UPCOMING EVENTS organised by Feasta or in which Feasta members are involved.

Capping Carbon! (Post Carbon Toronto Meetup) - presentation by Bruce Darrell of Feasta
Date: Wednesday 7th May, 7 pm
Venue: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 310, Toronto, Canada
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PAST FEASTA EVENTS

'Combating Climate Change As An Individual' - NUI Maynooth Talk with Cap and Share
Date: Wednesday 30th April, 7 pm
Venue: Lecture Hall 3, the John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth, Ireland
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Linking urban agriculture and built form to carbon cycles, energy use and nutrient flows - presentation by Bruce Darrell of Feasta (part of conference "The Role of Food and Agriculture in the Design and Planning of Buildings and Cities")
Date: 3rd May, 4:00 pm- 5:45 pm
Venue: Ryerson University Department of Architectural Science, 325 Church Street, Toronto, Canada
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Climate Change: First the bad news, then the good - the Will Howard Memorial Lecture
Date: 18th April, 7:30 pm
Venue: Emmett Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2
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Cap and Share Presentation - Cap and Share Ireland with the Trinity College Young Greens
Date: Monday 14th April, 18:00
Venue: Trinity College Arts Block 2041 b (Ui Chadhain Theatre), Dublin 2
Presentation followed by discussion.

Beating the Bust: Free Public Lecture and Discussion - A Green Week Event in DIT Bolton St
Date: Friday 10th April, 5:30 pm
Venue: Bolton Street DIT, Dublin 2
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Convergence 13: Post Carbon Cities, Transition Towns and Eco-Villages
Date: 3rd-7th April
Venue: Cultivate Centre for Sustainability, Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, and the Village, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary
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Ideas to Meet the Carbon Challenge - 'Bio Char' (part of the Convergence Symposium) - Bruce Darrell
Date: Saturday 5th April, 14:00-15:30
Venue: Cultivate Centre for Sustainability, Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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National Frameworks to Underpin Carbon Reduction (part of the Convergence Symposium) - Oisín Coghlan, David Korowicz and Tim Helweg Larson
Date: Sunday 6th April, 11:15-12:45
Venue: Cultivate Centre for Sustainability, Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Skilling Up For Powerdown (part of the Convergence Symposium) - Davie Philip
Date: Sunday 6th April, 11:15-12:45
Venue: Cultivate Centre for Sustainability, Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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Positive Energy - Creative Community Responses to Peak Oil and Climate Change - Findhorn Foundation Easter Conference
Date: Saturday 22nd March -Friday 28th March
Venue: Findhorn Foundation Ecovillage, Scotland.
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Is there a way out of Boom and Bust economics? - Fred Harrison
Date: Tuesday 11th March
Venue: Robert Emmet Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin.
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Public Meeting: How thinking about the climate crisis needs to change - chaired by Emer O'Siochru
Date: Evening, Friday 18th January 2008, 7.30-9.30 pm
Venue: St John's Church, Totnes, Devon.
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Feasta Energy and Climate Group - Strategy Meeting
Date: Evening, Friday 18th - afternoon, Sunday 20th January, 2008
Venue: Schumacher College, Totnes, Devon.
Enquiries to
climate(at)feasta.org

