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Grey Lynn 2030 last update for 2009

10 December 2009
In This Issue:

Think Global Act Local – Hopenhagen
Festive Season events
Grey Lynn Farmers Market
Traffic Calming
Waste Away
Wilton Street Community Gardens update
Greenscreen
Grey Lynn 2030 in 2010
Welcome to our last update of 2009. It has been huge year for Grey Lynn 2030 as we have grown to a community of almost 800 supporters (over 500 friends on Facebook!), with regular meetings, active focus groups, a strong vision and above all lots of practical action.

Even with the end of the year in sight we are still being kept busy with submissions due this Friday on the Local Government Commission proposals for wards, local boards and boundaries and huge concerns about the  farming practices being proposed in the Mackenzie Basin (the Greens website has information on the  factory farming proposal including advice on how to submit).

It is not all hard work though. Details of the festive season events that the Grey Lynn 2030 community has been invited to are below. It will also be a really social time at the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market special Twilight Market to be held on Saturday 19th 6-9pm so we hope to see you there.

A BIG thank you to everyone who has supported us over the last year.

Wishing you a happy and sustainable festive season.

Think Global Act Local – Hopenhagen
Age of Stupid
For one of our movie fundraisers this year we were really lucky to screen  Age of Stupid. Since then we have been super impressed with director Franny Armstrong’s continuing campaign for action on climate change.  You can read Franny and her team’s latest – often very funny -exploits in the lead up to Copenhagen on our website.
Climate Action Vigils
This weekend people in communities all over the world will light candles at  climate vigils with one united message – The World Wants a Real Deal.

Join the vigil for the Climate.
Friday 11th, 9pm Queens warf, by the ferry building.
Bring warm dark clothes and a candle

Vigils can be found on the 350, TckTckTck, or AVAAZ websites or register your own one.

Festive Season Events
Friday December 11th from 6pm
Transition Pt Chev Christmas get together

Southern end of Pt Chev Beach – that is the Harbour View Rd end, NOT the Coyle Park end.

Bring food to share, your own plates, cutlery and drinks – and if you have a guitar bring that along too. Everyone welcome

Sunday 13th December @ 2pm

Celebrating our Summer Christmas with carols and strawberries

St Columba Church gardens, 92 Surrey Crescent.

Decorate your hat and enter the competition. Prizes for best adult hat and best Childs hat.

Bring Strawberries to share

Join the singing; listen to City Songbirds Choir

For more information see www.saintcolumbas.org.nz or phone 3764229

Friday 18 December from 5.30pm

Auckland Greens End of Year Celebration

Venue: Grey Lynn Community Centre

510 Richmond Road

Your hosts: Keith Locke MP and David Clendon MP, and the Greater Auckland Green Party

All members, supporters and friends welcome!

Grey Lynn Farmers Market
The holiday season is upon us and what better place to find the freshest local foods for your holidays feasts than the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market! From local meats to homemade baked goods, delicious preserves to fresh produce (and more!) — the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market has a variety of great products that will add that… special local touch to any holiday celebration all while supporting your local food vendors and the greater Grey Lynn community!
If you have a surplus of fresh produce or seedlings, remember you can bring it along to sell or barter at the Ooooby stall. It’s a real help if you can bag it up in salable units before you arrive and pop your name and a price on the bags.

So, come and join us again at the Grey Lynn Farmer’s Market on Sunday, 13th December from 8am ’til 12pm at the Grey Lynn Community Centre.

Plus, save the date: The Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market is hosting a Twilight Market on the last Saturday before Christmas, 19th December from 6pm to 9pm, Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn.Come and buy all those last minute Christmas treats and gifts in our festive atmosphere with live music to get you into the holiday spirit. This is your last chance to top up your Christmas stocks with fresh, locally grown produce or buy a gift with a local Kiwi story behind it. Make it a community affair this Christmas.

We look forward to seeing you at the market!

