Nuclear Ban Treaty as a matter of human survival

https://nuclear-news.net/author/christinamacpherson/

Please go to the above page and find out what can and must be done towards a Nuclear Ban Treaty! I absolutely agree that indeed human survival is at stake. Do we want that humans can survive or do we not care? That is the question.

Father’s Day 2017 in Australia

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Peter baked these two cakes for Father’s Day. It is an almond meal cake and an apple crumble yeast cake. The almond cake just now gets a bit more filling and decorating.

We hope some people are going to turn up to help us eat the cakes!

Human Flow review – Ai Weiwei’s urgent look at the scale of the refugee crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/31/human-flow-review-ai-weiwei-refugee-crisis

Venice film festival

Gorgeous shots in Greece, Calais and elsewhere, many filmed from drones, create a visual tone poem that proves both epic and highly human

Jordan Hoffman

Friday 1 September 2017 05.01 AESTLast modified on Friday 1 September 2017 05.24 AEST

“The international co-productions of the mid-20th century often boasted myriad shooting locations in far-flung places. Who would have guessed the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei would pick up where moguls such as Sam Spiegel left off.

Ai’s new film, Human Flow, while certainly epic in scope, is not exactly meant as entertainment. This is an urgent, deep soak in the current refugee crisis. There has been no dearth of documentaries about this topic, but this one comes closest to understanding the totality of the issue. . . . .”

I copied the above from The Guardian

For a World in Peace: IPPNW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kj5aLqSFl0

IPPNWgermany

Published on Dec 17, 2015

German original version: tiny.cc/4y5c7x | Thirty years ago, IPPNW was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the public education and advocacy work of its members on the dangers and effects of nuclear war. Today, IPPNW is still actively engaged in working for a world free of the nuclear threat, for a world in peace and for social responsibility. This short film, by Kathy Becker and Jonathan Happ, explains the organisation’s work and the motivation of its members. More about IPPNW here: http://www.ippnw.de

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KJxAxIQkNg

Consequences of Fukushima: Dr. Alex Rosen (IPPNW Germany)

IPPNWgermany

Published on Feb 28, 2017

6 years after the nuclear accident of Fukushima, people in Japan have to live with the consequences of the catastrophe: More than 100.000 people are living as nuclear refugees scattered across the country. Radiation levels are still high. 184 children from the Fukushima region have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Fukushima address by Dr. Alex Rosen, Vice-president of IPPNW Germany

Diary, September 1st, 2017

Two weeks ago, on Friday, the 18th of August, Martin drove us to Sussex Inlet. And only two days before that, on that Wednesday, he drove us to Newcastle to see Lauren and have lunch with Lauren. We first stopped at the place where Lauren lives with her mother. Lauren showed us their house which is small but comfortable. In the back there is a huge garden area with lots of flowers and a double garage that they do not use as a garage but is furnished in a way that would make it suitable for parties, I guess. Lauren asked us, would we like a cup of tea. Of course this was very welcome.

Martin and Peter were walking around a bit more while Lauren went to make tea for us and I was sitting down to wait here:

Lauren is nineteen, she is our youngest granddaughter. She could take the day off because she works most weekends. This year she got her driver’s license and she bought herself a second hand car. Lauren drove us in her car to the beach for lunch.

Lauren and her mum have two dogs.