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 Newsletter 31 | October 2016 | www.cultivate.ie | Contact Us | Facebook | Twitter
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Cultivate update returns after a short break, with news from our -still quite new - base in WeCreate Workspace in Cloughjordan Eco-Village. Bringing news on events and happenings from us and our community, this short missive will pop into your mailbox every 2 months. In this update you will find:
2016 so far has been a high energy year, getting our permaculture programme rolled out for the year, and paying homage to the great Art of Facilitation with a very successful workshop back in February. We held two events in March to accelerate the transition to a low carbon and resilient society; the first, Feeding Ourselves, was held with Cloughjordan Community Farm on the local food economy and the second focused on the opportunities and barriers of local and community owned renewable energy. Spring sees everyone and everything coming back with a new energy. The Community Apiary ran a very successful workshop on beekeeping and willow weaving, in the process creating a beautiful willow fence around their hives in the allotments. Hot off the presses comes the all new Cloughjordan Ecovillage Calendar of Events with listings for all the courses, classes and events happening in the ecovillage this year. In other exciting news, the Cloughjordan Co-op has just got the key in the door to open their new premises, so keep a look out for the community crafts, café and funky space emerging very soon! Also the RTE Nationwide team were in the ecovillage this week, filming a piece for their ecovillage episode, due to air June 2016, watch this space….. |
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Permaculture Taster
Our second one this year after a popular start in February - at the Dublin Food Coop with Davie Philip & Bruce Darrell, both Cloughjordan Eco-village based tutors. |
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Permaculture QQI L5 Spring Course 2016 Running a permaculture design course in the Autumn is a different kettle of fish from the springtime courses, a different energy. Regardless of the time of year it’s always a huge pleasure to have a group of students in Cloughjordan. Students stay here in the eco-village and get a true insight into what’s working well here along with what’s not! It’s a lot to pack into 3 weekends from the QQI (formerly FETAC) syllabus already, so with the added value of the eco-location and all that it brings… well, it’s a full-on living and learning experience. Our most recent course saw Bruce Darrell of The RED Gardens running a pop-up feast as a new part of the course offering. From ‘Soil to Plate’ gives students a chance to dine together with local residents, discuss the whys and wherefores of permaculture whilst enjoying Bruce’s fantastic dishes prepared from his own crop, oh, and a glass or few of wine. There are only few places left on the upcoming Spring Permaculture Design Course, this beginners accredited course is spread over 3 weekends and focuses on green and natural building, organic growing and sustainable agriculture amongst other things, so get booking! |
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Co-Housing: A New Model for Ireland
Cloughjordan Co-Housing in association with Cultivate & Cloughjordan Ecovillage 11.00 - 12.30 Tour of Ecovillage, including the proposed co-housing site, €5 Following on from last year’s ‘Housing Ourselves Co-operatively’ conference held in October 2015, this event will feature discussions and presentations from people involved in the various aspects of developing Co-Housing schemes. The event aims to bring together those interested in setting up a co-housing project, community development and housing agencies, planners, architects and social finance organisations to look at making Co-Housing a reality in Ireland. Cloughjordan Co-Housing, who have been working on designing and financing a Co-Housing project in Cloughjordan Ecovillage will share their learning. For full details and booking see www.cultivate.ie or contact Davie at davie@cultivate. |
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Rise Up: The Power of the Arts to Inspire Change Hosted by Cultivate in partnership with Cloughjordan Arts, with support from Tipperary County Council. A one day symposium in Cloughjordan, the birthplace of the poet and patriot Thomas MacDonagh, on the role of the artist and culture creatives in times of transition. Reflecting on the role of the artist in the rising of 1916, this event will explore the power of the arts and creativity to challenge injustice, individualism, and consumerism now. What is the response of the artistic and creative community to the vexing problems of climate change, social justice and an unsustainable culture? How can the arts change our sense of what is possible and engage society on climate action? Can the the arts help convey the strength, optimism, and urgency we need to move to a fair and resilient future? For full details contact Davie at davie@cultivate.ie The week after this session Cloughjordan Arts is organising an incendiary evening of stories, songs, poems and conversation. VOICES RISING, Saturday 28th May, Birr Theatre & Arts Centre. 8pm €10/15 This show, that mixes poetry, storytelling, humour and music with revolutionary passion with poets and rabble rousers Temper-Mental MissElayneous, Fergus Costello and Cormac Lally, with music from Weave and additional performances by local artists and special guests. This is fundraiser by Cloughjordan Arts for the Community Amphitheater Project in Cloughjordan Ecovillage Box office hours: Monday - Friday - 1pm-5.30pm - 057 9122911 For more information and booking contact davie@cultivate.ie |
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Learning Journeys / Group Study Visits
Calling all Community Groups in County Clare and County Limerick The field trip includes a delicious local lunch. For County Clare To book a free place contact: To book a free place contact: ----------------------------------------------- We also host community groups, professional study visits and secondary school visits around a particular topic or topics of interest related to the transition to a low carbon and resilient society; these can include Green Building and Sustainable Energy, Permaculture, Local Food, Food Security, Community Energy Transition, Local Enterprise, Digital Manufacturing, Community Resilience and Sustainable Living. If you would like to organise a group visit feel free to contact Devyn on 0505 56062 or devyn@cultivate.ie |
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For those of you interested in low-energy building and renovation, the QualiBuild project has published a free e-book on the subject. You can download it here. For further upcoming events see cultivate.ie or contact the office on +353 (0)505 56060 or email philippa@cultivate.ie or aaron@cultivate.ie |
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WeCreate Workspace News and Events
WeCreate FabLab received a new piece of digital fabricacation equipment, a large flat-bed CNC Router! This is going to a be a key tool in the research we are doing on Fab Lab built CNC housing. The CNC is currently in use by Cloughjordan locals designing new products, including the inspirational new Lévó from Cog and Axle. The lévó is designed to teach school children the maths and physics behind simple machines. The Springboard supported course in 3D Printing and Embedded Systems starts in WeCreate in May. Other digital fabrication and electronics courses will take place later in the year. Contact ben@wecreate.ie for more details. |
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Cloughjordan Ecovillage News and Events Bees and Honey - Cloughjordan Community Apiary Learn about bees and honey production at our community apiary; an initiative to build capacity and demonstrates best practice in beekeeping in Cloughjordan. To book your place please call Tara 087 743 4117 or Veronica 086 085 1576
Biodiversity and Livelihoods in Cloughjordan Ecovillage This year’s Biodiversity Week will fall on Saturday 21st May - Sunday 29th May. Presentation and tour with RTE’s “EcoEye” presenter Anja Murray to some of the biodiversity elements of Cloughjordan Ecovillage. The focus of this session will be Biodiversity and Livelihoods, the theme of the national Biodiversity Week. Anja Murray is an environmental policy analyst and ecologist. She has long been an environmental advocate and has been active in highlighting the importance of protecting our natural environment, wildlife and ecosystems. For more details contact vert@thevillage.ie Have a look at the Cloughjordan Ecovillage Calendar of Events for full schedule. If you’ve made it this far well done! It’s busy work keeping up to date with all the goings on of community life, so feel free to pay us a visit and see for yourself, or stay a little longer and immerse!
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