---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daryl Taylor <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 9:53 PM Subject: Symbiotic Earth - Australian Premiere on Thursday 3 May 2018 from 6:45pm at Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne To: Daryl Taylor <[email protected]> *‘**This splendid film gives us insights into Lynn Margulis’ prolific career; and into the woman, whose vitality explodes across the screen with the force of a slow-motion supernova. I was by no means the only person who came away feeling I’d just witnessed a fifth force of nature.’ ~ **Science writer Margaret Wertheim* *Hi Everyone* The Thrive Research Hub and BioCultural Futures are excited to be hosting the Australian Premiere of *Symbiotic Earth *from 6:45pm on Thursday 3 May 2018 in the spacious Basement Theatre of the iconic Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne. Please come along and please also invite your friends, family and colleagues, as this stunning biopic of the extraordinary woman who single handedly revolutionised our understanding of life and living systems, is not to be missed. We have made the event *free* to encourage greater participation. Please circulate via your email groups and social media networks. Book your seats on-line at Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/boo k/event?eid=368420& The *Symbiotic Earth* *Press Release* is attached below for distribution. Thank you in advance for your assistance in helping us promote this event and Lynn Margulis' revolutionary understanding of who we are and how we came into being. *Cheers, Daryl* *Symbiotic Earth* - Australian Premiere - *Free Screening *on * Thursday 3 May 2018* from *6:45pm* at Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne - book tickets at https://www.trybooking.com/boo k/event?eid=368420& *Read Science writer Margaret Wertheim’s preview screening review at: * *https://www.margaretwertheim.com/new-blog/2017/9/4/symbiotic-earth-a-gloriou... <https://www.margaretwertheim.com/new-blog/2017/9/4/symbiotic-earth-a-glorious-film-about-lynn-margulis> *From the Press Release:* *Symbiotic Earth* is the story of a scientific rebel. A model of female empowerment, Lynn Margulis fought the male establishment and, through her persistence, triumphed. As a young scientist in the 1960s, Margulis was ridiculed when she articulated a theory that symbiosis was a key driver of evolution. Instead of the mechanistic view that life evolved solely through random genetic mutations and competition, she presented a symbiotic narrative in which bacteria joined together to create the complex cells that formed animals, plants, and all other organisms. The idea that all of life is deeply interconnected and collaborative has radical implications for how we look at and understand our selves, our species, our relationships, our kin, sex, death, resilience, adaptability, regenerativity, ecology, evolution, our changing environment and our climate. *Global Premiere Screenings:* There have been three other *Symbiotic Earth* Global Premiere screenings: *Oxford University* Large Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building Sherrington, Oxford 0X1 3PT United Kingdom Presented by Voices from Oxford Sponsors: Chelsea Green Publishing and Dan Sackett Post screening discussion with filmmaker John Feldman and physiologist and evolution scientist Denis Noble, author of The Music of Life. *Natural Science Museum of Barcelona* Carrer de Leonardo da Vinci, 4-6 08019 Barcelona, Spain (with Spanish subtitles) Presented by Ricardo Guerrero, microbiologist, academic director of the Academia Europaea-Barcelona Knowledge Hub Post screening Question and Answer session with filmmaker John Feldman *David Brower Center* 2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94704 USA Presented by Bioneers and the David Brower Center Post screening discussion with filmmaker John Feldman and author and systems theorist Fritjof Capra. -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens