Hi everyone, I know there are several people who have suggested sites that are waiting to be moderated and added to the map.. just having a technical problem with the map at the moment. But please keep adding the details and when it is resolved I will publish all the sites that are currently waiting.
Alice
Jenny Webb will be leading a gunpowder walk in Ballincollig Regional Park on Sunday 29th August starting at 1.45pm from the GAA (eastern) end of the park.
All Welcome.
Check out the upcoming events etc in the festival brochure:http://www.cultivate.ie/convergence/C15_Brochure.pdf
Cork City now has a transition group - join up here:http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/group/corkcityThis site is for sharing among Transition Towns initiatives in Ireland & Northern Ireland. This network belongs to a worldwide initiative building community resilience to face the effects of climate change, peak oil and economic breakdown. To find out more go towww.transitionculture.org and www.transitiontowns.org
Rx3 has been created as the new name for the Market Development Programme. Rx3 “rethink recycle remake” works with a range of partners and stakeholders to create markets for recycled materials.
Rx3 are running a Sustainable Innovation Forum on 27th April. This will highlight thinking around sustainability and design, showcase recycled products and ideas that unite social, economic and environmental values. It will also highlight opportunities and provide information and support to stakeholders and people who have an interest in the waste marketplace. As part of the forum Rx3 are hosting two competitions.
60 Green Minutes
Participants need to demonstrate how waste can be recycled to make new products. The core task is to demonstrate a business idea that takes something disposable and transforms it into something of greater use and value.
Turning Trash into Cash
Student competition for artwork, products and business ideas working with waste materials.
To find out more see http://www.rx3.ie.
Please feel free to forward this onto interested contacts.
The first Grow It Yourself (GIY) CORK meeting takes place on Tuesday the 1st of December at 7pm, South Presentation, Evergreen st. Cork City.
GIY networks aim to take the ‘self’ out of ‘self- sufficiency’ by getting back-garden growers together on a regular basis to talk, learn from each other and exchange tips, produce and war-stories!
The meetings are free and open to people interested in food growing at all levels, i.e. from growing a few herbs on the balcony to complete self- sufficiency, from beginners to old hands. Hundreds of people are involved in existing GIY groups around Ireland and activities include talks on specific food-growing topics, garden visits, seed swaps, produce bartering, mentor panels and the return of the meitheal (where growers get together in one another’s gardens to carry out some growing related task).
For more information: Call 086 3743132 (Naomi)
email: giycork@gmail.com
Supported by Cork Food Web http://corkfoodweb.ning.com
Hi folks, sorry about delays in posting new sites onto the map, recurring technical issues we’re trying to resolve. Please keep submitting site suggestions however, thanks, CGM
And if there are any techies out there with spare time on their hands we would greatly appreciate it!
Has your company taken up the challenge of reducing energy use?
Why not enter the it@cork Leaders Awards Green Technology category?
The third annual it@cork Leaders Awards – Recognising Leaders in Technology Innovation, will take place on October 22. This year we have a new category - the Green Technology Award. We’d like to recognise companies which have successfully used technology to bring about reductions in their energy use or to create greater efficiencies in energy use within their company. The full list of criteria can be seen here. Companies big or small, with or without their own IT departments can enter, as long as they’ve been consciously using technology to reduce energy usage. Simple things like installing lighting sensors or default double-sided printing can make a big difference to a company’s overall energy footprint.Help us to reward companies which have taken up the challenge of going green - nominate the company you think has made a change before September 25. Submit a nomination here. Find more information on the criteria for the awards and the judging process on http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/2009leadersawards1 Tickets to the awards ceremony are €80 per person and can be purchased online. Tables of ten are also available. To make a group booking please email alison@itcork.ie
This just in from Jenny Webb: We’re doing two gunpowder mills walks for heritage week this year. Sunday 23rd and Sunday 30th. Meet at the GAA end of the regional park outside the old visitors centre at 1.45pm. Walk should take 2 hours. Wear strong footwear. Enjoy a walk through the woods and learn how gunpowder was made in the 19th century with reference to the surviving buildings.
Dee’s Veggie Burgers (also organic, wheat, gluten and dairy free), made in Cork, are now available in; O’ Flynns Butchers, English Market; Quay Co-Op,Sullivan’s Quay; O’ Keeffe’s Grocers, St. Lukes; Jack McCarthy’s Butchers Kanturk and Martin Carey Butcher, Bandon, and Eddie Rockets!
See http://www.vegeque.com for details