Provisional schedule below! Confirmed speakers so far are Kathy Jo Wetter (ETCgroup), Mike Hannis (The Land Magazine), Helena Paul (Econexus), Tom Barlow (World Development Movement), Suzanne Jeffery (Chair of the Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Group), Pete Dean (Biofuelwatch), David King (Luddites200), & Danny Chivers (author of the No-nonsense Guide to Climate Change). This event has speakers from or is supported by Luddites200, ETC group, The Land Magazine, the World Development Movement, Econexus, and [add your organisation here]. For more details or to help out with the schedule contact 07729785327
RSVP: In order to organise rooms, we need to know numbers attending, so it’s great if you can let us know if you are intending to come: register at http://t.co/o4ecIBlO or contact luddites200@yahoo.co.uk . The event is free (bring lunch to share) but participants are encouraged to donate £2-10 to support the London Feminist Library. http://feministlibrary.co.uk
VENUE: 5 Westminster Bridge Road SE1 7XW (map).
The Feminist Library is 5 minutes walk from Lambeth North tube station, 7 minutes walks from either Waterloo or Elephant & Castle tube and rail stations, and along many bus routes, including 1, 63, 68, 155, 168, 171, 188, 363, 468, 172 and 453 (check here for more details)
Please note that there are 9 steps up from the entrance, and then a lift to the upper floors. Please contact us for more details or to make arrangements.
Schedule (provisional)
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10:30am – Registration
11.00am – Welcome, introduction.
– Update on climate science (Danny Chivers)
11.45am – 1245am Panel Presentations, Questions, & Discussion
Introduction to the RIO+20 process (Kathy-Jo Wetter, Erosion, Technology & Concentraion Group)
The Financialisation of the Commons – Why putting a price on nature is bad (Tom Barlow, World Development Movement)
Energy Security for Whom? (speaker yet to be confirmed)
12.45pm – 5 minute introduction to each of the three parallel workshops
1.00pm <Lunch>
1.30pm Parallel workshops
1. – Biomass/Synthetic Biology (Pete Dean, Biofuelwatch/David King, Luddites200)
2. – Geoengineering (Helena Paul, Econexus)
3. – A Technology Assessment Treaty? (Kathy-Jo Wetter, ETC Group)
2.15pm < poetry break>
2.30pm – 3.30pm Panel Presentations, Questions, & Discussion
A Critique of Green technofixes (Mike Hannis, The Land Magazine)
Visions for Sustainability and Economic Justice (Suzanne Jeffery, Climate Jobs Caravan)
Title unconfirmed (speaker yet to be confirmed)
(3.25 pm Action Announcements & Description of break-out groups)
330 <Break>
345pm Breakout groups
4.30pm Final Plenary
Report backs from parallel workshops and breakout groups
Closing discussion
5.00pm – End