In a collaboration which brings local Balinese community leaders, school students and an LA film maker together, Bali will be collecting signatures for its petition to support UN Article 31, at an event being held in Ubud, on April 1st 2009.
An evening with film maker Steven Starr and screening of his film “Flow-For the Love of Water” - comes as the culmination of a project that has brought students from Bali’s Green School and Starr into collaboration over the past 3 months, in a study of water in Bali and a presentation that was given at the Global Issues Network, EARCOS conference in Bangkok earlier in the month. Working with local community groups to address Bali’s rising issues of water pollution and conservation, the project is set to continue over the coming months and includes collecting signatures for a new entry into the United Nations Declaration for Human Rights, Article 31.
Green School Bali is a new, environmental school which combines the study of traditional curricular skills with permaculture and environmentalism. Set in 9 hectares of organic farmland on two sides of the Ayung River in Sibang, students at Green School study a IGCSE Green Curriculum in a child focused learning environment, in extremely low carbon emission, outdoor bamboo classrooms. To find out more about the unique educational opportunity Green School offers, please visit www.greenschool.org To inquire about press passes for the event on April 1st, please contact michele.simpson-
Steven Starr, the producer of FLOW-For the love of Water – has flown to Bali to support the Green School student's project and to contribute to the discussion about water conservation in Indonesia. He will be in Ubud to present his film “Flow-For the Love of Water” and is interested to meet and talk with all people about the world water crisis and what can be done to address the issue. TICKETS ON SALE NOW - RP250,000 FILM ONLY / VIP DINNER RP750,000 email flowthefilm@
