Invitation to Open Evening to Celebrate National Organic Week - Wednesday 15th September

Event: Farm Open Evening with Farmers Market & Demonstrations

Venue: Nano Nagle Centre, Centre for Spirituality, Heritage & Ecology, Ballygriffin, Mallow, Co Cork

Date &Time: Wednesday 15^th September 2010, 4.30pm – 8pm

Details:  See Below & Poster Attached

·         Renowned chef DARINA ALLEN to give talk on how to Make the Most out of Cheap Cuts of Organic Meat (6.30pm).

·         A team from IRISH SEEDSAVERS in Scariff will be here with over a hundred varieties of organic Irish Apples to taste and will give a tree planting demonstration.

·         Tours of Kitchen Garden, Tunnels, Field Scale Vegetables, Allotments, Orchard & Hens (Certified Organic Farm).

·         Presentation on the Sustainable Energy features of centre.

·         Farmers Market with an array of local organic, artesanal produce & potted plants, herbs, cut flowers etc.

·         Oodles of organic tea, coffee & tasty organic treats.

 Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. This event is free of charge and there is no need to R.S.V.P,

Mile Buiochas,

Kitty Scully

Farm Manager & Course Developer

Nano Nagle Centre

Ballygriffin

Mallow

Co Cork

Tel:        022 26411

Fax:        022 26953

Email:   kitty@nanonaglebirthplace.ie

www.nanonaglebirthplace.ie

Community Powerdown Course coming your way

Greetings,

I am contacting you to let you know that we are currently preparing to bring the excellent Community Powerdown Course your way. 

Depending on demand, the course will next be run in the areas of Bandon, Kinsale and Cork city on Mondays and/or Tuesdays. These ten week sessions will begin at the end of September or early October. 

The overall aim is to deliver the course to as many groups and communities through West Cork as can be reached. The course facilitators are Sustain West Cork founder members Caz Jeffreys & Matt Mills, and Klaus Harvey from Transition Town Kinsale. You can book a place or find out more by contacting Klaus at 087 6763516, klausharvey@gmail.com or Caz at 028 25978, cazjeffreys@gmail.com  

Please forward this to anyone who you feel may be interested. Many thanks.

Best regards,

Klaus Harvey

Heritage Week in South Pres gardens

 

Dear All

 

In aid of Heritage week, our Gardeners are hosting two events  tomorrow- one in the morning and one in the afternoon. All events are free, and everyone is welcome.Please meet at "We made this" entrance (red door). 

 

Title of the event: Irish Plant Heritage

Date and Time : Thursday, 26th August: 11:30am-12:30pm

Venue :South Pres Gardens, Evergreen Street

Details of the event: "Learn all about the uniqueness of Ireland's green heritage, and how important it is that we protect it"... by John Baker.

 

Title of the event:"The Environmental History of a medieval city" 

Date and Time: Thursday, 26th August: 2:30pm-3:30pm

Venue: South Pres Gardens, Evergreen St. 

Details of the Event: 

 

"A chance to view a city  garden as a window into what city life was like back in Medieval and Early modern times. Market gardens surrounded the city, providing it with fresh food, while in the crowded city, most people had backyard hens and pigs. Much rotted and nothing wasted, the cycle of life and decay was everywhere to be seen, not just in a compost bin"..

 

  Learn more about this topic from  Roisin Hurley, and Dr. Darrell McAdam O'Connell

 

 

 

Looking forward to seeing you there. Each event will be followed by  tea/coffee in our kitchen.

 

Best Regards

 

Patricia

Community Development Worker

Presentation Ireland,
South Presentation, Cork

Tel: 0214322370
mob: 086 020 0848

Cork Harbour Open Day - September 4th

As you may be aware – a key message to emerge during the development of a Strategy for Cork Harbour was the need to develop a greater appreciation of the value of the Harbour and to further promote its use.

 

After the publication of the Integrated Management Strategy for Cork Harbour, a sub-group of individuals was formed to organise an event that would contribute to raising awareness of Cork Harbour and showcase the range of uses and activities on offer within the harbour. Thanks to the cooperation of numerous individuals and organisations from around the harbour, the first Harbour Open Day took place in September last year. Following the success of last year's event, the Open Day for 2010 has been organised to take place on September 4^th.

 

Please feel free to direct people to www.corkharbour.ie for more information, or to contact harbourevents@corkharbour.ie.

 

best regards and many thanks,

 

Cathal

 

Cathal O'Mahony,
Research Scientist,
Coastal & Marine Resources Centre,
Environmental Research Institute,
University College Cork,
Haulbowline Naval Base,
Cobh,
Co. Cork,
Ireland.
Tel: +353 21 4703111
Fax: +353 21 4703132
e-mail: c.omahony@ucc.ie
Website: http://cmrc.ucc.ie/

 

Diploma in Rural Development - SECAD bursaries

 

Please contact SECAD for information on the NUI Diploma in Rural Development which will commence its two year programme in October 2010.  This course is delivered by distance learning and is aimed at staff or volunteers working in the area of Rural Development.

