Archive from Nov 05 to Dec 06
Wednesday 16th Nov 05| 13.00-14.00 | 'Five Secrets of High Energy' Talk with Patrick Holford | €15
A lunch-time talk with Patrick Holford, one of the U.K.’s foremost nutritionists. Patrick Holford has spent the last 25 years promoting the role that nutrition plays in enhancing health, covering a wide range of issues from arthritis to schizophrenia. This lecture provides an overview of his key findings with specific tips on what to eat and what to avoid while optimising your workday.
Saturday 19th to Saturday 26th Nov 05| ‘NorthSouthEastWest’ Exhibit | €Free
The British Council Zero Carbon City Climate Change Exhibit. Ten leading Magnum photographers have traveled to twelve locations around the world, capturing not only the impacts of global warming, but the solutions which are being implemented in the North, South, East and West to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. This exhibit will be free of charge and include a number of side events that will take place over the week.
Cultivate Arts exhibits from Nov 18th to Dec 4th
'Made in Mongolia' by Caitriona Ni Threasaigh
This exhibit is a series of 27 paintings made in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, summer 2005. The work is a personal distillation of a landscape, a people and a culture. It is a manifestation of a response to exposure to new information and senses. The paintings are the result of the artist's immersion into a foreign land and the final images are the essence of this experience.
'Acanthus - Woodcarving, Sculpture and Art' by Andrew St Ledger
Artist, wood sculptor, furniture maker Andrew St. Ledger, will explore the relationship between natural tree forms, human creative input, and the environment. For more info see: www.acanthus.ie
Monday 21st | 10.30-12.30 | ‘Policy and Climate Change’ Seminar | €Free
GRIAN, Cultivate, Friends of the Earth, FEASTA. This seminar brings together government, non-government, and agency representatives with NGOs and civil society participants in a café-style environment to have an open, constructive, and forward-looking conversation on policy responses to the challenge of mitigating climate change.
A limited number of public places are available for this free event.
Please reserve well in advance.
Tuesday 22nd | 10.30-12.30 | ‘Business and Climate Change’ Seminar | €Free
GRIAN, Cultivate, Friends of the Earth, FEASTA. This event, which compliments Monday's 'Policy and Climate Change' Seminar, brings together Irish business stakeholders and NGOs to explore the potential responses of business to the challenge of climate change.
A limited number of public places are available for this free event by reservation only.
Wednesday 23rd | 20.00-22.00 | An Interfaith Gathering on Climate Change | €Free
GRIAN, Cultivate, Friends of the Earth, FEASTA. This facilitated discussion will look at the unique perspectives that various faiths and religious groups active in Ireland bring to the challenge of climate change.
Wednesday 30th Nov 05| 10.00-16.00 | ‘Making Poverty History’ Youth Forum | €5 (incl. lunch)
Supported by DCI and Trocaire as part of the 10th Convergence Festival. This day for young people and youth workers will raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals and the 'Make Poverty History' campaign. This event will also launch Cultivate's new CD ROM ‘Tipping the Balance’ focussed on the Millennium Development Goals.
Wednesday 30th Nov 05| 19.30-21.30 | ‘Eco-Village Living’ Talk | €Free
Part of the 10th Convergence Festival. A presentation by Davie Philip and Mick Newhamon on eco-villages with a focus on the sustainable community being developed in Cloughjordan, North Tipperary.
Thursday 1st Dec | 10.00-18.00 | ‘The Energiser Day’ with Victoria Mary Clarke & Ann Kelly | €99.00
Are your batteries flat? Discover what it means to really get energised in this one day holistic and dynamic workshop covering food and nutrition, exercise, hygiene, feng shui, thoughts and beliefs, relationships, goal setting, motivation and spiritual connection.
Thursday 1st Dec| 19.30-22.00 | Vital Viewing: ‘The Future of Food’ | €5.00
Part of the 10th Convergence Festival. This new film offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. The film will be followed by a discussion facilitated by the GM Free Ireland Network.
Friday 2nd | 18.00 - 20.00 | ‘The Art of Living’ - An Introductory Talk | €Free
Part of the 10th Convergence Festival. Enjoy an introduction to our January 18th-22nd course on breathing your way to physical and mental health.
