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The EU Commission Representation in Ireland and the Celsius research Group, DCU, are hosting this special one day conference

Saturday 4th September 2010 | 10.00 am | European Union House, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 | Entry is €Free but places are limited | Please register at: www.euireland.ie/socialmedia_conference.php

Keynote address by Fred Pearce, climate change commentator in the Guardian and New Scientist.

Thursday 9th to Tuesday 14th September, 2010 | Weeknights 18.30 - 21.30 Weekend 10.00 - 15.00 | The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, D2 (map) | Contact Agne 086 735 3778 or Dovile 085 7627070 | €250 / EARLY BIRD!  €175 if you sign up by September 1 

Art of Breathing Course is a workshop of 6 sessions, which covers responsibility, peace, conflict resolution, acceptance, and self-reflection. 

Course Features:
· Sudarshan Kriya® breathing technique
· Skills for handling negative emotions and situations
· Practical wisdom for improving work and relationships
· Insight into the mechanics of the mind and emotions
· Stretching and low-impact yoga for health, circulation, and body stillness 

Thursday 9th Sept 2010 | 7pm | The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, D2 (map) | €6.50; €4 for students/unwaged; €free for members | Talk followed by discussion

Flavour, odour and taste play an important role in the life of humans and animals and we know they have a direct link with chemical releases in our brains that trigger different emotions. We have an inbuilt system to sniff out what is nutritious to eat and what is not. So what happens when chemical companies develop new ingredients and additives to imitate natural aromas that override our innate sense of what's good for us? And how do we avoid them?

The challenge now is to design and build low impact, low energy buildings

Tuesdays 21st Sept – 7th Dec 2010 | 7pm | 12-week course (or choose individual seminars) | The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, D2 (map) | 12 seminars €210 | 9 seminars €180 | 6 seminars €120 | 3 seminars €65 | 1 seminar  €25

This course brings together a fantastic range of speakers to explore the essential aspects of green building from passive house design to renewable energy options. To appreciate how these factors work in a system, the course also includes case studies, presented by the designer, of award-winning and ground-breaking ecological buildings in Ireland. This course is designed for architects and is open to all who are interested. You can do the full 12-week course or choose individual seminars of interest.

Details of individual seminars to follow.

Youth for Sustainable Development Conference 2010 - Learning to Change our World

Wednesday 22nd Sept 2010 | 10am – 4pm | ECO-UNESCO, The Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew St, D2 | Free of charge*

A conference for Youth Workers, Youth Leaders, Teachers and Educators from Community Organisations and NGOs. Young people aged 15-18 are also warmly invited to attend with their adult support workers.  You are invited to a day of learning and reflection through workshops, keynote speeches, exhibition of projects and interactive activities.  Share your ideas and experience, and learn from others

The conference is an opportunity to share examples of good practice in ESD, particularly in non-formal education. Environment, development, economics, sustainability, inclusion, justice, cultural diversity and other aspects of ESD will be explored.  The conference will also share ECO-UNESCO’s experience in Peer Education for Sustainable Development. The conference forms part of ECO-UNESCO’s work for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

...make the next viral YouTube hit...

Thursdays from 23rd September 2010 for six evenings | 7 pm | The Greenhouse, St Andrew Street, Dublin 2 (map) | €35 per class, €180 for full course, €150 for members / unwaged | Call 01-674-5773 to book a place - limited to eight only

Cultivate are hosting a series of evening classes in video production, for beginners and budding Bergmans who want to move beyond the shot-in-the-bedroom look to professional quality footage.

Eoin Campbell leads a six week course on video production, using footage from Cultivate's festivals and events shot over several years, and using both Apple Macintosh and Open Source software. Eoin is a trained Final Cut Pro Editor Level 2, and has been teaching multimedia applications and workshops for over eight years.

ASPO, Cultivate and FEASTA present... 

Monday 27th September 2010 | 19.30 - 22.00 | The Greenhouse, St Andrew St, D2 (map) | 01 674 5773

The recent visit of Stoneleigh (aka Nicole Foss) to Ireland disturbed anyone who heard her speak about the imminent collapse of our global financial system. However, while delivering a compelling argument as to how we've gotten to this point and the inevitability of collapse, in her talk she gave little consideration to what will happen during or after such a collapse.  While an unpleasant scenario to consider, we have an obligation to investigate it further.  Does it mean the end of civilisation as we know it?  What steps will governments take to avoid such a catastrophe and might they work, and at what cost?

Vinay will explore these questions and examine the structures which underlie social, political, financial and supply-chain systems, suggesting they may not be as vulnerable as some might fear. He will discuss different kinds of fragile systems and society's exposure to them, as well as mapping certain kinds of basic utilities and working on how they might be stabilized or resurrected in the face of a systemic collapse.