Traffic Calming
A reminder about the Traffic Survey – it only takes 3 minutes
if you  work, live, or play in Grey Lynn please take a couple of minutes to do this survey so we have a better idea about traffic issues and concerns

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SkrjyANkggFt1GYZyC2ePA_3d_3d Please also forward on the link to your networks.

The Grey Lynn 2030 bunting looked amazing decorating the Eco Space at the Grey Lynn Park Festival.  We have it to share so if you would like to borrow the  bunting for your street party please contact us.

Waste Away update
Want a fantastic idea for a Christmas gift?
A worm farm or a Bokashi system is a great gift for friends and family to introduce them to the delights and satisfaction of managing their household or workplace foodwaste in their own gardens.

Bokashi is a great way to deal with foodwaste while camping or renting a bach.  Take your Bokashi buckets away with you to that idyllic spot and prevent your foodwaste being a problem for another community.  Fill your bucket and bury it your garden on your return.

The Bokashi juice is also very beneficial for septic tanks.

The Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away group is taking action to reduce foodwaste to landfill within our community. Do you know that approx 30% of household rubbish by weight is foodwaste?

We are promoting the responsible practice of keeping food waste out of landfills and using it in our gardens as a resource to grow healthy soils, healthy food and healthy people!  Also we are encouraging the prevention of wasting food in the first place. Your action with this will reduce the amount of foodwaste that ends up in landfills.

Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away are suppliers of Bokashi Buckets and Worm Farms! We are a not-for-profit organisation so we keep the prices low for you. If you would like to purchase Bokashi Buckets or a Worm Farm for a thoughtful Christmas gift or want more information about these systems, please email:  greylynn2030wasteaway@gmail.com or phone Winnie 360-7265 or Lynn 376-6376…or visit the team of ‘Wasters’ at the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market at Grey Lynn Community Centre.

‘Share some worms this Christmas ~~~!!’

Wilton Street Community Garden update
Recent rain was very welcome in the garden which has suffered from the long
cold and dry spring, this has really highlighted for us the importance of
securing a sustainable water source on site – our next big project which we
are currently focused on.

Last weekend we shared our first harvest – all taking home lovely lettuce.
Our lovely big potato crop will be ready for xmas and we plan to have a
potato party for year end.  All our friends and those who have supported us
during the year are invited to call in to the garden and join us for a spud.
This will be on our regular working bee time Sunday morning 10 am-ish 20th
Dec. – nothing flash – we are all too tired!

Two of our gardeners plus dogs joined the Sign On march on Saturday along
with Judith and Gael from Mt Eden Village People – a great day out – see
photo.

Thanks to all who have helped the Community Garden this year, donating time,
materials, money and not least encouragement. It has been an exciting year,
we have all had so much pleasure from the garden and forged some wonderful
friendships. Merry Christmas to all

Greenscreen
Greenscreen held the last film of the year on the last Friday of November.  The film was The History of Oil – a funny and sharp commentary on the history of oil and its relationship to wars of the 20th and 21st centuries.  We celebrated the end of the year with popcorn for all, provided care of Kail’s mum’s popcorn machine, held in beautifully constructed paper cups made by Pania.

Greenscreen will take a break for a few months as everyone enjoys the sunny evenings.  We will reconvene at the end of February or March.

If you would like to get involved in hosting future Greenscreen events, or have an idea for a film, please contact Eva: eva.lawrence@gmail.com

GL2030 in 2010
We have a whole heap of ideas for monthly meetings next year. Our first  get together will be a social summer occasion on Wednesday 10 February . Details will be out in our first update for 2010 at the end of January but please put the second Wednesday in your diary now as the evening every month to come along to the Grey Lynn Community Centre at 7.30pm

Why not get more actively involved with the steering committee in 2010?. In particular we are looking for someone who would enjoy keeping our website up to date.  Please contact greylynn2030@gmail.com

Happy New Year

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Food Inc – NZ Movie Premiere – Wed Oct 14th

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Grey Lynn 2030 are pleased to announce our next movie night. We are showing FOOD Inc. , so if eating good food is something you like to do, then please read on.