Community Powerdown Course: a ten week course
Date: Tuesdays from 9th Oct to 11th Dec , 7.30-9.30pm
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Dublin
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Feasta Annual General Meeting
Date: 24 November 2007, 11.30am - 1pm
Venue: ENFO offices, 17 St. Andrew's Street, Dublin 2.
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'Bringing about Change': Feasta seminar
Date: 13 November 2007, 11am-2pm
Venue: ENFO, 17 St. Andrew's Street, Dublin 2.
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Feasta Lecture 2007: Climate Solutions - Peter Barnes, author of Capitalism 3.0.
Date: November 13, 7:30 pm
Venue: Emmet Theatre, the Arts Block, Trinity College.
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Seeing Systems: a short course on applying systems thinking
Date: Thursdays 1st and 8th November, 7-9.30pm
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Dublin
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The Downside of Up: a short FEASTA course - David Korowicz
Date: Tuesdays 25th Sept & 2nd Oct, 7.30-9.30pm
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Dublin
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Peak Oil: The End of Economic Growth? - Professor Charles A. Hall
Date: 7.30pm, Wednesday, September 19th
Venue: Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin
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Feasta Members' Weekend
Date: Date: Friday evening, 17th August to Sunday, 19th August
Venue: Venue: Woodbrook House, Bunclody, Co. Wexford, as part of the Irish Green Gathering.
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Creating a Virtuous Circle - Danny Day, founder and president of EPRIDA
Date: Friday, 27th July, 13:45 for 14:00.
Venue: Teagasc Ashdown Food Research Centre.
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Feasta Energy and Climate Group - Public meeting
Date: Friday, 27th July, 7.30 pm, sharp.
Venue: Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2.
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Feasta Energy and Climate Group - 2nd Annual Meeting
Date: Evening, Friday 27th - afternoon, Sunday 29th July, 2007
Venue: Glencree Reconciliation Centre, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
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"Clean Coal" - Carbon Capture and Storage - Prof. Colin E. Snape and Dr Sujatha Raman
Date: Wednesday 4th July - 7.30pm
Venue: G30 Lecture Theatre, Arts Centre, University of Nottingham, UK.
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Climate Change, Oil and Gas Depletion - Paul Mobbs, Brian Davey and Seamus Garvey (chair)
Date: Wednesday 6th June - 7.30pm
Venue: The Mechanics Institute, 3 North Sherwood Street (nr junction with Shakespeare Street), Nottingham, UK.
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Irish Doctors' Environmental Association AGM and Public Meeting 2007
Date: Fri 23 Feb
Venue: Tailors Hall, Back Lane, Dublin 8 (near Christ Church cathedral)
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"Peak Oil and Climate Change: What is to be Done?" - Richard Douthwaite
Date: Wednesday, February 7 at 7.30 p.m
Venue: O' Cadhain Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
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''The Future's not what it used to be'' - David Korowicz
Date: Wednesday 31st January from 10-4am (talk at 2.30pm)
Venue: National Environmental Groups Showcase, Buswells Hotel, Dublin 2
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Feasta's Annual Planning Day, 2007
Date: 10am -4 pm, January 20, 2007
Venue: 161, Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6
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Feasta Lecture 2006 "Making well-being, not growth, the prime political target" - Nic Marks, head of the Centre for Well-being at the New Economics Foundation, London.
Date: 7.30pm on December 6, 2006
Venue: Swift Theatre in the Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
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Workshop on Community Currencies - John Rogers.
Date: Friday, December 1st 2006.
Venue: 24, Northbrook Road, Dublin 6
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Life After Oil - Breaking the Habit - David Fleming, Ron Oxburgh, Michael Meacher and Richard Heinberg
Date: November 12-24, 2006
Venue: Schumacher College, The Old Postern, Dartington, Devon TQ9 6EA, UK
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Money, democracy and human rights - Caroline Whyte
This seminar was part of the Swedish Human Rights Forum (MR-Dagarna)
Date: November 23, 2006
Venue: Malmö Högskola, Malmö, Sweden
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Feasta Discussion Evening - Bruce Darrell
An informal monthly gathering open to all members.
Date: 7:30 to 10:00, Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin
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Joined Up Thinking and Sustainability - Davie Philip
6 evenings of presentation and discussion, which explored the issues of Money, Growth, Climate and Oil, Energy, Food, & Community
Date: Wednesday nights, September 13 - October 18th, 2006
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin
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Feasta Discussion Evening - Bruce Darrell
An informal monthly gathering open to all members.
Date: 7:30 to 10:00, Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Venue: Library Bar, Central Hotel, Exchequer St. Dublin 2
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Understanding the Economics of Sustainable Development
A six week course of individual lectures
1. The Economic Challenge of Sustainability - Richard Douthwaite
Date: 19.30 - 21.30, Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

2. Stopping the Debt Driver - why reforming the way our money is created holds the key to halting unsustainable growth - Alistair McConnachie
Date: 19.30 - 21.30, Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

