Nov 30, 2010

"Can Alternative Economics Pay The Bills?"

"Can Alternative Economics Pay The Bills?"

Basement Project Space,

Camden Quay, Cork

November 30th 6pm - 8pm

 

 

Confirmed Speakers:

Cork Free Choice - Caroline Robinson

Future Orchard Trust - Elaine Garde

Grace Hamilton

Kinsale Transition town - Jeannie Timony

U.C.C- Bridget Carroll

WWOOF Ireland – Annie

We also have a number of other really interesting speakers, but we have to confirm the details with them.

 

To kick off the event, each speaker is invited to give a short (approx. 5 mins) presentation which can take any form. If you would like to give a powerpoint presentation then send us the file before hand so we can have it ready to go. Each speaker is asked to include in their presentation a question which might relate either to their own businesses/organisation or a related issue. Following the presentations, the speakers and the audience will be divided into groups to discuss these questions, with the objective of turning up some interesting and possibly useful answers.

 

We also have one further request, if you are producers or have any research material that you would like to bring to the shop to exchange for Deblooms, we would be very grateful! You can then use this money to purchase goods which others have contributed to our micro-economy.

 

You can find out more information about us and a full events timetable for the rest of "Just Keep Shopping (everything will be okay)" on our blog www.sociablescience.wordpress.com. We would be delighted to see you at any of our other events or during the opening hours of the shop. We look forward to hearing from you and to meeting you on the 30th.

 

Regards,

 

Jan/Bernardine

www.sociablescience.wordpress.com

 


Nov 24, 2010

Partnership for Change Report November 2010

Declan Waugh, founder of the Partnership for Change (PFC), is a past winner of the annual Cork Environmental Forum Outstanding Individual Award

This report (which you will find at this link) outlines the diverse range of work PFC has been involved with at home and abroad since its inception in 2008 - a document well worth reading.




Greetings friends and colleagues

On the second anniversary of establishing Partnership for Change (PFC) I have published this report outlining the activities and achievements of PFC over the past two years.  

After managing and facilitating PFC on a voluntarily basis for two years I have developed a keen understanding of the professional and personal commitments required to promote a vision of sustainability and social partnership for the 21st century. We face enormous challenges for the environment and the economy. We must acknowledge the link between economic growth and environmental degradation and the urgency with which we must act to address the key issues of recourse management, environmental protection and energy use.

Please take the time to read this Report, it offers many examples of not for profit initiatives worthy of attention. I invite your comments and ask that you circulate this Report to your friends, staff and colleagues to share our ideas for a more sustainable world.

Kind regards


Declan Waugh
Partnership for Change
11 Riverview
O Dohertys Rd
Bandon
Co.Cork

Tel: +353(0)23-8841933
Mobile: +353(0)86-3853363
Email: declan@partnershipforchange.ie
Web:  www.partnershipforchange.ie


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Nov 23, 2010

SECAD 'From the Social Economy to the Green Economy’ 26 Nov

FINAL REMINDER

SECAD FREE Employment Seminar 'From the Social Economy to the Green
Economy' will take place at the Radisson Hotel, Little Island on
Friday 26th November from 9.30am to 2pm.

Deadline for registration

There are a limited number of places remaining for members of
community groups, so please book your place for this free seminar by
phoning 021 4613432 or emailing info@secad.ie by Monday 22nd November

How will my community group benefit?

Members of community groups will benefit by learning about upcoming
schemes for employment of staff in their community projects and
hearing case studies regarding employment and funding within community
projects.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.  We look
forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Nuala

Nuala O'Connell

South & East Cork Area Development Ltd.,

Midleton Community Enterprise Centre,

Owennacurra Business Park,

Knockgriffin,

Midleton,

Co. Cork.

phone: + 353 21 4613432

fax: + 353 21 4613808

website: www.eastcork.com

Registered in Ireland No.233937

TALK ON SUSTAINABLE FISHING THIS THURSDAY

*TALK ON SUSTAINABLE FISHING *

This Thursday evening (25th) will see the monthly Sustainable Clonakilty
Public Meeting at a location they have never been to before. At 8pm members,
associates and the general public are invited to the Sea-Fisheries
Protection Authority, Marine Building, Park Road, Clonakilty, where the
topic on the night will be Sustainable Fisheries. Frank Fleming, of the
Irish South and West Fish Producers' Organisation and John Harrington,
Managing Director of Kush Shellfish, are guest speakers. Everyone is
welcome. For further information, visit the groups website
www.sustainableclon.com  or e-mail them on: sustainableclon@gmail.com or
phone Alison on: 023-8835241.

