
Symbiosis - an event for the international year of biodiversity
Start Time: Thursday, 20 May 2010 at 15:00 End Time: Friday, 21 May 2010 at 00:00 Location: The forest Cafe, Upstairs HallA one day festival celebrating the year of biodiversity with both workshops, talks, screenings and live performance. A big mix of things to do and to take active part of. Be there the whole day or only for an hour. Hope to see you there, here is the programme:
Wild Plant Walk with Elie
RSVP - jouseman24@hotmail.com
starting at the forest cafe, the group will walk around nearbly wild spaces, learning and gathering, then going back to the cafe to make some tea with the findings!
Meet in forest cafe for 3pm - finished by 4.30…
All day : Plasticine to make animals and creatures
Talks:
Ali Murfitt - “Permaculture - working with nature” … 4.30 - 5.00
Roland Playle - “Symbiogenesis; how things come together in evolution” - 5.00 - 5.30
Humphrey Wood - “plants and pollinators; interactions that shape evolution” … 5.30 - 6.00
Adpal: Rockin’ around the world (and the ethics of the gem industry)
6 - 6.30… give adam a bell 3 days before….
Probolosis - video, 15 minutes - biological dance performance
Roger Downie. “The Decline of the Frog; why, and what can be done?”
Time: 45 minutes, with questions and answers… 6.45 - 7.30
….half hour break for dinner…..
Evolution with Imagination; a reading of science-based creative writing
8 - 8.30
Film - David Attenborough - “Working Together”… all about symbiosis. 8.30 - 9.30
9.30 - 10.15ish … Open Mic: songs and stories featuring animals / plants / animal sounds….. come along and bring your own! or RSVP jouseman24@hotmail.com
Ram - beatboxing with animal sounds.
10.15 - 11
choir performances (not yet confirmed, but fingers crossed will happen)
visuals in background - earth / baraka
11 - 12 … Ceilidh of all animals … facepainters will be there to paint you as your favourite animal …. then dance like a wilkd thing. Please bring donations for the facepainters and ceilidh band