

It's like a festival and an expo rolled into one, your very own piece of vegan heaven for one day only! Stalls include food, personal care products, clothing, cosmetics, groceries, raw food, lollies, accessories, baby care, not for profit organisations and a whole lot more.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Create a community hub in South Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/06/2010 - 5:56am
Date and Time: 
Fri, 16/07/2010 -
9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 
Corner of Bank & Montague St in South Melbourne, adjacent to the Catholic church

You are invited to a BBQ and working bee at the South Melbourne Commons.
In 2010, Friends of the Earth are very excited to announce the development
of the first Eco Market style operation in South Melbourne. The 'South
Melbourne Commons' will become a new community hub that reconnects people
back to a sense of place and belonging. The site will feature, a community
kitchen, food & grocery cooperative, Children’s playgroups, food gardens
with a weekly Saturday Eco Market operation starting later in the year.
Weekly workshops and community activities will be a common occurrence. For

Geography: 
Melbourne

Create a community hub in South Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/06/2010 - 5:52am
Date and Time: 
Sat, 10/07/2010 -
10:00am to 3:00pm
Location: 
Corner of Bank & Montague St in South Melbourne, adjacent to the Catholic church

You are invited to a BBQ and working bee at the South Melbourne Commons.
In 2010, Friends of the Earth are very excited to announce the development
of the first Eco Market style operation in South Melbourne. The 'South
Melbourne Commons' will become a new community hub that reconnects people
back to a sense of place and belonging. The site will feature, a community
kitchen, food & grocery cooperative, Children’s playgroups, food gardens
with a weekly Saturday Eco Market operation starting later in the year.
Weekly workshops and community activities will be a common occurrence. For

Geography: 
Melbourne

Create a community hub in South Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/06/2010 - 5:50am
Date and Time: 
Fri, 09/07/2010 -
9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 
Corner of Bank & Montague St in South Melbourne, adjacent to the Catholic church

You are invited to a BBQ and working bee at the South Melbourne Commons.
In 2010, Friends of the Earth are very excited to announce the development
of the first Eco Market style operation in South Melbourne. The 'South
Melbourne Commons' will become a new community hub that reconnects people
back to a sense of place and belonging. The site will feature, a community
kitchen, food & grocery cooperative, Children’s playgroups, food gardens
with a weekly Saturday Eco Market operation starting later in the year.
Weekly workshops and community activities will be a common occurrence. For

Geography: 
Melbourne

Carbon Capture and Storage World Conference Protest in Melbourne

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 29/06/2010 - 8:41pm

A small group of determined protestors crashed the party of the Carbon Capture and Storage World Conference in Melbourne on June 22nd. In addition to protesting at the entrance to Crown Casino, protestors managed to briefly enter the building and a few managed to sneak into the conference itself to heckle the Minister for Energy/Pollution Peter Batchelor. Climate criminals from International Power, TRU energy and even from Canada’s tar sands villains had gathered at the $5000 a head conference to spruik the dirty lie that coal can be “cleaned”.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
climate change
protest
clean coal

Stop the racist intervention – picket of FaHCSIA

Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 28/06/2010 - 7:36pm

On Friday 18th June, protesters held a community picket of the FAHSCIA offices in Melbourne on the 3rd Anniversary of the Northern Territory Intervention. Speakers including Indigenous people suffering the effects of the intervention first hand, Unionists and politicians expressed their disgust with the way the racist intervention, started by Howard, but continued by the Rudd/Guillard ALP controls Aboriginal peoples lives without improving their living conditions at all. The front entrance of the building was blocked, the back entrance closed after protesters almost entered the building and a replica of the Basic Cards as burnt.
Related: Video’s of picket from the Melbourne Anti-intervention Collective - MAIC Facebook Page

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous rights

WGAR News: Programs for Upcoming Events: Gathering in Alice Springs; New Way Summit in Melbourne (27 Jun 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/06/2010 - 4:33pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Programs for Upcoming Events
Urgent Fundraising Campaign
Aboriginal Articles

PROGRAMS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS:

Defending Indigenous Rights Land~Law~Culture
[Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering]
July 6-9 in Mparntwe-Alice Springs
[Program]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/agenda/
[Link includes agenda, camping, contact, help needed, transport, donations]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/

The New Way Aboriginal summit July 1 - 4 in Melbourne

Geography: 
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
New Way Summit
Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering in Alice Springs

Indymedia back online

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 26/06/2010 - 9:33am

Australian Indymedia has been experiencing technical difficulties for the last week which meant that no-one could upload new stories to the site. As of 26th June we are functioning again so please start posting those stories! Apologies to our users and readers but this site is maintained by a collective of volunteers on very limited resources, so we appreciate your understanding. Thanks to the those people with tech skills who helped get us back up and running this week - Australian and Melbourne Indymedia Collective

Geography: 
Melbourne
Promotion: 
Feature
Keywords: 
Indymeida