Workshops & Films

WORKSHOPS PROGRAMME
In the old chapel
Re-thinking the Future

FRI 8 AUGUST
14.30  Opening,  Mary White T.D. deputy leader of the Green Party and patron of the Irish Green Gathering
15.00 --  16.00. Dr John Curtis ( Environmental Protection Agency) 
Waste in Ireland  --  Problems and Possible Solutions
16.15 --  17.45  Davie Philip (Cultivate)
Skilling up for Powerdown – including 20 min video
18.00  --  18.30  Brian Dillon (Future Proof Kilkenny)
Practical Tips for Raising Awareness

(At 19.00 there will be a welcoming ceremony in the Healing Area, including a spiral dance)

SAT 9 AUGUST
10.30  --  11.30  David Korowicz (FEASTA – Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability)
The energy crisis Ireland now faces  --  Peak Oil and Climate Change
11.45 --  12.45  John Jopling (FEASTA)
Global  Governance for Climate Change
14.00 – 16.00   Davie Philip 
 Eco Village – The Cloughjordan experience (including 20 min video)
16.15 --  17.15
 Dr Gerry Wrixon
Photovoltaic  --  One man’s long (18 years) experience of photovoltaic at Kinsale
(at 18.00 there will be an organic wine reception in the old chapel at which all workshop leaders will be welcome)

SUNDAY 10 AUGUST
11.00  --  12.00
Paddy Berridge (maker of Carrigbyrne cheese,  partner with Celtic Composting, and  inventor of the Eco Cabin on view at the festival)
Biomass as an energy source
12.00 noon
  Open air meeting in the walled garden 
The Transition Gathering  (organised by Davie Philip and Brian Dillon to discuss and publicise the fast growing Transition movement in Ireland)
14.30  --  15.30 
Vicky Heslop (farmer with direct experience of construction and operation of a small scale biodigester)
Small scale biodigestion for local farms
15.45  --  16.45  Vincent  Sinnott  (chairman Wexford branch of GEGA – Green Energy Growers Association)
The possibilities of bio crops, in particular miscanthus
17.00  --  18.00  Bruce Darrell (FEASTA)
Biochar  --   Capture carbon and increase soil fertility

Contact info@irishgreengathering.com