Here is our food inc  poster food inc grey lynn a4 Poster Oct 14 for the event if you would like to help us publicise the film.

(It is an A4 sized pdf version which you can print out.)

Here is the Trailer link or view below

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and here is a review of the film from Variety

We are going to make a night of it…and celebrate with some of our local businesses.
Wednesday October 14th
Bridgeway Theatre
122 Queen St,
Northcote

Complimentary bottle of Monteiths Apple Cider and canapes before the film.

Doors open at 8.00 for drinks, snack, chat and spot prizes and then the movie will get going around 8.30.

We have been kindly donated the following spot prizes which you have a chance of winning from the (hopefully lucky) number on your ticket.

-Annual subscription to Good Magazine

- Yoga clothing from We.ar.it
- Ecostore Cleaning Products – No nasty chemicals-

Two of our local cafes will be tempting you with canapes.
We thank and hope you will continue to support
The Little Grocer and Savour and Devour
Our Grey Lynn Farmers Market coffee provider and organic food producer  Kokako are providing some of their “naughty nibbles”.  Jones the Grocer are bringing a platter of local cheeses for you to sample. Naked Organics are turning up with their chunky and moorish dips for us to try.

Gifts for Biz has given us a treats box to raffle on the night which I will put with the  Christmas Cake donated from Jones the Grocer

Once again the good guys at our local wine shop The Wine Vault are organising the ticketing for us. No door sales. Either call in to the Wine Vault, 453 Richmond Road (West Lynn shops) to get your ticket or buy it on line. Click here.
With the money we made from our last movie night, Grey Lynn 2030 used this to build the new fence for the Wilton St Community Garden, pay for a banner and other signage that we need to use at the Farmers Market, Grey Lynn Festival and other events we are invited to attend.

The funds we make can further our work with environmental projects in our community.

So, please bring your family (the film is a PG), bring your friends, see a great and thought-provoking film, and support Grey Lynn 2030 while you’re at it!

Thanks so much to our supporting sponsors.

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Green Screen -Friday 25th Sept – “Home”

Green Screeners – we will be showing Yann Arthurs Bertrand’s stunningly beautiful movie called HOME released in June 2009.

Home

The film is a travel notebook, showing landscapes captured from above. Looking down from the sky, we follow water currents, roads and bio-diverse communities across borders and cultures to embrace a complex situation in one, emotion-filled glance. Home invites us to stop for a moment, take a hard look, and consider our impact.

“Home” was released to the public in a most unusual way. On World Environment Day (June 5th, 2009) it launched in 50 countries and was put onto the internet for free viewing. You can watch the whole documentary online via the official movie site on youtube: www.youtube.com/homeproject (but make no mistake – the imagery when viewed on the big screen is beyond compare with a computer screen of any size).

Yann Arthus-Bertrand the photographer behind the film offers these words: “We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, to avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet.” – Yann Arthus-Bertrand, GoodPlanet President

People who have watched this film has been effulgent in their praise. This following appeared on www.yeeeeee.com – a showcase of designers, photographers and artists.

“With the goal to share a new perspective on the need for sustainability, Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes us on an original journey around the planet. Contemplating its beauty through the eyes of the filmmaker, we learn about the treasures Earth offers and marks we leave behind.

Conceived through a meeting of minds of three men, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Luc Besson and François-Henri Pinault, Home’s objective is to inspire global action by raising awareness of our shared responsibility for the planet and all of its inhabitants.”

The movie is suitable for all ages. Feel free to invite your friends.

Venue – Grey Lynn Community Centre (510 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn)

Time – 7:30pm Friday 25th September

The running time is 1 hr 33 mins.

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Age of Stupid Movie arrives in Auckland

Have you heard about the Age of Stupid?

