We will build our plan for the future of our town, with lots of creativity and happiness.

It will affect all subjects, as transport, employment, health, education, food, solidarity, skills etc..

The results will be taken to the opn space workshop for Agenda 21 at Fort l”Ecluse on the 21st of June

Everything starts at 19h45, at the salle du Preau, next to the Mairie in Ferney-Voltaire, behind the line F bus stop.

We will not be in a café but we will have tea and coffee.  If you can bring a cup that will help.

Entry is free as usual, but we will have a hat for a collection as we have to pay for this room.

On resilience:

Resilience is the ability of a material to recover from a shock, insult, or disturbance.

It has more specialized meanings referring to organizations, soil, ecology, energy and more.

• Resilience (network)
• Resilience (ecology)
• Resilience (organizational)
• Soil resilience
• Psychological resilience
• Energy resilience, a concept in energy development

With many signals of weakening ecosystems and of the ecological and economic challenges ahead we should be prompted to redirect our society towards a truly sustainable development.

To raise public awareness of these issues, the association Eco-Pratique is organizing on March 10 to 14 at Cinema Voltaire in Ferney-Voltaire, the very first French edition of the Suisse Romande Green Film Festival.

To this end, ten films will be presented across five themed evenings (biodiversity, finance, energy, food and waste, agriculture and transition); a “family film”; involved stakeholders, directors and regional actors will discuss with the public and answer questions.

More Information at :

http://www.festivaldufilmvert.fr
http://eco-pratique.org/category/festivaldufilmvert/ (trailers and schedule)

L’association Eco-Pratique

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Severn Cullis-Suzuki speaks at the age of 12 at the UN conference in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to deliver a speech on the environment and sustainable development. In 2009, Severn is a young 29 year old woman about to give birth to her first child. The film offers a look into the discourse of Severn in 1992 with the vision as it relates to the world in 2009. The film highlights positive initiatives, conducted across the globe.

It will be shown at 18h15 on Saturday the 10th of March at the Cinema Voltaire.

La site web du festival est www.festivaldufilmvert.fr

The film features a hero whose mission is to save his country from destruction of its ancient forests with snakes for allies, advancing to the very depths of Colombia both forbidden and inaccessible.

This film has received numerous awards and mentions, including a special mention at the first camera prize, the “Rencontres Internationales du Documentary” in Montreal and an honorable mention at the International Award for Best Documentary, Cineambiente in Turin.

The story is about a sick boy, Sho, come for a few days with her aunt in an old house. He will have a surprising encounter with a small chapardeuse, Arrietty, a genuine little elf living with his family under the floor of the house. Humans must remain ignorant of the existence of petty thieves, and the budding friendship of two teenagers will be sorely tested.

Festival website is

Through extensive surveys and interviews with major players in finance, politicians and journalists, the film traces the emergence of a rogue industry and reveals the relationships that have corrupted the political, regulatory authorities and academia, as part of the financial crisis of 2008. The film won the Oscar for best documentary film in 2011.

The festival website is

The film features a mock trial that the city of Cleveland, United States, Ohio, instituted against 21 Wall Street banks whom they blame for the foreclosures that are devastating the city. The trial should have taken place according to counsel for the city of Cleveland, but the procedure had been blocked by legal arguments raised by a team of lawyers in the pay of the banks.

The film won the Audience Award, Paris cinéma 2010.

The festival website is http://www.festivaldufilmvert.fr

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