'Oil, Climate and Food' A lecture by Michael Meacher

national | environment | event notice Tuesday October 04, 2005 12:29 by Davie P - Cultivate Centre Essex St. West, Temple Bar, Dublin

Radical British MP speaks in Dublin

Wednesday October 12 * 20.00 - 22.00 *
€15.00 ( €10.00 Activists)
At the Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar

This lecture will be given by the Right Honourable Michael Meacher, a British politician and a member of Parliament for Oldham. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970, and served as a minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. During opposition he was in the Shadow Cabinet for fourteen years. He was seen as a figure on the left and an ally of Tony Benn and stood as the left's candidate against Roy Hattersley in the 1983 leadership election. He was a junior minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He was sacked in June 2003, and since then has attacked the British government on a number of issues, notably the 2003 Iraq war and genetically modified food. In this lecture he will touch on the emerging oil crisis, the dangers of genetic modification in our food and taking up the challenge of climate change.

As part of the
9th Convergence Sustainable Living Festival

'Communicating Sustainability'

October 12 - 16, 2005

This festival will focus on the need to better communicate the principles of sustainability. Events will include the Education for Sustainable Development Seminar, a lecture by Michael Meacher entitled 'Oil, Climate Change and Food', a seminar and workshops on communicating sustainability, a FEASTA conference on energy security, a Green Burial conference and more.

Full details at http://www.sustainable.ie/convergence

Cultivate Centre
For Sustainable Living and Learning
15-19 Essex Street West
Old City Temple Bar
Dublin 8, Ireland
01 6746396