‘In the Hot-house’ – The 2009 Melbourne Social Forum
Friday 17th April: Opening night – Victoria University
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th: CERES Environmental Park.
In the Hot-house is a festival to bring together Melbourne’s community to discuss, engage and lead the public debate on important environmental and social issues. This years primary theme will be positive responses to climate change, however a wide range of important environmental and social issues will be covered.
The 2009 MSF is another exciting event on Melbourne’s busy social and environmental activist calendar. We welcome people from all backgrounds and encourage, mums, dads, students, teachers, the leaders of yesterday and our youth, the leaders of tomorrow to attend. Mark it in your diaries now.
In the Hot-house Event launch – Friday 17th April – 6.30pm
Public forum & discussion with speakers:
- Tanya Ha – Television presenter, environmentalist and successful green lifestyle writer
- David Spratt – Co-author of Climate Code Red, co-founder of Carbon Equity
- Kirsten Larsen – Victoria Eco Innovation Lab‘s policy research manager
- TBA
Venue:
Room 11.01 (11th Floor)
Victoria University City Campus
300 Flinders St, Melbourne, Victoria
Weekend Festival – Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th at CERES Community Environmental Park
Special Project: Voices of our future
Students from two schools will present a drama or musical performance to express their concerns, views and responses to climate change.
Entertainment, Art & Culture:
- The Conch
- Plus lots more bands
- dancing
- photographic displays
- films
- paintings.
- Childern’s entertainment and performance
Workshops & Stalls:
Food:
- Delicious food and drinks, with a focus on healthy, locally produced food, prepared and cooked by social enterprises or small local businesses.
If you want to step up and be a part of this exciting event, then drop us a line, we’d love to hear from you. We need people with community contacts & networks, activists, people with organising and logistical skills, artists, people with media, promotion & web skills, graphic designers and meet & greet volunteers. We welcome people with all levels of experience. Contact us today