Program

Saturday 5 July 2008

Welcome Day

Arrivals: All day

9am: Registrations at Holy Eucharist Hall

Rest

8pm; Public opening ceremony, Holy Eucharist Hall, Oleander Drive, St Albans.


Day 2: Immersion program: Water issues in Central Victoria

Sunday 6 July 2008

9 am, Holy Eucharist Church, St Albans: Welcoming Mass of the Holy Eucharist Parish. Fr Peter Carrucan presiding.

11 am, Holy Eucharist Church, St Albans: Departure for the Immersion Program in Central Victoria.

”’1:30 pm, Picnic Lunch at Lauriston Reservoir.

3 pm, Bendigo: Tour in groups through Roslyn Park.

4 pm: Presentation of the evolution of the Coliban Water system by Geoff Russell.

4:45 pm: Presentation on current water issues by Neil Burns, Coliban Water.

Day 3: Bendigo program

9 am – 3:30 pm: Individual group activities in various sites in and around Bendigo (Recycling, Waterwatch, Smart Gardens, River Systems (2), Water Treatment, Domestic Water, Agriculture, Agriculture Domestic, Desalination Agriculture).

4 pm: Farewell and BBQ dinner.


Day 4: Analysing water issues

Tuesday 8 July 2010

Group Activities at Victoria University

9 am – 12 am, Victoria University St Albans: Work on group presentation.

2 pm – 4:30 pm, Victoria University St Albans: Public presentation of the immersion experience [*].


Day 5: The spirituality of water

Wednesday 9 July 2008

Day’s Program

10 am – 11 am, Victoria University Queen Street, Melbourne City: Australian Water Issues [*] by Stephen Gray.

2:30 pm – 4 pm, Victoria University Queen Street, Melbourne City: Interfaith seminar [*] on “The spirituality of Water”. With the participation of many religious people (Rabbi Jonathan Keren Balck, Bishop Christopher Prowse, Tristan Mungatopi, Venerable Jue Yao, Geoff Berry, Yasser Soliman). There is a brief summarizing this activity (http://www.greenwyd.org/doc/INTERFAITH.doc).

7 pm – 8 pm, Hall of the Holy Eucharist Parish, St Albans: Concert of Funk’d Up [*].


Day 6: Water action

Thursday 10 July

Planning action on water issues


9 am – 12 am, Victoria University St Albans: Presentation by Trevor Alex, Victorian President of the Australian Institute of Project Management, and groups work [*].

2 pm – 3:30 pm, Victoria University St Albans: Report presentation by the groups [*].


Day 7: Treeplanting at Brimbank

Friday 11 July 2008

Treeplanting




9 am – 12 am, Sydenham Park: Tree planting [*].

2 pm – 5 pm, Melbourne City: Sightseeing.

5 pm – 20 pm, Melbourne City: DID Commissioning Mass.


Day 8: Eco-walk and Cultural Evening

Saturday 12 July 2008

Eco-Walk and Cultural Evening


10 am – 12 am, Iramoo environmental center, Melbourne City: Eco-Walk [*].

5 pm – 7 pm, Hall of the Holy Eucharist Parish, St Albans: Culture group performance [*].

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Hall of the Holy Eucharist Parish, St Albans: Australian Cultural show [*].