Cork Greenmap

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. 

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 23^rd and Sunday 30^th. 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 19^th 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

The second Cork Cycling Arts Festival – Cork’s multidisciplinary celebration of cycling, arts, fun and creativity – gets into gear from Monday 2o

th to Sunday 26th July 2009 with a fantastic range of free events celebrating bicycle culture in the vibrant streets of Cork city.

The Festival is sponsored by Cork City Council and the Smarter Travel section of the Department of Transport along with a number of local business sponsors including The Edge Sports Shop, Giant Bicycles, Kellys Bicycles, Trek bicycles, trailriders.ie, Rothar Cycle Tours and dealfeedr.ie. 

See www.corkcyclingcampaign.com part of www.cyclist.ie for details.

Cork Palestine Action Group invites you to a frenzy of  post punk, rock, beat poetry for 21st century Cork and old skool punk rock, reggae and ska unleashed by Dirty Fix, Circus Cat, Don for Chickens plus special guests rumoured to be Latino!

All funds raised will be donated directly to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza through Caoimhe Butterly (Cork Human Rights Activist in Gaza), Free Gaza Movement (www.freegaza.org) and Galway Palestine Children’s Charity.

Gig for Gaza – Friday 17th April 2009 – Club ISO Bar @ The Mardyke –
Doors open: 9pm – Admission €10 – Tickets available from Plugd Record
Store and on the Door

Monday March 30^th

3-5pm Hosted conversation: Audience for the Arts in Cork

– Who benefits most from Cork’s arts and culture scene? How might we develop the arts audience in Cork? Arts producers, community group leaders and representatives especially welcome.

Tuesday March 31st

1-2pm Cork Jazz Festival presents… “If it’s anything, jazz is a verb”  - Jazz is a very broad description and Bill Johnson provides a gentle introduction to some jazz that might surprise you.  A presentation with lots of music and special reference to artists who have played Cork in the past.

3-5pm Corcadorca presents… An Introduction to Acting

- Workshop with Corcadorca’s Artistic Director Pat Kiernan.  A participatory workshop on standing up to perform and improvising on themes.

Wednesday April 1st

11-1pm Hosted conversation: Heritage Buildings - Maintaining the Past, Building the Future.  The responsibilities and challenges of running heritage buildings in contemporary Ireland - with TKB Southgate Associates.  This conversation will be of special interest to anyone involved in conservation and management of preserved buildings.

4-5.30pm Tigh Filí presents… Never too old, never too young – poetry workshop and reading with writers from Cork Literary Review and Eurochild.

Thursday April 2nd

2-4pm Cork Film Centre presents… A workshop exploring work created with the support of Cork Film Centre, ranging from youth projects to short films produced under the Cork Film Centre / RTE Short Script Award scheme as well as video art. This an ideal event for anyone interested in getting started with filmmaking.   

Friday April 3rd

1-2pm Cork Folk Festival presents: A workshop to learn some Cork songs, with festival Artistic Director William Hammond

Please book ahead for all events as space is extremely limited.

Bookings and enquiries:

Nicki ffrench Davis / 021 4215 100 / info@civictrusthouse.ie

On 1 January 2009 a new government scheme to encourage people to cycle to work came into force. Cycling keeps you fit, it’s fast, cheap and reliable – and it’s good for the environment.

The new bike scheme covers bicycles and accessories up to a maximum cost of €1,000. The bicycle must be purchased by your employer but the scheme can then operate either with your employer bearing the full cost of the bicycle, or by way of a salary sacrifice agreement (like the existing travel card scheme) in which you pay for it, tax free, over 12 months.

Participating in the bicycle scheme is easy. If your employer decides to take part, they simply buy the bike and equipment on your behalf and off you go. Its is up to you and your employer to decided whether they buy the bike outright for you or whether you pay for it via ‘salary sacrifice’. Either way you save on tax.

The scheme is flexible in its application in that your employer doesn’t have to specifically notify the Revenue Commissioners that you’re availing of the scheme and there are no Government forms to fill out. However, your employer does have to maintain the normal records such as invoices and payment details associated with buying the bike.

More info on: http://www.bikescheme.ie/

Padraig O Donoghue, Trails Coordinator, County Cork Local Sports Partnership is encouraging parents to introduce their children to walking in the great outdoors this spring.

‘Children always love exploring the great outdoors’ said Pádraig ‘and with this series of nature walks families will get the chance to discover new walking trails in the West Cork  region. So get on your outdoor shoes and enjoy an afternoon’s stroll with your children!’

 Padraig will be leading a series of five nature walks in selected locations throughout West Cork over the coming weeks.

The walks are suitable for children aged five up and will include nature awareness activities.

The Guided Nature Walks will take place in the following locations:

    Macroom, Warrenscourt Forest, 22^nd Feb.

    Rathbarry, The Long Strand, 8^th March

    Leap, Dromillihy Wood, 22^nd March

    Bandon, Dukes Wood, 5^th April

    Glengarriff, Nature Reserve, 19^th April

All walks begin at 2.30pm and will start at on site car parks.

They will last for approx. an hour to an hour and a half.

All walks are free of charge.

Further Information and Directions can be found on the CCLSP website: www.cclsp.com

or by contacting Pádraig on 021 4665082 Mobile  086 8532470