· A day of workshops, activities and exhibition, an early evening debate and evening reception with organic buffet.
· To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Women’s Environmental Network, raise awareness about what WEN and women generally are doing for a better environment, and explore issues of identity in this era of globalisation and consumerism.

How do you measure your global footprint* in kitten heels? Can you shop-till-you-drop and support fair trade? Is what you see in the mirror reflected in the media images all around you? How does your sense of identity affect your power to create change?

“There was a strange discrepancy between the reality of our lives as women and the image to which we were trying to conform,” Betty Friedan wrote in her book, The Feminine Mystique, in 1963. For many this still rings true today. Is that pressure to conform polluting our minds, our bodies and our environment? Discussions and activities during the afternoon will hear from guest speakers and grassroots activists on how we can overcome the barriers and seek inspiration from the many ways women are working for a healthier world.

Programme:
12- 6pm FREE exhibition, activities, workshops, including: Fruity Beauty – how to make your own toiletries; Toxic Tour – spot risky chemicals in cosmetics; Fair Trade Fashion Show –
by People Tree; Beauty, a pointless affair? – seminar with Helen Lynn, WEN Health Coordinator; Urban Harvest – organic community gardening plus Compost Surgery by the compost doctor,
for Compost Awareness Week; WASTED – exciting waste-prevention ideas; Changing Style – cloth nappies ain’t what they used to be; It’s not blue, period – sanitary protection and
the environment.

5.00-6.30pm ‘Identity in a changing world’, keynote debate with journalist Bea Campbell, Green MEP Caroline Lucas, and other speakers. Chaired by Sue Buckingham, Chair of WEN, Senior lecturer in geography and environmental issues at Brunel University and author of
Gender & Environment. Ticketed.

6.30-10pm Reception with organic buffet and entertainment including harpist Elizabeth Taylor, stand-up comedienne Shazia Mirza and performance poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze. WEN founder, Bernadette Vallely - how it all got started. Ticketed.

Tickets: £10 for debate, £20 for reception or £25 for both.
(Concessions: £7 for debate, £12 for reception, £15 for both)

*The mark you leave on the earth, a measure of the land and resources needed to support
your lifestyle.