The Cork Branch of the Irish Planning Institute is holding an evening lecture entitled 'Introduction to and some considerations of historic landscapes'.
Speaker: Louise Harrington.
Venue: The Vision centre, North Main Street, Cork, Thursday October 30th @8pm.
All welcome, entry charge of €5 to non-members
Any queries to Ross Palmer at Ross.Palmer@CorkCoCo.ie
My thoughts are that we could develop a plot, meet say Saturday mornings – late morning! And do the various things one does in a garden at particular points in the year.
While there would probably need to be a core group who would give it some sort of shape both in terms of design and in terms of logistics, it would be open to all as a place to share skills, knowledge, etc., By keeping it going throughout the year, it would be an opportunity for the novice gardeners among us to learn in a fun, hands on environment, what to plant when and how, and then hopefully go home and do it!
Or we could rove to each other's gardens?
It might also be interesting to do the above in the context of learning how much one would need to grow to be self-sufficient, and maybe where the most critical gaps are in terms of what we can't produce here.
Reasons to get this project off the ground
We could grow lots of Food!
It might help some people get started on their own gardens.
It would be a nice way to socialize!
We could bring instruments and sing songs!
We could bring flasks of tea! And chocolate bars
We could learn how to build a shed for when it rains! And to keep our tools in. Or put up a polytunnel.
It could be a lot of fun!
We could experiment - Anybody tried growing cocoa beans in Ireland – this will be very important in the future.
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For me to be involved in such a project, it would be important that it be a group-managed experience, i.e. non-hierarchical, decisions made by consensus, or some approximation thereof, etc.
If you're interested, please e-mail or phone me - 028 25867
If there are 4 or 5 or more people interested, I will set up a first meeting to discuss possibilities.
Thanks for your time in reading this,
Catherine Cunningham
You are hereby cordially invited to our Harvest Supper Celebration on Friday
17th October. This is to be a beautiful evening of food, company, and the
exchange of ideas about what is developing within the An Sanctoir project,
and how to get involved. Discover if there is anyone else in the community
with your particular passions.
Starts at 7pm and you are most welcome.
Check out www.ansanctoir. ie to find out what is going on at An Sanctoir.
"Be the difference you wish to see in the world." Ghandi
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An Sanctoir - West Cork's holistic community centre and nature reserve
The objective of the Biodiversity Fund is to support site conservation and management for the enhancement of biodiversity at the local level. Applications are invited for capital projects for the management of sites to protect, conserve and enhance their importance for biodiversity. Projects must be completed by the end of November 2009.
Please note that this scheme is subject to appropriate levels of funding being made available by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Grants may be obtained by individuals, properly constituted non-profit organisations, local authorities, statutory institutions, academic institutions and private companies. The maximum grant award will not exceed €50,000, up to a maximum of 80% of the total project costs. All project proposals will be evaluated on a value-for-money basis.
All applications must be accompanied by any required consent forms from NPWS, land owners or other agencies, as relevant.
Full details on the criteria and application forms will be available on our website next week (www.heritagecouncil.ie) and from our office tel 056 770777.
All applications must be received at the Heritage Council offices, Church Lane, Kilkenny, by 5pm Friday November 14th 2008.
The Irish Natural Forestry Foundation presents the following one day Conference:
"Mitigating climate change; The challenges and opportunities for forestry in Ireland"
Please find attached conference brochure and registration form for the INFF conference on November 5th in Cork.
Clicking this link will take you straight to the conference page on the INFF web-site where you will find a download-able pdf document giving more details of the presentations.
After a lot of research we are very pleased with the line up of speakers and believe that this will be an interesting, informative and stimulating day for all of those affected by Irish forestry. Any organisations wishing to exhibit at the conference are encouraged to get in contact.
We would appreciate you passing these details onto anyone who might be interested in attending.
Hoping to see you on November the 5th.
Mike Holden
INFF Development Manager
E-mail: mike@inff.ie
Telephone: 027 62855
SUSTAINABLE CLON
The next public meeting of Sustainable Clonakilty will take place at 8pm on this Wednesday (8th) evening in O' Donovan's Hotel.
A film about Curitiba in Brazil will be shown, introduced by committee member, Mark Holland, who has been there.
Curtiba is know as one of the most liveable cities in the world. With little money they seem to have got things right. It is an inspirational film and could be of great interest to all, and especially our planners and politicians.
"Cities should be a solution not a problem for human beings".
Declan can be contacted on 087-6279653 if you need further information/ comment. Please note that he will be going to London this Thursday for 4 or 5 days, and may be out of coverage. His email is at the bottom of this article I've written for the Clonakilty page of this weeks Southern Star, which might be a good way to contact him while he's away........
Slán.
"JUST ONE" TALK
An illustrated talk and short film on the work of Clonakilty man Declan Murphy who founded the "Just One" charity will be held at O' Donovan's Hotel next Thursday 16th October at 8.30pm. Founded in 2004, "Just One" strives to actively promote and facilitate educational opportunities for disadvantaged and marginalized children in Nepal by working at a grass-roots level with the children, their families and their communities to implement a range of carefully developed culturally sensitive, sustainable initiatives.
Declan is currently home until 20th October when he returns to his work in Nepal. The meeting next week will give people in the Clonakilty area an opportunity to see at first hand how their donations are making a positive difference to some of the most deprived children in the world. Declan will give a commentary and take questions from the audience on the night.
The actual nature of his work continues to evolve while "Just One" strives not only to assist disadvantaged children gain access to educational opportunities, but also to address the underlying problems and the root cause which sees countless children in what remains one of the world's poorest countries being denied their basic human rights - adequate shelter, food and environment.
Presently the organisation has around 70 children under their wing and these vary from homeless street children, child-workers and family-based children who, without assistance of some sort, would face the very real risk of ending up either working for a living or living alone on the street.
"Family reunification is one of our primary aims for virtually all of the children receiving our educational support, monthly family visits are central to ensuring that our assistance is as effective as it could possibly be", he told the Clonakilty Notes. "The 24 families that we currently work with in this regard are visited by one of the two social workers who also work alongside me in our small office to ensure that these and many other aspects of our work receive adequate attention".
He expressed his sincere thanks to everyone who has helped and continues to help make it all possible: the hundreds of school children and students whose tremendous fund-raising efforts continue to amaze him; the dozens of principals and teachers who welcome him to their schools year after year on his annual trip home; the countless individuals, families and businesses who, time and time again, give their money, time, talents or expertise so generously and in so many ways. Declan can be contacted until next week on 087-6279653 or email him at dmurphy@just- one.org.
The website is www.just-one. org
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I am pleased to inform you that the CYCLE CHIC Fashion Show website http://www.cyclechic.org/ is now ready! Please feel free to forward the link to anyone who could be interested by this event.
I hope I will see you there. Do no hesitate to contact me for further information on the event.
Kindest regards,
Gaelle Croisier
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European Projects
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Young Environmentalist Awards 2009
ECO UNESCO will be running a FREE training session for interested officers, teachers and youth leaders in Cork City Central Library on Thursday 9th October from 17.30 - 19.30
Introducing the 'YEA Six Steps', Environmental Activities, YEA Project Planning and Support
Places are limited so register your interest NOW – contact Karen Sheeran, YEA Coordinator – yea@ecounesco.ie, 003531 6625491
YEA 2009 – Celebrating 10 Years of ECO-UNESCO's Young Environmentalist Awards