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.