Events

The Moreland Energy Foundation (MEFL) is running a series of FREE workshops for the Moreland community to households reduce their greenhouse pollution.

‘Calculate your carbon footprint’ and ‘Green Renovations’ workshops will be held at different locations across the municipality and are for anyone who lives and works in Moreland and wants to know more about reducing their impact on the environment.

“The Calculate your Carbon Footprint workshops are a great opportunity for households to understand what their carbon footprint looks like and learn how they can reduce it.” MEFL CEO Paul Murfitt said.

“The workshops will assist participants to assess their home and activities, estimate their current greenhouse pollution and identify what actions they can take straight away or plan for in the future.”

All workshops are free and participants receive a free kit with some great tools and products to help your household reduce its carbon footprint.”

Residents can also attend a free Green Renovations workshop and hear from some local experienced renovators about what they have done to make their homes environmentally sustainable.

Calculate your Carbon Footprint Workshop dates:
Thursday 11th September 1:30pm – 3.00pm.
      Glenroy Community Learning Centre, 5B Cromwell Street, Glenroy
Thursday 18th September 7:00pm - 8.30pm.
      Coburg Civic Centre, Concert Hall, Bell Street Coburg
Thursday 2nd October, 10.30am-12.30pm.
      Sussex Neighbourhood House, 235-237 Sussex Street Coburg North,
Wednesday 8th October, 7:00 -8.30pm.
      Brunswick Neighbourhood House, 18 Garden Street Brunswick
Wednesday 29th October, 7:00 -8.30pm
      Newlands Community Centre, 20 Murray Road Newlands (Children’s Activities).

Green Renovations Workshop Dates:
Wednesday October 15th, 7:00pm-8.30pm.
       St Linus Hall, Corner Glyndon and Delta Avenue, Merlynston
Saturday November 15th, 10.30am -12.00pm.
   CERES Ecohouse, 8-10 Lee Street Brunswick East (Children’s Activities)

The workshops are a great opportunity for those who want to learn more PRACTICAL SKILLS to reduce their carbon footprint and anyone who are concerned about climate change. To book a place, contact the Moreland Energy Foundation on 9381 1722 or visit the website.

For media enquiries and photo opportunities
Contact: Jessica Steinborner or Rachel Oliphant
Phone: 9381 1722.

ISSUES AT PLAY

Date the 8th November.

Northcote Town Hall, 6pm-8pm.

A workshop, called “Issues at Play”, at the Northern Notes Writer’s Festival, will include a reading by professional actors of 1hr-length play “Peccadilloes” by local emerging playwright Judy Doubas. It tells the story of one woman’s journey through domestic violence. After the play reading, an open forum with the actors, writer and the CEO of Domestic Violence Crisis Services, Jean Cameron will be conducted to discuss the relevance and effectiveness of the genre of playwriting to explore and inform an audience about often contentious social issues. There will be an opportunity to discuss both the issues presented and to make comparisons with other forms of writing such as journalistic articles and essays, novels and short stories.  These questions will be posed. Can a play shape public opinion, awake emotions, stimulate thought and enlighten as well as amuse and entertain? Does showing and not just telling engage an audience/ reader more profoundly and on a deeper level?

Judy Doubas has been passionate about theatre all her life. From dabbling in acting and directing, she began writing plays three years ago, to reflect upon and give meaning to, contemporary social issues that effect us all. She writes with a serious intent and some humour.  ‘Peccadilloes’ is her first full length play, but there are more in the making. Her ten minute plays have been produced at Footscray Arts Centre, Dantes and Dandenong Short and Sweet Festival. Her ten minute play “Black Eyed Susan”, a black comedy about cancer, is being produced at the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio, as one of the Top 20 in the Short and Sweet Festival in December. She has a Diploma in Drama and a Diploma in Education Drama/English.

The actors at play are Bobbi-Lea Dionysis, Stefan Cooper-Fox, Nick Fox, Rosie Rodiadis and Scott Mc Ateer.

“Issues at Play” is supported by NNWF, Women’s Health in the North, Darebin Domestic Violence Project and Domestic Violence Crisis Service.   

For bookings call Judy on 0409210838. Or email judydoubas@hotmail.com