Warm greetings this new year. We hope you have a good one! We also hope you’ll join us for some of this year’s Green Building, Permaculture and Community Resilience offerings. The building event of the year is fast approaching in April. Tickets are still available at the early early bird rate of only €90 but only until 15 January. Book now to avail of this great rate! More details about the Better Building Conference and our other offerings follow below.
All the best from the Cultivate Team!
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
Cultivating Liveable Communities
Tuesday 12 February 2013 | 19.30 – 21.30 | Cultivate Dublin | €10 Pay Now / Free to Cultivate members
This evening workshop facilitated by Davie Philip of Cultivate and Cloughjordan Ecovillage, will explore how we strengthen our communities to be more healthy and sustainable backed by local economies that are stronger and more resilient.
GREEN BUILDING
2nd Better Building Conference
24 April 2013 | Croke Park, Dublin | Early Early Bird Tickets at €90 Until 15 Jan 2013
This follows the success of the widely acclaimed, inaugural Better Building Conference in 2012, which attracted nearly 400 attendees to the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
The Better Building Conference ties in with the Irish Presidency of the EU, and offers an enhanced European perspective. The change of venue allows us to accommodate more attendees, as the inaugural event was sold out well in advance. You can expect announcements of outstanding international speakers from the cutting edge of the industry over the next number of months. The programme can be found here.
PERMACULTURE
A Permaculture Taster
One-day introductory workshop
Saturday 9 February 2013 | 10.00 – 16.30 | Culitvate Dublin | €55 / concessions available
Hosted by Davie Philip of Cultivate and Cloughjordan Ecovillage. Learn to live more sustainably. Using an active learning approach this workshop will give an introduction to permaculture design principles and outline how they can be applied to your own life and work.
This course is an ideal starter for anyone interested in a full permaculture design course.
Spring 2013 Permaculture Design Course
Ecological design for living and working – run over 3 weekends
9-10 March, 6-7 & 27-28 April 2013 | Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co Tipperary
A FETAC L5 accredited Permaculture Design Course* that provides participants with a balanced combination of theory and outdoor practical place-based learning. This course emphasises both ecological and social permaculture covering topics such as perennial plants, agro-forestry, soil health and new ways of thinking about land management. A lively, participatory and thought-provoking experience is guaranteed.
*This course can be taken alone or when taken with Applied Permaculture Design, FETAC L5 can lead to a full UK Permaculture Design Certificate.
August 2013 Full Permaculture Design Certificate Course
With US Permaculture Teacher Albert Bates from The Farm, Tennessee
9 – 18 August 2013 | Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co Tipperary | Express your interest in attending | Fees €550 / Reserve a spot with a €100 deposit (detail here).
Join Albert Bates, awarded the Gaia 2012 Award, accompanied by gardening, farming, perma-facture, social permaculture and green building experts resident in the ecovillage for this unique opportunity to learn invaluable design and practical skills. This is Cultivate’s 5th consecutive year holding the Full (UK Permaculture Assocation accredited) Permaculture Design Certificate (“PDC”) at Cloughjordan Ecovillage.
Source: Hortitrends News Room
