What People are saying

Leading International speaker and analyst Nicole Foss, will be touring Australia talking about our own bubble of denial about how the credit crunch threatens our modern way of life, and why we need to start preparing now.

For years, The Automatic Earth has presented the most consistently intelligent, wide-range and intellectually rigorous view of the overall ongoing financial fiasco (...)
- James Howard Kunstler Author of Too Much Magic, The Long Emergency and other books.

Nicole Foss, who is virtually a giant brain with legs. She has degrees in biology, neuroscience, psychology, international law and air & water pollution. (...) Nicole manage(s) to communicate complex problems in a fairly easy to understand way. - Olive on Blonde, Freemantle. WA, oliveonblonde.com

Nicole is one of those all too rare big picture people who understand and can explain the links between the many converging factors now threatening our world. -Jeanette Isaacs-Young, Transition Nambour

It is no secret that we are living in interesting and challenging times, and that we are in great need of not just innovative, but collaborative strategies for sustainability to address our planetary emergency head-on.

Introducing the Automatic Earth Tour, Sustainability Showcase are excited to bring together some of Australia’s leading systems-thinkers and movers and shakers passionate about system change, as well as international finance and energy expert, Nicole Foss. The Automatic Earth Tour is a 2-month festival of catalytic ideas for collaboration to address our planetary emergency, so don’t miss out – make sure you are part of the movement for change!

The Automatic Earth Tour is visiting locations all around Australia between March and May 2013

March in Queensland

Ipswich

Wednesday 20th March @ North Ipswich Reserve Function Centre

Brisbane

Saturday 23rd March @ QUT

Sunshine Coast

Sunday 24th March @ The Big Pineapple

April in New South Wales, ACT, Victoria & South Australia

Sydney

Thursday 4th April @ Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts

Bungendore

Event merged with Canberra

Canberra

Friday 12th April @ The Canberra Club

Melbourne

Sunday 21st April @ Fitzroy Town Hall

Adelaide

Saturday 27th April @ The Bradley Forum, Hawke Centre, University of South Australia (City West Campus)

May in Western Australia & SE QLD

Perth

Wednesday 1st May @ Perth City Farm

Margaret River

Saturday 4th May @ Tingrith Meeting House

Brisbane – Sustainability Skillshare

Event cancelled

Sunshine Coast – Sustainability Skillshare

Event cancelled

More events to be announced soon! Don’t miss out – get your tickets asap!

News

May 9, 2013

Follow-up workshops in Brisbane and Sunshine Coast cancelled

We regret to inform you that this Saturday’s (11th May) workshop in Brisbane, and next Sunday’s (19th May) workshop on the Sunshine Coast with Nicole Foss have both been cancelled. If you have already purchased a ticket for either workshop please take note of the instructions below: If you have paid by PayPal: Your ticket [...]

May 8, 2013

Important info: Sunshine Coast Sustainability Skillshare – Saturday May 19th

The Sustainability Skillshare on the Sunshine Coast is on Sunday 19th – next weekend, so here are a few things you will need to know if you are planning to attend: The skillshare will provide opportunities for learning in more depth and connecting with like and unlike-minds in order to focus on strategies for sustainability that [...]

Showcase Presentations Now Available Online!

Now that the Strategies for Sustainability tour is finished and we have a little free time on our hands, the Sustainability Showcase team are gradually gathering together all of the material from the amazing presentations that have punctuated this ambitious tour. Please check out the presentations gallery on our website for uploaded slideshows and transcripts [...]

Important info: Brisbane Sustainability Skillshare Day – May 11th

The Sustainability Skillshare in Brisbane is on Saturday 11th – this weekend, so here are a few things you will need to know if you are planning to attend: The skillshare will provide opportunities for learning in more depth and connecting with like and unlike-minds in order to focus on strategies for sustainability that we can [...]