This is very short notice but if you are in Kilkenny this afternoon it is well worthwhile visiting the exhibition at Lyrath Estate on renewable energy solutions. Everything from rainwater harvesting, to pellet boilers, to solar panels, to where to buy decent dry timber is on show. The exhibition is part of the Irish Bioenergy […]
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Future Proof Kilkenny & MacDonagh Junction have come together to host a local Green Expo at the shopping Mall. ‘Green Day’ is an opportunity to spend the afternoon browsing the stalls and meeting people from the various companies and organsiations that are based around Kilkenny area. The criteria is ‘Green’ and the objective is to […]
Butterflies & Moths with Ken Bond Lavistown House, Kilkenny, 13 th – 14 th June, €140 including accommodation and delicious food Studying butterflies by day and moths by night this course will equip you to take part in the European butterfly monitoring scheme no matter what level you are at. This is a project to […]
Now in May, a walk in the woods will show up many differences from how things looked last autumn. The woodland is regaining its clothing and the life signs we saw earlier in the year are now well on their way to maturity. Some, like the Bluebells (a fantastic spectacle in Jenkinstown) have just about […]
MOOT (“to debate, to argue, to discuss, to dispute”) explores the potential role that artists, curators, educators and arts managers play in raising awareness of environmental issues and our ecology. Their next talk is this coming Wednesday 20th May. A little piece of Future Proof trivia is that the seeds of our organisation were sown […]