Cork Greenmap Weblog » Cork Greenmap http://corkgreenmap.org/blog Your guide to sustainable living in Cork Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Cork Cycling Arts Festival http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/cork-cycling-arts-festival/ http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/cork-cycling-arts-festival/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:34:17 +0000 Cork Greenmap http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/cork-cycling-arts-festival/ Check out the upcoming Cork Cycling Arts Festival, a celebration of the bicycle culture in Cork - free entertainment for all ages including movie nights, street events, workshops and much more - info and programme on

http://www.cork-cycling-arts-festival.org/

]]> http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/cork-cycling-arts-festival/feed/ free stuff! http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/free-stuff/ http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/free-stuff/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:27:04 +0000 Cork Greenmap http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/free-stuff/ I’m sure most of you already know (and love!) Freecycle Cork

http://www.freecycle.org/group/IE/Ireland/City%20of%20Cork

- for the free giving of stuff that you don’t need and taking of stuff that you do - they have just extended operations and have a west Cork group..

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/westcorkfreecycle/

Other similar services (with Cork specifics) include:

Jumbletown, www.jumbletown.ie

Gumtree, http://cork.gumtree.ie/ -this one also includes stuff for sale and rent

and Wastematchers:, http://www.wastematchers.com/ the city councils

Go wild :)

]]> http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/free-stuff/feed/ Gorilla in the Greenhouse! http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/gorilla-in-the-greenhouse/ http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/gorilla-in-the-greenhouse/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:46:00 +0000 Cork Greenmap http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/gorilla-in-the-greenhouse/ Check out the new Free Range Studios animated series for kids on saving the world from global warming and pollution: http://www.greengorilla.com/

Captain Planet for the new generation!

Also well worth checking out for are Free Ranges other brilliant cause-based web-movies, including ‘The Meatrix’, ‘Grocery Store-Wars’ and ‘The Story of Stuff’.

http://www.freerangestudios.com/

]]> http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/gorilla-in-the-greenhouse/feed/ Public Bat Walk - Thursday 22nd May http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/public-bat-walk-thursday-22nd-may/ http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/public-bat-walk-thursday-22nd-may/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 16:54:42 +0000 Cork Greenmap http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/public-bat-walk-thursday-22nd-may/ “For Biodiversity Week and as part of the Cork City Heritage Plan - Lough Bat Box scheme, the Cork County Bat Group (CCBG) are holding a public bat walk at the Lough on Thursday 22nd May. They will be meeting just after sunset at 9.45pm outside the Hawthorn bar. All members of the public are welcome, no previous experience required. Members of the CCBG will be on hand with bat detectors to help identify any bats seen.”

]]> http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/public-bat-walk-thursday-22nd-may/feed/ Bon voyages Seb & Sophie! http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/bon-voyages-seb-sophie/ http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/bon-voyages-seb-sophie/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 13:03:47 +0000 Cork Greenmap http://corkgreenmap.org/blog/news-and-events/bon-voyages-seb-sophie/ After 4 years in Cork, and in Cork Greenmap, our beloved frenchies have finally returned to France (about 2 years later than planned I think,.. Cork does that to people!). So we’d like to wish them all the best, and say thanks a million for their friendship and for all their ideas, time, work, & craic. It has been a pleasure!

Bon voyages Seb & Sophie,

See you in Britanny ;)

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