Registrations have now been extended by one week to Friday January 13th.

To register, simply visit www.asen.org.au/trainingcamp and follow the link.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact info@asen.org.au.

Every year the Australian Student Environment Network organises a Training Camp in January to help skill up various collective members for the year ahead, to network with other collectives and to plan for ASEN’s future.

For 2012 the ASEN Training Camp will run from January 20th – 25th and will be held on Wiradjuri Country at Caloola Farm in the ACT (about an hour from Canberra).

2012 also signifies the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra which we will be attending and supporting after Training Camp.

The 6 days will cover workshops and discussions around:

• Collective organising skills
• Theories of change
• Successful campaigns
• State and collective strategising
• and many more…

A full programme will be released once confirmed.

Registrations are now open!

Click HERE to register

For more information, please visit www.asen.org.au/trainingcamp, visit our facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/249959571720519/ and/or email info@asen.org.au.

Can’t wait to see you there.

In love, rage and solidarity,

First of all, we would like to say THANKYOU for your artworks and
offers. The life and vibe of Germinate is created by the artworks that
grace its pages.

If you have any existing artworks you think might be appropriate for
the zine, we would love to see them. Or, if you have any time over the
next couple of weeks, the following is a list of topics we are
expecting to receive articles on that we hope might inspire your
creative minds : (note – artworks don’t need to accompany articles,
but we would love article illustrations if that is up your ally)

Insects as human food
Coal seam gas
On-campus vegie gardens
The Politics of Money
Reflections on SoS Albury
Impacts of carbon trading on farmers in Honduras
Review – Coal Seam Gas protest cd
Coal Seam gas interviews
ANFA convergence
How to become a French environmental activist expatriated in Australia
Footprints for peace – write up of WA Walk against Uranium mining

Other regular spaces that we would love to illustrate are:
Acknowledgement of Country
Introductions to ASEN and Germinate
Editors note
Contents page
News section – Australia
News section – International
Call-out for submissions for the next Germinate (towards the back)
Upcoming events
Thankyou page for contributors and supporters
Call-out for the 2012 Germinate editorial collective – short job
description, offer support if needed

If any of these articles interest you and you want more info, we can
send them to you when they come in.

Although our first deadline was on November 11th, this date is
flexible, and we would happily receive artworks and illustrations
after that date – just let us know what you would like to work on and
how long you think you will need.

If you have any questions please shoot us an email or leave us a
message on the facebook page.

Love,
The Germs.

Germinate is the free bi-annual zine which we publish and to keep it free we need your help.

To make Germinate more accessible and to be able to distribute it to as many collectives as possible we need to raise $1500 by the end of December.

If you’ve ever received a copy of Germinate before and enjoyed what you read, please consider making a donation by visiting our page on GiveNow. You can access by point your browser to http://www.givenow.com.au/asengerminate, or by clicking on the link below.

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THE INAUGURAL CCEN BIKE POLO TOURNAMENT!

- Come play for bike polo glory and more!

Bikes, Prizes, BBQ and more!

Where: RMIT Brunswick Campus, front car park
When: 11am-5pm, Saturday 15th October

“But I don’t know what Bike Polo is…”

No worries! There will be how to play workshops in the morning, lunch and then the chance to play for fun and glory in the afternoon.

It’s 3 a side. So in a special offer, all you need is two friends. That’s right, bargain…

All mallets to play will be provided.

$30 a team ($10 each)

A set of Golden Mallets up for grabs for the winning team!

Other good prizes for:

- Funniest team name
- Best team uniform

TO REGISTER: email your team name to:
s3134460@student.rmit.edu.au

Permaculture Workshops, Garden Tours, Films, Stalls,
Live Music, Food, fire, Chai & Friendly Folk!

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15th
From 12 noon till late

The garden is located on:
the corner of sturt & Hall Drives
Opp. Sturt precinct

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=277628478920867

Brighten your morning with a healthy breakfast on October 12 from 7:30 AM onwards on Eastern Avenue, Sydney University (the main thoroughfare that runs perpendicular to King St.). Following tasty breakfast treats we will be holding a learn to change a tyre workshop, bike chats, and a game of bike polo on the lawns until 1 PM.

Come on down and enjoy the morning with us in the delightful surrounds of Sydney University.

Find more information at the website: http://sydney.edu.au/news/sustainable_campus/1529.html?eventid=8708

Or join the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176112259131383