The Age of Stupid is the new epic from McLibel director Franny Armstrong. Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Grey Lynn 2030 is thrilled to be showing the Age of Stupid on its first day in Auckland

“The Age of Stupid”

Wednesday 19th August

Bridgeway Theatre

122 Queen St, Northcote Point

8.00 doors open, 8.30 film begins

Come along early for a drink and meet your mates. We have been donated some green hampers from Easy Green Living and there are some spot prizes to be won before the film

Tickets are $20 to raise money for Grey Lynn 2030

Tickets can be purchased from:

The Wine Vault
453 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn

There are no Door Sales on the night so please call in and see Jayson at The Wine Vault or buy your tickets on line.

Here’s the preview:

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And here are some reviews:

“An emergency wake-up call to do everything possible to avert
impending catastrophe.” – New York Times

“Think “An Inconvenient Truth” but with a personality” – LA Times

“A Deeply Inconvenient Kick Up the Backside… you won’t see a more
important film this year” – News of the World ****

“Bold, supremely provocative, and hugely important….
a cry from the heart as much as a roar for necessary change.” – The Telegraph ****

“The most imaginative and dramatic assault on the institutional
complacency shrouding the issue” – The Times ****

“Captivating and constantly surprising… the first successful dramatisation
of climate change to reach the big screen” – The Guardian

“Lectures us sternly and pitilessly – but also intelligently
and provokingly” – Financial Times ****

“Enough attitude to power a large city… slaps you around
the face then punches you in the stomach” – The Sun ****

“I defy anyone to come out and not feel like they’ve got
to make a difference.” – Caroline Lucas, Leader of the UK Green Party

“Every single person in the country should be forcibly
made to watch this film”. – Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London

“It is not a film to make you happy. It’s a film to make you sit back and think
‘What is my role on this planet?’” – Ashok Sinha, Director of Stop Climate Chaos coalition

“I hate this film. I felt as if I was watching all my own excuses for not doing
anything about climate change being stripped away from me.
Can I just pretend I never saw it?”- William Nicholson, Writer of Gladiator

“I was nodding to myself all the way through, thinking ‘How can I reduce my flights?,
‘Can I install a wind turbine at home?’. It is definitely going to change my life.
It was so powerful and so moving I wanted it to go on for another hour.”
- Gillian Anderson, actress

“The most powerful piece of cultural discourse on climate change
ever produced.” – Mark Lynas, author of “Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet”

“Jaw-droppingly impressive as to how such a raft of fantastic ideas were so superbly executed. From the solar-powered tent to the camera phone pictures of the audiences, from the campaign packs to The Met Office guy rubber-stamping the science, from the ultra-low transport footprint to the Big If (not forgetting Pete’s OBE etc…) and topping it all with the Maldives’ challenge to us all. What a night. Thank you all for showing me a way through the rest of my life.”
“I feel I have shared in the making of history this evening – such a privilege”

“Nothing else has ever made the issue clearer, the solutions more obvious, and the urgency more acute. Nothing else has ever shouted more loudly. I challenge anyone to watch this film and not feel compelled to take action.”
“What a triumph. Impressed beyond belief.”

“The audience were absolutely riveted by the film. At the end, the cutover to Leicester Square was so slick and the synchronisation perfect, it was like being transported to the cinema tent and we felt a real sense of being part of that audience — to the extent that there was clapping at the right moments and barracking (‘rubbish’) at some of the stuff Ed Miliband spouted. The sense of engagement with the Premiere was palpable — I have never experienced anything quite so intense in an audience that size. And moments like Pete saying that he would hand back his OBE were electric!”
“I work for a large corporate so I went back into the workplace on Monday filled with passion to make a difference and have set up a host of meetings to do just that.”

“Brilliant night in Cambridge – sold out – people turned away – fantastic atmosphere – congratulations to all of you!”