Saturday 3rd Dec 05 | 10.00-17.00 | ‘Emergence - Connecting Art, Science and Consciousness’ | €20.00
Part of the 10th Convergence Festival. The Third 'Emergence' hosted at the Cultivate Centre promises to be an enthralling experience once again exploring the connections between art, science and consciousness in the company of some distinguished guests. This year we are delighted to welcome Dr. Otto van Nieuwenhuijze, Saskia Bosman, Ph.D and Alicia Falvey. The trio represent The Visions Lab, a group of scientists and independent researchers from the Netherlands. They have formed a virtual lab as a platform to broaden the scope of science to connect with personal involvement, art, consciousness and sustainability. Irish sacred geometry architect Michael Rice will join them. Michael's emphasis is on Holistic Design using the principles and proportions of Nature.
Convergence, as it's name suggests, brings people together: to share ideas, to explore the latest solutions and approaches to a more balanced lifestyle and together to figure out how we can live fulfilled, dynamic and healthy lives without endangering the ability of the next generation to do the same. It all sounds quite serious but in fact Convergence is both inspiring and perhaps most importantly, great fun!
10.00-10.10 Introduction to the day
10.10-10.40 Vision Lab. A group of independent researchers from the Netherlands introduce their project.
10.40-11.00 The Universe Story by Dr. Otto van Nieuwenhuijze
11.00-11.30 Break
11.30-12.30 Resonance Experiments with Saskia Bosman
1. Coherency between people
2. Resonance between people and nature
3. The 3 brains experiment (heart, brain and stomach)
12.30-13.30 Lunch Break
13.30-13.40 Art Forms as Related to the Body - Dr. Otto van Nieuwenhuijze
13.40-14.10 Art Inspired by Science and Consciousness - with artist Alicia Falvey
14.10-14.30 What are YOU doing on Earth?
14.30-15.00 Break
15.00-16.00 Sacred Design - Michael Rice
16.30-16.45 The Werkwerf Eco-Village. "De Werkwerf" (The Work Wharf)
16.45-17.00 Being a Creative Human
Saturday 3rd Dec | 19.30-22.00 | ‘Being Human’ Dance Event | €10.00
Part of the 10th Convergence Festival. This event that combines elements of stretching, capoeira, breath work, and meditation with the kind of consciousness-altering music, visuals and dance atmosphere that you'd normally associate with a nightclub. This 'Being Human' features the art and philosophy of Alex Grey and a labyrinth meditation. No experience is required. Attendees should wear comfortable clothes, soft or no shoes.
Sunday 4th Dec | 11.00-18.00 | Christmas Art and Eco-Craft Fair | €Free
Cultivate teams up with NCAD to bring you a selection of art and green gift ideas that are locally produced or fairly traded. Traders with a green or ethical product should contact davie@sustainable.ie to secure a stall.
Sunday 4th Dec | 14.00-16.00 | Green Santa at Cultivate | €Free
Harkening back to an earlier generation's icon of a friendlier and greener spirit, Cultivate Centre will be visited by The Green Santa offering eco-friendly and ethical gifts.
Every Saturday & Sunday | 11.00-18.00 | Eco Christmas at Cultivate | €Free
Cultivate Centre will be open each weekend in the month of December and The Green Santa will be visiting with eco-gifts.
2006
Patrick Holford Lunchtime Lecture - Hidden Food Allergies
"Is What You Eat Making You Ill?"
30 Jan 2006 - 13.00-14.00 | €15.00 | Cultivate Main Hall
Lunchtime talk to coincide with his new book 'Hidden Food Allergies - Is What You Eat Making You Ill?', Patrick will explain how most food allergies and intolerances can be overcome. One in two people, including up to 70% if the chronically ill, suffers from a hidden food allergy. Are you one of them?
Contact: health[at]cultivate.ie
John Dalton: "Why Do We Get Sick? Why Do We Get Better?"
31 Jan | 19.30 | €15 | Cultivate Main Hall
Capoeira Classes (Ongoing)
Mondays from January 23 to February 27 - 19.00-21.00 | Cultivate Main Hall
Cost: €10.00 (€48.00 for the full course)
A six week course with Robson Jamaica. Capoeira is a dynamic Brazilian martial art, music and dance form.Develop speed, athleticism and physical dexterity - Capoeira is for everybody, regardless of age or fitness ability. Why not give it a try!