Vinay Gupta is a thinker on catastrophe and resilience, with a particular interest in responses to nuclear terrorism, genocide and various kinds of worst-case natural disaster. He is currently working on a book project, thefuturewedeserve.com.  A summary of his work can be found at hexayurt.com/plan 

Wednesday 29th September 2010 | 7.00 pm | The Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2 (map)  |  €6.50 / €5 Cultivate members and unwaged  | Bookings on 01 674 5773 

Over the past few years, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has ravaged bee hives throughout Europe and the United States. Honey bees are among nature's most effective pollinators; high and unsustainable losses of hives in Ireland will not only have immediate and costly effects on agriculture in the short term, but also unless checked will lead to enormous, potentially catastrophic effects on the biosphere in the long term. We should all be concerned about the fate of the bees, because so much life depends on them.

While nobody has yet been able to identify the precise cause of CCD, there is a strong argument being voiced that a hive succumbs because a combination of factors weaken the bees' natural defences. One way to help maintain a colony's strength is to encourage the bees to eat a varied diet, so planting and cultivating a mixture of bee-friendly flowers and fruits is something everyone with a garden can do.

Kathleen Clarke, a bee-keeper and a gardener, will deliver a talk on how to select and look after plants that thrive in our climate, are attractive to humans and are equally appreciated by honey bees.

Transition Ireland & Northern Ireland (T.I.N.I.) - the network for communities building local resilience    

Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October 2010 | All Day | Glenhordial Permaculture Farm | Omagh | Booking; Ring Alex 086 3855333 or email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

We are pleased to announce the third Training 4 Transition to be held on this island and in keeping with our policy to serve our widespread member distribution we are having this one in Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The last one was in Ennistymon, co Claire, and the one before in Dublin. Please download this flyer, Training for Transition Omagh.pdf, for all the details.   Transition is a process to help communities find new ways of coping with the challenges we face. This course is a must do, for those who are serious about starting, running or participating and maintaining a Transition Initiative, full of good information and useful techniques, to help you and your fellows Transitioner's.

Cultivate members can now avail of the wi-fi connection at the Greenhouse.

Come in with your laptop and enjoy our chill out area on the ground floor (tea available).

Show your membership card at the desk and they will give you the wi-fi password.

This facility is available during shop opening hours 10.30 - 18.30 Monday to Saturday

Come join us at the Greenhouse and utilise this unique hot desking opportunity in the heart of Dublin.

Cultivate Co-Working Space offers:

• a relaxed, informal work space available form 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday
• wireless internet access
• meeting rooms
• a city centre business address
• networking opportunities

Be part of the new wave of Irish green business...

The Reference Work for the Irish Climate

Cultivate are delighted to be able to offer for sale Klaus Laitenberger's Vegetables For the Irish Garden.

€14.95 (Buy online)

| Paperback: 296 pages | Publisher: Milkwood Publishing (March 2010) | ISBN-10: 0956506305 | ISBN-13: 978-0956506306 | Weight:  .725kg

Klaus Laitenberger has been growing organic vegetables for over twenty years in the UK and Ireland.  He was running a four-acre organic market garden in England before moving to Ireland in 1999 where he was the Head Gardener at the Organic Centre in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim for seven years.  He then took on the challenge to start the garden restoration in Lissadell House in Co. Sligo.

For the last few years he works as a self-employed trainer, mentor and consultant in organic horticulture.  Last year he completed his PgDip in Organic Farming (SAC Aberdeen and University of Glasgow).  His first book, Vegetables For the Irish Garden, is now available.  The book will be of interest for anybody just starting to grow a few vegetables for the first time as well as for the more advanced gardeners.

Read a review by Jane Powers in the Irish Times, published Saturday, July 17, 2010.

the powering up of community, creativity and culture

"Bursting with insightful analysis and creative solutions to the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil, The Powerdown Show is an inspirational pointer to life beyond fossil fuels. Essential viewing – a flash of light in the darkness."
- Rob Hopkins, Founder of the Transition Movement

DVD Video | €15 (Buy online) | Widescreen 16:9 | Running time 10 x 20 minutes | View the 8th Episode

the powerdown show is a 10-part TV series that takes a fresh and engaging look at the community responses to the converging challenges of climate change and peak oil.   We have a golden opportunity to create a far better, more sustainable way of life. Millions around the world – many in your own community – are already making the transition to local resilience.  Your vision is needed too.

Work in the city and can't receive your fruit/veg conveniently? Use Cultivate as your pickup point, free of charge!  Also as an opening offer, there's a free box of organic eggs with each veg bag purchased.

Home Organics have been delivering certified organic fruit, vegetables and eggs all over Dublin since 2002.  We source as locally as possible and have built up an excellent relationship with suppliers around the country enabling us to offer a varied selections of seasonal organics at a very fair price. Founder Sarah Merrigan has worked as a chef and offers a very popular (mainly veggie) recipe service which goes along with each week’s selection. Weekly, fortnightly and once in a while orders are all welcome.  To place your order, click here.