“The film was amazing. Saw it at The Light (Leeds) which was sold-out. I went with a friend who does lots of flying (holidays) and she came away very thoughtful indeed. The film had a huge impact on her and I’ll be very surprised if she doesn’t change her lifestyle. Pete P was such a wonderful person for the role, though clearly he wasn’t acting in this case.”

“The Age of Stupid has brought together local environmental groups from a wide area some of whom didn’t know the others existed, representatives from different groups attending meetings of other groups to listen and share ideas, a new network of like minded friends who are now discussing the possibility of an autumn gathering of all local groups in one place for tea/coffee and a chin wag! Imagine then the friendships that will forge every evening when these groups meet at the showings to talk to filmgoers; the optimism here in Inverness is exciting and electric.”

“The world seems a little different today.”

“I have seen countless climate change, activist films etc and none has moved me as much as yours. I had to try and be discreet when I could no longer hold back the tears, as I was without tissues and didn’t want to ask my friends for any!! And then just as I had found my composure, Pete got up on stage and gave such a rallying, passionate plea, that I began all over again!”

“Your film changed my life completely, it’s hard and scary but I’ve been converted to full on activist status!”

“Mum brought me tea this morning [the day after the premiere] and burst into tears on my bed. She had been up since 5am thinking about the film, and how we live, and getting upset. I have been banging on about this for years (quite ineffectively I realise), but the film acted to distill, and make stark, the totally misplaced and confused framework through which we value things. It really hit the soul of this household.”

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Age of Stupid movie is getting closer

I have been following with interest, the self distribution of what looks to be an amazing film. It looks like it is not too far now from arriving in New Zealand.
Here is a review of it.

‘The Age of Stupid’ featuring Hollywood star Pete Postlethwaite.The movie set a new world record for the largest simultaneous première when it was shown in 65 different locations across Britain in March.

Environmental campaigner Mr Hampton was one of a number of sponsors for the flick which delivers a stark warning about the planet’s future.

He believes the message of the film is crucial and will enlighten people as to how close the planet is to a climate catastrophe.

A eco-conference for world leaders will be held later this year in Copenhagen.

Mr Hampton said: “If leaders don’t come away from Copenhagen with a strict agreement then we have pretty much signed a death warrant for our kids.

“The current consensus is that governments our way behind something which will lead to our survival.”

Prince Charles recently told business leaders in a keynote speech in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that there is “less than 100 months” to save the planet.

The heir to the throne warned that if nations fail to tackle deforestation and other problems over the next eight years then irreversible harm will be done to the environment.

Mr Hampton said: “If we don’t achieve substantial carbon reduction in thattime it will set up a chain reaction.”

