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Newslink: information about activities relevant to EfSD and RCEs
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World-leading pollution expert Professor Paul Younger has been called upon to advise Hungarian authorities in the aftermath of the toxic sludge disaster.
On 4th October 2011, nine people were killed and more than 150 injured when 700,000 cubic metres of red toxic sludge burst from the banks of a storage reservoir in the Hungarian village of Kolontar. The highly caustic sludge – a by-product from the early stage of aluminium production – cascaded into the nearby Danube, Europe’s second longest river.
In November 2011 Prof Younger was drafted in following a call from Government chief scientist Sir John Beddington after Prime Minister David Cameron promised help to his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban. More ... November 2010
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SCENE is a brand new venture from Newcastle College as part of their commitment to Coporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The four key strands of Scene are CSR, carbon reduction, sustainable development and community cohesion. SCENE works with schools and ` communities in the North East to raise awareness of and educate about climate change and sustainable development issues both regionally and globally. November 2010
Visit the scenelink website for more information.
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On Tuesday 9th November 2010, two Tanfield School students travelled to the Natural History Museum in London accompanied by Mrs L Bell (Extended Schools Coordinator) to attend the Opal Annual Conference to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity, and as a guest of Doctor Anne Borland, Doctor Aidan Doyle from Newcastle University and Viv Dawson, Landscape Artist.
This year's conference covered interesting discussions on surveys that were completed around the country on air, water, soil & earthworm studies and community involvement around caring for their local environments.
The students had the opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum and complete the day with some site seeing around London before returning home by train. November 2010
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In the Further Soil tells the story of the urban landscapes of India and the UK. Human stories that bring out fast-changing globalised identities of young people told emotionally through the interplay of music, dance and spoken word.
Atmospheric jazz and Afro-beats mix with Bengali baul songs; rhythms fire up Bharatanatyam dance with urban moves and spoken word – bringing together the old and new.
A collaboration of international artists to include writer Satinder Kaur Chohan, Director Harmage Singh Kalirai and cast Shelley King, Soweto Kinch, Anusha Subramanyam, Ratul Shankar Ghosh, Dibyendu Mukherji, Sanjukta Ray and Producers. This production is touring across cities in India. Produced by Piali Ray (sampad) and Sanjoy Roy (Teamwork Productions). October 2010
The Great Debate Head to Head with Jonathon Porritt
and Daniel Ben-Ami
Gallery North, University of Northumbria
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Sir Joseph Swan Annual Memorial Lecture
Tuesday 19th October, Newcastle University
Bruce Valpy, Director of BVG Associates
The wind industry has come on a dynamic journey over the
last 25 years, characterised by finding cost-effective
solutions to many significant engineering challenges.
It is now the renewable energy generation technology of
choice, globally, having experienced a doubling of installed
capacity every 3 or 4 years in the last two decades.
In front of it today is its biggest challenge yet -
to continue this growth by combining next generation,
very large wind turbine technology with the best that the
marine and oil and gas sectors have to offer in exploiting
the massive wind resource in the waters around our coast.
From a technical perspective, the lecture will look at where
the wind industry has come from, what it has learnt so far
and where it is today. It will then look at some of the areas
where new solutions are required if it is to succeed in the
future and paint a vision of what this success might look
like in the next 10-20 years, both in terms of technology
and benefits for society.
October 2010
A fun and informative, free event was held on Saturday 9th October in the Derwenthaugh Park, in the beautiful Derwent valley in which people were invited to come along to learn more about our hedgerows and participate in the OPAL biodiversity survey. In association with Gateshead Council. October 2010
Kalapremi's popular Annual Ganesh Festival is back and took place on 18th September 2010 at the Lamplight Arts Centre in Stanley. This family friendly event provides engaging activities for everyone in the family. Performances from local and international artists, workshops, arts and crafts display and stalls to keep everyone entertained. A day filled with culture and creativity showcasing Indian dance, Indian music, arts & crafts, food and fun. September 2010 Ganesh Festival flyer.
