ISEC Diary of Events 2004
| January | April | July | October |
| February | May | August | November |
| March | June | September | December |
| Date | Type of Event | Public Event |
Organisers
/ location |
| 23 January, 2004 | Ecofarm Conference workshop | Registration
required |
Katy Mamen will lead a workshop with Eileen Brady of Ecotrust called "Local Food Systems: Their Place in the Global Economy," from 10:30 AM to Noon. For more information see www.eco-farm.org, or Phone: (831) 763-2111. |
| 30 January, 2004 | ISEC Local Food Slide Show | No |
Katy Mamen will present ISEC's "Local Food, Globally" slide show at Berkeley Youth Alternatives. |
| 7 February, 2004 | ISEC Local Food Slide Show | Yes,
cost $10 |
Diana Deumling will present the "Local Food, Globally" slide show from Noon-1 PM at the Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center, at 559 College Avenue in Palo Alto. For more information Phone: (650) 493-6072. |
| 26 February, 2004 | ISEC presentation | No |
Becky Tarbotton will present to Environmental Science and Environmental Studies classes at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. |
| 13-14 March, 2004 | Local Food, Global Prosperity poster display at GEAN Conference | Yes |
ISEC's Local Food, Global Prosperity poster series will be on display at the national conference of GEAN, the Genetic Engineering Action Network, University of California, Berkeley; March 13 Evans Hall; March 14 Genetics and Plant Biology Building. |
| 17 March, 2004 | Workshop for farmers | No |
Helena Norberg-Hodge presents a free workshop for farmers called "The Benefits of Selling Locally" at Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens, New South Wales, Australia, from 2:00-3:30 PM. Contact 02 6648 4665 for details. |
| 18 March, 2004 | Helena Norberg-Hodge talk | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a public talk titled "Peeling Back the Layers: the Global Benefits of Local Food" at Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens, New South Wales, Australia, from 6:30-8:30 PM. Contact 02 6648 4665 for details. |
| 19 March, 2004 | Helena Norberg-Hodge talk | Yes,
$3 donation |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will speak at the Bellingen Neighbourhood Centre, Senior Citizens Room, New South Wales, Australia, from 7:00-9:00 PM. Contact 6648 4665 or 6655 9555 for details. |
| 23 March, 2004 | ISEC Local Food Slide Show | Yes |
Presentation titled "Building a Local Food Economy" at the First Lutheran Church, 1114 W. Traverse Road, St. Peter, Minnesota, beginning at 7:00 PM. |
| 24 March, 2004 | ISEC Local Food Slide Show | No |
ISEC CA staff will present the "Local Food, Globally" slide show for the Eco-Stewards committee of the Montclair Presbyterian Church, Oakland, California from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. |
| 6 April, 2004 | Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market tabling and talk | Yes |
Katy Mamen will be tabling at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market in San Francisco, CA from 10:00-2:00 PM, and will give a talk from 12:00-1:00 PM titled "Local Food in a Global Market." |
| 12 April, 2004 | ISEC Local Food Slide Show | No |
ISEC CA staff will present the "Local Food, Globally" slide show for an Earth Sciences class at the University of California, Berkeley. |
| 17 April, 2004 | Ethnic Feast; Helena Norberg-Hodge talk | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a talk at the Ethnic Feast, a festival of local food, artists, music, and community activity in Byron Bay, Australia. Contact Cheze at 02 6687 1910 for details. |
| 22 April, 2004 | Earth Day Local Food, Global Prosperity poster display | Yes |
ISEC's Local Food, Global Prosperity poster series will be on display at the University of California, Berkeley's Earth Day celebration, from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM, outside lower Sproul on the campus of UCB. |
| 24 April, 2004 | Earth Day Local Food, Global Prosperity poster display | Yes |
ISEC will have a table and the Local Food, Global Prosperity poster series will be on display at the Berkeley Farmers' Market Earth Day celebration, from 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Center Street between Martin Luther King and Milvia in Berkeley, CA. |
| 26-29 April, 2004 | Helena Norberg-Hodge lectures | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a series of lectures on the University of California campuses as part of the Education for Sustainable Living Program: at UC Santa Cruz on Monday April 26th from 6-8 PM; UC Berkeley on April 27th from 6-8 PM; UC Davis on April 28th from 5-7 PM; UCLA on April 29th from 9-11 AM; and UC Santa Barbara on April 29th from 4-6 PM. For more information see www.eslp.net |
| 29 April-2 May, 2004 | Helena Norberg-Hodge speaks at conference | Registration
required |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will speak at a conference sponsored by the Institute for Nonviolent Economics, called "A Better New Mexico is Possible! Countering Globalization and Building Our Local Economy," held April 30-May 2 at the Forum, The College of Santa Fe. To register, visit http://www.nonviolenteconomics.org/Events/Events.htm or call: (505) 995-9793. |