Age of Stupid Animation

Here’s a note from the director. Franny Armstrong
Remember the UK People’s Premiere, which took us four months to set up and had more than 1000 people working on it?
Well, now we’re doing the same thing for
the Global Premiere on Sep 21/22,
but in all these countries at the same time, oh lordy: America, Antarctica, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece (unlikely), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania (TBC), Serbia  (TBC), Slovakia  (TBC), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Costa Rica  (TBC), ElSalvador (TBC), Guatamala  (TBC), Mexico, Panama  (TBC), Argentina, Brazil, Chile  (TBC), Columbia  (TBC), Ecuador (TBC), Peru (TBC), Venezuela  (TBC), China  (TBC), Hong Kong  (TBC), India  (probably), Indonesia (TBC), Japan (probably not cos of conflicting distribution deal), Russia, S Korea  (TBC), Turkey  (TBC), Israel and South Africa.
And all the countries which don’t have satellite cinemas – all the poor ones, basically – will be able to watch the film + live event for free on the internet just for that one day.
All of which means that, if we pull it off, it will be the biggest simultaneous (ish) film event in movie history, beating some little flick called Star Wars.
This is extremely frightening.
But not as frightening as the latest predictions for the humanitarian catastrophe we’re going to trigger if we continue to not get our collective act together…. so may as well give it a go, what’s the worst that can happen? Complete flop, total embarrassment and lose a tonne of cash? Ah well.
Nevette our indefatigable New York event coordinator has managed to book a corner of Central Park for our solar cinema tent, though we haven’t quite raised the cash to pay for it yet – I’m sure you’re all looking forward to the fundraising request you can feel is coming your way….
There’s been a lot of laughing going on here at Stupid Towers as we write emails starting ”Dear Brad”,  ”Dear Barack”, “Dear Oprah” and “Dear Kofi”. We kid you not. Best not to think too hard about any of it, or you realise how ludicrous the whole thing is.
Australia & New Zealand are not on the Global Premiere list, not because we’re ignoring them, but because they are having their very own special premiere in Cate Blanchett’s eco theatre in Sydney on the 18th or 19th of Australia, depending on which day works best for the Australian eco-celebs. The good news is that Pete Postlethwaite is almost definitely able to make it, and as he is a big cheese in – and I’ve also sat on a few primetime Aussie chatshow sofas, thanks to McLibel being a big hit out there – we should be able to make a huge impact. Hence the decision to burn the fuel to fly there. (Please send any “you’re destroying all your own hard work” emails to abuse@ageofstupid.net). The Sydney premiere will be linked to our zero-waste tent in Auckland, New Zealand, which is being jointly organised by Oxfam and Greenpeace.
Australia’s biggest cinema chain, Hoyts, have just signed up and are now busy attempting to get 70 cinemas across Australia and 10 across New Zealand to take the show.
If you are an NGO in Australia or NZ who would like to get involved, please contact josh.wyndham.kidd@youthclimatecoalition.org and press/journalists please contact Annette Smith: nedco@bigpond.net.au
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Well, now we’re doing the same thing for the Global Premiere on Sep 21/22, but in all these countries at the same time, oh lordy: America, Antarctica, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece (unlikely), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania (TBC), Serbia  (TBC), Slovakia  (TBC), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Costa Rica  (TBC), El Salvador (TBC), Guatamala  (TBC), Mexico, Panama  (TBC), Argentina, Brazil, Chile  (TBC), Columbia  (TBC), Ecuador (TBC), Peru (TBC), Venezuela  (TBC), China  (TBC), Hong Kong  (TBC), India  (probably), Indonesia (TBC), Japan (probably not cos of conflicting distribution deal), Russia, S Korea  (TBC), Turkey  (TBC), Israel and South Africa.
And all the countries which don’t have satellite cinemas – all the poor ones, basically – will be able to watch the film + live event for free on the internet just for that one day.
All of which means that, if we pull it off, it will be the biggest simultaneous (ish) film event in movie history, beating some little flick called Star Wars.
This is extremely frightening.
But not as frightening as the latest predictions for the humanitarian catastrophe we’re going to trigger if we continue to not get our collective act together…. so may as well give it a go, what’s the worst that can happen? Complete flop, total embarrassment and lose a tonne of cash? Ah well.
Nevette our indefatigable New York event coordinator has managed to book a corner of Central Park for our solar cinema tent, though we haven’t quite raised the cash to pay for it yet – I’m sure you’re all looking forward to the fundraising request you can feel is coming your way….
There’s been a lot of laughing going on here at Stupid Towers as we write emails starting ”Dear Brad”,  ”Dear Barack”, “Dear Oprah” and “Dear Kofi”. We kid you not. Best not to think too hard about any of it, or you realise how ludicrous the whole thing is.

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Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku at Bridgeway, Northcote

Earth Whisperers is going to have a special screening – Monday  29th June – 8.30

For more details contact the Bridgeway Theatre or www.wickcandle.co.nz

Kathleen Gallagher’s latest film Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku was shot at spectacular locations around New Zealand by acclaimed cameramen Alun Bollinger and Mike Single. This absorbing feature documentary focuses on 10 visionary New Zealanders out to prove that a shift in consciousness can heal our environment. You’ll be inspired, and never look at stinging nettle in your garden in quite the same way again!