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Indeed, the hot topic of sustainability was at the heart of discussions throughout the weekend of 20–22 August, which included debates on Food and Water Security, Limits to Growth in the 21st Century (View video), and Limits to Freedom. Deeply felt passions were evident from the start, when the first speakers attempted the hard task of defining ‘sustainable culture’.
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I was impressed by the diversity of the audience – surprisingly large considering we were in the dog days of August. There were greens and academics, scientists, artists and poets, students and retired teachers, and many more.
To me, the most stimulating aspect of the event was the realisation that a wide range of informed people were still prepared to voice their strongly held opinions, and do it in an articulate and convincing way. Political, philosophical and sociological debate seems to be alive and kicking in a country where recently, all too often, it has given the impression of being stifled. It was a wonderfully refreshing interlude in a life hedged about on all sides by cynicism and a spirit of resignation. August 2010
Henrietta Heald’s biography of William Armstrong, Magician of the North, will be published in September by Northumbria Press to mark the bicentenary of Armstrong’s birth. More about William Armstrong ...
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Children from Rockcliffe First School and Marine Park Primary School were involved in a school energy project. The activities were filmed by Primate Productions and supported by North Tyneside Council. The project was financed by Newcastle University (thanks to the kind support of Prof Paul Younger as pro-vc in Engagement, and Director of Newcastle Institute for REsearch on Sustainability, and the SWAN Centre for energy research).
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See also: Press release at the Swan website
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The workshop is held on-site at the Harehope Quarry Project, located on the edge of the village of Frosterley in Weardale, Co.Durham. It is organized by a co-operative and is a practical demonstration of sustainable building, farming, composting, energy and lifestyle options.
Participants build and exhibit autonomous, outdoor, kinetic art structures using small motors and solar panels.
Supported by the SiDE project (Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy) June 2010
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These are pictures of the site where Joe Plumb and his team are building a community centre/catechesis room/chapel, in the parish of Cristo, Luz del Mundo in the barrio of El Progreso, Carabayllo in Lima.
In June 2010 volunteers from two local community associations will clear the land of rocks, level it and have it ready for the arrival of the group of youths from the North East of England. Twenty five school students and six teachers from St. John's Catholic High School, Bishop Auckland, will assist local young people with the erection of the building, and will plant trees and flowers.
The construction of a community building communicates the commitment and presence of the Church as a partner in the people's struggles to find their identity, to become pueblo de Dios, in their fight to get water, electricity, sewage pipes, pathways and steps to climb the hillside. The building of a chapel/community centre is a sign of life, faith and hope, in what is an otherwise harsh existence lived against a bleak landscape.
The youths from St John's will visit this July, and will return to the Aichi Nagoya High School in the formerly-terrorist controlled barrio of Raucana, in the Ate Vitarte valley of Lima, to continue their commitment to improve the environment in the grounds of the school with a children's play-park and the decoration of several walls with murals depicting messages and images communicating human and gospel values such as "Loving the Environment", "Respect for Onself and Others", "No to Domestic Violence & Gang Violence", "Care for Your Body: Say No to Alcohol & Drug Abuse", "Work for Peace: Show Solidarity & Fraternity with your Neighbour", as well as murals with positive social messages around racism, gender equality and promoting participation in the work of constructing a fairer and more democratic society. More ... June 2010
José Plumb Nathaniel is the Projects Coordinator, based at "The Peru Mission" in Iquitos, Peru.
