Friends of EarthSong are welcome to attend our Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 19th May, 12.30-3 p.m. (commencing with lunch)
We’ll gather at CERES Community Environment Park
Dr Caroline Smith, senior lecturer in science and sustainable futures education at ACU will be our guest speaker:
The link between EarthSong’s vision and the practice of sustainability.
RSVP Wed 12th May by email to Pat: info@earthsong.org.au
We seek to learn new ways:
EarthSong’s Annual Symposium is fast approaching and we’re excited about the presenters who will lead us through this event.
Karen Alexander has a long history in the environment movement starting with the campaign to save Lake Peddar, stopping the damming of the Franklin River and on to her work today with the victoria Naturally Alliance (nine environement groups) on the health of Nature in Victoria. Trevor Gallagher, Gunditjmara man, with the permission of the local Boonerwrung and Woiwurrung people, takes visitors and students through Melbourne’s royal botanic Gardens and explains Aboriginal history and culture and the tradition use of plants. Fay white, singer and composer will lead us in song. Anthony James from CERES has composed a song for this occasion. A Panel of passionate conservationists will share the wonder and needs of a ranges of species and ecosystems all inviting our protection. with them you can share your own love of country and learn more.
All sessions: $45 Friday evening only: $15 Saturday only: $30
Biodiversity websites: Biodiversity in Australia at http://australianmuseum.net.au/biodiversity
Biodiversity library at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ a partnership of the world’s 10 major natural history museums, botanical libraries and Harvard University to make available online their combined collections of two million biodiversity-related volumes collected over 200 years
Winter Solstice Celebration at Edmund Rice Centre, Amberley: Sunday, June 20, 4.30-7.30 p.m. Join the EarthSong Team and the Edmund Rice Network as we enter into the seasonal rhythms of the planet and touch the mid-winter mysteries of dark and light.EarthSong Retreat at Glenburn: July 9 – 11. Bookings are now open for this residential seminar, jointly sponsored by the Centre for Ecology and Spirituality and EarthSong. In a beautiful bush setting, experience a holistic opportunity to delve into the origins of the universe, the birth of planet Earth, the interconnectedness of life and the role of the human in this context. Registration: $200 Download a registration form (located on the left column of the web page) or contact us for more information: info@earthsong.org.au
Jan Novotka will visit Australia this year and will be in Melbourne in May.
Since the early 1990’s Jan has been composing songs that flow effortlessly through her. She sings of the sacredness and oneness of all, the unfolding Universe, care for the Earth, the awakening of a new and vast dimension of human consciousness, and the Still, Silent Presence within. Her music touches people of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds. She also works as a retreat director and spiritual director.
A number of workshops have been arranged at the Treacy Centre. All are welcome to attend these events.-
Tuesday 11th May, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.workshop (continued Wednesday 12th May, 9 a.m. – lunch) $140
- Thursday 13th May, 6.30 – 9 p.m. Edmund Rice Festival at the Treacy Centre
- Friday 14th May, 10.30 a.m. – lunch “Lunch with Jan Novotka”
Towards Earth Literacy:
Wildlife of Australia by Louise Egerton and Jiri Lochman is a new addition to the EarthSong library.
Magnificent photographs of the animals that live on the Australian continent including birds, frogs, reptiles, fishes, spiders, insects and mammals are a striking feature of the book.
Succinct descriptions of each of these beings provide the reader with an insight into the incredible diversity permeating our land and the quirky activities which delight the observer.
“About 840 species or 12 per cent of the world’s reptiles live in Australia and almost 90 per cent of these are found nowhere else on Earth.” p.246
“The body plan of crocodiles has barely changed in over 200 million years. They were on Earth before the dinosaurs and they survived the mass extinction event that occurred 65 million years ago.” p. 248 (Allen & Unwin, 2009)
We are being called into a new place:
5 June, World Environment Day
The major project this year is on protection of gorillas in Rwanda (see: http://www.unep.org/wed/2010/english/). More details on local activities next month.
6-12 June, Alfred Deakin Lectures: Brave New World? The Climate Change Challenge
You can book online now for one or more of these lectures which look at ” climate change from ten different perspectives, with a focus on ten different spheres of public life”. more: http://wheelercentre.com/calendar/program/the-deakin-lectures-2010/
