How can our communities plan for the future? How can we benefit from local food? What about building local economies? These are just some of the topics that will be the focus of an upcoming two day conference at Tipperary Institute.
This years’ Ceiliúradh is a time when thinkers, doers and communities will gather together to explore new ideas about how we want to live and if we want to move towards a healthy and positive future. Ceiliúradh is open to anyone interested in exploring the challenges faced by communities in the current economic environment and identifying solutions that will work.
Speakers and topics include:
- The Carnegie Trust
- Marian Harkin and Alan Kelly MEP’s
- Economists Chris Pienaar from the New Economics Foundation London and Richard Douthwaite on Developing the local economy
- The Eden Project on Creativity in the rural setting
- Introducing the idea of a Tipperary or Munster Diet
- A Hallow’een/Samhain Supper hosted by Peter Ward
- Ex-TI student and now Mayor of Kilkenny Malcolm Noonan and Rob Hopkins talking Transition Towns
- Clifford Guest from Tipperary Institute on Peak Oil
- A Planning Workshop and Energy Clinic on Day 2
- David Meredith from Teagasc-Where to from here?
Venue: Tipperary Institute, Thurles Campus
Dates: Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th October 2009
Cost: €60.00
See the programme for more information.
Ceiliúradh ‘09 Programme [pdf]
Comments are open at the bottom for you to add your thoughts. Any and all input welcomed.
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Hi,
Will miss the event this year, but would love the chance to tell you about our work in market towns in the UK, building retail distinctiveness as a means of creating sustainable rural and small towns.
Let me know when the next one is, as I’d love to come over.
All the best,
Nick
Nick
Than you for the kind comments. I was at an AMT conference last year and local food was a focus. Are you part of that group? Also are you interested in becoming part of a Carnegie sponsored discussion on these issues? Do email me if you are.
regards and thanks again
Catherine
Hi Catherine,
We’re not part of the AMT Group, although we have worked with many of their members.
We have however carried out lots of work on local food as part of our work on communities and run an annual conference at the Abergavenny Food Festival on food related issues (Last year it was food tourism - see http://ukfoodtourism.com/Conference.aspx)
I’d love to get involved in the discussion - let’s talk further.
All the best,
Nick