 

The cost of the course is approximately €3,910.  The board of South and East Cork Area Development (SECAD) has agreed to fund up to four eligible participants through the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013.

 

If you are interested in this course, please read the attached information and submit the application form directly to Dr Mary O'Shaughnessy at UCC by 30^th August. Participants from the SECAD area should contact SECAD to be considered for the SECAD bursaries.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me on 021 4613432

 

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

 

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From: O'Shaughnessy, Mary [mailto:Mary.oshaughnessy@ucc.ie]
Sent: 30 June 2010 15:43
To: Nuala O'Connell; info@wlr.ie; duhallow@eircom.net; John Pierse
Cc: Sean Crowley; cotoole@skdp.net; ANNETTE O'REGAN; lisac@wcdp.ie; niall@avondhublackwater.com; O'Connor, Helena; jimmy.taffee@wlp.ie; niamh.budds@wlp.ie
Subject:

 

 

Dear All

 

 As agreed at our recent meeting in UCC please find attached the following:

·         A copy of a brochure for the programme and accompanying application form

·         A copy of the original invitation to the roundtable discussion and accompanying presentation (presented at the UCC meeting)

·         A quotation as per programme costs (if you require this in an alternative form please advise me and I can post to you directly). 

 

I appreciate you taking an interest in the programme and welcome your commitment to helping us recruit students for the 2010 intake and am happy to help in any way possible.

 

 I would also like to invite you to attend (and possibly consider submitting an abstract to) the forthcoming Irish Rural Studies Symposium which will take place in UCC on August 31^st, 2010.

 

Please go to:  http://www.ruralstudies.ie/?page_id=214.

 

 Best regards, Mary

 

 

Dr Mary O' Shaughnessy BA, MSc, HDip. Ed., PhD

Lecturer

Centre for Co-operative Studies

Department of Food Business & Development

UCC

Tel.: 00 353 21 4903355

mary.oshaughnessy@ucc.ie

 086 8109400

Coffee Morning in aid of Kinsale Food Club Friday 27th

TRANSITION TOWN KINSALE PRESENTS:

COFFEE MORNING
FRIDAY 27TH AUGUST
9.30-12.30
TEMPERANCE HALL

IN AID OF KINSALE FOOD CLUB
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE SCHEME (CSA)

COME AND SUPPORT A BRAND NEW INITIATIVE TO LINK LOCAL FARMERS DIRECT WITH THE CONSUMER AND SUPPLY VERY VERY VERY LOCAL FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY

PLUS! FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON THIS YEAR'S HARVEST OF OATS AND/OR POTATOES

TELL YOUR FRIENDS

THANK YOU

New Water Technology Textbook Published

The latest edition of the textbook Water Technology: An introduction for Environmental Scientists and Engineers (740pp) written by Professor Nick Gray of the Centre for the Environment in the School of Natural Sciences has been released today.  Co-published by Butterworth-Heinemann and IWA Publishing the new third edition has been extensively updated and expanded, and is supported by a dedicated website and blog:  www.irelandswater.com.  The book is also available on-line.

 

Water science and technology is one of the world's largest and most interdisciplinary industries employing a wide range of scientists and engineers, as well as computer specialists and a range of different management professionals.  The text provides a complete introduction to all aspects of managing the hydrological cycle and is specifically aimed at those interested in a career in the water industry.  This popular textbook has been adopted as a course text in universities all over the world.  This is the third book written by Prof. Gray in recent years the others being Drinking Water Quality: Problems and Solutions (Cambridge University Press: 2008) and Biology of Wastewater Treatment (Imperial College Press: 2005).

Survey -- National Sustainable Development Strategy

The McGill-UNEP Collaborating Centre on Environmental Assessment would like to invite you to take part in a survey to share your perspective on Ireland's National Sustainable Development Strategy, "Sustainable Development: A Strategy for Ireland" (1997) and its associated documentation.

This is a completely anonymous, web-based survey and it can be accessed at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AZDKL7C66

It should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. The results from this survey will contribute to an evaluation of the national and/or provincial/state Sustainable Development Strategies of government in five nations: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

This research involves a comparative analysis of each country's strategy (and associated documentation), as well as a survey of environmental consultants and practitioners in each jurisdiction. The purpose of this survey is to add a third-party perspective to the analysis, offering a measure of control against the potential bias in government self-reporting.

We hope you will take this opportunity to have a say in evaluating the sustainable development strategy of your government. All participants are eligible to receive a free summary of the research findings and will be automatically entered in the random drawing of a $100 gift certificate from Amazon.com.


We would also ask that you please circulate this invitation to the firms and individual consultants associated with your organization if you think they would be interested in contributing to our study.


Sincerely,

Gordon Hickey

Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
McGill University
gordon.hickey@mcgill.ca

and

José R. Dengo

Candidate - MSc. Renewable Resources, Environmental Assessment option
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
McGill-UNEP Collaborating Centre on Environmental Assessment

jose.dengogarron@mail.mcgill.ca

View and Vent #1: The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Transition Cork City – The Resilient Rebels

 

We will be having a View & Vent night on the last Tuesday of every month.  Our first such night is:

 

The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Date: Tuesday 31^st August 2010

Time: 8 pm.

