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Permaculture Design Certificate 2018, Cloughjordan Ecovillage

Permaculture Design Certificate

Deposit €100.00 EURRemainder Full Fee €450.00 EURFull Course Fee €550.00 EUR

Learn how we can live more sustainably using ecological design
Practical skills for horticulture, farming, enterprise, green building, perma-facture, collaboration, social innovation and community resilience.

13-22 July 2018 | Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co Tipperary, Ireland |Contact Us | Fees €550 / €495 Cultivate Members | some concessions are available on request, €100 deposit secures your place (how to apply - PDF) | deposit not refundable after 18th May.

This 10-day Permaculture Design Certificate Course is organised by Cultivate and hosted in association with Cloughjordan Community Farm and the Ecovillage Education Group and is accredited by the Permaculture Association.

See the facebook event (and maybe send an invite or two).
Download course PDF

Each year we invite special guest tutors to share their expertise, along with our resident specialists. Guest tutors for 2018 so far are Mark Boyle, AKA The Moneyless Man & currently running the community smallholding The Happy Pig, Hannah Mole, a certified teacher immersed in designing, and organising permaculture events and courses (see earthcare.ie), Féidhlam Harty, wetlands and reed bed specialist & author of Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds (see wetlandsystems.ie) and Aranya, a leading UK Permaculture teacher, designer and author of Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide, will join us via Skype. More to be announced, watch this space...

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Convergence 2018

INSPIRING STORIES AND COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS
FOR A COMMUNITY-LED TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON AND HEALTHY SOCIETY

25th May - 9th June 2018
Full schedule below

Convergence brings people and ideas together. Since its beginning in 2000, the festival has featured some of the most inspiring thinkers and doers both from Ireland and abroad, and championed the changes needed to create a sustainable economy, a healthy society and a flourishing environment.
Through Convergence Cultivate plan to facilitate dialogue between sectors and develop the competencies of citizens to better engage in local projects. We believe this will lead to healthier communities and be a major driver of success in reaching climate targets and Sustainable Development Goals. Our hope is that communities might also be better positioned to benefit from the deep economic and social changes that will take place as we make the transition.

We know others share this perspective, research in this area is underway and communities are already devising and implementing their own projects. In the spirit of collaboration, we would like to invite local stakeholders, national organisations, researchers and agencies to contribute to a programme designed to enable a community-led transition to a low carbon and healthy society. The schedule is below, there will be further information and more events added over the next few weeks.

If you would like to discuss getting involved in Convergence or support any element please get in touch. convergence[at]cultivate[dot]ie

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Feeding Ourselves

Cultivate & Cloughjordan Community Farm present...
Feeding Ourselves: Rural Revitalisation through a Cooperative Approach to Farming and Food.

Saturday 26th: Feeding Ourselves Conference (Venue: St.Kieran’s Hall, Main Street Cloughjordan)
Sunday 27th: Out on the Land - on the farm and in the fields. Farm Hack, horses, walking, talking and doing out and about.

Book here: Through NOTS (National Organic Training Skillnet)

Join us for the Feeding Ourselves gathering!

Housing Ourselves Conference

Housing Ourselves Conference: Cooperative and community-led approaches.
10.00 - 16.30 - Saturday 9th June
WeCreate Workspace, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary

Prices include local lunch

Housing Ourselves Conference €50.00 EURConcession Fee (request with Cultivate prior) €40.00 EUR

A cooperative approach to regenerating, redesigning and reimagining housing.
Exploring new models of housing, smaller homes and more liveable neighbourhoods for healthier and more sustainable local communities. Cultivate is hosting this conference for people interested and/or involved in cooperative housing, co-living projects, community land trusts, community development, planning, green building and social finance. Our aim is to make a community-led approach to housing a reality.
This event is being held in partnership with Cloughjordan CoHousing and Cloughjordan Ecovillage.

Featuring contributions from Co-operative Housing Ireland, O'Cualann Cohousing Alliance, Mike Haslam, Caelan Bristow, Ebanie Powell, Cloughjordan CoHousing  and more.
Full details and speakers list to be updated soon.

This event is part of Convergence, Cultivate's annual sustainable living festival; a fortnight of events, inspiring stories and compelling conversations for a healthy, low-carbon society. See the full Converegence schedule for more events across Ireland.
For more info or to discuss ideas for collaborating please email convergence[at]cultivate[dot]ie.

Local Initiatives Addressing the Global Goals

Do you know of a local community-led or for-community-beneft initiative that addresses the Sustainable Development Goals?

We're illustrating the efforts made across Ireland for an installation that will feature in Convergence, our annual sustainable living festivial, and that will become an interactive exhibit to be showcased in the Global Green at the Electric Picnic and at future events.

If you are involved in, or know of an initiative please fill out the following form and help us illustrate the stories of how we're coming together for a healthier, happier and more sustainable future.

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GROW Observatory

A citizens' observatory for growers, researchers and decision makers.

Do you grow your own food? Have an allotment? Own a small farm? Are you involved in a community or school garden?

Are you taking practical steps to regenerate the soil for future generations? GROW provides an opportunity to develop and share your knowledge and skills.

Join us in the GROW Observatory, a European-wide project engaging thousands of growers as citizen scientists. We will learn together, using simple tools to better manage soil, while contributing to vital global environmental monitoring.

Our coordinated experiments will help with forecasting and preparing for climate events, such as heat waves and floods, by validating the detection of soil moisture from satellites.

Visit GROW at www.GROWObservatory.org to get involved in the project.

Learning Journeys and Study Visits

Visit Ireland's Only Ecovillage - Learn about Living and Working Sustainably

Cultivate designs and delivers one to five day programmes for groups around a particular topic or topics of interest related to the transition to a low carbon and resilient society. These can include Green Building and Sustainable Energy, Local Food, Food Security, Community Energy Transition, Local Enterprise, Digital Manufacturing, Community Resilience and Sustainable Living.

We tailor the tours for each group and work with them to devise a personalised itinerary on their specific area of interest.  These study tours can range from one to several days, depending on the itinerary developed, though we recommend at least two days to allow for a more immersive experience.

Cloughjordan is a traditional Irish village which is now also home to the Cloughjordan Ecovillage. This is where we share our experience and knowledge with groups of all ages, sizes and interests.

Activities are based in the Ecovillage and can include tours, talks, practical workshops and social events in Cloughjordan and the surrounding area. We can also work with groups on transport, accommodation and meals. Groups interested in continuing professional development can participate in industry specific workshops and talks.

For more info, options or booking: email devyn [at] cultivate [dot] ie.

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