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SEPTEMBER EMPOWERING COMMUNITY DRINKS – LIVING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Ever wondered what our city would be like if everybody took one fewer trip by car each week?
Cars are an important part of our lives. They’ve enabled us to do things that would otherwise be impossible. They’ve given us previously unknown freedoms, but are they always the best option? And what has dependence on cars done to our community?
Have you ever tried to go places without a car and have you noticed what that does to your relationship with the world and people around you?
Would you like to drive less, but don’t know where to start?
This month’s EmPOWering Community Drinks will address these questions and more under the theme “Living Outside the Box – Getting Around Without A Car.”
Directing our conversation around this topic will be Janet Rice. You may know of Janet as the former mayor of Maribyrnong, but she has many hats and a wealth of knowledge about smart urban design and sustainable transport. She is also an experienced bike rider with lots of tips to share.
If you haven’t been to one of our drinks yet they are lots of fun – as well as exploring our theme with a drink (or cuppa) in hand, you have lots of opportunities to meet other members of the west and even make new friends!
So come along:
Sunday 18th September, 3-5pm at the Dancing Dog cafe, corner Albert and Raleigh Streets, Footscray!
POW GENERAL MEETING WEDNESDAY 24th AUGUST
POW’s next general meeting will be this Wednesday 24th August, 7pm at 22 Tiernan St, Footscray. If you would like to get more involved in your community or just meet other members of POW, please come along. We will be discussing our strategic plan and roles up for renewal at our AGM in September, so it’s a perfect occasion to come and let us know what you’d like from POW and to happen generally in your community over the coming year!
Please bring a small offering of food or drink to share with others.
EMPOWERING COMMUNITY DRINKS THIS SUNDAY
Don’t forget, this Sunday, 21st August is our regular social event at the Dancing Dog cafe in Footscray from 3-5pm:
These regular gatherings are aimed at inspiring and facilitating the building of a resilient, nurturing and empowering community in the west.
Each gathering includes a speaker or activity around a topic, as well as time to share your thoughts and to enjoy a drink with and meet other locals.
This month our theme will be Community Gardens and Edible Landscapes. Come and here members of the Maribyrnong Community Gardens Working Group inspire you with their vision for an edible Maribyrnong and their immediate goal of a pilot garden within the next year.
Everybody welcome!
AUGUST EMPOWERING COMMUNITY DRINKS – COMMUNITY GARDENS
On the third Sunday of each month from 3-5pm, Permaculture Out West hosts EmPOWering community drinks at the Dancing Dog Cafe in Footscray.
These regular gatherings are aimed at inspiring and facilitating the building of a resilient, nurturing and empowering community in the west.
Each gathering includes a speaker or activity around a topic, as well as time to share your thoughts and to enjoy a drink with and meet other locals.
Our next gathering will be Sunday 21st August and our theme will be Community Gardens and Edible Landscapes. Come and here members of the Maribyrnong Community Gardens Working Group inspire you with their vision for an edible Maribyrnong and their immediate goal of a pilot garden within the next year.
Everybody welcome!
2000 YR OLD FOOD FOREST
Got 4 1/2 minutes for a bit of inspiration? Watch this video on a 2,000 year old Food Forest in the Moroccan desert
GREENING A CHANGING CITY – A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND FUTURE OF AN URBAN FOREST
The City of Melbourne invites you to a discussion about the importance and future of an urban forest .
Greening a changing city: green infrastructure, liveability, health and climate change
Hear from keynote speaker Dr Cecil C Konijnendijk as he and fellow panellists discuss how a future urban forest might evolve. The panel will look at ways of creating better places and spaces, healthier trees and increased water storage and the combined contribution they would make to human health, wellbeing and economic sustainability.
This event is presented to mark the 2011 International Year of the Forest.
Date: Thursday 28 July 2011
Time: 6pm to 7.30pm (entry from 5.30pm)
Venue: Swanston Hall, Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Cost: free, no bookings
Speakers:
Dr Cecil C Konijnendijk (keynote speaker),
Professor of Green Space Management at the Danish Centre for Forest,Landscape and Planning, University of Copenhagen
Dr Kate Auty, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Melbourne
Dr Rod Marsh, Economist & Associate Director, Netbalance, Melbourne
Professor Joy Murphy Wandin AO, Elder of the Wurundjeri people
Dr Dimity Williams, GP and Victorian Secretary for Doctors for the Environment Australia
Natasha Mitchell (moderator), science and health journalist and presenter of All in the mind, ABC Radio National
PERMACULTURE OUT WEST FACEBOOK GROUP
A place where people from the inner western suburbs of Melbourne can meet online to share their permaculture related questions, thoughts, tips, articles and more.
It is also where they can organise to share resources, swap excess veggies, meet up to brew beer or preserve food and generally connect with like minded people.
To join you will need a Facebook account, then visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/232421223455251?id=232451950118845¬if_t=group_activity
EMPOWERING COMMUNITY DRINKS WORKING GROUP MEETING THIS SUNDAY
If you’re looking for a way to get more involved with POW, joining our EmPOWering Community Drinks working group is a good way to ease into it – and to get to know other members better.
POW’s monthly drinks bring people together around a theme with a presentation, facilitated discussion and time to mingle and meet new people. We are looking for people to help us organise these events – sourcing and briefing presenters, facilitating discussion, promoting, setting up and packing up.
If you’re interested, please join us this SUNDAY 24th July at the Dancing Dog Cafe, 42 Albert St, Footscray at 3pm.
NEXT EMPOWERING COMMUNITY DRINKS SUNDAY 17TH JULY
On the 3rd Sunday of every month, POW hosts EmPOWering Community Drinks – regular gatherings aimed at inspiring and facilitating the building of a resilient, nurturing and empowering community in the west.
Each gathering includes a speaker or activity around a topic, as well as time to share your thoughts and to enjoy a drink with and meet other locals.
This month Nick Ray, coordinator of Ethical Consumer Group will introduce our theme of Ethical Consumption: The Power of Individuals and Communities to Make a Difference.
Please join us and bring a friend or neighbour. Everybody welcome. Drinks at bar prices.
BUILDING A PARK IN THE SKY
If you haven’t been to an EmPOWering Community Drinks yet, one of our POW’s aims through this and other projects is to inspire and empower people to turn the West into the place they want it to be. This may be as simple as hosting a regular sewing circle at their home once a month or it could be as big as the project in this video. The point is that 2 people with a vision and the courage to give it a go, transformed their city. How exciting!