Contact: 085 7104714
Spirit in the City
Wednesday evenings from February 22 to March 29, 19.30-22.00
Cost: €175 for complete course | Cultivate Classroom
This is an ongoing six week course run in Dublin city to create a shamanic community in the urban environment for people new to shamanism and for more experienced practitioners who wish to stay connected to shamanic practice.
Contact: THE IRISH CENTRE FOR SHAMANIC STUDIES, martyduffy@eircom.net
Body and Beat: A 5 Rhythms Workshop with Caroline Carey
March 31st - April 2nd | Cultivate Main Hall
Cost: €120 if booked before March 1st, €140 thereafter.
Gabrielle Roth's 5 Rhythms are an exhilarating and liberating approach to the exploration of improvised movement and dance that is authentic, inspired and catalytic. The 5 Rhythms (Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, Stillness) are a map which can take you on an ecstatic journey, opening you to the inherent wisdom, creativity and energy of your body. 5 Rhythms work can be meditative, expressive, fun, and transformative. This work gives you the opportunity to find freedom of movement, states of heightened awareness, profound healing and the inspiration for living a creative and fulfilling life.
Contact: David Mooney davidmooney[at]gmail.com or call 086 0546556
Transform Yourself and Change the World -- The Future Depends on Us
Sunday April 2, 17.00 - 19.00 | Cultivate Main Hall
Cost: €20.00
Lecture by american spiritual leader and publisher of 'What Is Enlightenment' Andrew Cohen is dedicated to igniting a revolution in human consciousness. Engaging the core questions that have propelled humanity forward, he asks: What is the meaning of enlightenment today? Who are we? Why are we here?
Contact: Davie Philip davie[at]sustainable.ie
‘Artivism’ exhibit by artist / activist Will St. Leger
April 15 to May 16, 11.00 - 17.30 | Cultivate Exhibition Space
Cost: €Free
This is a humorous and sometimes surreal fusion of icons, events and images from popular
culture stencilled on canvas in limited editions. See www.willsaint.com
Convergence 11 - Learning to Live With Less Fossil Fuels
April 19 to 23 | Where: Cultivate Centre
Cost: By event
Eleventh sustainable living festival -
Contact: davie[at]sustainable.ie
Cultivate Green Building
April 22, 10.00-17.30 | Cultivate Main Hall
Cost: €50.00 (Early bird €40 for registration before the end of February 2006)
A day long forum that brings together the homeowner, the self-builder, and the design professional to explore our energy, materials and retrofit options for our homes and buildings.Organised by the CULTIVATE Centre in association with EASCA the Environmental and Sustainable Building Association. The day will feature demonstrations of new products, materials and building technologies and examine our options for insulation, heat and power systems, eco-retrofitting and more. Introduced by Duncan Stewart with inspiring presentations from experts in the field of green building, energy saving and resource efficiency, this event will demystify green building and help you to make the right choices.
Contact: davie[at]sustainable.ie
Being Human - Meditative Healing Dance
Sunday April 23 | Cultivate Main Hall
Cost: €10.00
Combining elements of chi kung, meditation with ecstatic dance with the kind of consciousness-altering music, visuals and atmosphere that you'd normally associate with a nightclub, 'Being Human' brings participants on a transformational journey. Attendees should wear comfortable clothes, soft or no shoes. No experience is necessary and this event is one you can attend on your own.
Contact: beinghuman[at]cultivate.ie
Composting Class: User-Friendly Alchemy - Turning Kitchen Waste to Garden Gold (1 1/2 hour complete course repeating bi-weekly)
Wednesday May 3, 17 & 31, 19.30 - 21.00
Cost: €8 / €6
A one and a half hour complete introduction to the magical process of composting. You will learn a variety of techniques for converting kitchen wastes, garden clippings and even waste paper to healthy and valuable soil improving compost. Course will cover the different systems available for home composting, wormeries, set-up and trouble shooting, how compost is formed, and how to use it in the garden. There will also be plenty of time for questions and answers.
