Community and Web News
Beltane 2009 Quarterly Newsletter
Gorsedd of Cor Gawr Midsummer gathering - Tickets now available
Affiliated Groups & Groves Equinox Newsletter
The Equinox Newsletter is now available for members here:
TDN AGM 2009ce Reports and Minutes
Druidry Course and Samhain workshop in Maine, USA
Australian Bushfires
As someone who used to live in Australia when I was younger (and who still has family and friends living there now) and because of my connection through being the Affiliated Groups and Groves Co-ordinator, I would just like to express my concern and heartfelt sympathy to everyone in Australia, especially those coping with floods or devastated by the horrific bushfires. During recent events those affected have never been far from my thoughts and I'm sure many more of TDN members feel the same way. Despite the recent lack of coverage by the British media, fires in Victoria are still burning. They are threatening not only people's homes and livelihood, but also their safety and that of the animals and vegetation they share the land with. Whilst Australia has always been a country accustomed to bushfires, the fires Victoria have been experiencing since earlier this month have been the worst for many decades.
The following link was sent to us by a friend in Australia, please spare a few minutes and go and have a look: http://vimeo.com/3151052
This link is to recent news on the fires:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/bushfires.aspx
Earth Hour - 8:30pm, Saturday, 28th March
Greetings!
Anybody out there heard about WWF’s “Earth Hour”? It started in Sydney, Australia, back in 2007 with 2.2 million homes and businesses turning their lights off for one hour to highlight the need for action on global warming and the seriousness of climate change. Following media coverage the simple event in Sydney in 2007 became a global affair in 2008 when over 370 cities and towns, including many famous landmarks across the world, joined in for an hours blackout. This year WWF wants the event to become even bigger and really bring home to governments in every country that dangerous climate change won’t just go away and something needs to be done now and not when it is too late.
8:30pm, Saturday, 28th March is the time and date for this years “Earth Hour”. Sit on your own in candlelight or get together with friends and have a candlelit dinner party or maybe a storytelling session around the fire. There are various ideas for what to do (and how to raise money for WWF whilst doing it) on the WWF website where you can also register: www.wwf.org.uk/earthhour for the UK and http://www.earthhour.org/ for international.
Oscar's Birth, by Lou Warren
Imbolc 2009 Quarterly Newsletter
Member Gatherings Open
The Gatherings are ready now open for members to create and manage their own. Please be aware that until January, the process of reviewing gathering submissions prior to publication may be a little slow because of new year festivities!
Members can access the gatherings at http://druidnetwork.org/og
Affiliated Groups and Groves Yule Newsletter
The Yule Newsletter is now available for members here:
http://druidnetwork.org/en/affiliatedgroups/newsletters
New PD Moon Mandala 2009
Druid Camp 2009
Druid Camp is now confirmed for next year as to be held from 5 - 9 August 2009. More information will be published as soon as we have it.
The Druid Camp : http://www.druidcamp.org.uk
It's that time again...
As the time of Yule, or Christmas, Winter Solstice comes around again it may be a good time to flag up some of the many ways in which one can gift with ethics in mind. :)
If anyone has additions or changes for the linked page(s), do get in touch. And have a splendid celebration!
A Druid at Colchester?
Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) is working with Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service to rework their Iron Age displays. One of these is based around human remains and artefacts found at Stanway, near Colchester in Essex, which some have interpreted as possibly those of a Roman-era druid.
For more information, see www.honour.org.uk/node/247.
HAD and local Pagans are in discussion with Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service about how best to move forward with their plans to mount a special display in 2009.
HAD would very much like to hear from you if you have an interest in this case. Send your comments, thoughts and observations to Mike Fletcher at mike.fletcher [at] honour [dot] org [dot] uk and he will pass them on. It might be possible to include some of these ideas within the consultation group.
