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More Dumplings, Not Dumps

December 2, 2019

Everyone likes dumplings, but no one likes dumps.

The Federal government is trying to impose a radioactive waste dump in South Australia, despite State legislation that makes them illegal, opposition from Traditional Owners and a truly flawed plan that’s done nothing but cost money and divide communities.

Please support the communities of the Flinders Ranges and Kimba by sending a submission to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.

Get friends, family and co-workers together, eat dumplings and say NO to nuclear waste in SA and host a “Dumplings not Dumps” session.

It’s not too late to have your say! FoE Adelaide are hosting a Dumplings Not Dumps event next Monday night at Christie Walk (entry at 101 Sturt St), in the Common Room.

If you’re in Adelaide, bring your laptop and write yours on monday night while having a dumpling dinner.
Where: Christie Walk Common Room,
When: 6.30pm – 8.30pm,  Monday 9th December

Please RSVP by email — we want to ensure we have plenty of dumplings!
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Adelaide FoE AGM, take 2

December 2, 2019

Dear Friends:
The recent session of the 2019 FoE Adelaide AGM having been just inquorate,
we have re-convened for 6.00pm @ the Christie Walk Common Room
(entry via 101 Sturt Street) on Monday 9th December.

If you are time poor, but would like to see FoE Adelaide continue its work in the coming year, this is the one meeting of the year tailor made for you to attend.

Warmest regards

David Faber
Facilitator

Note: The re-convened AGM is just before the Dumplings Not Dumps session on Monday, so not only do you get to see David running a super fast AGM (30 mins, max!), but you get to followup with a dumpling feast as your write your submission on the proposed nuclear dump in SA.

Adelaide FoE Notes, FoE

FoE Annual General Meeting, Nov 30th

October 29, 2019

FoE members and friends are welcome to attend our AGM, 2pm at the Box Factory, November 30th.

The meeting will be held in the kitchen, upstairs at the Box Factory. Drink & Nibbles provided.

Before the formal business of the AGM, we shall have introductions and welcomes, and enjoy a presentation by our Guest Speaker on a Hydrogen Economy.

Agenda for the Adelaide FoE AGM

    1. Minutes of Previous AGM
    2. Reports
    3. Appointment of Office-bearers
      • Facilitator
      • Secretary
      • Treasurer
      • Membership officer
      • Public Officer
      • Other members of the Administration and Strategy Collective
    4. Amendments to the constitution (if any)
    5. Proposals from Members
    6. Any Other Business

     

     

     

     

     

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Repairing the Planet

October 29, 2019

Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that filmmaker Damon Gameau’s  daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.

The film looks at possible solutions in four key areas:

Energy

We look at what can be done with solar panels capturing sunlight and trading it between neighbouring houses.

What happens if we extend the idea to trade electricity over a larger region?

Can we manage our own energy more easily and cheaply than a massive centralised system?

Transport

Is it the end of the motorcar?

Or should me move to rented autonomous vehicles?

Perhaps better public transport?

And what could we do with the space currently taken up by super highways?

Food Production

Can we revise our food production to take better care of the soils, making them more productive

and allowing them to store more carbon at the same time?

Will growing food locally be more productive?

Should we move to a vegetarian diet?

Education

How can we release the creativity of those denied education?

What might happen if people who couldn’t afford education

— or were denied it by virtue of belief, gender or background — were given

the chance to create opportunities and solutions for their regions?

If you’d like to see this movie, you can get tickets for $15/$10 concession, or two tickets for $20.

Why not bring a friend to our screening on November 12th, 7pm at the Mercury?

Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/564492
Click to book!

Adelaide FoE Notes, Climate, FoE