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Never had an “As you go out into the world” lecture when I left college. Perhaps I was’nt paying attention or maybe its just an American thing. Anyway here are the texts from two very different climate/peak oil activists. Continue Reading »

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 record variations in butterfly numbers resulting from climate change and other factors. It will also give you an introduction to the wonderful diversity of Irish moths using light traps.
For further details contact:

Olivia Goodwillie, Lavistown House , 056 7765145, lavistown[at]eircom[dot]net

Puppetry, Nature, Storytelling. Jerpoint Barn creative summer school

Jerpoint Barn, Thomastown, 30th June – 2nd July, €80

Three days of puppet making, story spinning and other creative playful activities in and around the beautiful setting of Jerpoint Barn & gardens with professional puppeteer Anna Rosenfelder and visual artist Jana Zitzmann.

Two courses are on offer:
Age 6-8 from 9.30am to 12.30pm “I AM A BIRD”
Age 8-11 from 2pm to 5pm “TOY THEATRE“

Visit Anna’s website for a taste of previous years projects.

For further details contact:

markgirling[at]web[dot]de
087 2993473 or 087 2876270

Send completed booking form to Jana Zitzmann, Jerpoint House,
Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny with a cheque for the course fee of 80 Euro. Cheques
should be made payable to Jana Zitzmann.

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 reached their Pinnacle for this year and are now giving way to other activity on the woodland floor.
One group that doesn’t dissappear for the winter is the deer kept in a walled enclosure

Jenkinstown Castle, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, ca 1830. Engraving by R. Hords from an original study by Samuel Austin R.W.S.

and easily visible through the big gates at the car park. These walls and all the ruins throughout the park are reminders of the castle that once stood here.

On a walk through Jenkinstown expect to see a mix of broadleaf and conifer including Beech, ash, oak and Norway spruce. Other wildlife to be found are fox, badger, stoat, red and grey squirrel, pine Marten along with the long eared owel, raven and pheasant. This is also a good place to spot bats.

Vered Zur will lead a walk through Jenkinstown wood this Saturday (May 30th) meeting in the Carpark at 2 pm. This family friendly excursion will last no more than 2 hours. Be sure to pack a picnic and bring the blanket.

For more information on Jenkinstown park see
Coillte Site
Discover ireland site

No Planning required as the party booms within the Funky Seomra this Sunday at Castalia hall in Camphill, Ballytobin.

So What is Funky Seomra?

A dry disco! – only in one sense, Funky Seomra is a night full of games, visuals, cafe, relaxation and of course great dancing.

The music is a fabulous mix of funky beats & lush rhythms by DJ David Mooney and guest DJ’s playing funk, soul, Klezmer, Irish Trad, Global beats and rhythms, music from around the world, Latain and Reggae.

The stunning Castalia Hall provides a huge dance floor with lots of space for people to dance the night away under the visuals and led ambient light designs, interactive art exhibits with a chill out lounge area.
Funky Seomra Cafe provides Organic snacks, Chocolate and sweet treats ,Organic Juices and Smoothies, Chai & specialist tea bar.

Kick back on the giant Budda Bags and relaxe in ambient chill out space.

• Create play zone with Giant Jenga, Giant draughts, Twister, Make and Do – paints, clay, mala, arts and crafts including exhibit space, Giant snakes and ladders, Mini Bowling, many, many board games, cards, other games.

Enjoy all this in an alcohol and drug free, warm, friendly atmosphere enjoying the beautiful visuals with VJ
Enjoying the freedom to dance how you wish and the freedom to be yourself…

Bring the family.

How to find Castalia Hall:

From Kilkenny take the N76 to Callan. Enter Callan via the 3rd entrance (from N76).
Drive through the town and exit towards the Golf Club, passed this watch for signs for ‘Camphill ballytobin’ (about 5km). After big bend take next left then second right into Camphill. Then follow the paths to Castalia Hall. “3,2,1… your under!”


View Camphill Ballytobin in a larger map

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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 during a previous MOOT talk in late 2007. Around that time the transition town movement was just getting started around the world and it was at this talk that we heard of it for the first time during Davie Philips presentation. So now you know. More on this weeks talk below the fold.

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