Events archive

28.09.2006 George Monbiot launches his new book, Heat, showing how carbon emissions can be reduced by 90 per cent by 2030 without bringing civilisation to an end, Oxford, on Thursday 19 October.

23.09.2006 Unusual film double for Black History Month at the ICA in London on 1 October: The Lion Mountains: A Journey Through Sierra Leone, in which a 25-year-old Jamaican English man looks at the country’s past and present to understand how the country fell into civil war; and Black Survivors of the Holocaust, on the World War 2 concentration camp experience of Black Germans. Both films are followed by Q&A sessions.

22.09.2006 Shared Planet is the biggest student conference in Europe on
world poverty, human rights and the environment. Hundreds of
students come together every year to hear speakers, participate in interactive skills and issues workshops, take action and have fun. London, 3-5 November. Plus the chance to
take part in a Carnival of Climate Chaos on the Saturday
afternoon.

16.09.2006 Films from around the globe are promised for the annual London Film Festival, which runs from 18 October to 2 November. Last year's Third World selection was poor, so here's hoping for a better crop this time around.

03.09.2006 A video diary of the Palestinian olive harvest - repeatedly interrupted by attacks from illegal settlers - and a talk on Breaking the Silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers who question the role of the Israeli army in enforcing the occupation of Palestine: London, 12 September.

02.09.2006 After Rwanda the world said, Never again: How Long Is Never? An evening of short plays exploring the situation in Darfur, Tricycle Theatre, London, 24-28 October.

02.09.2006 Christopher Cramer mixes discussion with music from Africa, Brazil, Spain and the US to explore the phenomenon of civil war, including the relationship between today's civil wars and the history of economic development in Europe and the US. London, 12 September.