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Traditional Owners object to Leigh Creek underground coal gasification plans

Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners raise objections to underground coal gasification plans at Leigh Creek.

Excerpt from their Media Release: Community concerns of possible damage to Aboriginal Sites at Leigh Creekcommunity

“We raise concerns as a collective voice for those people who want to exercise their right to protect Adnyamathanha cultural heritage on the Leigh Creek Coalfield and prioritise the public safety of residents in nearby communities such as Copley. We are aware that Queensland has banned the use of USG technology because it is deemed too risky to the environment and to public health. We want the same ban to apply here in South Australia.”

Full Media Release: mr-community-concerns-of-possible-damage-to-aboriginal-site-at-leigh-creek

Seed Freedom Food Festival 24 September

SEED FREEDOM FOOD FESTIVAL is returning 2016!
Saturday 24 September, 10am – 4pm.
@ 1 Holland St, Adelaide 5000
(in ‘The Market Shed’ space).

SFFF2016 is your festival for celebration, inspiration and information on organic food, local food, growing your own food and the need to save seed!
‘Lettuce’ offer you all the tools for how, and why, to grow your own organic food, save your own seeds and support those in your local community doing the same.

$4 entry (children free) gains you access to 3 stages of 20 FREE WORKSHOPS & SPEAKERS (no need to book, Program will be released soon) plus an all day music stage.
As well as our infamous huge SEED SWAP, FOOD SWAP and GARDEN GEAR SWAP, local gardening stalls, lush organic food stalls, community group stalls, a KIDS SPROUT SPACE and kids workshops, seed displays, seed mandala co-creation and a whole lot of heart right in the middle of the city.

So start gathering your seeds and gardening goodies to swap and look forward to growing & thriving with you soon.

CONFIRMED WORKSHOPS:
* Native seed collection and propagation – Neville Bonney
* Knowing, growing, eating Edible Native Bush Foods – Neville Bonney
* Making and using compost! – Tim Marshall
* Plant Propagation, success with seeds & more – Karen Montgomery
* Fermentation, get cultured! – Remedy Bliss
* The unexpected uses of cottage plants – Bev Lane
* Ethical Foraging – Bev Lane
* Seed Saving how to – Steven Hoepfner
* Building healthy soils for healthy plants and people – Nat Wiseman
* Getting to know the Heart and Soul of Australian Natives – Edmund Gooden

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
* Gardening Woes 101 with Sophie Thomson!
* Growing for the Future – Annemarie Brookman
* Native Bees in your garden – Jenny Deans
* Why Biodynamics & organic health – Dr.… Read more >>

National Day of Action Against Nuclear Waste Dumps 15 October

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPS

NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP,
NOT WORTH THE RISK!
STAND UP FOR SA.
11AM, OCT 15, 2016
PARLIAMENT HOUSE STEPS

Lets come together to show our support for a nuclear free future!

We encourge all creativity so bring your banners, signs and costumes. Lets make it a great day.

Saturday October 15, 2016 marks 63 years since the first atomic bomb test at Emu Junction in South Australia.

The Federal Government is pursuing plans to build a national waste dump in the Flinders Ranges while a proposal for South Australia to take the worlds international high level nuclear waste continues to be progressed by the SA state government.

Communities across the state are saying ‘no way’.

We can do better than to take the worlds worst waste’.

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You can pick up posters at the Joinery, 111 Franklin Street, Adelaide.

Nuclear exhibition at Tandanya

Nuclear Exhibition

Saturday 17 September to Saturday 12 November 2016

Exposing the legacies of the atomic age through creative arts.

Involving more than 50 creative artists – photographers, filmmakers, digital artists, painters, sculptors and writers – this showcase presents the stories of atomic survivors, those Indigenous communities, service personnel and civilian workers who have been directly affected by atomic testing. It presents discoveries about the nuclear age, and fits within a long tradition of artists and communities responding to ‘the bomb’.

A centrepiece is ‘Ngurini’ (Searching), an immersive digital projection made with members of the Yalata Anangu community. Another is ’10 Minutes to Midnight’ also for immersive screening in our large cylindrical arena, and developed with nuclear veterans and the Balaklava community.

These digital art works are accompanied by exhibitions of photography and sculpture, feature seminars, film screenings, and storyteller sessions by Australian and international artists.

WHERE: Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Kaurna Country, 253 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
www.tandanya.com.au

Open Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Closed Sunday and Public Holidays

Proudly bought to you by Alphaville and Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, this project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

SUPPORT REQUEST

To maintain the momentum in exposing the legacies of the atomic age through creative arts, Alphaville have set up an important Kickstarter campaign.

Your donations will help fund installation costs and the public education program for the Nuclear showcase around Australia

You can lend your support by:

** Joining our crowdfunding campaign, at

OR

** Emailing Alphaville’s producer Paul Brown to arrange a tax deductible donation, at alphaville@iprimus.com.au

Thank you.

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Nuclear waste dumps? It’s just not worth the risk… 21 September

National Day of Action Info Night

Nuclear waste dumps?
It’s just not worth the risk…
Do you really want to ‘know’ nuclear?

Wednesday September 21, 6.30pm
@ The Gov, 59 Port Road.

Hear from speakers about why communities are standing up for SA on October 15 against nuclear waste dumps in SA.

Then meet some members of the Nation day of Action ADL organising committee about how you, your family or organisation can get involved and hear why the date is so significant.

Speakers include:

Karina Lester, Chairperson, Yunkunytjatjara Native Title Aboriginal Corporation.

Janette Milera, Kaurna, Arabunna, Narungga activist and National Day of Action Organising Committee.

Roderick Campbell, Economist, The Australia Institute (Canberra)

Jamie Newlyn, Secretary, Maritime Union Australia, SA Branch

Lovisa Muyderman, Australian Youth Climate Coalition and National Day of Action Organising Committee.

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