August 2014 – Feasta

Degrowth conference in Leipzig

Feasta members Willi Kiefel, Seán Conlan and Brian Davey will be attending next week's degrowth conference, which will focus on concrete steps towards a society beyond the imperative of growth. Willi will be presenting a paper that he prepared with Seán on Feasta co-founder Richard Douthwaite's contribution towards a material degrowth society in Ireland.

Community Energy in Ireland (Part 3)

In the final part of his report, Erik-Jan Van Oosten reminds us that technologies aren’t neutral and that their complexity needs to be taken into account when planning for future energy production.

PhD vacancies, energy efficient buildings, NUI Galway

The NUI website states "if you want to contribute to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, to make the word a better place and have any interest or skills in the topics mentioned below, then we encourage you to contact us with your research proposal".

Discussion: We’re Fecked, What Now? What Can a Community Do?

A short scenario planning discussion, hosted by members of Feasta living in the Cloughjordan EcoVillage, around the theme of collapse and possible community responses. This Saturday, Aug 23rd, 3-5pm, in Cloughjordan.

The Savory Institute conference on grassland management (Part 2): report by Martin Peck

Martin Peck was impressed with the Savory conference: "It was a privilege. People from all over the world talking and listening to each other essentially about survival and how we can reverse our destructive behaviour on our earth through regenerative agriculture in its many forms. It is possible."

The Savory Institute conference on grassland management (Part 1): report by Nick Bardsley

Many Feasta members will already be familiar with the pioneering work of Allan Savory and the Savory Institute in regenerating degraded rangelands. Nick Bardsley and Martin Peck attended the Institute's recent conference and have each provided reports on it which you can read here (Martin's report will follow shortly).

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