On Sat 15th November, Transition Town Middleton host a seminar called “Life after Oil” in Midleton Park Hotel. Speakers including Darina Allen, Slow Food Ireland on localising food production, Klaus Harvey from Transition Town Kinsale on the Transition process and Jeremy Gilbert, ex Chief Petroleum engineer for BP. So for those of you who are […]
Archive for November, 2008
According to most commentators on peak oil, the world was endowed with approximately 2 trillion barrels of conventional crude oil that formed once in the Earth’s crust many millions of years ago. It’s amazing to think than over the last 2 generations we have burnt our way through the first half. If we continue at […]
There were many transition town groups present at Cultivate’s recent weekend intensive “Community Powerdown” workshop – including two of us from Kilkenny. The course is sub-titled “training for leadership, livelihoods and resilient communities”. A bit of a mouthful and daunting at first but what it really boils down to is three simple themes: Leadership Anyone […]
On bank holiday Monday we held our first transition event from ‘the Heart’ section of our program – a Halloween gathering in Mullins Mill. It was a great success with over 50 people of all ages attending. Pumpkin carving, bob apple, flour dunking, murals, face painting and willow making were just some of the activities […]
There are many ways to get involved in the transition process here in Kilkenny. Below, we have put together under different themes some of the work that needs doing over the next few months. Please feel free to get involved, make suggestions or contribute in anyway you can. Contact paul[at]futureproofkilkenny.org if you are interested or […]