We have a special film screening organised at the Sussex St Neighborhood House of the First Wave film, plus the presence of Deep Ecologist and veteran environmental activist John Seed at Climate Action Merribek Screening on Tuesday 25th June at 6.30pm as part of his Melbourne tour (see below)

Where: Sussex Neighbourhood House, 7 Prospect St Pascoe Vale
When: Tuesday 25th June at 6.30pm
Register at Humantix (Free tickets)

Zane Alcorn and others from Rising Tide present “The First Wave”. This film describes how everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours.

This will be followed by a discussion with John Seed (who was at the action in the film), a long-term environmental activist and a pivotal figure in the Deep Ecology movement. He will talk about how experiential Deep Ecology can help sweep away environmental paralysis and empower us to engage effectively to stop our slide into oblivion. 

John was one of 109 arrested at Last November’s kayak blockade of the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle. This port exports 1% of all the world’s greenhouse gasses and we hope that many of you will join 10,000 others there in the blockade planned for this coming November in Newcastle.

JOHN SEED: “We live in a culture where there is a profound denial of feeling.
We are taught to fear, conceal and repress feelings of anguish, distress, fear and anger.

Feelings are an important aspect of our intelligence and when we suppress them, it leaves us helpless, anxious and depressed, damages our ability to think clearly and, especially, paralyses our ability to act forcefully and passionately on the basis of what we know.

If we are unable to feel and honour the pain we feel for what is happening to our world, then we are unable to act intelligently and decisively to address the social and environmental ills that give rise to this pain.

My deep ecology workshops include “Despair and Empowerment” processes which create safe contexts within which we can explore the banished feelings and reclaim the power that is inevitably suppressed along with the feelings.”

This is a hybrid event, both face to face and zoom. Everyone who registers at Humantix will receive a link to the recording of the event.

If you can’t attend, please check out the film from John’s 2006 “Climate Change Despair and Empowerment” roadshow of Australia, US and Canada – https://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/video/clim_v.html

Watch the First Wave 40 sec film teaser:

John Seed Melbourne Schedule:

                                                  MELBOURNE – JUNE 24 TO 30

June 24 Monday 7pm Black Spark Cultural Centre, Northcote,  THE RELIGION OF ECONOMICS

June 25 Tues 10.30am John Seed & Tejopala Rawles INNER & OUTER TRANSFORMATION, DHARMA & DEEP ECOLOGY 

June 25 Tues 6.30pm CLIMATE CHANGE – DESPAIR TO EMPOWERMENT  plus THE FIRST WAVE film, Climate Action Merri-bek, Pascoe Vale 

June 26 Wed 7pm  Reynard Street Neighbourhood House, DEEP ECOLOGY AND THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE

June 27 Thurs 10am INVOCATION TO  GAIA, Coburg

June 27 Thurs 5.30pmJohn Seed &  Gilbert Rochecauste RADICAL REGENERATION AND DEEP ECOLOGY 

JUNE 28-30 DEEP ECOLOGY with John Seed & friends, Moora Moora (nr Melbourne)

References

Rising Tide website (Newcastle) https://www.risingtide.org.au/