Facilitating Resilience, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, 19- 20 April 2012 Exploring how communities can adapt and thrive in these challenging times, and how you can help make it happen This course is designed for anyone interested in building their capacity as a change maker, or working in the areas of neighborhood and rural regeneration, sustainability, local resilience, the environment, community development and green business. Contact Davie Philip <dav…@cultivate.ie> and see http://www.cultivate.ie for details.
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An Taisce’s launch of “The Use of Wetlands for Flood Attenuation” report and joint workshop with the Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee
An Taisce will launch their “The Use of Wetlands for Flood Attenuation” report and joint workshop with the Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee in An Taisce, Tailors Hall 10 – 12.30 21st March. The launch will be followed by a 20 minute PRESENTATION of the report, given by the authors Lauren Williams and Simon Harrison of UCC. Further short presentations and discussion panels will follow on the new planning and agricultural law on wetlands as well [...]
Area of Activity: Biodiversity
Organisation: An Taisce
Dublin City of Science Phenology Events
Tuesday 13th March, National Botanic Gardens Detecting climate change impacts on plants and animals Join us for an evening of talks by international and national guest speakers exploring the impact that climate change is having on plants and animals. This event has been organised as a collaboration between the National Botanic Gardens, Environmental Protection Agency, Trinity College Dublin and the National Biodiversity Data Centre as part of Dublin City of Science 2012. Time 7.00pm, Visitor [...]
Community Supported Agriculture conference will introduce concept to Irish communities and growers
The Cloughjordan Community Farm In association with the National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS), The Soil Association (UK), Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA), URGENCI – Global Network of CSA’s, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Cultivate, and FEASTA present “Growing Together”, an all-Ireland conference on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) 17th, 18th & 19th of February * Cloughjordan, Tipperary The aim of this weekend conference is to introduce the CSA concept to communities and growers on the island of Ireland. [...]
Area of Activity: Agriculture
Organisation: Cultivate, Feasta, The Village
Annual Meeting of Irish Freshwater Biologists 2012
WHEN: Friday, 2nd of March 2012 WHERE: Joly Lecture Theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin ORGANISING COMMITTEE: Pascal Sweeney (Sweeney Consultancy), Dr. Mary Kelly-Quinn (UCD), Dr. Ian Donohue (TCD), Dr. Simon Harrison (UCC), Dr. Eugenie Regan (National Biodiversity Data Centre), Maria Walsh (National Biodiversity Data Centre). The 2012 Annual Meeting of Irish Freshwater Biologists will cover a wide range of topics with specific focus in the morning sessions on ‘Climate Change and Implications for Irish Freshwaters’. The [...]
Area of Activity: Water
Ireland’s Presidency of the EU: An Overview for the NGO Sector
Venue Department of the Taoiseach Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2 Date Tuesday 17 January 2012, 2.30pm Registration and light refreshments from 2.00pm Event Minister of State for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD, will brief participants at this EM Ireland Presidency Event aimed at providing the NGO sector with an insight into the forthcoming Irish Presidency of the EU January – June 2013. Danish Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency Niels Pultz, will also provide [...]
Annual Meeting of Irish Freshwater Biologists 2012
WHEN: Friday, 2nd of March 2012 WHERE: Joly Lecture Theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin ORGANISING COMMITTEE: Pascal Sweeney (Sweeney Consultancy), Dr. Mary Kelly-Quinn (UCD), Dr. Ian Donohue (TCD), Dr. Simon Harrison (UCC), Dr. Eugenie Regan (National Biodiversity Data Centre), Maria Walsh (National Biodiversity Data Centre). The 2012 Annual Meeting of Irish Freshwater Biologists will cover a wide range of topics with specific focus in the morning sessions on ‘Climate Change and Implications for Irish Freshwaters’. The [...]
Area of Activity: Water
9th National Waste Management Summit
The 9th National Waste Management Summit In Association with the Irish Waste Management Association IT’S DECISION TIME November 29th, 2011 Chartered Accountants House, Dublin The National Waste Management Summit, now in its 9th successive year, is Ireland’s premier Waste Management conference. Organised by The Sunday Business Post, Ireland’s leading financial, political and economic newspaper and endorsed again by The Irish Waste Management Association this event is Ireland’s most important forum for today’s waste management professionals, [...]
Area of Activity: Waste
Irish Environmental History Network Lecture. “Historical Rural Landscapes in Italy: Cultural Heritage for Economic Development, Social Cohesion & Environmental Conservation”
The 19th Meeting of the Irish Environmental History Network will feature a talk by Prof. Mauro Agnoletti of the University of Florence, concerning his highly regarded work on Italian landscape history. The talk will be entitled: “Historical Rural Landscapes in Italy: Cultural Heritage for Economic Development, Social Cohesion & Environmental Conservation” and will take place Tuesday 13 December, from 5.30pm, in the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. More information on Prof. Agnoletti can [...]
Honk at Hogan! (And get a free vuvuzela)
Minister Hogan will be travelling to South Africa for critical UN climate talks in Durban which begin on November 29th. Stop Climate Chaos wants to make sure Hogan goes with the demand for urgent action ringing in his ears. Join the Stop Climate Chaos vuvuzela protest next Thursday lunchtime, the 24th, at 1pm , outside the Dáil on Kildare Street. The future of the Kyoto Protocol will be decided in Durban. It’s the only legally [...]
Area of Activity: Climate Change