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The second and expanded Newcastle Fair Share Festival is your opportunity to meet with people passionate about social justice, innovative social enterprises and strong resilient communities. The festival combines speakers, workshops, music, stalls and exhibitions which will inspire, motivate and inform.
The themes of the festival are:
1. Connected communities
2. Localised fair economies
3. Sustainable lifestyles
The program
More details of the program are available from the festival webpage. You can also get regular updates on the festival facebook page.
7:00 – 9:30 pm Friday 9 March 2012
We are hosting a forum in association with One Just World. The theme of the forum is “Closing the Poverty Gap: Creating a Fair Share for All.” Panellists include:
- Cheryl Kernot (Director of Social Business at the Centre for Social Impact)
- Daniel Ben-Ami (London-based finance and economic journalist, Author of “Ferraris for All”)
- Doris Puiahi (Sustainability and Livelihoods Officer, Live and Learn Environmental Education in the Solomon Islands)
- Donnie Maclurcan (Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems and Co-Founder of the Post Growth Institute)
Poverty in Australia is a contentious issue. It raises questions of the definitions of poverty, the distribution of wealth, the difference between developed and developing countries, as well as about the limits to growth, and how we can create a fair and sustainable world.
There are over 2.2 million Australian’s living in poverty – that’s one in every 10 people – and yet as Australians we’re comparatively lucky. Two thirds of the world’s population is poor; one third lives on less than $2.50 per day, while a sixth live in extreme poverty – less than $1.25 per day. These people spend their days just trying to survive – finding something to eat and somewhere to sleep can be the biggest challenge of all.
So how do we close the gap between rich and poor? What of the inequality between men and women that deepens as poverty worsens? Can the earth even support us if we rectify this inequality in living standards? And what are the responsibilities of Australians?
These questions are at the heart of a Fair Share for all.
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday 10 March 2012
Speakers and workshop to date include:
- Fox Rogers The future of Sunshine: Sunshine Coast plans for a transition
- Dr Shann Turnbull
- Penny Davies Waste not want not: Sharing rejected food
- Dave Kerin Eureka’s Future Worker’s Cooperative: A co-operatively run factory
- Tricia Hobgin Frugal living: learning to live with less (An interactive workshop)
- The resilient wisdom of our elders (A panel going back to the future!)
- The potential of cooperatives and for-profits in creating a fair share (A panel)
- Kate Beveridge and Mark Brown Chapter 14: Permaculture beyond the garden (An interactive workshop)
There will also be entertainment, art works and stalls
10:00 am – 3:30 pm Sunday 11 March 2012
In the morning there will be two 3 hour workshops: Asset-based community development, and Spirituality and Sustainability
In the afternoon there we are planning a drama workshop for children, a social media/new technology workshop, a session on parenting for transition and an ideas expo (with a bit of entertainment thrown in for good measure).
Other festival events and activities
Slum Survivor Over the weekend of the Festival 10 people aged 18-25 will build their own slum housing and participate in challenges that simulate different aspects of slum life.
Lady Of Justice For FairWear A community work of art where you can add your voice for an end to slavery in the garment industry by helping to create an outfit for Lady of Justice
