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Cultivating Liveable Communities

Feb 08, 2013 No Comments by admin

An introduction to Resilience and Permaculture. Tuesday 12 February 2013 | 19.30 – 21.30 | Central Hotel, Exchequer St | €10 Pay Now / Free to Cultivate Members A presentation and facilitated discussion hosted by Davie Philip of Cultivate and Cloughjordan Ecovillage. This evening session will explore how we strengthen our communities to be more healthy and sustainable backed by local economies that are stronger and more resilient.

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The twilight of the age of growth

Dec 10, 2012 2 Comments by Caroline Whyte

A talk by David Korowicz to be given at The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle/ Gateshead, UK on Fri 21 Dec 2012 at 13:30 as part of The Festival of the Apocalypse developed by artists Walker & Bromwich.

Permaculture Design Certificate Course

Jul 20, 2012 No Comments by Caroline Whyte

Organised by Cultivate, in association with Village Education Research and Training (VERT) and Cloughjordan Community Farm. Feasta tutors include Bruce Darrell and Ciaran Mulloy. This will be a unique opportunity to learn invaluable design and practical skills embedded in an active ecovillage and vibrant community.

From crisis to resilience: rethinking Ireland’s economic future

Apr 10, 2012 No Comments by admin

Schumacher Ireland Summer School Exploring the transition to a sustainable society on the island of Ireland Schumacher College is organising its first Summer School in Ireland from 11th to 15th June 2012, in conjunction with Queen’s University Belfast. Feasta members Jonathan Dawson and Peadar Kirby will be among the course teachers. [...]

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Low External Input Agriculture: the only road to a sustainable food supply – April 28th

Apr 08, 2011 No Comments by admin

Two public lectures hosted by the Carbon Cycles and Sinks Network and Gorta. The first lecture, “Organic farming’s role in improving food security and combatting climate change”, features Gundala Azeez as the speaker. The second, “Biochar’s role in increasing fertility and reducing fertiliser use”, will be presented by Dr. Witold Kwapinski and David Friese-Greene.

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2010 International Conference on Sustainability -Interactions between energy, economy, & the environment

Nov 07, 2010 No Comments by Caroline Whyte

This conference included David Korowicz of Feasta among its speakers (and Richard Douthwaite via 2-way link). Videos of the talks wil be available shortly.

Date and Time: Nov 12-Nov 14 2010

Venue: Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

More information…

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Politics of the 21st Century: Reviving the Commons for the Benefit of all

Oct 15, 2010 No Comments by Caroline Whyte

In this talk ecological economist Brian Davey, member of Feasta, demonstrated how many problems can be traced back to the mismanagement of common resources and argue for a new politics for the commons. What can be done given that rentier interests are so influential behind the scenes in the political system?

Can we find a new form of management, propertising without privatising, and managing the commons in the interests of all?

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Curing the Climate: It’s not just about cutting fossil fuels, you know

Jul 09, 2010 No Comments

An evening of presentations and discussion, chaired by Molly Walsh of Friends of the Earth.

The international effort to prevent catastrophic climate change has concentrated on carbon dioxide reductions and other possible part-solutions such as reducing black carbon have been ignored. Richard Douthwaite of Feasta presented the case for a more diversified approach to the climate crisis and, in a second presentation, Corinna Byrne of the Carbon Cycles and Sinks Network set out ways in which changes in the way the land is used can remove some of the carbon already in the air.…

Thoughts on the Edge of Collapse – David Korowicz

Jun 09, 2010 No Comments

Date and Time: Sat 26th June, 1pm

Venue: St Kieran’s Hall,
Cloughjordan, Ireland.

Part of the Cloughjordan Festival.…

On the Precipice – David Korowicz

Nov 29, 2009 No Comments

Date and Time: Sunday 29th November at 2pm
Venue: The Collective Gallery, Cockburn St, Edinburgh, Scotland (part of the Bank of Reason event)

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The transition to low carbon: policy frameworks and community action

Nov 20, 2009 No Comments

Date and Time: 20-21 November 2009
Venue: Discovery Centre, Winchester, UK
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Including presentations by Feasta members:

Richard Douthwaite (Feasta) Why Cap Emissions if Peak Oil is Coming Anyway?
Brian Davey (Cap + Share UK) Climate Policy under Conditions of Contraction: When Complex Solutions Go Pear Shaped
Richard Douthwaite (Feasta) How a community can fund its own energy supply

Ceiliúradh ’09: Building Sustainable Communities

Oct 28, 2009 No Comments

Date and Time: 10am Wednesday 28th – 5:30pm Thursday 29th October 2009
Venue: Tipperary Institute, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Presentation by Richard Douthwaite on Local Economy.
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Things Fall Apart: Talk by David Korowicz