Venue:  "We Made This", South Presentation Convent, Evergreen Street, Cork City (note this is the correct title for what we had previously referred to as the South Presentation Community Centre)

 

This film is a must see for anyone with even a passing interest in Peak Oil, and will be followed by a discussion of the film.

 

If you have any other ideas for future View and Vent events, which could be a film, a speaker, an open space discussion, etc, please let us know or add it to the discussion on our Facebook page at http://groups.to/transitioncorkcity/

 

 Thanks

 

Dominick

 

 

Dominick Donnelly

Address:  1 Greenfield Lane, Cove Street, Cork City

Tel:  021-239 9419 (Home)  or  087-121 0783 (Mobile)

Email:  dominickdonnelly@eircom.net

 

Cork Attraction is first accredited ECO centre in Ireland

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Cork Attraction is first accredited ECO centre in Ireland

 

Lifetime Lab at the Old Cork Waterworks has become the first tourist attraction in Ireland to receive the internationally recognised ECO centre accreditation from An Taisce. Lord Mayor Cllr. Michael O Connell accepted the award on behalf of the popular visitor centre operated by Cork City Council on Lee Road.

 

The centre which is open to the public is set in the beautifully restored Victorian waterworks buildings dating back to Victorian times, promotes sustainable living as well as providing science and environmental education for primary schools. The Standard was achieved by introducing environmental management systems across day to day operations, for example the monitoring of energy allowed Lifetime Lab to reduce its electricity consumption by 36%, similar savings were made across water and waste.

 

Manager Mervyn Horgan commented "that added to the important environmental benefits of participating, ECO centres has also brought added business benefits, most notably in reducing our operating costs, which is high on the agenda of many businesses at the moment .The case for introducing an environmental management system is clearly evident and I would encourage other centres in Cork to participate".

 

Lifetime Lab is located in the old Cork City Waterworks on the Lee Road. Open to the public the restored Victorian complex contains a Visitor Centre with interactive exhibits, a steam centre with the original boilers and huge steam engines once used to supply  water to the City of Cork, a schools centre, coffee dock, picnic area, children's playground and is fully wheelchair accessible.

 

For further information, please contact the Lifetime Lab at: 021-4941500 or view the website www.lifetimelab.ie

 

Green Living Fair 11 & 12 September 2010, Castle Espie Wetland Centre, Co. Down

Eleven years on from the first event of its kind in Ireland this year's Green Living Fair brings together a wide range of  workshops, exhibitors, talks and events to explore the theme of sustainability.  Promoting grassroots action on topics such as slow food, renewable energy, ecological design and fair trade the organisers still hope the fair gives visitors the permission to think differently.

 

See the full programme at http://www.wwt.org.uk/files/Castle-Espie/CastleEspieGreenLiving.pdf

    

Alison McCready
Office Manager

WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre
78 Ballydrain Road, Comber, Co Down, N Ireland BT23 6EA

E        alison.mccready@wwt.org.uk
W       wwt.org.uk

Appeal for your Summer Bird Sightings

BirdWatch Ireland is appealing to people across Ireland to send in their summer bird sightings to help with a landmark project, The Bird Atlas 2007-11.

Every sighting you send in from a Robin nesting in your garden shed to a Cuckoo calling on your local bog will really help to fill in the gaps on the species maps to ensure that your local area is well covered for the Atlas.

We are appealing for records of all bird species common and rare alike, but in particular records of declining or more difficult to find  species such as Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, Jay, warblers, waders, Golden Plover, Nightjar, Yellowhammer, Red Grouse,  Treecreeper, Quail, Kingfisher, Woodcock, Chough, breeding seabirds, breeding duck and all birds of prey will be particularly useful.

In addition to the bird record any breeding information or 'breeding evidence' as it's known, will greatly enhance the value of the record. The type of evidence would include a singing male, a pair of birds, a nest with eggs, or recently fledged young. A full list of the breeding evidence codes is available from www.birdatlas.net or contact Brian for the list.

There are several easy ways to submit your records:

Enter them online to the Atlas website as Roving Records (www.birdatlas.net)
Enter them on a paper Roving Records form (download from www.birdatlas.net or contact Brian)
Send them in an e-mail (e-mail below)
Write a letter with your sightings and detailed locations (address below)

Brian Caffrey, The Irish Atlas Coordinator said "Thanks to the tremendous efforts of a dedicated band of Atlas volunteers across Ireland we are now well on our way to producing a fantastic Atlas that we can all be proud of. Now is your chance to play your part by sending in your bird sightings from this summer".


Brian Caffrey
Irish Atlas Coordinator


BirdWatch Ireland
Midlands Office | Crank House | Banagher | Co. Offaly |  Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)5791 51676 email: bcaffrey@birdwatchireland.ie

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