David Berman is giving a passionate presentation on May 24th as part of agIdeas International Design Week in Melbourne, Australia about how we will together use design to create a better civilization! It’s a topic I care deeply about and I’ll have the pleasure of sharing ideas with some of the most creative people on the planet.

International Design Week runs from May 21-25 and David will be speaking on the 24th.

“If you can’t join us, please do keep this in mind: over 95% of the designers who have ever lived are alive today … what will we choose to do with the influence we hold? We could convince people to buy more things that they don’t need, or we can recognize that the world is our common design project. Just sayin’”

View the bindarri feature article on David

“Each Survivor’s story is one of triumph over trauma, and we hope that audiences respond to their courage and perseverance as much as we have. When we made the film, our objective was not to dwell on the tragedies of the past, but rather to understand how we can prevent atrocities in the future.” Michael Pertnoy, the film’s Co-Director

Having shot on location in five countries across four continents, the film asks its audience to consider genocide as an atrocity that has occurred on nearly every single continent and one that affects all of us as human beings. By presenting these stories of loss, survival, and hope side by side, the film highlights the commonalities these individuals share both as Survivors and, more broadly, as human beings.

“It is impossible not to be moved and inspired by what each of them has been able to accomplish despite the tragedies they have endured”

The screening coincides with Indigenous Remembrance Day (31^st May) and to acknowledge Australia’s history of genocide, the event will open with an audio of the powerful and moving track ‘Land’ by Spoken Word Artist Joel McKerrow. Performance poet Sista Zai of the Stillwaters Storytelling Collective will also be there to perform a theme related poem created especially for this event.

Come along and witness stories of courage, survival and change and support the local organisations helping asylum seekers in our community. Representatives from Hotham Mission and The Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (ASRC), will be present to speak about the work they do to support refugees and how we can take action. Also find out what’s on during the upcoming Refugee Week in June including World Refugee Day Rally 17th June. Guest MC for the night is Tina Jensen of YouBloodyRipper.com. BOOK ONLINE @ Bella Union

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Arts in Action currently hosts a Social Action Film Night at Bella Union Trades Hall on the last Thursday of the month. The screening program showcases documentaries that serve to move, challenge and inspire social action. Films selected for this screening series aim to empower audiences with solutions and actions that we can all take to make a difference.

A CHANCE FOR CREATIVES TO WIN $10,000 AND A TRIP TO THE UK

This year, the British Council’s Realise Your Dream celebrates 10 years of nurturing Australian creative talent by offering three lucky winners the chance to win a $10,000 cash prize and a return trip to the UK, where they can meet their creative heroes and will experience all the cultural richness the UK has to offer.

Realise Your Dream is a unique opportunity for people working within the first ten years of their career, in any creative industry – from theatre to publishing, visual art to music, digital media to industrial design, etc. There is no age-limit, and applicants from all over Australia are welcome. 

Go to www.realiseyourdream.org.au for more information about the programme, its past winners and to apply.

Applications close 3 June 2012.

Realise Your Dream is a British Council initiative, in association with Virgin Atlantic, BBC Knowledge, triple j, NIX Co, Boccalatte and Show Group.

Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust, in conjunction with Blue Horse Arts Studio, located in Watertown, Connecticut, seeks artwork for an upcoming exhibition in June, 2012. Artists will be challenged to create works of art inspired by nature and/or critical environmental issues. This “Art of the Earth” series of events will encompass seasonal group exhibitions starting this spring with an initial call for art and multimedia creations for a “Plight of the Pollinators” exhibition. This exhibition will be open to the local and online community in an effort to raise awareness of the vital importance of the role of pollinators in maintaining the health of our food and eco-systems. Partial proceeds from the sale of work from the exhibition and entry fees will be donated to Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust’s environmental educational programming.

Tight deadline folks! – Due by the 4th of May. More details https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=949

Image Louise Herman.

This is a unique opportunity to see work from many of Australia’s most significant contemporary artists, meet like-minded supporters of animal protection and make an important contribution to Voiceless’s work. Dr Gene Sherman, Director of the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, will draw on her 20 years of experience with Australian contemporary art for a revealing introduction to the exhibition. Dana Campbell, CEO of Voiceless, will share her personal insights on the organisation’s latest work to protect animals.

More information http://www.voiceless.org.au/voa3point1

Monday 14th May. 6.30-8.30pm. Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, 16-20 Goodhope Street, Paddington. NSW

Anna Rose is co-founder and Chair of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Her new book Madlands: A Journey to Change the Mind of a Climate Sceptic tells the tale of her extraordinary journey with Liberal Party powerbroker Nick Minchin, which was also documented by ABC TV in the special I Can Change Your Mind About Climate. In our first Lunchbox/Soapbox for Programme Two, Anna discusses the rise of climate denialism both in Australia and globally, why the Australian media doesn’t discuss climate change rationally, what motivates the denialist elite – and how to change people’s minds!

The Wheeler Centre  more info http://wheelercentre.com/calendar/event/how-to-change-the-mind-of-a-climate-sceptic-a-journey-into-the-climate-fight/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Stars+and+changing+stripes+Doyle+Sjn+and+climate&utm_content=Stars+and+changing+stripes+Doyle+Sjn+and+climate+CID_f5db84552cb6edd8e65ce7d677988022&utm_source=Campaign+Monitor&utm_term=How+to+Change+the+Mind+of+a+Climate+Sceptic+A+Journey+into+the+Climate+Fight

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