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. 

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

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