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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240522
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SUMMARY:There’s Water & then …There’s Water
DESCRIPTION:Mick Lacey (taga Marikina ang asawa ko) uses his lived
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/theres-water-then-theres-water/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240513
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UID:824-1715472000-1715558399@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:Palestine - News From Fair Trade Producers
DESCRIPTION:Cathi Pawson\, co-founder of Zaytoun\, will talk about the
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/palestine-news-from-fair-trade-producers/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240429
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T024051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T024051Z
UID:821-1714262400-1714348799@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:Rooftop Garden Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Good To Grow week 2024
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/rooftop-garden-open-day/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240328
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SUMMARY:Let’s clear the way for a FOSSIL-FREE FUTURE
DESCRIPTION:Fossil fuel corporations are making billions from driving the climate crisis. Further climate chaos will negatively affect us all with extreme weather events. However\, a global exit plan from coal\, oil and gas\, which would end the fossil fuel era quickly and fairly\, is gaining ground.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/lets-clear-the-way-for-a-fossil-free-future/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240314
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240315
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023908Z
UID:815-1710374400-1710460799@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:Are You A Global Teacher?
DESCRIPTION:Short Event Description
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/are-you-a-global-teacher/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240126
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
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UID:813-1706140800-1706227199@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:CLIMATE EDUCATION & ACTION training & resourcesKS1-4
DESCRIPTION:Short Event DescriptionUnderstand how to implement the government’s
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/climate-education-action-training-resourcesks1-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240125
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023740Z
UID:810-1706054400-1706140799@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGNERS in COLUMBIA
DESCRIPTION:Cleodie Rickard from Global Justice Now will tell us about her factfinding trip to Colombia. She met people who are fighting for justice\, members of the Wayúu community who are fighting against the development of a massive coal mine and others who are defending vital mountain wetlands against toxic metal mining.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/courageous-campaigners-in-columbia/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231116
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023627Z
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SUMMARY:Global Teacher Award Training
DESCRIPTION:The national Global Teacher Award (GTA) is suitable for teachers\, HLTAs and TAs in all phases and subjects. GTA promotes skills\, confidence and practical approaches to incorporate global learning into the curriculum\, and active global citizenship into the school.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/global-teacher-award-training/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231110
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023530Z
UID:804-1699488000-1699574399@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:This Xmas\, don’t just buy! BUY JUST
DESCRIPTION:Hear stories of our fair trade producers & a chance to browse our new ranges of toys from Sri Lanka by Lanka Kade & Weaving Hope\, Christmas decorations from Kashmir & Palestine by Fair to Trade\, accessories from Cambodia by Lost in Samsara\, jewellery from India and Peru by JustTrade London. Sample fair trade wine & snacks.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/this-xmas-dont-just-buy-buy-just/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231109
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023420Z
UID:801-1699401600-1699487999@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:pharmanomics
DESCRIPTION:How big pharma threatens global health. Pharmaceutical companies make billions while billions of people are left without essential medicines. Author Nick Dearden exposes the current problems and shows a pathway to a fairer\, safer system of producing medicines for all.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/pharmanomics/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231104
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023322Z
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SUMMARY:hood in the wood
DESCRIPTION:McAlistair Hood talks about his journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle that brings together sculpture using recycled stone and wild living & foraging in the woods of West Berkshire.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/hood-in-the-wood/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231021
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023206Z
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SUMMARY:Slavery\, Free Labour & Fair Trade
DESCRIPTION:Dr Joseph Yannielli of Aston University will explore how society has been grappling with the issue of fair trade since early industrialisation.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/slavery-free-labour-fair-trade/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231015
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T023038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T023038Z
UID:792-1697241600-1697327999@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:Incredible Small Actions: Community food growing in Reading and beyond
DESCRIPTION:Presentations and discussion on the Incredible Edible Reading vision to protect our environment and planet
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/incredible-small-actions-community-food-growing-in-reading-and-beyond/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230928
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T022920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T022920Z
UID:789-1695772800-1695859199@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:The Debt Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Heidi Chow\, Executive Director of Debt Justice\, argues for a more just system requiring radical system change to redress this exploitation.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/the-debt-crisis/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230911
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T022758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T022758Z
UID:787-1694304000-1694390399@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:heritage open days - risc roof garden
DESCRIPTION:Come and visit the RISC roof garde as part of Heriate Open Days.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/heritage-open-days-risc-roof-garden-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230910
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T022603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T022603Z
UID:784-1694217600-1694303999@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:heritage open days - risc roof garden
DESCRIPTION:Come and visit the RISC roof garde as part of Heriate Open Days.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/heritage-open-days-risc-roof-garden/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230727
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T022013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T022013Z
UID:766-1690329600-1690415999@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:PRACTICAL STEPS to living within planetary boundaries
DESCRIPTION:Our society is wasteful and unfair. How can we make a planned reduction of excess energy and resource use to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a safe\, just and equitable way? Talk and discussion.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/practical-steps-to-living-within-planetary-boundaries/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230623
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T015958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T015958Z
UID:760-1687392000-1687478399@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:Global Teacher Award Training (Part 2 of 2)
DESCRIPTION:The national GTA promotes skills\, confidence and practical approaches to incorporate global learning into the curriculum\, and active global citizenship into the school.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/global-teacher-award-training-part-2-of-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230619