3. The Economic Implications of Climate Change and Peak Oil - Oisin Coghlan and Gerard O'Neil
Date: 19.30 - 21.30, Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

4. An introduction to Environmental and Ecological Economic thinkers and theories - Tom Campbell and Patrick Marren
Date: 19.30 - 21.30, Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

5. Costless money, costly credit and the coming first world debt crisis - Anne Pettifor
Date: 19.30 - 21.30, Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

6. Global Commons: Your Inheritance - John Jopling
Date: 19.30 - 21.30, Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin
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The Ecology of Money - course given by Richard Douthwaite
Date: Friday 7 - Sunday 9 July 2006
Venue: Monkton Wyld Court, Charmouth, Bridport, Dorset, UK
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Peak Oil: Business Threats and Opportunities- conference held by ASPO
Date: Wednesday May 31st 2006 9.30am - 2.00pm (inclusive of lunch)
Venue: Maryborough Hotel and Spa, Douglas, Cork City
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Peak Opportunity - Food, Energy and Community - talk by Graham Strauts
Date: Thursday 25th May 2006, 8 pm
Venue: KDYS Killarney Youth Centre, next to the Franciscan Friary, in the centre of Killarney
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"What Lies Ahead - How will we heat our Homes and Businesses in an Uncertain Energy Future" - seminar organised by Rathcline Sustainable Projects Group
Date: Friday 28th April 2006, 9am - 5pm
Venue: The Longford Arms Hotel, Longford
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Convergence - 11th Sustainable Living Festival - "Learning to Live with Less Fossil Fuel"
Date: Wednesday, 19th -Sunday, 23rd April 2006
Venue: Cultivate, 15-19 Essex Street West, Old City Temple Bar, Dublin 8
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Roundtable Seminar on Climate Change and Development - organised by Kimmage Development Studies Centre and Friends of the Earth
Date: Thursday 20th April 2006, 9am - 12:30pm
Venue: Mount Clare Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
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Lean Energy: A Grand Strategy for the Future of Energy - talk by David Fleming
Date: Saturday 22nd April 2006, 2pm
Venue: KDYS Killarney Youth Centre, next to the Franciscan Friary, in the centre of Killarney
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The Global Energy Picture - Public Seminar
Date: Wednesday, 5th April 2006, 7.30 pm
Venue: The Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2
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Ireland in the Second Half of the Age of Oil - talk by Dr. Colin Campbell
Date: Friday 24th March 2006, 7.30 pm
Venue: KDYS Killarney Youth Centre, next to the Franciscan Friary, in the centre of Killarney
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UN climate conference - Annie Segrue (representing Feasta)
Date: November 28 to December 9 2005
Venue: Montreal
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Feasta Lecture 2005 "How To Live Well Without Carbon -Decouple Life Satisfaction from Economic Growth, as well as Economy from the Environment" - Roger Levett
Date: Monday November 21 2005 - 7.30 pm
Venue: Davenport Hotel,at Merrion Square,Dublin 2
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Feasta Workshop "Planning for the Future now - Building Sustainable Local Communities" - Roger Levett and Dr Kevin Leyden
Date: Tuesday November 22, 2005, 9.30 am - 2.30 pm
Venue: Mont Clare Hotel, Clare Street, Dublin 2
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Sustainable Energy in Irish Transport Seminar - Roger Levett and Dr Kevin Leyden
Date: 23 November 2005
Venue: Roganstown House & Country Club
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Conference - Energy Prices and Ireland's Future
Date: Wednesday 12 October 2005
Venue: Cultivate, Temple Bar, Dublin
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Feasta Members Weekend
Date: October 7-9 2005
Venue: Nano Nagle Centre, Nr Mallow, Co Cork