Aug 04, 2009 No Comments

Over on the Oil Drum website you can now download a presentation given by Feasta’s David Korowicz at the ASPO/Oil Drum conference in Alcatraz, Italy in June 2009. The talk is entitled “Things Fall Apart: Complexity, Supply Chains, Infrastructure & Collapse“…

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Site Value Tax Petition to Minister Noonan

This residential property tax will be collected on every home in Ireland. The rate you will pay, under this system, depends on the full value of your property including the building. The square footage, the number of bedrooms in your home, energy rating, are some examples of the features that assessors will use [...]

Environmental Pillar policy on Site Value Tax

The Environmental Pillar has added its weight to the growing push for a Site Value Tax in Ireland. Today (18 October) it released a policy on Site Value Tax, outlining the social, economic and environmental benefits that would be delivered by its implementation.

The merits of Site Value Tax (SVT) : A public event at the Castelnock Hotel and Country Club

If you are interested in the Single most important decision our Government could take to navigate us out of our current mess You are welcome to come to a riveting and honest discussion on The merits of Site Value Tax (SVT) Otherwise known as “The Fair Tax” as the alternative to a ‘Property Tax” on [...]

News Digest

Green measures blocked by top EU official

José Manuel Barroso’s top official, Catherine Day, is pressuring environment commissioner Janez Potočnik to delay bringing forward new proposals in a number of areas.

RTE drivetime programmes on fracking

RTE recently broadcast two programmes which include interviews with people who have been adversely affected by fracking in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They are available here and here. A third report will be following shortly. …

3 petitions to ban fracking in Ireland

There’s been much discussion on this site of the problems with fracking. These petitions need 20,000 signatures. The frackingfreeireland.org website is a good source of information on the situation in Ireland.

Petition 1 (Northern Ireland only) Petition 2 Petition 3…

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Events

The Money Mess: One-day conference, May 31st, Dublin

Feasta and Sensible Money are organising a one day conference in Dublin on Friday 31st May to explore the consequences of our malfunctioning money system and some of the proposals for its reform, replacement or supplement. The morning session will explore the repercussions of the way in which money is currently created while the afternoon session will focus on responses, including some Irish initiatives.

“Fresh approaches to tackling climate change” – Feasta/WinACC workshop

Environmental activists and anyone with an interest in environmental law are cordially invited to a weekend seminar organised by FEASTA and WinACC (Winchester Action on Climate Change). The seminar will consider fresh approaches to tackling climate change and how they might be put into action. It will appeal to those who like to hear alternative perspectives, challenge conventional thinking, and explore ideas through discussion with others. Saturday June 29th – Sunday June 30th 2013.

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Comment on Panel: Biochar by James Bruges by Patrick Noble

Blimey James – Sorry to continue the correspondence and please end it if you feel so, but this is important. Life is variable as the quality and quantity of the dust which revives it. The mineralsation of complex proteins into the simple elements required for plant growth is a function of a complexity of life. The whole art of husbandry is regulation of the speed of that process. Return too much fertility to a field and we increase crop yield by diminishing that of a neighbouring field.

Comment on Panel: Biochar by James Bruges by James Bruges

Patrick Not really. It’s called entropy. The process that reduces complex life to dust. It happens all the time, not just by fire or pyrolysis. ‘The total mass of bio’ is not constant, it continually increases and decreases. By growing biomass in desert sand entropy is reversed. James

Comment on Panel: Biochar by James Bruges by Patrick Noble

Thanks James – Sequestration & carbon sumps are bees in my bonnet. I’ll try to keep my bees under control – they are confrontational in that they oppose some central first principles of the IPCC, Zero Carbon Britain 2030 and most university departments! A little geezer becomes passionate in proportion to the mass of his opposition.

Comment on Panel: Biochar by James Bruges by James Bruges

Patrick. Thanks for your response and the attached article, which I found interesting because you obviously know so much more about nature’s mechanisms than I do. When the use of biochar is driven by neoliberal economics (as with all aspects of life) it has dangers, as pointed out by BiofuelWatch.

Debt Crisis Conference

National strategies for dealing with Ireland’s debt crisis: exploring the options – September 22-23 2011

Feasta’s Autumn conference examined measures that this country could adopt to secure its economic future which would not leave it reliant on external factors largely outside of its control. Scenarios explored included the potential collapse of the eurozone. The conference featured prominent international and Irish economists and was aimed at economists, politicians, policy-makers, business people, social partners, and other key decision-makers.

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