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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.

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Convergence 2018

STORIES AND CONVERSATIONS FOR AN INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT,
LOW CARBON AND HEALTHY IRELAND

25th May - 9th June 2018
Full schedule below or see the Festival PDF

Two landmark conferences took place in 2015, setting a global agenda to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and greenhouse gas emission targets.
Localising this transformative agenda and empowering citizens and communities to work together towards a more sustainable future will be critical in achieving these goals.
Convergence 18 focuses on how community-led approaches might help to meet our climate targets and implement the SDGs.
Since its beginning in 2000 the Convergence Festival has brought people and ideas together and featured some of the most inspiring sustainability thinkers and doers both from Ireland and abroad. This series of events raises public awareness, facilitates dialogue and engages citizens in a just transition to a resilient, low carbon and healthy society.

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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: WeCreate Workspace, Cloughjordan Ecovillage)
Farm Flicks in the evening: Farming on Crisis
Sunday 27th: Events include: Community Gardens Ireland Gathering | Briefing on the new EU Organic Regulation | Restoring Biological Diversity, Strengthening our Resilience (see pdf for full details)

Book here: Through NOTS (National Organic Training Skillnet)

Full-schedule PDF

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Housing Ourselves

Housing Ourselves: A cooperative approach to regenerating, redesigning and reimagining housing
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

See the facebook event and invite friends

Full-schedule PDF

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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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