The Village Talks: Green Building, Community and Energy Course
Wednesday evenings from May 17 to June 21 | 19.30 - 21.00
€15 per night or €60 for the entire 6 week course
This course is presented by experts in the field of energy and construction and is open to anyone with an interest in green building, community and renewable energy systems. Come to explore options for designing, building, heating, and powering your homes. Featuring Duncan Stewart, Davie Philip, Sally Starbuck, Jeff Cowley, Paul Leech and many others in the areas of green building, renewable energy and community. Organised by the Cultivate Centre in association with the Village project and EASCA, the Environmental and Sustainable Construction Association
The Village development is quite unlike any other in Ireland, it includes the provision of 132 fully serviced sites suitable for a variety of housing, including apartments, terraced, semi-detached and detached. Residents will also co-own multi-use community buildings, private allotments and over fifty acres of land that's zoned for horticultural and woodland use. Homes will be built to a very high eco-standard according to the company's ecological charter, which sets clear targets for design and construction of houses and for common land use and management. Ideally located beside the small town of Cloughjordan, the Village will merge with the existing community via a new street. For more info see www.thevillage.ie
Cloughjordan Photographic Exhibition
May 18 to June 10, 11.00 - 17.30 | Cultivate Exhibition Space
Cost: €Free
Documents the early stages of the development of the Village project and it's impact on the existing village of Cloughjordan. By Silver Print Studio.
Patrick Holford's 100%health weekend workshop
May 27/28, 09.00-17.30 | Cultivate Main Hall
Cost: €299 / €250 early bird
Gain health and vitality through nutrition.
Contact: john[at]sustainable.ie
The Art of Living Part 1 Course
June 7-11 , Times Vary | Cultivate Main Hall
Cost: €250 / €175 concessions (students, unemployed, OAPs)
Gain health and vitality through the breath.
Contact: martin[at]cultivate.ie
Composting Class
Wednesday June 14 & 28, 19.30 - 21.00
Cost: €8 / €6
Cultivate Community Festival
Saturday June 17, 10.00 - 18.00 | Temple Bar's West End & Cultivate's Main Hall
Cost: €Free
A family-friendly, multicultural street festival taking place in the West End of Temple Bar in celebration of the Summer Solstice. The festival will feature public arts, activities for children and youth, and stalls with interactive presentations from a cross-section of multicultural Dublin.
Call now to book your stall: (01) 674 6396
Rethinking the City Conference: ‘Towards Zero-Carbon Cities’
Thursday June 22, 09.00 - 17.30
A full day conference hosted by Cultivate Centre and the British Council featuring leading speakers from Ireland and the UK. With the impetus of Climate Change and escalating energy prices behind them, designers, planners, architects, engineers, scientists and citizens are rethinking the urban environment. Rethinking the City will examine some of these ideas in the context of reducing the carbon footprint of our communities.
Contact: (01) 674 6396
Composting Class
Wednesday July 12, 19.30 - 21.00
Cost: €8 / €6
Permaculture Weekend Introduction at The Village in Cloughjordan
Friday to Sunday July 28 to 30 | Friday evening until Sunday afternoon
Cost: Camping €175 / €150 for village and cultivate members and students / Dormitory €200 (Includes course materials and two nights accommodation in Cloughjordan)
Contact: davie[at]sustainable.ie
Energy Proofing Your Home
Cultivate Green Building Forum w/ Duncan Stewart in association with ÉASCA (Environmental & Sustainable Construction Association)
Saturday October 7 | 10am - 5pm | For exhibit and marketplace rates call 01 6746396
Cost: €50
Rethinking Design: Towards a Low-Carbon World
Friday 13th October | 9.00 - 17.30 | €100 until 30th Sept, €125 thereafter
Understanding the Economics of Sustainable Development
A part time course/lecture series by FEASTA: The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability in association with Cultivate. Supported by Trocaire.
Tuesday Nights from the 26th September to the 31st October | 7.30 - 9.30pm
Cost: €80 for course or €15 per lecture
THEME: Why is the present economic system so damaging and unsustainable? What changes need to be made to it to correct its flaws and bring about a more equitable and sustainable world?
Design Fortnight
Sustainable Design for a Low Carbon Future
11th to 27th October | 10.00 - 17.30 | €Free
Our First Annual Design Fortnight highlights a range of international and Irish products and materials that respond to the need for more conscious living in an era of climate change and energy constraints.
