Thursday 8th May, 7pm to 9:30.

“20 years on - Cuba's social, political and agricultural adjustments to a post-oil economy.  What lessons are there for us?"

Trish Allen (remember Rainbow Valley Farm?) talks about her recent trip to Cuba for the International Permaculture Congress. » Read more

Thursday March 13th, 7:00 - 9:30pm

“Local Economies Close the Income Gap and Everyone Wins.”

David Clendon speaking on - "The Spirit Level", Local Economies and Better Communities.

"The Spirit Level", by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, presents evidence that more equal societies do better than less equal ones on many social measures; educational performance, heath and life expectancy, for ex » Read more

Zoe Zimmerman is a very experienced, professional and passionate proponent of green roofs.  Alive with plants, they purify rainwater, insulate a house, mitigate stormwater flows and cool suburbia.  Zoe will talk about new ways of greening roofs, and explain the basics of building a green roof or modifying an existing one?

How many of us suffer the psychological-fractionation of spending our work lives doing things that clash with our sustainability values? It doesn't have to be that way! Come and hear Unitech Careers Adviser, Yolanda Van Den Bemd's, presentation of employment options that the sustainability conscious can be happy to engage in.