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Registration open for Ross House Campaign Training Day

Effective Action for Environmental and Social Justice

Saturday 30 June 2012

You've got the passion, but have you got the power? On Saturday 30 June 2012, get skilled up for maximum effect at the Ross House all day training day with back to back workshops. Each 90 minute workshop is $10 with all proceeds going back into the program.

10am to 11.30am               Campaign Planning
                                          Group Dynamics and Facilitation
                                          Community Engagement

11.45am to 1.15pm            Campaign Strategy
                                           Direct Action
                                           Lobbying Politicians (TBC)

1.30pm to 2.30pm               Lunchtime: Share Your Campaign in 5 Mins (free)

2.45pm to 4.14pm               Digital Campaigning
                                            Activist Legal Rights
                                            Media

4.30pm to 6pm                 Sustaining the Movement and Self Care (free)

Workshop Facilitators

Holly Hammond (Director of Plan to Win) - Campaign Planning
Aidan Ricketts (Lecturer, School of Law & Justice, Southern Cross University, author of
The Activists' Handbook) - Community Engagement, Campiagn Strategy and Media
Tim Norton (Digital Campaigns Coordinator, Oxfam) - Digital Campaigning
Nicola Paris (The Last Stand) - Group Dynamics/Facilitation and Direct Action
Shaun Murray (Friends of the Earth) - Direct Action
Danya Jacobs (Lawyers for Forests) - Activist Legal Rights
Sarah Harmer (Counselor and Women’s Advocate) - Sustaining the Movement and SC

Bookings essential. Places limited. Book online here or call 96501599

Ethical Superannuation and Investment Workshop @ Ross House

Do you know what companies your super fund is invested in? You may unwittingly be supporting companies involved with uranium mining, old growth forest logging, socially harmful or polluting industries. Is your super as ethical as you are?

For 25 years AUSTRALIAN ETHICAL has been one of Australia’s most active and successful ethical fund managers. Australian Ethical actively seeks investment in innovative companies in areas such as renewable energy, recycling, organic foods, efficient transport, healthcare and education.

Adam Verwey, Business Relationships Manager at Australian Ethical will be hosting this FREE workshop. Ethical investment not only plays an important role in helping fight climate change and providing for a just society but can also be financially rewarding.

The Ethical Superannuation & Investment workshop will cover:

-What is an ethical super, and how it can make a positive difference for investors, society and the environment;
-How investing your super ethically can reduce investment risk and identify potential growth sectors;
-The companies who are leading the way environmentally and ethically;
-An overview of Australian Ethical’s superannuation fund.

Date: Thursday 10th May
Venue: Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Ground Floor, Sue Healy Room
Time: 12.00pm to 1.00pm
Bookings: To register please contact Nathalie on 9650 1599 or nathalie.michel(at)rosshouse.org.au

FREE for Ross House Association members, tenants and facility users

PLASTICIZED screening at ACMI this thursday

Plasticized

Unclassified 18+
Michael J. Lutman, 48 mins, Australia, 2011, Digital Betacam. Source: Lutman Films. Courtesy: 5 Gyres Institute.

Plasticized

Plasticized follows the 5 Gyres Institute as they embark on the first scientific expedition to explore plastic pollution across the South Atlantic Ocean.

This remarkable film is an eye-opening look at one of the Institute's global missions - studying the effects and scale of plastic pollution around the world.

The film reveals the insidious reach of single-use plastics in an already fragile oceanic ecosystem, whilst confronting the price of convenience in the uncertain future of our environment. A Q&A session with filmmaker and Melbourne-based editor Michael J. Lutman will follow the screening.

Plasticized screens with Waste Earth, a five minute animation on consumerism by Cassia Itamoto.

Dates		Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8pm + Q&A
Location		ACMI Cinemas
Admission		Full $10 Concession/ACMI Member $8

Ross House celebrates WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY!

World Environment Day, Tuesday June 5th, is an annual event aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day to stimulate awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and public action.

Ross House Association is taking action this World Environment Day by dedicating the income received from meeting room and equipment bookings, during Monday 4 June and Sunday 10 June, to sustainable "green" works to the building.

RHA is committed to making Ross House a sustainable workplace by improving the energy efficiency of the building and improving our day to day work practices.

Make your booking here!

You can also support World Environment Day by registering your own activity here.

The Big Picture screening HOME

THE BIG PICTURE on Tuesday 1st May at 6pm is screening HOME.

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At Ross House - 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Entry is by donation, and there will be popcorn and mulled wine available.

In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It is too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse the trend and change its patterns of consumption.

Through visually stunning footage from over fifty countries, all shot from an aerial perspective, Yann Arthus–Bertrand shows us a view most of us have never seen. He shares with us his sense of awe about our planet and his concern for its health. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to further the call to action to take care of our HOME.

HOME is the first film that has been made using aerial-only footage. The film marks artist-activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s feature film directorial debut.

HOME the movie is carbon offset. All of the CO2 emissions engendered by the making of the film are calculated and offset by sums of money that are used to provide clean energy to those who do not have any. For the last ten years, all the work of Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been carbon offset.

The Big Picture screening JUST DO IT

THE BIG PICTURE on Tuesday 3rd April at 6pm is screening JUST DO IT.

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At Ross House - 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Entry is by donation, and there will be popcorn and mulled wine available.

Just Do It lifts the lid on climate activism and the daring troublemakers who have crossed the line to become modern-day outlaws.

Documented over a year, Emily James' film follows these activists as they blockade factories, attack coal power stations and glue themselves to the trading floors of international banks despite the very real threat of arrest.

Yoga and Meditation at Ross House!

We have an exciting new program of Yoga and Meditation 'drop in' classes at Ross House, beginning in March 2012.

There is no need to register; just drop in, get bendy and feel rejuvenated.

YOGA FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (but everyone is welcome!)

Every Thursday from 9:15am to 10:00am / Hayden Raysmith Room / 4th Floor

Start date: Thursday 22nd March, 2012

Practitioner: Lesley Fox / Lesley [at] yellowdayyoga [dot] com / 0457 268 225

Attendance by donation.

The Big Picture screening WITH MY OWN TWO WHEELS

THE BIG PICTURE on Tuesday March 6th at 6pm is screening WITH MY OWN TWO WHEELS as part of Melbourne Bikefest 2012. Watch the trailer!

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At Ross House - 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Entry is by donation, and there will be popcorn and mulled wine available.

With My Own Two Wheels investigates the bicycle as a tool for development. A simple bicycle can mean transportation, employment, even access to education and healthcare. With My Own Two Wheels weaves together the experiences of five individuals into a single story about how the bicycle can change the world, one pedal stroke at a time.

The Big Picture screening THE END OF THE LINE

THE BIG PICTURE will be resuming on Tuesday February 7 at 6pm screening THE END OF THE LINE. Connect on facebook.

At Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Hosted by SEA SHEPHERD
entry by donation
popcorn and mulled wine available.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FISH GONE? The first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans; we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.

The film examines the imminent extinction of blue-fin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation. From the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market – featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, The End of the Line is a wake-up call to the world.

Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048. The End of the Line points to solutions that are simple and doable, but political will and activism are crucial to solve this international.