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The object of the event is to encourage people to discover more about arts, sustainability & themselves in a positive and constructive manner. The festival will:
The Green Phoenix Festival will aim to exemplify the three pillars of sustainability - environmental, social and financial. It will be powered by renewables and use appropriate technologies wherever possible and, as it matures, groups and networks will be encouraged to use the festival as a forum for discussion and development of their own and shared projects and ideas. In its first year the event is expected to attract 6500 people including crew. More ... May 2010
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Indian Music Trail is a new music initiative that will bring some of the finest genres, instruments, musicians and music from the Asian sub-continent to the northeast. The music trail encourages musicians at all levels and the evening will showcase music students of Dr. Vijay Rajput alongside performances from some of the finest musicians based in the UK. Events include Santoor Recital by Kiranpal Singh Deoora on 28th April 6.30pm and Sarod Recital by Gurdev Singh on 2nd June, 6.30pm in the Recital Room, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University. To book call 01207 236060 or e-mail: vidya @ kalapremi.org April 2010
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RCE North East partner Kalapremi is the driving force behind the first and only South Asian youth festival taking place in Britain today. On April 23rd the Lamplight Arts Centre in Stanley hosted YUVA South Asian Youth Festival. Thus unique event attracts an astonishing array of young people and offers an unmissable chance to experience a range of high quality and diverse performances. Enjoying great support from local schools across the region YUVA enables young people from diverse cultures to meet, share commonalities and appreciate differences, through arts. This year’s YUVA sees more diversity with showcases of Chinese dances, African drumming along with Bollywood dancing, Indian music, classical Indian dances, cultural display stands, interactive workshops, mouth-watering refreshments and more. April 2010
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The draft agenda for the meeting, which will take no more than two hours,is:
The meeting will be in the afternoon of 26 May at the Strategic Health Authority offices at Newburn Riverside, Newcastle. If you are able to help Change4Life and would like to attend, please contact Nuala O'Brien: Nuala.obrien @ northeast.nhs.uk, Direct: 0191 210 6556, Mobile: 07825 683920. David Shaw, Change4Life, Department of Health, April 2010
Newcastle University's School of Chemistry are delighted to announce the completion of their new Chemistry Outreach Laboratory. This state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to local and regional schools/colleges, offering a wide range of activities for up to 24 students;
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Come and find out more from Mick Wilkes about how the scheme is developing further, including its social enterprise work, wider partnerships, including with Food Chain (NE), and a recent successful bid for funding which will help the scheme develop even further. Contact: mick.wilkes @ nationaltrust.org.uk, Mob: 07771 971498 Mick Wilkes, Gibside National Trust, April 2010
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Stalls at Newcastle Community Green Festival are an integral part of the Festival. If you have a product to sell or a message to share with the public which supports sustainable lifestyles then we want to hear from you! The organisers are looking for original, quality stall holders who fit the ethos of the festival, comply with our Environmental and Ethical Policy, are well presented and serve customers in a friendly manner. Organisations which support the festival's ethos all year round & can demonstrate their environmental or social credentials are particularly welcome.
EARLY BIRDS ... BOOK YOUR STALL BEFORE 31ST MARCH FOR YOUR 10% DISCOUNT.
THE DEADLINE TO BOOK A STALL IS 5 MAY 2010.
To request a Stalls Application form and further information please
click here. March 2010
Explore programme wins national award
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The prize was awarded by the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning at the University of Oxford on Monday 15th March. There was stiff competition for the national award this year, with 17 entries, and five short-listed. Entries came from a wide variety of organizations engaged in university lifelong learning around the UK, including some collaborative projects involving a number of institutions. Each entry was assessed on the criteria of “creativity, innovation, sustainability, impact and transferability” and the decision in favour of Explore was unanimous.
RCE North East is proud to be a partner with this national award winning programme. March 2010
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Professor Younger said: “This is a huge honour, which I never imagined
would be coming my way ... The work which is honoured by this award
is also down to the efforts
of my close colleague at Newcastle University Dr Jaime Amezaga,
as well as to the efforts of many collaborators in universities,
community organisations and mining companies in Peru, Chile and Bolivia.
"I like to think of this Honorary Doctorate as recognition of the
substantial contribution which Newcastle University is making worldwide,
within the framework of coordinated European actions, to advance the
urgent cause of sustainability."
January 2010