In the words of Kathleen Gallagher, director:
‘This is a unique number eight wire/Kiwi-style approach to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.’

This is a movie that doesn’t just rock the boat — it rocks the world!

These 10 extraordinary New Zealanders featured in this film show us what can be achieved

  • Craig Potton, photographer and environmentalist
  • Prof Alan Mark, botanist and guardian of Lake Manapouri
  • Charles Royal, Maori food expert and chef
  • Hugh Wilson, bird and tree farmer
  • Kay Baxter, heritage seed saver
  • Rita Tupe, Tuhoe healer
  • Isla Burgess, herbalist
  • Gerry Findlay, bird caller
  • Makere Ruka, Waitaha kuia

Earth Whisperers

See the trailer Earth Whisperers

Review

“A film in which some of the best known names in the New Zealand environmental movement reflect on their relationship with our earth, Papatuanuku, is as relevant as it gets for this festival. A meditative film with the distinctive feel of Aotearoa, Earth Whisperers allows people like Craig Potton, Cath Wallace, Barry Brailsford, Alan Mark, Hugh Wilson and seven others to explain how our world moves them and what motivates them to advocate on its behalf. As if those interviewed didn’t comprise an impressive enough list, the credits include the likes of Keri Hulme, Geoff Park, Andrew Pennikett, Alison Ballance, Richard Nunns and others. It’s a virtual tour of Aotearoa and a powerful demonstration of what can be achieved through belief, dedication, and passion for our world”  Reel Earth

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Next Green Screen – What About Me? June 26th

Vincent Dickie from Grey Lynn Farmers Market gave this DVD to me months ago, saying it is perfect for Green Screen. It sat there for weeks. Now I have seen it -  uplifting, motivating, inspiring. Vinnie you are right. Thanks for the suggestion. So people, stop moaning “What about Me?” – looka the big picture and how you can make a difference. Get off your butt and come and see this movie if you need some inspiration.

What About Me?

Everyone knows we’re all one human family, trouble is it’s a dysfunctional one

1 Giant Leap, the concept band and media project which brought us Unity Through Diversity, returns with a brand new and unique music, TV and film project, What About Me?

On this visionary expedition, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman visit over 50 locations worldwide, exploring through music, the complexities of human nature on a global scale. Featuring an exquisite assortment of collaborations, the production includes everyone from Eckhart Tolle to Michael Franti, Faithless front man Maxi Jazz to Tim Robbins and Billy Connolly to REM’s Michael Stipe. What About Me? is the culmination of four years work by the dynamic duo of 1 Giant Leap.

The backbone of the project is the music these two make. Each masterpiece begins with a pre-composed backing track which then grows and develops as new layers are added. International stars like Alanis Morissette, KD Lang and Michael Franti along with Bedouin musicians, Chinese rappers, Gabonese Pygmies and Tuvan Throat singers are seamlessly mixed and incorporated into the original 1 Giant Leap musical vision.

The theme behind these words of wisdom and musical jewels explores our collective insanity – how we are ego driven, needy in relationships, insatiable in desire, addicted to status, wounded by childhood and unable to stop thinking, but how we still manage to be inspired and creative. What’s created here is an inspiring DVD that exists as an album of twelve short films each featuring a piece of music, a theme and a twelfth feature length film that plays them all continuously.

When Jamie and Duncan left on their global journey, they thought they were in control, but how could they predict what would happen when they sought wisdom from the cream of the world’s thinkers, writers and entertainers, as well as many people just getting on with their lives. Unscripted, with no storyboard, these conversations reveal how we are connected not only through our creativity and our beliefs but most of all through our madness. What About Me? is a poignant, emotional and entertaining time capsule of humanity at its most inspirational.

What About Me?