| 4 May, 2004 | Report Launch, San Francisco | Yes;
$5-$10 donation requested |
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Anuradha Mittal, and other experts will help launch ISEC's new report, "Ripe for Change: Rethinking California's Food Economy", highlighting connections among major crises in our food system and explaining how shifting support from global to local would have immense benefits for California and beyond. 7:00 PM at the Ferry Building (on Embarcadero at the bottom of Market St.), San Francisco, California. This event is co-sponsored by CUESA, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture. For more information, call ISEC at 510-548-4915. |
| 6 May, 2004 | Report Launch, Berkeley | Yes;
$5-$10 donation requested |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a talk and help launch ISEC's new report, "Ripe for Change: Rethinking California's Food Economy" at 7:30 PM at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita), Berkeley, California. For more information, call ISEC at 510-548-4915. |
| 6 May, 2004 | Helena Norberg-Hodge talk | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a talk in the Multipurpose Room of the Sonoma State Student Union, Sonoma State University, CA, at 1:00 PM. Contact Mary Gomes at 707-664-2173 or mary.gomes@sonoma.edu for more information. |
| 7-9 May, 2004 | Retreat with Helena Norberg-Hodge and others | Registration
required |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will join other presenters at "Hidden Connections: An Intergenerational Forum on Science, Spirituality and Sustainable Living," a conference retreat sponsored by the Institute of Reverential Ecology, held at Zaca Lake Retreat Center - Santa Barbara/Los Olivos. To register, visit http://www.reverentialecology.org or call: (805) 565-2321. |
| 12 May, 2004 | Foundation for Global Community talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes,
$10 donation requested (no one turned away for lack of
funds) |
Helena
Norberg-Hodge will give a talk at the Foundation for Global
Community, 222 High St., Palo Alto, California, 7:00-9:00 PM. For more information,
e-mail Susan Stansbury at sstansbury@globalcommunity.org Wednesday, May 19th @ 7pm -- $5 Suggested Donation |
| 19 May, 2004 | Bluestockings bookstore talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes,
$5 donation requested (no one turned away for lack of funds) |
Globalization vs. Community: Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a talk at Bluestockings bookstore in New York City, addressing why a shift towards grassroots based, strong local economies may be one of the most effective strategies to achieve widespread social change and ecological renewal. 7pm at Bluestockings bookstore, 172 Allen St. between Stanton and Rivington, 212-777-6028. |
| 20-23 May, 2004 | BALLE conference | Registration
required |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a keynote address on Friday May 21st from 7:30-9 PM, at "Creating Local Living Economies," the second annual conference of BALLE, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, held in Philadelphia, PA. To register, visit http://www.livingeconomies.org. For more information call Merrian Fuller at: (215) 386-9224 ext. 124, or email her at merrian@sbnphiladelphia.org |
| 29 May, 2004 | Event with Helena Norberg-Hodge and others | Yes |
ISEC, Resurgence and The Ecologist present "Science, Culture and Society: Perspectives from Tibet, Ladakh, India and The West," an afternoon with Samdhong Rinpoche, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Zac Goldsmith, and Satish Kumar. The event is from 3-6:30 PM (doors open at 2:30 PM), at The Faulkner Hall, Maria Assumpta Centre, 23 Kensington Square, Kensington. £10.00 (pay at the door). RSVP and Inquiries to Peter Lang: peterlang@resurgence.org or Phone: 0208 809 2391. |
| 4 June, 2004 | ISEC workshop at Reclaim the Commons Teach-In | Yes |
Katy Mamen and Becky Tarbotton will present a workshop titled "Rethinking California's Food Economy" as part of a teach-in for Reclaim the Commons, a mobilization to confront the biotechnology industry's "BIO 2004" meeting in San Francisco. Friday, June 4, 11:30 AM, location to be announced (please check back soon). For more info., visit www.reclaimthecommons.net |
| 10 June, 2004 | California Community Food Security Summit | Registration
required |
Katy
Mamen will present at a workshop titled "Global vs. Local: How does
the global food system affect local food security?" on Thursday, June
10 at 1:30 PM as part of the 2nd annual California Community Food Security
Summit: Taking Back the Food System: Organizing for Food Justice in California,
June 10-11 at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. The Local
Food, Global Prosperity poster series will also be on display. For
more information and to register, visit: http://www.foodsecurity.org/california/cfjc_summit2004.html |
| 4 July, 2004 | Local Food - An Environmental Necessity | No |
ISEC's
Robert Cook will present a talk at Euro-Toques Food Forum and Fair - Brook
