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Reality behind Brazilian Biofuels in NZ
The Reality behind Brazilian Biofuels in New
Zealand
Presentation by Padre Thorlby
Pastoral Land
Commission, Pernambuco, Brazil
followed
by a Panel Discussion
St John's Hall,
cnr Willis & Dixon Streets,
Wellington
Thursday
22 April 2010 6pm –
8.30pm
Light meal
from 5.30pm
Padre Thorlby is a priest who has worked for 25 years with landless people, homesteaders and sugarcane workers in Brazil. He will provide a first-hand report of the ecological and human rights issues that result from cheap Brazilian ethanol, which is now being imported to fuel NZ cars.
The Panel will be chaired by economist Bill Rosenberg, NZ Council of Trade Unions, and include Paul Bruce, Wellington Regional Councillor; Father Gerard Burns, chair of Caritas/ social justice worker; Doug Clover, convenor, Sustainable Energy Forum; Jim Kebble, founder, Commonsense Organics and Kay Weir, Editor, Pacific Ecologist.
Talk at VUW April 19 - Padre Thorlby will also be speaking Victoria University on Monday evening, April 19
Background to the issue: See Padre Thorlby’s article in Pacific Ecologist at http://www.pacificecologist.org/archive/17/
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