1giantleap

June 26th
7.30
Grey Lynn Community Centre
510 Richmond Rd
$2

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Green Screen – Tonight! Friday 5th June


manuf_landscapesDue to it being Queens Birthday we are moving from our customary end of the month to a new date.

Friday 5th June.

7.30 Grey Lynn Community Centre

510 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn

$2

The film is Manufactured Landscapes.

Synopsis

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.

The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution.

With breathtaking sequences, such as the opening tracking shot through an almost endless factory, the filmmakers also extend the narratives of Burtynsky’s photographs, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste.

In the spirit of such environmentally enlightening sleeper-hits as AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH and RIVERS AND TIDES, MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES powerfully shifts our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it, without simplistic judgments or reductive resolutions.

AWARDS
Best Documentary Feature – Toronto Film Critics Association
Best Canadian Feature – Toronto Film Critics Association
Best Canadian Feature – Toronto Film Festival
Best Documentary – Genie Awards

Listen to the Q&A with Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky at New York’s Film Forum

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Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes

You may also view a 34 minute presentation from TED by Edward Burtynsky which includes more of the back story about the project.

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Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku Documentary

Kathleen Gallagher’s latest film Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku was shot at spectacular locations around New Zealand by acclaimed cameramen Alun Bollinger and Mike Single. This absorbing feature documentary focuses on 10 visionary New Zealanders out to prove that a shift in consciousness can heal our environment. You’ll be inspired, and never look at stinging nettle in your garden in quite the same way again!

In the words of Kathleen Gallagher, director:
‘This is a unique number eight wire/Kiwi-style approach to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.’

This is a movie that doesn’t just rock the boat — it rocks the world!

Earth Whisperers

See the trailer Earth Whisperers

HOT OFF THE PRESS – Earth Whisperers is going to have a special screening – Monday  29th June – 8.30

Kay Baxter will be speaking at the film

For more details contact the Bridgeway Theatre or www.wickcandle.co.nz

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Climate Sale – Movie Night at Auckland Uni


A Movie about Climate Change, Power, and Free Market Environmentalism
Produced by Focus on the Global South;The Gr8 Climate Sale tells the story of how the governments of the countries responsible for causing Climate Change have avoided taking action to solve it while at the same time, helping their corporations with the help of the World Trade Organisation and the World Bank to profit from this catastrophe. If you’ve been wondering why after 20 years of international negotiations on Climate Change virtually nothing whatsoever has come out of it except for the privatisation of the world’s atmosphere [via emissions trading] and a raft of other big business designed non-solutions then this movie is for you.

A discussion on ways for people to confront the root causes of the Climate Crisis here in Aotearoa will follow
For more information Contact Gary Cranston 0212099641

Thursday 4th June
6pm – 8pm
Basement Room B10
Auckland Uni Library
Alfred Street
Admission: Koha


The Gr8 climate Sale

The issue of climate change has come to the forefront and people both in the North and the South have been feeling the devastating effects of global warming. However, the links between the neo-liberal system and the model of over consumption to the climate crisis are not clearly stated. And now that governments are discussing an agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol,institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank have come in and are pushing for solutions that do not impede the market. The G8 have also joined in the fray and proposed their own solutions to global warming.

This video talks about what has happened from Kyoto till now, and how the neo-liberal system has contributed to global warming. It emphasizes the intimate connection between increasing trade liberalization and rising greenhouse gas emissions, how trade rules prevent effective action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and how institutions like the WTO and other trade regimes are trying to control what governments can and cannot do about global warming. It also talks about the Group of 8 and the role of these developed nations in pushing for market-based solutions where corporations will make the most out of the climate crisis. It shows how trade liberalization is being promoted as one of the solutions to global warming and emphasizes the need to link the anti-globalization and environmental movements in this struggle.

The Gr8 Climate Sale is a play on words, the “Gr8” is short hand for “great” in popular language used in the internet and phone instant messaging. But it can also mean the Group of 8 to emphasize the role of these developed nations in contributing to the climate crisis.

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