Devon Humanists

We meet at the Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter, on the third Thursday each month from 12:30 for food, drinks, chat or discussion and to meet other members and friends. Discussion groups meet in Exeter, Totnes and Fremington. More details are available from the organisers: Exeter, South and North. S. Devon group usually meet at 7:30pm on the 4th Thursday of the month at Birdwood House, 44 High Street, Totnes TQ9 5SQ; N. Devon group at 7:30pm on the 1st Wednesday at Fremington Parish Hall annexe, Higher Road, Fremington, EX31 3BG near Barnstaple, and Exeter in members homes on the first Thursday in the month. (Please check that an event is planned before travelling.)

• Thu 18 Feb at 12:30pm: Lunch at Phoenix.
• Mon 22 Feb at 7:30pm: Prof. Susan Blackmore will give a talk entitled Are religions dangerous memes?. This will be followed by a discussion about forming a Plymouth Group of Devon Humanists.
  Place: Devonport Lecture Theatre, Portland Square Building Univ of Plymouth (bldg 26 on campus map)
• Wed 24 Feb at 7:30pm: N Devon Group meeting at Fremington Parish Hall (annex), Higher Road, Fremington, EX31 3BG. Discussion Do we have free will led by Gordon Peckham
• Thu 25 Feb at 12:30pm: S. Devon Group meet for lunch at Bay Horse Inn, Totnes (12:30 for 1:00)
• Thu 18 Mar at 12:30: Lunch at Phoenix.

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• Tue 23 Mar at 7:30pm: Two talks: Ian Bateman, the Devon County Council Climate Change Officer, will talk about Living with Climate Change and Pip Hayes about the Optimum Population Trust.
  Place: City Gate Hotel by the Iron Bridge (City Gate Hotel, Iron Bridge, Lower North Street, Exeter. EX4 3RB).
• Thu 15 Apr at 12:30: Lunch at Phoenix.
• Sat 8 May at 11:00am: Annual General Meeting at Exeter Central Library.
• Thu 20 May at 12:30: Lunch at Phoenix.
• Wed 2 Jun at 7:30pm: Exeter Phoenix. Talk by philosopher Julian Baggini Religion, Respect and Freedom? All about what a secular society does and does not require.
• Thu 17 Jun at 12:30: Lunch at Phoenix.
• Thu 15 Jul at 12:30: Lunch at Phoenix.

Exeter's Café Scientifique takes place on the first Monday of every month at The Pitcher and Piano, on the junction of Queens Street and Gandy Street at 8:30 pm, unless stated otherwise. Events are free but space is limited to the numbers of seats and standing room at the bar. See the Café Scientifique website for details and the latest information.

Plymouth's SciBAr provides the opportunity for anyone to listen to and participate in an informal, relaxed discussion on scientific issues over a drink in the Café Les Jardin De Bagatelle, Old Town Street, Plymouth. The sciBAr is organised by the local branch of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Faculty of Science at the University of Plymouth. See the SciBAr website for details of events normally on the first Tuesday of the month. (see also Exeter branch of the BA.)

Some of us meet on Wednesday evenings to view the film at the Exeter Phoenix Art Centre – usually around 8pm, but see the Phoenix programme for details.

The Global Centre runs a lunch time discussion group on world affairs every Thursday 1-2pm at Exeter Community Centre, 17 St. David's Hill. They also run a book club which meets monthly on a Wednesday 7-9pm.

• Mon 1 Mar at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique: Climate change and its implications for us Paul Van Der Linden, Director, Ensembles, Met office
• Wed 10 Mar at 7:00pm: Exeter Philosophy Circle meet at the St Sidwell's Centre, Sidwell Street, to discuss Logic, Assumptions and Everyday thinking. Email for more information.

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• Mon 5 Apr at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique: What does it mean to be a modern man? Jessica Salvatore, Research fellow, School of Psychology
• Sun 11 Apr at 2:30pm: Free film & discussion at Exeter Phoenix. Money as Debt "explains the banking cartel's control over our lives -- why the system has to fail". See website.
• Wed 14 Apr at 7:00pm: Exeter Philosophy Circle meet at the St Sidwell's Centre, Sidwell Street, to discuss The Philosophy of the mind. Email for more information.
• Sun 18 Apr at 2:30pm: Free film & discussion at Exeter Phoenix. Pig Business "Trashing communities, torturing humans & animals in pursuit of money and power". See website.
• Sun 2 May at 2:30pm: Free film & discussion at Exeter Phoenix. Outfoxed "Global media. The danger of corporations controlling the public's right to know". See website.
• Mon 3 May at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique: Nanotechnology David Santillo , Greenpeace Research Unit.
• Wed 12 May at 7:00pm: Exeter Philosophy Circle meet at the St Sidwell's Centre, Sidwell Street, to discuss Animal rights. Email for more information.
• Sat 19 Jun: The Ancestor's Trail A walk across the Quantocks celebrating Charles Darwin's Tree of Life, inspired by Richard Dawkins' book The Ancestor's Tale. From various starting points, groups will walk 'back in time', a symbolic journey, to celebrate the 'dawn of life' at Kilve. An all day event – see website for more details.
• Mon 5 Jul at 8:30pm: Café Scientifique: Is the future nuclear? Jim Smith, Reader in environmental physics, University of Portsmouth.