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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Woo-woo everywhere

Sunday, April 27, 2008

How can we expect people to understand peak oil and climate change, and formulate rational responses to the great issues of our day, when there is so much hostility expressed about “science and rationality” and when there is such a tolerance and even encouragement of unsubstantiated beliefs about the paranormal? Bill Mollison, in his rambling [...]

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Overpopulation? The Biggest Issue of your lifetime

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Bantry beekeeper Tim Rowe delivered his first public talk last Monday night in Bantry on a topic that has been preoccupying him for some time- the consequences of overpopulation. This fascinating and enlightening talk took us through the issue facing the world as the human species runs riot and reaches more than 6.7 billion in [...]

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Consciousness in Transition

Saturday, April 19, 2008

At Convergence 13 I hosted two workshops: the first was an introduction to Permaculture, with a focus on Permaculture education and how to spread Permaculture courses through the mainstream education system; the second, with Dave Yaffey and Chris Chapman, had the title “Consciousness in Transition: Exploring Values for Changing Times”. The purpose was to explore [...]

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Irish Transition Network

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Last Saturday at the Powerdown Symposium at Cultivate saw the inaugural meeting of people from around Ireland interested in starting a Transition process in their town. More than 60 people attended the meeting with a dozen or more towns represented. The main meeting was lead by Ben Bragwyn co-founder of the UK Transition Network who [...]

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Convergence 13: Transition Strategies

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Last weekend saw the Community Powerdown Symposium at the 13th Convergence Festival at the Cultivate Centre in Dublin. Opened by John Gormley, Minister for Environment, Heritage and local Government, this landmark event was attended by about 100 people and saw the beginnings of a fledgling Irish Transition Network with a meeting of over 60 representatives [...]

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