Toolkit for Sustainability Course: Exploring the root causes of unsustainability and potential solutions- Davie Philip/font>
Date: 10 weeks from October 18 2005
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin
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Conference: Food security in an energy-scarce world
Date: June 23-25 2005
Venue: University College Dublin
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Sustainable Community Workshops
Date: May 25 2005
Venue: Airfield Trust
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Community Learning Toolkit: Exploring the root causes of unsustainability and potential solutions- Davie Philip
Date: 10 weeks from February 22 2005
Venue: Cultivate Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin
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Community Learning Toolkit: Exploring the root causes of unsustainability and potential solutions- Davie Philip
Date: 10 weeks from 26 November 2004
Venue: Central Hotel, 15 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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2004 Feasta Lecture "Resource Wars - or a Fair Future?" - Wolfgang Sachs
Date: 18 November 2004
Venue: Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Feasta Members Weekend 2004
Date: 24-26 September 2004
Venue: Dingle Harbour Lodge, Dingle, Co.Kerry, Ireland

The Irish Renewable Energy Summit 2004
Date: Tuesday 28th September 2004
Venue: 2004, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin
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Conference: Debt, Climate and Global Justice
Date: Wednesday 29 April 2004
Venue: Sustainable Living Centre, SS Michael and John’s,15 – 19 Essex Street West, Old City Temple Bar, Dublin 8
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The Little Earth Show
Date: Tuesday, January 27th, and the 3rd, 10th and 17th of February 2004
Venue: Donegal's Highland Radio (broadcast)
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FEASTA Presentation - Before The Wells Run Dry- Richard Douthwaite and Michael Layden
Date: December 12 2003
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Feasta Lecture 2003 "Designing a Truly Democratic Economy " - Marjorie Kelly
Date: 3-4 November 2003
Venue: Dublin and Belfast
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Lecture: "Building a Sustainable Economy with Renewable Energy" - Dr Hermann Scheer
Date: October 23 2003
Venue: Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1
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Conference: "Land: The Claim of the Community" - Stan Thekaekara
Date: October 9-10 2003
Venue: Tara Towers Hotel, Booterstown, Dublin
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Feasta Lecture 2002 "PEOPLE FIRST - Justice in a Global Economy" - Stan Thekaekara
Date: October 8-10 2002
Venue: Dublin, Galway and Cork
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Conference: 'Ireland's Transition to Renewable Energy'
Date: October 30 to November 2 2002
Venue: Tipperary Institute, Thurles, Co Tipperary
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Conference: 'So that was Johannesburg, Now what?'
Date: 21 September 2002
Venue: Dublin
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Seminar: 'Strengthening the role of the Irish Higher Education community in support of sustainable development''
Date: 28 November 2001
Venue: The Development Studies Centre, Kimmage Manor, Dublin
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Feasta Lecture 2001 "The Lean Economy: a Vision of Civility for a World in Trouble" - David Fleming
Date: 30-31 October 2001
Venue: WWT, Castle Espie
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Feasta Lecture 2000 "The Civilising of Global Society" - David Korten
Date: July 4 2000
Venue: Trinity College Dublin
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'The Last Debate on Earth : Turning Problems into Solutions'
Date: June 25 2000
Venue: Castle Espie
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Workshop: 'Bringing together sustainable agriculture with sustainable economic development.' - Liam Egerton
Date: March 6 2000
Venue: Dublin Food Co-op
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Convergence 00
Date: April 22-May 1 2000
Venue: Temple Bar, Dublin
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Conference: 'Energy, Money and Growth'
Date: February 19-20 2000
Venue: Goldsmith Hall, Pearse Street, Dublin
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The Barataria Project
Date: May 1999
Venue: Soesterberg, The Netherlands
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Feasta Lecture 1999 "Uneconomic Growth in Theory and in Fact" - Herman Daly
Date: April 26 1999
Venue: Mother Redcaps, Christ Church, Back Lane, Dublin
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Financing Sustainable Communities - Feasta and IEVIN (the Irish Eco-Village Information Network)
Meetings with Triodas, the Credo Fund and the Irish League of Credit Unions, on financing sustainable communities
Date: January 8 and April 1 1999
Venue: Enfo, Dublin

The launch of FEASTA, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
Date: October 28 1998
Venue: Mother Redcaps, Christ Church, Back Lane, Dublin
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