http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/admin/upcoming/upcoming.xml This RSS feed was generated out of the newsdatabase of Upcoming website. http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/upcoming.php Come and learn about the history and methods of Monsanto in attempts to gain ownership of seed varieties in this first Australian screening of the French documentary.St Andrew's Uniting Church, cnr Ford and Hyde Sts6.15pm for Chai6.30pm Open meeting with Bellingen Local Food Network and Tim Cadman7.00pm for film http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/upcoming.php Seminar with Alan Close. This seminar explores some of the issues raised in Alan's book 'Before You Met Me'. Questions such as: do men and women share the same idea of what makes a 'good' relationship? Is there a man's language of love which is different from women's? How much of our 'truth' is acceptable to make public. Seminar to be held at Bellabookafe, 7pm Wednesday 18th June. http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/upcoming.php?action=fullnews&id=18 Surviving 'Care' - Towards a Meaningful Process of Healing in NSW. This one day conference seeks to bring together a number of individuals, groups and organisations concerned with establishing a meaningful process of healing for survivors of care. Building on the 2004 Senate Inquiry report, 'The Forgotten Australians', the conference is aimed at facilitating discussion on how the New South Wales state government can respond effectively to the abuse, neglect and cruelty epxerienced by thousands of children in orphanages, children's homes and out-of-care homes over the past few decades. http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/upcoming.php?action=fullnews&id=17 Experiencing cruelty, embracing love: Caring for children in the contemporary era.Facilitators: Richard Hil & Nick RoseThursday April 24, Bellabookafe Bellingen, 7pm - 9pmWhat does it mean to care for our children in a world characterised by fear, threats and insecurity? http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/upcoming.php?action=fullnews&id=15 Is Life Like A Box Of Chocolates? 17th September 2007, Hugh Mackay, Advance Australia...WhereBellingen Institute and the Centre for Peace and Justice, Southern Cross University Seminar Series 2007 - Is Life Like A Box Of Chocolates? Reframing Social Values In AustraliaLife may indeed be like a box of chocolates but we have to first pick them out of the box and taste them to confirm that they approximate to something called 'chocolate'. And not all people like chocolate, or have, or want, or need access to it. And as post-modernists would remind us, there are many different sorts of chocolate - multiple chocolates - and how we think and talk about chocolate(s) says much about whom we are and how we relate to ourselves and the wider world. And let's not forget: chocolate is a desired commodity in the global marketplace and many people who produce the ingredients for this confectionary are poor and heavily exploited. http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/upcoming.php?action=fullnews&id=14 Dr Helen Caldicott explained the medical dangers of going down the nuclear path and Dr John Kaye offered the very real alternatives and, hence, a sustainable future to the overwhelming demands for energy and, so, avoid the looming danger and environmental catastrophe of global warming.As a followup to this event copies of the Helen Caldicott/John Kaye talks are available for purchase for $10. from Brian Semple. He filmed Saturday's talk in Bellingen and has recorded the events on CD. If you are interested or know of anyone who might be, you can contact Brian on brian@crosstheline.com.au http://www.bellingeninstitute.com.au/upcoming.php?action=fullnews&id=12 Well-being and its discontents: A satirical critique of Clive Hamilton's Affluenza was presented by Dr Richard Hil and Grant Cairncross.