Nov 22, 2010

Cultivate Living & Learning - Nov 2010


Cultivate Living & Learning 


cultivate your mind | community | world

Dear Friends of Cultivate,

We're delighted to send you news of upcoming courses and workshops at Cultivate and among our community.  Of particular interest may be our new Green Works course offerings, free to jobseekers and open to others for a fee. 

  - The Cultivate Team

 

 


Community Resilience Trainers Course

Community ResilienceExploring the art of sustainability and how you can help your community adapt and thrive in these challenging times

Saturday and Sunday | 27th and 28th November 2010 | 09.30 – 17.00 Both days | Cultivate, The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, Dublin 2 (map) | €170 Book online (€150 members) - Bookings 01 6745773 | Free to the unemployed through Green Works (places are limited - apply on our separate website

We are looking for people who see themselves as catalysts for change in their local community and who want to support others to understand the challenges of Community Resilience.  We are training people to deliver a ground-breaking 10 module course called 'Community Resilience'.  This course, also called 'Community Powerdown,' was designed by Cultivate and has been successfully delivered many times across Ireland and beyond.


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Community Powerdown Trainers Review

Community Resilience26th November 2010 | 1:30pm to 4:30pm | €Free of charge - For Powerdown Trainers Only | Cultivate at the Greenhouse, St Andrews Street, Dublin 2 (map) | Booking 01 674 5773 

This afternoon meeting is an opportunity to share what is working, how best to secure funding and an update on course content as we change the name of the course from Community Powerdown to Community Resilience. Resilience from a community point of view refers to the capacity of a community to overcome adversity and adapt to change positively. The unprecedented floods and the big freeze that Ireland endured last winter highlights how unprepared we are to cope with any unexpected incidents and the level of our vulnerability.

'Community Resilience' is a 10-week learner-centred course that facilitates possible actions that can be made locally to adapt to the challenges upon us. These actions include; integrated and future-focussed approaches to the rebuilding of social capital and systems of reciprocity; the reduction of carbon emissions and fossil fuel use; and the development of community resilience around food, energy and buildings. Tools and processes to help communities to engage in the sustainable economic development of their area are also included.


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Green Works - Upskill for the Green Economy

Free training for jobseekers | green-works.ie

Interested?  Please fill-in an Expression of Interest Form | Dublin Hub:  Cultivate, The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, Dublin 2 (map)

Green Works offers courses (at Cultivate both in Dublin and the Eco Village in Cloughjordan, Tipperary as well as by our partners in Cork and Sligo) aimed at educating and upskilling the workforce, preparing students for the growing opportunities within Ireland's Green Economy. Students will benefit from a wide variety of themed courses, FETAC certificates, workshops, work placements, lectures, networking and much more.


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Woodcollective Exhibition of Collaborative Works: 2006-2010

Running as part of Design Week 2010 and Innovation Dublin Festival 2010

Monday - Friday | 9.30am - 5pm | The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, D2 (map)

A collaborative project between Architects, Landscape Architects/Designers, Artists, Sculptors, Designers, Builders, Engineers, Woodworkers, Foresters in association with Industry and Research Agencies.

This exhibition documents collaborative works 2006-2010, innovative use of timber in experimental protypical works, conveying ideas and techniques for adaptation and interpretation to different scales and contexts.

