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From The Climate Project India Group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=64965160915

 

Climate Change Training Program for Civil Society - Mumbai

 

We are excited to invite you to participate in our Environment Sustainability Leadership Program (ESLP) - a Climate Change-training program for Civil Society. This program equips people with inspiring and comprehensive tools for the spreading the critical message of climate change. Through inspired citizens we hope to create a well-informed society that can strive to effectively tackle these environmental issues.

The Climate Project was founded by Nobel Laureate Al Gore in order to spread awareness about the adverse effects of climate change. The Indian chapter was established in March 2008 with Dr. R K Pachauri as our patron. TCP-India is a communications based organization, which uses a variety of media to educate the public about climate change. We work with businesses, NGOs and educational bodies to communicate solutions to climate issues and strategies for sustainable development in India. To date we have trained over 250 selected civil society leaders including bankers, teachers, business executives, environmentalists, media planners, bureaucrats and others. Our leaders have reached out to over 100,000 citizens with detailed presentations on the cause, effects and solutions to Climate Change.

Our current mission is to reach out to wide variety of people from a range of disciplines and professions. If we as citizens do not aim at tackling climate change soon, a time would come when it would be too late to reverse the harm done to our planet. The responsibility lies in our hands to save the future of our only home.

Our one-day interactive workshop is split into two sessions. The first session explores the science and impacts of climate change, with particular focus on Indian impacts. The second session will be led by experts in the various environmental fields and will focus on solutions. The materials presented at the workshop will be provided for you to take with you and use in your personal campaign to educate people.

Date- Friday 12th June 2009

Time- 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Venue- The British Council, Mittal Tower, C Wing, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021

Cost per teacher- Rs. 400 for students and College/University level teachers (with ID proof)

Rs. 500 for Corporates and others

(Cost includes cost of training, materials, lunch, tea and coffee)

Age- 16 years and above

Once you complete the training, you will be a part of the TCP-India Environment Sustainable Leaders network. As a member of this network, you are expected to spread the message broadly and help tackle this problem at an individual level. We will support you through newsletters, our weekly news bulletin and all the updated materials via our website.

To apply please follow the link

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FLcub6qD4_2fQ0efhobGYCeQ_3d_3d.

Only 140 applicants will be selected. Applicants will be selected based on their passion, drive and ability to spread the message of climate change. The last day for applying is Monday 1st June 2009. Selected applicants will be informed by Friday 5th June 2009.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries.

We look forward to seeing you,



Jaspreet Arora
The Climate Project - India I +91 22 32223320

E-mail-info@climateprojectindia.org

For more information about TCP- India please check out: www.climateprojectindia.org

 

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Followed by a conversation with filmmaker Gitanjali Rao.

 

 

 

    Super Size Me

   Written and Directed by Morgan Spurlock

   96 mins | USA | 2004

 

 

 

 

 

A detailed program note attached below.

 

Lots of love,

A big city. A tiny apartment. There, in solitude, live an old woman and her cat, stuck in their daily chores against the hiss of the city.

 

The windows look out into more windows with more desolate lives. The old woman, however, has a secret window: her precious collection of match boxes. Their printed labels open into a myriad of exotic worlds. The cat is the sole companion in her explorations of these magical worlds where beauty, imagination and wonder triumph over the insignificance of her existence.

 

Recipient of 19 international awards, including the Golden Conch for best animation film at the Mumbai International Film Festival & the Kodak Discovery Award,the Young Critics' Award, and the Petite Rail D'Or for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival in the year 2006.

         

                                   

 

 

invite you to the screening of films

 

by

 

Soudhamini, Filmmaker and Installation Artist

 

 

Monday, May 11^th, 2009 at 6:30 pm

 

Pitru Chayya (1991)

 

 

Tuesday, May 12^th, 2009 at 6:30 pm

 

Saga of a Poet (2001)

 

Meditations on the Tiger (2006)

 

(Screenings will be followed by discussions with the Filmmaker)

 

in

 

Jnanapravaha, 3rd Floor, Queens Mansion, G. Talwatkar Marg, Fort

(Next to Cathedral and John Connon Middle School)

 

RSVP: programs@asiasociety.org.in / +91-22-6615-4103

 

 

Pitru Chayya – Shadows of our Forefathers

100 minutes; Tamil with English subtitles; 1991

 

This film was made after carnatic singer M.D. Ramanathan’s death, and features interviews with his family, friends, colleagues and students. It also showcases those who never knew him, claim to know nothing at all about music, and represent the ‘dominant sensibility’ within which he lived and sang. The music washes over them too, drawing them into its ever expanding sweep.

 

Saga of a Poet

62 minutes; Tamil with English subtitles; 2001

 

Many years after the death of poet Subramania Bharathi (1882-1921), the words and images he conjured up continue to inspire generations of artists. Cinema, dance, painting, music, theatre, literature all resonate with his vision. This film explores how the public and private lives of men, women and children are shaped indelibly by his ideals.

 

Meditations on the Tiger

18 minutes; English and German; 2006

 

Stepping out from the security of her home, a young woman begins a ride on the S-Bahn. A tiger paces inside and outside his cage. Outside the S-Bahn window there is endless green and plentiful water. Soudhamini engages with the works of poet and writer Rose Auslander, and painter Franz Marc in this 3-screen installation.

 

 

Soudhamini lives and works in Chennai. She graduated from FTII, Pune, with a specialization in Film Direction, and read English Literature in Stella Maris, Madras University, for her Masters. Her films include Thalarndhadhu – It Rested (1988), Pitru Chayya (1990), Saga of a Poet (2000), Meditations on the Tiger (2006) and Vettaikkoru Magan – A Son for Hunting (2008). Soudhamini has officiated in film festival selection committees and international juries, and is visiting faculty at FTII. She is currently working on a feature length installation video titled Solo.                     

 

To learn about upcoming Asia Society India Centre events, please visit www.asiasociety.org/visit/mumbai

 

George Jose | Programme Director | Asia Society India Centre | 12th Floor, Arcadia | 195 NCPA Marg | Nariman Point | Mumbai 400 021 | India | t + 91 22 6615 4101 | c + 91 98 67659155 | f + 91 22 6610 0887 | www.AsiaSociety.org

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