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T013844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T013844Z
UID:750-1687046400-1687132799@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:Reading Climate Festival 'Incredible Edible Reading' Event
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/reading-climate-festival-incredible-edible-reading-event/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200501
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T073014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T073014Z
UID:971-1588204800-1588291199@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: the sound of things falling
DESCRIPTION:By Juan Gabriel Vásquez – No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio’s fascination with his new friend’s life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious\, unmarked cassette. Shortly afterwards\, he is shot dead on a street corner. Yammara’s investigation into what happened leads back to the early 1960s\, marijuana smuggling and a time before the cocaine trade trapped Colombia in a living nightmare.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-the-sound-of-things-falling/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200327
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T073118Z
UID:969-1585180800-1585267199@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: stories from the romani world
DESCRIPTION:By Janna Eliot – Spokes is made up of stories from across the Traveller world\, featuring British Gypsies\, settled and still travelling; Irish Travellers\, East European Roma; and people whose Romani background has remained under wraps in the face of a hostile world. There’s an old violinist\, a middle-aged mechanic\, a young radio presenter\, a schoolboy\, a retired banker\, a tealady and a teacher. Sometimes humorous\, sometimes tragic; every story is based on real incidents.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-stories-from-the-romani-world/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200228
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072836Z
UID:966-1582761600-1582847999@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: our women on the ground
DESCRIPTION:By Zahra Hankir – Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection\, with a foreword by CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour. 304pp
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-our-women-on-the-ground/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200131
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072743Z
UID:962-1580342400-1580428799@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: paradise
DESCRIPTION:By Toni Morrison – Spanning the birth of the Civil Rights movement\, Vietnam\, the counter-culture and politics of the late 1970s\, deftly manipulating past\, present and future\, this novel reveals the interior lives of the citizens of the town with astonishing clarity. Starkly evoking the clashes that have bedevilled the American century: between race and racelessness; religion and magic; promiscuity and fidelity; individuality and belonging. pp336
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-paradise/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191220
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072647Z
UID:959-1576713600-1576799999@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: the lime tree
DESCRIPTION:By César Aira – In the town square of Coronel Pringles stands a lime tree from which the author’s father used to brew a sedative tea. This Proustian infusion evokes dark memories of the 1955 anti-Perónist revolution\, which dashed the family’s middle-class dreams. The Lime Tree is a portrait of the artist as a child and a lucid analysis of a family’s social trajectory. 256pp
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-the-lime-tree/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191129
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072546Z
UID:956-1574899200-1574985599@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: the death of musrat idrissi
DESCRIPTION:Two venturesome women on a journey through the land of their fathers and mothers. A wrong turn. A bad decision. They had no idea\, when they arrived in Morocco\, that their usual freedoms as young European women would not be available. So\, when the spry Saleh presents himself as their guide and saviour\, they embrace his offer.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-the-death-of-musrat-idrissi/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191101
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072451Z
UID:953-1572480000-1572566399@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: we\, the survivors
DESCRIPTION:Ah Hock is an ordinary\, uneducated man born in a Malaysian fishing village and now trying to make his way in a country that promises riches and security to everyone\, but delivers them only to a chosen few. With Asian society changing around him\, like many he remains trapped in a world of poorly paid jobs that just about allow him to keep his head above water but ultimately lead him to murder a migrant worker from Bangladesh. This is a portrait of an outsider like no other\, an anti-nostalgic view of human life and the ravages of hope.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-we-the-survivors/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190927
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072348Z
UID:950-1569456000-1569542399@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: resistance
DESCRIPTION:In the terrifying atmosphere of late 1970s Buenos Aires\, a young militant couple engaged in the resistance against the military regime adopt a child. Matters had reached a nadir; people were informing on friends and family members\, who were then captured by the regime and subjected to horrific torture. Amid this ever-growing oppression\, the couple and their baby flee to Brazil\, believing it to be a more tranquil country in which to raise a family and pursue their lives.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-resistance/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190829
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190830
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072248Z
UID:947-1567036800-1567123199@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: celestial bodies
DESCRIPTION:Set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman\, we encounter three sisters: Mayya\, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma\, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla\, who rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved\, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families witness Oman evolve from a traditional\, slave-owning society slowly redefining itself after the colonial era\, to the crossroads of its complex present. Elegantly structured and taut\, Celestial Bodies is a coiled spring of a novel\, telling of Oman’s coming-of-age through the prism of one family’s losses and loves.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-celestial-bodies/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190726
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072153Z
UID:944-1564012800-1564099199@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: the reluctant mullah
DESCRIPTION:Alone in his room in a London madrasah\, Musah tries on an abaya\, a hijab and a shawl: he has crossed over – to outsiders he has become a Muslim woman. In a Pakistani haveli\, his cousin\, the nubile Iram\, waits to fulfil the will of Dadaji\, their grandfather. She and Musa must marry. When Musa’s siblings and friends step in to help him fight tradition and achieve what he wants – a love match – their efforts lead to outrage\, hilarity and\, ultimately\, tragedy.
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-the-reluctant-mullah/
CATEGORIES:book club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190628
DTSTAMP:20260409T210105
CREATED:20241030T072054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T072054Z
UID:941-1561593600-1561679999@risc.org.uk
SUMMARY:risc book club: disoriental
DESCRIPTION:By Negar Djavadi (tr by Tina Kover) – Iran/France\nKimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself as well as the prospect of a new generation\, Kimiâ is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors\, which come to her in unstoppable\, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic\, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her\, including her formidable great-grandfather Montazemolmolk\, with his harem of fifty-two wives\, and her parents\, Darius and Sara\, stalwart opponents of each regime that befalls them.\nIn this high-spirited\, kaleidoscopic story\, key moments of Iranian history\, politics\, and culture punctuate stories of family drama and triumph. Yet it is Kimiâ herself––punk-rock aficionado\, storyteller extraordinaire\, a Scheherazade of our time\, and above all a modern woman divided between family traditions and her own “disorientalization”––who forms the heart of this bestselling and beloved novel. 320pp
URL:https://risc.org.uk/events/risc-book-club-disoriental/
CATEGORIES:book club
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