Lodge Hotel, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. |
| 2-6 September, 2004 | Local Food, Global Prosperity Poster Display | Yes |
Visit
the "New Face of Farming", hosted by Community Agriculture of
Columbia County at the Columbia County Agricultural Fair. Chatham, NY. For
more info, visit www.columbiafair.com. |
| 11 September, 2004 | Conference: The Great Rethinking | Yes |
Helena
Norberg-Hodge will be giving a talk with a discussion at this conference
in Oxford, UK, at 2:30 pm. Her talk is entitled "Ancient Futures: Towards
an Economics of Happiness. For more information, contact Rachel at r.sykes@isec.org.uk. |
| 17 September, 2004 | Rethinking California's Food Economy | Yes |
Katy
Mamen will discuss the globalization of California's food economy and strategies
for bringing the food economy home. Santa Rosa Junior College, 2070 Lark
Hall. Santa Rosa, California. 12:15 pm. For more information contact ISEC. |
| 23 September, 2004 | Food for the Next Generation | No |
Helena
Norberg-Hodge will speak at the Rathbone Greenbank Ethical Investor Day
at Ryton Organic Gardens near Coventry, UK, home of the Henry Doubleday
Research Association. |
| 2 October, 2004 | Local Food, Global Prosperity poster display | Yes |
Come
celebrate Columbia County's farms and forests at FarmFest, held at the Columbia
County Fairgrounds in Chatham, NY. For more information, contact realfoodnetwork@taconic.net
|
| 14-17 October, 2004 | Event with Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes,
registration required |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will be a speaker at the Global Women's Gathering in Phoenicia, New York. The conference brings together indigenous women elders from around the world with western women elders who have challenged the limitations of our social system. For more information, please visit www.globalwomensgathering.org. |
| 19 October, 2004 | Local Food, Global Prosperity presentation | Yes,
registration required |
ISEC's US Director, Steve Gorelick, will make this presentation at the Northeast SARE conference entitled "Setting the Table: Tools and Techniques for a Sustainable Food System". 8:00-9:30 pm at the UVM Conference Center in Burlington, VT. For more information, contact vernon.grubinger@uvm.edu. |
| 21-25 October, 2004 | Globalization and Shattered Rural Economies: Experiences of Sustainable Tourism | Yes,
registration required |
Helena Norberg-Hodge, joined by ISEC's Becky Tarbotton, will be facilitating a workshop at the Terra Madre World Meeting of Food Communities in Turin, Italy. Contact ISEC for more information or visit www.terramadre2004.org. |
| 9 November, 2004 | Talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a talk entitled Buddhist Economics: A Path to Solving Social and Ecological Crisis at Sharpham College, Devon. Contact ISEC for more information. |
| 17 November, 2004 | Talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will be speaking at the University of Missoula, Montana. Her talk is entitled Globalization versus Community. Contact Jill Davies at rivercare@blackfoot.net for details. |
| 18 November, 2004 | Talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hdge will be speaking at the Exchange Conference Center in Hamilton, Montana at 7 pm. Contact Jill Davies at rivercare@blackfoot.net for details. |
| 19 November, 2004 | Talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will be speaking at Salish Kootenai College, Arlee, MA, to all students & staff, at the Beaverhead Bldg, Room 115. The event starts at 1 pm. Contact Jill Davies rivercare@blackfoot.net for details. |
| 19 November, 2004 | Talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will give a public lecture at Salish Kootenai College at 6 pm. contact Jill Davies at rivercare@blackfoot.net for more information. |
| 22 November, 2004 | ISEC Presentation | No |
Katy Mamen will present the findings of Ripe for Change: Rethinking California's Food Economy to the Athenian School. 9:30 a.m. Danville, California. |
| 29 November, 2004 | Talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will be giving a talk etitled 'Local Food, Global Prosperity' at the Unitarian Center, Ashland, Oregon. 7.30 pm. Contact r.sykes@isec.org.uk for details. |
| 30 November, 2004 | Talk by Helena Norberg-Hodge | Yes |
Helena Norberg-Hodge will be speaking about the 'Economics of Happiness' at the First Unitarian Church, Portland, Oregon, at 7 pm. Tickets are available at the door, at the EJAG table in Fuller Hall or by calling the church office at 503-228-6389. |
| 1 December, 2004 | ISEC Local Food Presentation | No |
Katy Mamen will present the findings of Ripe for Change: Rethinking California's Food Economy at UC Berkeley. 4 pm. |
| Roadshow (description) | Poster Exhibition: | ||
| An
exhibition of twenty A2 full colour posters, illustrating the points covered
in the report Bringing the Food Economy Home, which contains many
hard facts and figures around the globalisation of food, and analysis
of related social, environmental and economic issues. |
For further details on any event, please contact ISEC
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