Join us at One World Week from the 17th-21st October

1.30 pm: World Development Movement: Discussing food sovereignty issues, including a film covering the issue, with an intro from East Dorset WDM Chair, Brian Wilkins

Tuesday 18^th

11 am: ‘Organisation’ A film gives examples of organisational tools and strategies used by indigenous peoples to protect their cultures, territories and rights, followed short by the film ‘Resilience’ which follows examples of indigenous peoples increasing their resilience to climate change by strengthening their customary systems and developing new approaches for adaptation

1.30 pm: ‘Bananas’ – a film about the Dole company’s use of pesticides causing sterility in Nicaragua: http://www.bananasthemovie.com – the ethics of banana production

Wednesday 19^th

11 am: A discussion and Q&A session on the developments of Poole Tidal Energy with speaker John Gillingham

1.30 pm: A collection of Mexican short films about land right issues & grassroots action. We will be showing a selection of 3 short films related to http://www.vivamexicofilm.com/eng.html a long film which has just been on a prolonged European tour, including throughout the UK. It is the story of those ‘from below’ in their own words, and everywhere it inspired people to link their own struggles. http://www.terranostrafilms.com/EN/catalog.html

Thursday 20^th

11 am: Forest Gardening – speaker Gary Finch and film – Martin Crawford’s ‘A Forest Garden Year’ http://www.theecologist.org/reviews/films/277738/a_forest_garden_year.html

1.30 pm: ‘Budrus‘ – a film about the non-violent struggle to save a community in The Occupied Palestinian Territories : http://www.justvision.org/budrus

Friday 21^st

11 am: ‘The Garden’ – a film about guerrilla gardening in the US, at the famous South Central Farm http://www.thegardenmovie.com

1.30 pm: John Pilger’s latest film – ‘The war you don’t see’ http://www.johnpilger.com/articles/the-war-you-don-t-see-now-available-online-worldwide-following-us-ban

Stalls:

During the week long event there will be stalls present from Traidcraft,  YAWE crafts, Herbal Harmony, Zaytoun, South Coast Books, Essential Workers Co-op, and crafts from Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico. The stalls will give people the opportunity to buy ethically sourced and produced goods, as well as find out about how the items are sourced and made, and also find out about various campaigns and organisations.

Here is some additional information on some of the included stalls:

The Tolpuddle festival was a great success despite the occasional burst of heavy rain. We were able to get 180 action cards signed and hand out a vast amount of literature.

The two main campaigns we were getting support for were -

Food speculation:  http://www.wdm.org.uk/food-speculation

&

Climate Debt:  http://www.wdm.org.uk/climatedebt

If you weren’t able to attend the festival this year, then we hope to see you at next years.

Many thanks for those that took part, you all did a fantstic job.

Hello,

The East Dorset WDM group will be holding a stall at Tolpuddle again this year. Please look out for us in the main tent, and please come and sign some action cards if you have a few minutes spare. (we’ll probably ask you when you get within 5 metres anyway!)
Tolpuddle is taking place from the 16th to the 17th of July, and will feature stalls, displays, crafts and materials and a vast array of NGOs and local groups. Please try your best to attend, as it’s a fantastic and moral boosting event.

Further information, including a full listing of stalls, music, and other events,  can be found on the offical Tolpuddle Festival website: http://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/index.php?page=2010-festival

We look forward to seeing as many WDM supporters as possible.

ONE WORLD WEEK

A full list of presentations and stalls have been provided please see the EVENTS & MEETINGS page for further information.

There is a superb line up of organisations, projects, films, campaigns and some fantastic stalls. So please do your best to see as many, and as much of the events as possible so that you don’t miss out on the wealth of information available over the week.

Here are a handful of pictures taken from the Wimborne stall.

Although no pictures were taken at the Tolpuddle stall we can happily announce that we were able to rally a vast amount of support for two of the main WDM campaigns, the Clean the Banks campaign and Food Speculation campaign. With three members present we were able to get over 240 signatures of support, and pass on literature to help raise the issues to a wider audience.

Group Annual General Meeting. Friday 19th March 2011.

Speaker & venue to be confirmed.

New Year Fundraising Party, Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th January 2011, from 7pm onwards.

Venue & speaker to be confirmed.

Monday 18th – Friday 22nd October 2010

Cherry Tree Nursery, off New Rd roundabout, Northbourne, Bournemouth. BH10 7DA

Below is a list of presentations and stalls:

Monday 18th

1:30

Condo Chejwaya Water project

QBL who are helping the poorest communities in Bolivia, the poorest country in South America will discuss this project that Cherry Tree newly supports.

With first hand accounts and pictures, the discussion looks at projects for getting fresh water to communities in the Andes and on the Altiplano, especially those that Cherry Trees has supported. Condo Chejwaya is a very remote highland community of Aymara people. The water has to be piped a considerable distance crossing ravines and valleys (8 km?). Cherry Tree have already raised more than half of the very substantial costs involved. Time permitting some of the agricultural projects that QBL support, including llamas, trout farming and greenhouses will be covered.