The scope of the works and educational interpretative materials which will be updated over the exhibition period, covers product life cycle, wood fuels and the broader environmental/sustainable context including carbon sequestration & storage. This is in context of raising awareness, questioning assumptions and generating ideas. It is an ongoing and iterative process and generative in vision.

www.woodcollective.ie


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Vegetables For the Irish Garden by Klaus Laitenberger

vegetables for the Irish climate front cover

The Reference Work for the Irish Climate

Cultivate are delighted to be able to offer for sale Klaus Laitenberger's Vegetables For the Irish Garden.

€14.95 (Buy online)

| Paperback: 296 pages | Publisher: Milkwood Publishing (March 2010) | ISBN-10: 0956506305 | ISBN-13: 978-0956506306 | Weight:  .725kg

Klaus Laitenberger has been growing organic vegetables for over twenty years in the UK and Ireland.  He was running a four-acre organic market garden in England before moving to Ireland in 1999 where he was the Head Gardener at the Organic Centre in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim for seven years.  He then took on the challenge to start the garden restoration in Lissadell House in Co. Sligo.

For the last few years he works as a self-employed trainer, mentor and consultant in organic horticulture.  Last year he completed his PgDip in Organic Farming (SAC Aberdeen and University of Glasgow).  His first book, Vegetables For the Irish Garden, is now available.  The book will be of interest for anybody just starting to grow a few vegetables for the first time as well as for the more advanced gardeners.

Read a review by Jane Powers in the Irish Times, published Saturday, July 17, 2010.


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Fleeing Vesuvius

Feasta is launching its new book, Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the risks of economic and environmental collapse, on Saturday, 20 November, in Dublin (details to follow).

Their most important book to date, it draws together many of the ideas Feasta members have developed over the years and applies them to a single question - how can we bring the world out of the mess in which it finds itself?

Fleeing Vesuvius confronts this mess squarely, analysing its many aspects: the looming scarcity of essential resources such as fossil fuels - the lifeblood of the world economy; the financial crisis in Ireland and elsewhere; the collapse of the housing bubble; the urgent need for food security; and the enormous challenge of dealing with climate change.


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Spirit in the City

Every second Wednesday | 7pm | The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, D2 (map) | Facilitator: Martin Duffy | Donation: €15/€10 students, OAP's, unemployed (all profits in aid of The Oaktree Charitable Trust) | RSVP at www.meetup.com/spirit-in-the-city | www.shamanismireland.com

Spirit in the City is a new fortnightly Shamanic Gathering at The Greenhouse. It explores many aspects of the shamanic experience including theory and practice of hemi-sync journeying, shamanic journeying, shamanic drumming, meditation and visualisation. There will also be regular screenings of spiritual cinema.

 


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Consultation: Transposition of the Waste Framework Directive



 Transposition of the Waste Framework Directive - (Closing 26th November,
2010 - close of business)

The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government wishes to
advise that Draft Regulations have been prepared to transpose the revised EU
Waste  Framework Directive. Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste was published on 22 November
2008, and is the culmination of a major review of EU waste management law.
It should be noted that transposition of the Directive is a separate process
from the review of national waste management policy.
Member States are required to transpose the provisions of the Directive by
12 December 2010.
Directive 2008/98/EC - Waste and Repealing Certain Directives (pdf, 145kb)
<http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/Environment/Waste/WasteManagement/File
DownLoad,24686,en.pdf
>
Draft Waste Management (Waste Framework Directive) Regulations 2010 (pdf,
1,596kb)

<http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/Environment/Waste/WasteManagement/File
DownLoad,24682,en.pdf
>
Copies of the Directive and Draft Regulations can also be obtained from -
Mr. Gerry Byrne,
Waste Policy Section,
Department of the Environment,
Heritage and Local Government,
Custom House,
Dublin 1.
Tel. +353 (0)1 888 2600
Interested parties are invited to submit make comments/submissions on the
Draft Regulations.  These should be forwarded to Mr. Gerry Byrne at
gerry_byrne@environ.ieso as to arrive no later than close of business 26
November 2010.
The Draft Regulations are simply transposing Revised Waste Framework
Directive 2008/98/EC into national law. For that reason, the Consultation
does not invite views on the substance of the Revised Waste Framework
Directive or the possibility of a change to that Directive.
Please note that all information submitted to the Department of the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government is subject to release under the
Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.



