Films & talks 13-16 Oct

FILMS, TALKS AND CLOTHES SWAPS run from 6-9pm at Highbury Fields School during the CLIMATE CHANGE & ME FESTIVAL. Snacks will be on sale.

Mon 13 Oct – Enjoy Al Gore’s classic, Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth

Tues 14 Oct – Go plastic bag free with Message in the Waves, the film that inspired first Modbury and then more than 100 towns to go plastic bag free. Also meet Orlando Jopling who spearheaded a community campaign to get Newington Green to go plastic bag free.

Wed 15 Oct – Watch the film that launched the Transition Town movement, The End of Suburbia with Duncan Law from Transition Town Brixton OR
Wed 15 Oct OR bring a posh piece of clothing you no longer wear and join a SWISH clothes swap. (7-.8.45pm)

Th 16 Oct Watch Power of Community - how Cuba coped without oil followed by a discussion led by Mark Donaldson from the Green Living Centre (expect lots of info about Transition Towns) OR
Th 16 Oct OR get practical advice how to green your office in a talk from Friends of the Earth (7-8pm)

If you have any questions please call Nicola, 020 7704 6420.

Green your office

Come and find out how Friends of the Earth has reduced its paper use, found sustainably sourced products and encouraged staff to recycle everything - from tea bags to PC monitors at Highbury's CLIMATE CHANGE & ME evening conference. Tickets for the evening events are free, just turn up anytime from 6pm at Highbury Fields School, Highbury Hill. Karen's inspiring workshop runs from 7-8pm on 16 October.

"Of course you'd expect Friends of the Earth to have good recycling systems in place, but we've found that you need to keep on encouraging and inspiring staff. We make it easy, we explain what and why, and we give out awards," says Karen Liebenguth who has worked at the environmental campaigning organisation, based in nearby Old Street, for three years.

Karen (right) is in charge of keeping Friends of the Earth's office and staff green. Come and find out the innovative, but simple, ways this is achieved. Karen can answer your questions too.

If you've ever felt frustrated by the waste in your office then please come and find out how to do something practical about it on Thursday 16 October from 7-8pm.

Useful books: Save Cash & Save the Planet (Collins) available here.