Patrick Holford’s 100%health weekend workshop
Sat/Sun 28th/29th October | 9.00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. | From €199 to €299
Call/text 087 753 3039, email john@cultivate.ie or go to tickets.ie/patrickholford
The purpose of the 100%health weekend workshop is to help you jump to a different level of health, mentally and physically, and a different level of understanding about your health in eight simple steps.
Intro to Linux & Open Source Software Part 1
Wednesdays from 8th Nov to 13th Dec | 7-9.30pm
Cost: €150 (€250 for both Part 1 & 2)
This course presents the philosophy and practice of Open Source software, emphasising the Linux operating system. We use practical workshops and classroom discussions to cover installation, configuration, comparisons and contrasts between Windows and Linux, working with the operating system and using Open Source applications. For home and small office users.
The Personal Powerdown Course
Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Wednesday nights from 15th November to the 6th December | €50
Using the energy and climate crisis as an opportunity and catalyst for change this four week course will give participants an understanding of the emerging problem, help develop energy literacy and explore the possible responses we can make at as individuals. This is a pilot for the Powerdown Community Toolkit that the Cultivate Centre will be delivering next spring. The class will also be held in South Africa. Supported by Ireland Aid.
Powerdown Lounge - In association with Budda Bags
Powerdown Lounge is a series of sessions exploring our responses to Peal Oil and Climate Change in Cultivate's new ' Learning Lounge' . These will include presentations, film screenings, discussion and video conferencing beginning with....
Powerdown Lounge - 'The Community Solution' - film and discussion
Tuesday 21st November | 19.30 - 21.30 | €8.00
Emergence - A Festival of Art, Consciousness and Ecology
Wednesday 29th Nov to Saturday 2nd Dec (art exhibit extended until 22nd Dec)
11 Events including lectures, films, an art workshop for kids and ...
Powerdown Lounge - 'Community Powerdown' - discussion
Tuesday 5th December | 19.30 - 21.30 | €8.00
Slow Down Sunday - Holistic Therapies Fair
Sunday 10th December | 12 - 7pm | €5 / €3
Enjoy and learn about the benefits of holistic therapies.
Powerdown Lounge - Escape From Suburbia and Crude Impact
In association with Budda Bags
Tuesday 12th December | 19.30 - 21.30 | €8.00
This lounge will include a screening of an extended film trailer for the sequel to End of Suburbia and hopefully a short discussion with the director Greg Green through a video conferencing hook up to Canada. We'll then watch the new peak oil film by James Jandak Wood, Crude Impact, which was first screened in Ireland as part of the Emergence festival on the 2nd of December. A powerful and timely exploration of the interconnection between human domination of the planet and the discovery and use of oil, Crude Impact exposes our deep-rooted dependency on the availability of fossil fuel energy and examines the dire implications of the pending threat of global peak oil.
Powerdown Lounge is a series of sessions exploring our responses to peal oil and climate change in Cultivate's new ' Learning Lounge'. These will include presentations, film screenings, discussion and video conferencing.
More info from powerdown[at]cultivate.ie or call davie on 01 674 6396.
Christmas Markets at the Cultivate Centre
14th-17th Dec (Outside) | 11am - 7pm | Old City of Temple Bar
Temple Bar will come alive this Christmas as it plays host to a spectacular outdoor Christmas market for 4 days only! Over 50 stallholders will take to the streets of the Old City area of Temple Bar offering you that alternative gift this Christmas. Homemade Mangers, silver jewellery, Brazilian bags, jewellery, knitwear and handmade beauty products are just some of the great gift ideas on offer at the Temple Bar Christmas Market this December.
With something on offer for all the family - whether you decide to catch a movie, pick up some Christmas stocking fillers or croak along to a few carols – be sure to take in the festive atmosphere together in Dublin’s Cultural Quarter this Christmas!
Also enjoy a Christmas movie at Temple Bar Square: The Santa Claus | Saturday 16th | 8pm
Temple Bar Ethical & Fairtrade Christmas Market
Sat 16 & Sun 17 Dec (Inside) | 10am - 6pm | The main hall at the Cultivate Centre (SS Michael & John’s Church)
Fairtrade and ethical product stall-holders will fill Cultivate’s spectacular hall over the two days. Come for alternative gifts, bring the children to visit Green Santa's grotto, learn more about Fairtrade, enjoy live music and a café serving hot drinks and goodies all creating a family friendly, festive atmosphere.