Green Building course, Clonakilty


Green Works in conjunction with West Cork Development Partnership and Sustain Clonakilty is delighted to announce a course in Green Building. This course is designed to educate and up-skill the workforce and prepare students for growing opportunities within Ireland's Green Economy.

The course will take place in the West Cork Technology Park in Clonakilty and will begin in November/December 2010 and will continue until June 2011.  It is free to job-seekers who have been registered unemployed for more than 3 months.  It is dependent on a minimum of 20 participants. 

The following modules will be covered:

·      Green Building FETAC level 5

·      Environmental Design of Building FETAC Level 6

·      BER (Building Energy Systems) FETAC level 6

·      Renewable Energy Systems FETAC level 5

Interested parties are to do the following:

(1)  Complete an expression of interest form (available on contact) and to return it to devyn@nicertraining.ie

(2)  Register on linked-in and connect to the Green works Ireland Cork Hub as well as linking with the group Green works.  This will ensure that you will hear about jobs and events as they are posted.  Follow the links below:

http://www.linkedin.com/company/greenworks-ireland-cork-hub?goback=%2Ecps_1288904205251_1&trk=co_search_results <http://www.linkedin.com/company/greenworks-ireland-cork-hub?goback=%2Ecps_1288904205251_1&trk=co_search_results>



http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3352954 <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3352954>

 

For further information, contact Shirley Gallagher in Green Works at sgallagher@syspro.ie <mailto:sgallagher@syspro.ie>  / 086-0266699 / 021-4828118 or Kathryn in West Cork Development Partnership at 027-55161 / 087-9876390 or kathryn@wcdp.ie <mailto:kathryn@wcdp.ie>  or Shirley Gallagher in Green Works at sgallagher@syspro.ie



Green Works News: Issue 3




Green Works News

Issue 3, 19 Nov 2010

This week we have a whole host of great new Green Works courses to tell you about! From Permaculture Design to Sustainable Garment Construction, and a lot more in between, we have something for everyone. Remember all these unique courses are completely free for anyone receiving unemployment payments and will open participants up to new avenues of employment in the emergent Green Economy.

Courses Booking Now

Cork | Start Date in 2010
Start Your Own Green Business | 24th Nov
Sustainability & the Environment | 29th Nov
Green Business Marketing | 3rd Dec

Dublin
Renewable Energy Systems | 23rd Nov
Community Resilience Trainers | 27th Nov
Green Interior Design | 29th Nov
Green Business Marketing | 30th Nov
Environmental Design of Buildings | 2nd Dec

Sligo
Permaculture Design | 29th Nov

Tipperary
Green Building | 22nd Nov

Full listings online

Courses Coming Soon

Cork
Environmental Design of Buildings
Permaculture Design

Dublin
Sustainable Garment Construction
Environmental Design of Buildings
Permaculture Design

Sligo
Green Marketing
Start Your Own Green Business
Sustainable Tourism

Express your interest now

Permaculture Design

Permaculture is a landscape design method based on natural systems. It comes from the two words, "Permanent" and "Agriculture," and was devised by Australian ecologists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970s as a response to the increasing industrialization of agriculture. Since then it has expanded to become a sustainable design approach to everything from food and farming, tools and technology, to the built environment, woodland management and community.

This course will cover:

* Permaculture design principles
* The intensive food garden
* Forest gardens
* The green home
* Sustainable community
* Practical permaculture design

Further details...

Sustainable Garment Construction

This module is designed to give the student a basic introductory knowledge of garment construction with a focus on the key sustainability issues raised in the process. Students will develop their potential for creativity and self-expression through garment construction; discover how to use sustainable materials and textiles in the construction; and learn how to best communicate their new skills through portfolio and presentation work.

This course is delivered by Re-Dress and will commence in Dublin in December (start date to be confirmed shortly).

Further details...

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