 Thursday 6th March at 6pm. Doors/bar open 5.30pm at Victoria Hall, Tisbury. Members free and non-members donation of £2. BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK BY ISABELLA TREE Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe. Link to trailer https://youtu.be/Uw084uIMo8Y.   The next in our film series is After Antarctica. This film follows legendary polar explorer, Will Steger's journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes to the polar regions of our planet. Now, thirty years after his historic expedition across the coldest continent on Earth, Steger heads out on the ice once again, at a time when he is not only known for being the first in history to complete these historic feats - he is also the last.
You will be assured of a very warm welcome at the Victoria Hall from 5.30pm on Monday January 13th when the bar will be open and the film will start at 6pm. The screening will be free for members and guests are asked to pay £2 at the door. There is a new programme for 2025 and you can find the lists of our talks, films and field trips on the relevant pages of this website. We just need to complete the document which holds the details of the field trips and we'll let you know when it's ready.
Come along to the film this Thursday 7th November for the viewing at 6pm of "Six inches of soil". Doors and bar open at 5:30. Free for members or £2 for guests.  This is a story of courage, vision and hope; an inspiring story of three young farmers on the first year of their journey to heal the soil and help transform the food system. Working with communities, small businesses, chefs and entrepreneurs, they, and others like them, are leading the way to transform how our food is produced and consumed.
As the trio strive to adopt regenerative practices and create viable businesses, they meet seasoned mentors who help them on their journey. They are joined by other experts providing wisdom and solutions from a growing movement of people dedicated to changing the trajectory for food, farming and the planet. Mainstream “industrial” farming practices significantly contribute to soil degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change. Regenerative farming practices promote healthier soils, provide healthier, affordable food, restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. Regenerative farming techniques work in harmony with, rather than against nature. They keep carbon in the ground and create resilient systems in the face of climate uncertainty. Together with a focus on local food systems, shorter supply chains, the advantages are numerous. We get to know who is growing our food and how, farmers get paid a fair price and have the satisfaction of producing healthy food in a healthy environment. Dick Budden The Tisbury and District Natural History society invites its members and guests to a screening of the film 'Six Inches of Soil' on the 7th of November at 6pm.
This is the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. The screening will start at 6pm and the doors and bar will open 30 minutes before. Attendants are welcome to stay at the end for a discussion. This film screening is part of the film programme of the Tisbury and District Natural History Society, with three screenings per year, in November, January and March. This film has been suggested by several of our members, suggestions for future screenings are always welcome. Films will be free this winter for members and £2 for non-members. All welcome.  On Monday 25th March at 6pm, we will be screening Ed Scott-Clarke's documentary ‘E-Life’ at the New Vic (Victoria Hall) in Tisbury. Doors and bar open at 5.45 pm. All welcome...it's £1 per ticket for members and non-members. Free for the Under 21s.
Ed Scott-Clarke will be there to answer questions afterwards. E-Life investigates the social and environmental consequences of our electronic waste. Computers, mobile phones, TVs and home appliances have become an intrinsic part of our daily lives revolutionising the way we interact, communicate and view the world. Keeping up with the latest models and lifestyle products has firmly positioned consumers as the driving force behind a constant cycle of technological advancement. But what exactly happens to our broken computer when we throw it away? Where does that old phone go when we upgrade? From the US to the UK, Accra to Amsterdam, E-LIFE provides the answers. On Thursday 1st of February at 6pm, we will be screening a series of short films on the theme of ocean plastics at the New Vic (Victoria Hall) in Tisbury. Doors and bar open at 5.45 pm. All welcome...it's £1 per ticket for members and non-members. Free for the Under 21s.
With a total duration of about 1 hour, we will be showing a diversity of documentaries and animated films. The focus will be on how the plastic we use makes it into the oceans, the impact of our consumption activities on the health of the aquatic ecosystems around the world, and what all of us can do about it. It’s not all gloom and doom, the films are sad and uplifting in equal measures, giving us clues as to what we can do to help understand and alleviate the plastic problem. The short films are informative, cinematographically innovative and thought-provoking, and some have been filmed in remote beautiful locations such as Bali. We will start with four animated films, ‘The Beauty’ (2019), ‘Are you eating plastic for dinner?’ (2019), ‘Shelfish’ (2019) and ‘Plastic is everywhere’ (2023). We will continue with a series of short documentaries, including ‘If you give a beach a bottle’ (2022) and ‘Voice above water’ (2021), both winners of multiple Film Festival awards. Finally, we will end with three documentaries by Ed Scott-Clarke, film director and producer, who will be available at the end of the screenings for a Q&A. First, a longer documentary ‘Plastic Shores’ (2012) followed by two short documentaries produced for the CNN. A reminder that we'll be showing the award winning RiverBlue documentary on Thursday 23rd November in the Victoria Hall at 6pm. It is free for under 21s and £1 per ticket for everyone else. Please spread the word. It is open to everyone.
River conservationist Mark Angelo infiltrated the fashion industry to reveal the destruction of some of the world's most vital rivers through the dumping of toxic chemical waste, affecting the people and wildlife who rely on these rivers for survival. RiverBlue acts as a demand for change in the textile industry and offers solutions of hope for a sustainable future. We shall be showing "My Octopus Teacher", a feature documentary that tells the story of how Craig Foster, following a daily routine of diving in freezing kelp forests off the tip of South Africa, discovers an unusually curious octopus that becomes a major force in his life. Shot over a full year, this beautiful record of the octopus’s entire life explores the habits and personality of a strange, undulating creature and shows us things never before recorded by science or on film. Beyond intelligent, dextrous, and resilient, the cephalopod shares its secret world, redefining our understanding of the creatures we share our world with. Entry, free for anyone under 21, otherwise £1 for members and guests, payable at the door. Victoria Hall, High Street, Tisbury (opposite Tisbury Motors).  |
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