Tuesday 19th

11:00

Green Gardening

Discussion will include value of compost making and recycling including use scrap items in the garden, i.e. old tyres, carpets, and metal grids.

Using coppiced wood as supports i.e. hazel.

Creating habitats for wildlife working with nature – chemical free.

Propagating your own plants, swapping plants seeds and cuttings, right place right plant therefore reducing watering, use of succulents in containers, collecting water, grey water, not cutting the lawn too much, being efficient thus not wasting energy. (linking to permaculture principles of design)

1:30

Film presented by East Dorset WDM

‘Dirty Oil’

A behind-the-scenes documentary that takes a look into the strip-mined world of Alberta, Canada where the vast and toxic Tar Sands deposit supplies the U.S. with the majority of its oil.

(US gas consumption currently uses the same amount as the next 20 top countries combined)

We are introduced to an Aboriginal community in Alberta who are being affected by the strip mining happening up the river from where they live. The government are denying they are affected in any way but research from independent bodies is proving otherwise as can be seen in the documentary. It’s interesting that words like ‘asthma’ or ‘cancer’ didn’t exist in their language until the huge oil refineries moved in.
www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/04/21/review-dirty-oil/

 Wednesday 20th

11:00

Eco build

A discussion about sustainable building techniques, focusing on the Cherry Tree new build project

1:30

CAAT Campaign Against the Arms Trade

The speaker will talk on Britain’s role in the industry, which is responsible for countless deaths worldwide.

She will show how the trade – deeply mired in corruption – is not even good for the economy but actually costs the British taxpayer money.

Thursday 21st

11:00

Alaska Wind Farm

Is a wind farm project, planned for a quarry nr Wareham in Purbeck, Dorset, consisting of 4 large wind turbines having the capacity to power just over 5,000 homes every year, if constructed. It’s called Alaska, after Alaska Environmental Contracting, which is the landowner’s business. This November, Purbeck District Council will make a decision on the future of this project. It would be Dorset’s first wind farm and an important contribution to renewable energy in the UK.
www.alsakawindfarm.co.uk

1:30

This Award winning Documentary presented by Cherry Tree Nursery.

‘Under Rich Earth’

Is a story about ordinary people with extraordinary courage. In a remote mountain valley in Ecuador, coffee and sugarcane farmers face the dismal prospect of being forced off their land to make way for a mining project. Unprotected by the police and ignored by their government, they prepare to face down the invaders alone. Their resistance ultimately leads to a remarkable and dangerous stand off between farmers and a band of armed paramilitaries deep in the Cloud forest. In a world dominated by news of massacres and terrorism, this is a surprising and poignant tale of hope and determination.
www.underrichearth.ryecinema.com

Friday 22nd

11:00

Permaculture

Discussion explains how three key aspects:
1. an ethical framework
2. understandings of how nature works, and
3. a design approach
are combined to support the creation of sustainable agriculturally productive, non-polluting and healthy settlements. This means in some cases adapting our existing settlements. In other it can mean starting from scratch. Both offer interesting challenges and opportunities.
With the aim of sustaining human activities for many generations to come, in harmony with nature with thriving communities in self-reliant regions, biodiverse agriculture and social justice, peace and abundance

1:30

YAWE Foundation

A revisit to the Ugandan NGO, working in Kabarole dist’ western Uganda.

There have been great efforts in the past year to enhance YAWE efforts to assist their community.
www.yawefoundation.webs.com

STALLS:

Dorset Green Books

An independent UK publishing company, producing books on a wide range of environmental and cultural issues.
www.southcoastbooks.com

Essential Trading Co-operative Ltd

Specialise in:

Organic, Fairtrade, Vegetarian and Vegan, Food for special diets including macrobiotic and gluten free, Local Products, Recycled Products.
www.essential-trading.co.uk

Herbal Harmony

Herbal Harmony is a range of natural herbal cosmetics, handmade locally by a Medical Herbalist.  The products are free from parabens, SLS & synthetic fragrances.

TraidCraft

Builds lasting relationships with producers, supporting people to trade out of poverty and work to bring about trade justice, through practising and promoting approaches to trade that help poor people in developing countries transform their lives.

Zaytoun

A community interest company founded in 2004 to create & develop a market for artisan palestian produce.

The company is a co-operative and a member of the International Fair Trade Association.

As a member of IFTO our primary objectives lie with the welfare of the producing communities.
www.zaytoun.org

WDM Campaigning stall at the Martyrs Festival, Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th July 2010.

Wimborne Festival, Saturday 12 June 2010 – campaigning on the Minster Green from 10am – 1pm.

There will be a dedicated stall to represent the WDM to help create awareness and provide information on the current and continuing campaigns, actions, etc of the WDM both locally and nationally.