TED Chat is an opportunity for thought provoking discussion on a wide range of topics. It is open to all and no prior knowledge is required.

The format is that we'll watch one of the TED Talks, and then there will be an opportunity for group discussion. Usually we'll cover 2-3 talks in an evening. Some weeks they may all be on a particular theme, such as sustainable development.

This Week :

The theme for this week is 'Appropriate Technology', I have chosen two talks on this theme :

Amy Smith talks about how she used students at MIT to to develop alternative fuels to reduce deforestation and respiratory diseases caused by the use of wood biomass for cooking.

Cat Laine talks about how she combines the ideas behind international development and venture capital to help foster local businesses that meet the needs of local populations.

If you have a TED talk you'd particularly like discussed please contact me : alex [at] alexrice.co.uk

The Peoples Cinema, films for the people!

Come and enjoy a regular series of thought provoking documentaries, lesser known cinema and general oddities. We are fully liscensed to sell tea and cake to the audience :)

Cafe open from 7:30pm, films begin at 8pm, stay around for discussion afterwards.

This weeks Film: To See if I'm Smiling

A documentary exploring the expreiences of six Israeli women during their time in the Israeli army. The army in Israeli is one of the only in the world to have conscription for men and women, this documentary explores both the different experiences met by women in a still male dominated combat situation, and the broader experience of conscription and the occupation.

(Ben or whoever is doing the screening will be volunteering too, if you want to help out, you're more than welcome! If it's your first time just let us know and we can come a bit early and show you the ropes)

 cafe open

 Cafe Open for a long, chilled out Sunday afternoon.

 Weekly meditation class, please don't arrive after 5.35pm as we're already getting into the meditation then. For more info contact: patbai77@hotmail.com

A meeting to discuss all things Cafe related and make decisions about said things. We are certain to discuss things such as baking, filling volunteer shifts, opening times, upcoming events & banking along with whatever else people think needs discussing.

Meetings run by consensus, generally with a big pot of tea, and should be incredibly inclusive and friendly...

If you have any agenda items for the meeting (whether you're coming or not), or are excluded by the day/time and would like to let us know when would better for you, please send a message to soc-cafe-discuss XXX lists.cam.ac.uk (where XXX stands for @ ) .

Peace & Love,

The Cafe

Lovely tea, cake, amnesty letters

Film showing by UNIFEM Cambridge

UNIFEM is the Fund for Women Agency at the United Nations. It works to raise awareness and funding to promote social, economic and political empowerment and equality of women in developing countries, as well as domestic violence and forced prostitution in developed countries. UNIFEM Cambridge has organised its January – June campaign around the food crisis and the role that women play within it. This cycle of films link food to women in a light-hearted but deep way.

This is the second film (see also the 3rd March):

Mr Slimani, an old man of Algerian origins who has been working for all his life at a port, dreams of opening a restaurant. He is divorced and with a difficult relationship with the “women” of his family. However, thanks to his dream, the entire family re-compacts to the point that perhaps that dream is not just a dream.

 Cafe Open, lots of tea and cakes and books and fun people!

Cafe with Transition Cambridge!

Come and find out about Transition and meet the Transition crowd!

http://www.transitioncambridge.org/

Shell, BP, etc are extracting oil from tar sands, not only destroying the local environment and contributing masses of greenhouse gas emissions, but also driving indigenous people off their land. Sounds awful? Well, yeah. Come and find out what we can do in Cambridge to stop it happening.

The Peoples Cinema, films for the people!

Come and enjoy a regular series of thought provoking documentaries, lesser known cinema and general oddities. We are fully liscensed to sell tea and cake to the audience :)

Cafe open from 7:30pm, films begin at 8pm, stay around for discussion afterwards.

(Ben or whoever is doing the screening will be volunteering too, if you want to help out, you're more than welcome! If it's your first time just let us know and we can come a bit early and show you the ropes)

 cafe open

 Cafe Open for a long, chilled out Sunday afternoon.

 Weekly meditation class, please don't arrive after 5.20pm as we're already getting into the meditation then. For more info contact: patbai77@hotmail.com

Lovely tea, cake, amnesty letters

mmm...tea.....

 cafe open 

Strawberry Fair is having a big shake-up this year, returning to its roots as a community festival.

As part of this there will be fortnightly Strawberry Fair nights at the Cafe Project for people to come and find out more, talk through ideas, and get involved with making Strawberry fair an amazing community event!

For more details, contact Pan: 

pete [at] teacher.com 

TED Chat is an opportunity for thought provoking discussion on a wide range of topics. It is open to all and no prior knowledge is required.

The format is that we'll watch one of the TED Talks, and then there will be an opportunity for group discussion. Usually we'll cover 2-3 talks in an evening. Some weeks they may all be on a particular theme, such as sustainable development.

This Week :

The theme for this week is 'Appropriate Technology', I have chosen two talks on this theme :

Amy Smith talks about how she used students at MIT to to develop alternative fuels to reduce deforestation and respiratory diseases caused by the use of wood biomass for cooking.

Cat Laine talks about how she combines the ideas behind international development and venture capital to help foster local businesses that meet the needs of local populations.

If you have a TED talk you'd particularly like discussed please contact me : alex [at] alexrice.co.uk

The Peoples Cinema, films for the people!

Come and enjoy a regular series of thought provoking documentaries, lesser known cinema and general oddities. We are fully liscensed to sell tea and cake to the audience :)

Cafe open from 7:30pm, films begin at 8pm, stay around for discussion afterwards.

(Ben or whoever is doing the screening will be volunteering too, if you want to help out, you're more than welcome! If it's your first time just let us know and we can come a bit early and show you the ropes)

 cafe open

 Cafe Open for a long, chilled out Sunday afternoon.

 Weekly meditation class, please don't arrive after 5.35pm as we're already getting into the meditation then. For more info contact: patbai77@hotmail.com

Lovely tea, cake, amnesty letters