Earth Hour Concert @ ANU and Canberra Harvest Festival, 26 and 27 March 2011
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Earth Hour 2011
On Saturday 26 March from 8:30 to 9:30pm, people around the world will
participate in Earth Hour by switching off the lights to raise awareness of the
link between energy consumption and climate change.
ANU staff and students are invited to mark the occasion by enjoying a free
barbecue dinner from 6:30pm along with world music, dancing, drumming
performances and a fire show on the Chifley Library front lawn.
Bring the family and a picnic blanket for a relaxed evening festival!
Musical performances include:
Earthly Delights (Folk-World-Medieval)
Traditional Aboriginal Performance (Warren Saunders)
King Parrot Samba (Brazilian Percussion)
DrumAssault (West African Drumming) and Fire Show
From 8.20pm ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Young will lead the count down to
Earth Hour.
The Japan Club will be selling tasty traditional fare and the ANU Black Hole
Society will be offering glimpses of the night sky from dusk.
You can do your part for Earth Hour by remembering to shut down your computers
and by switching off all non-essential lighting before you leave the office on
Friday 25 March (and every day!)
ANU Earth Hour is supported by ANUgreen and the Climate Change Institute.
Speaker/Host: ANUgreen
Venue: Chifley Meadow (lawns in front of Chifley Library)
Date: Saturday, 26 March 2011
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Harvest Festival
Mar 27th
Come & celebrate Canberra’s Local Food from midday to 5pm at the Canberra
Environment Centre, featuring:
* Community information stalls
* Free & fun workshops for everyone
* Local fresh produce for sale
* Gourmet barbeque lunch
* Free raffle prizes
* Best & biggest local vegie competition
* Kids’ activities
* The Wedded Bliss playing livefrom 12:30 - 2:30pm
Don’t forget March 28 is also Earth Hour from 8:30pm
WORKSHOPS & VEGIE COMPETITION
* Best & Biggest Vegie Competition (fruit included)
Come along and bring up to three of your biggest or finest samples of produce to
enter the competition. Register at the front table. There are some great and
interesting prizes to be won.
* Workshops
From 2.15 to 4.00pm there will be a variety of workshops running. These include
topics such as ‘Soil Blocking’ , ‘Garden Planning’, ‘Tomato Preservation’,
‘Ethical Production Of Beef’, ‘Permaculture Introduction’, as well as kids
activities and a Beekeepers stall and Hive Display. Read more about the
workshops.
* Community Information Stalls
Find out more about community organisations like LETS, COGS, ANU FOOD CO-OP,
SEE-CHANGE, VEGETARIAN SOCIETY, ACT OTHERWISE & THE CONSERVATION COUNCIL, OZ
HARVEST, ANU SUSTAINABLE LEARNING COMMUNITIES & THE RECYCLERY.
Other information stalls include MECU GREENER BANKING, INTEGRATED ECO-VILLAGES,
and there will be a variety of local produce for sale as well.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Sitta Izza Rosdaniah
Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
Crawford School of Economics and Government
The College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University
Coombs Building Room 7129
Canberra-Australia
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