Category Archives: community

Powerdown Toolkit #3: It’s All Connected

Posted on 16 February 2009 by Graham

This is the introduction to the third week of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Centre in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying each week of the course, soon … Continue reading →

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Powerdown Toolkit # 2: The Power of Community- Social Capital, Resilience and the Local Community

Posted on 5 February 2009 by Graham

This is the introduction to the second week of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Centre in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying each week of the course, soon … Continue reading →

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Powerdown Toolkit

Posted on 22 January 2009 by Graham

Over the past year or so I have been working with Davie Philip of Cultivate on the Skilling Up for Powerdown program, a learning resource in support of Transition Initiatives in Ireland. The course has been run in Dublin and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Plan C

Posted on 21 November 2008 by Graham

Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak oil and Climate Change Pat Murphy New Society 2008 Pat Murphy is the Executive Director of Community Solutions who produced the seminal film “The Power Of Community” which charts Cuba’s transition to a … Continue reading →

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Convergence 13: Transition Strategies

Posted on 10 April 2008 by Graham

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 … Continue reading →

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Kinsale Spring Fair

Posted on 31 March 2008 by Graham

I was back down in Kinsale at the end of the Easter break on Saturday for the Transition Towns Spring Fair. Organised by permaculture students and members of Transition Towns Kinsale with Kinsale Tidy Towns, it consisted of a market … Continue reading →

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The Transition Handbook

Posted on 1 March 2008 by Graham

Book Review The Transition Handbook From oil dependency to local resilience Rob Hopkins Green Books 2008 Pbck; 240pp The transition Handbook is available from www.transition culture.org “The concept of energy descent, and of the Transition approach, is a simple one: … Continue reading →

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