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Get Involved! - Free Workshops

Free Workshops on Enhancing the Sustainability of our Local Communities

We are offering free workshops to build the capacity of people already working to improve their communities, or who are thinking about getting involved in making their local neighbourhoods better places to live.

Tipperary - Saturday 17 May 2014 | 10.00 - 16.00 | WeCreate Workspace, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Cloughjordan

Waterford - Tuesday 20 May 2014 | 10.00 - 16.00 | Edmund Rice Centre, Waterford City

Kerry - Wednesday 21 May 2014 | 19.30 - 21.30 | Venue to be announced

Places are limited. For more information or to reserve a free place contact Davie Philip.

New Ways of Teaching and Learning

A Train the Trainer Course (FETAC Level 6)
 hosted by Cultivate Living and Learning in association with NICER Training.

1st Weekend: 13-14 June, 2nd Weekend: 27-28 June 2014 | WeCreate Workspace, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland | Cost: €500 (Secure place with €75 deposit) | Contact Us

Technical employment support grant may be available. Please contact your local employment office.

District Heating Workshop – Best Practice Lessons from Denmark

12 & 13 June 2014, The Enterprise Centre, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

XD Consulting is delighted to be associated with this training workshop which will bring some of the best international experience in district heating to Ireland.

It is organised jointly with the Tipperary Energy Agency as part of the European SUNSTORE4 project which aimed at demonstrating the technical and financial feasibility of 100% renewable energy supply to district heating system. The project demonstrates renewable district heating on the island of Marstal in Denmark, which is connected to the largest solar thermal plant in the world (33,000 m2) working in conjunction with seasonal storage, a bioenergy system and advanced heat pumping technology.

Permaculture Design Certificate Course

With Graham Bell, Jullian Hovey, Mark Boyle & Resident Experts

8 - 17 August 2014 | Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co Tipperary, Ireland | Contact Us | Fees €550 / €495 Members | €100 deposit secures your place (view detail here)

Join Graham Bell, author of The Permaculture Garden and The Permaculture Way, Jillian Hovey, founder of the Sustainable Living Network, Mark Boyle, aka 'The Moneyless Man' and the ecovillage's resident experts of permaculture, gardening, farming, perma-facture and green building for this unique, yearly opportunity to learn invaluable design and practical skills. This is Cultivate's 6th consecutive year holding the UK Permaculture Association accredited Permaculture Design Certificate ("PDC") Course at Cloughjordan Ecovillage.