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CEF Events at Lifelong learning Festival

in 2017, CEF, Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, Current Events, Environmental Blog, Projects and Activities, What's New / by admin
March 28, 2017

Cork LifeLong Learning Festival 3rd – 9th April 

 

As always a wonderful programme of a record breaking 600 events taking place for you to join in and participate in during the week. Cork Environmental Forum has organised a number of events, some in conjunctions with other organisations, please see following & note booking is necessary for all events: 

Wed. 5th 11am -1pm – Visit the Northside for Business Campus, this includes a visit to our Boomerang Enterprises Project, contact Carmel Murray at 021 4211433. 

Thurs. 6th 11.30am -1pm – Visit Ecocel, paper insulation manufacturing at the Marina. Contact Bernie Connolly 083 1468064 or info@cef.ie to book. 

Thurs. 6th 4.30pm -5.30pm – Introduction to the GAP Greener Living Programme. Contact Bernie Connolly 083 1468064 or info@cef.ie to book.  

Friday 7th & Sunday 9th Wildlife in the Walls Walks. Contact Bernie Connolly 083 1468064 or info@cef.ie to book. 

Booking for Lifelong learning events:

Brochures available at Cork City Council or local Libraries or details from this link. 

Lifelong Learning Festival 2012 events proudly supported by CEF

in 2012, Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, Projects and Activities, Workshops / by admin
March 15, 2012

1. Thoroughly Modern Money – Interactive Introduction to a New Currency
2pm, Tues. 27th March 2012, Central Library, Grand Parade, Cork City

AND

2pm, Thurs. 29th March 2012, Bishopstown Library (in the grounds of Wilton Shopping Centre, adjacent to the SMA Church)

Phoebe Bright, FEASTA member will introduce the topic of a new currency and facilitate an interactive exploration of using a new currency that supports local trade.

  • Brief history of currencies
  • Currency for the 21st century
  • Everyone gets an account and an opportunity to trade with the new currency.

 

2. Composting Workshop Tues 27th March, Lifetime Lab

3. Nash’s Boreen Heritage and Nature Walk (including Children’s Willow workshop, Planting workshop and Seedling Swap), Sat 31st March.
(Meet opposite O’Sullivan’s Pub by the Fairfield 1-4pm)

(For full details of these three events click here.)

 

 

Educating for Positive Living event, Tues 12th April

in Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, Noticeboard / by admin
April 11, 2011
I hope you are all enjoying the good weather. I also hope you are able to attend our next Positively Cork event on Tuesday 12th April from 6.00 to 8.00 at St. John’s College.

As part of the Lifelong Learning Festival, Positively Cork is organising Educating for Positive Living.  It will entail short inspirational introductions to each topic followed by round table discussions with additional “experts” involved.  The MC for the event will be Angela Mc Donald who will draw the links between the various strands.

The topics and speakers are as follows:

·         Arts and culture (introduction by Evelyn Grant on music network with guests from various strands of the Arts, including Marie Coveney, a local poet),
·         Civil involvement emphasising a Can Do approach (speaker will be Dave Ronayne with guests including Patrick Treacy of Cork Environmental Forum, Michelle Greene from MacroomE,),
·         Science (with Karen Twomey of the Tyndall Institute and teachers and students from local schools and colleges),
·         Physical health will look at how taking small steps can make a difference (speaker is Rosemary Moone with guests including Donncha Loftus and a representative of Cork Sports Partnership),
·         Fun (inspirational speech by Darryl Milovchevich, an Australian living in Cork, with guests including Moray from Camden Palace and Pat Murphy a comedian trained by Des Bishop on the Boys from the Hood programme) and
·         Skills for Life (introduction by Deirdre Seery, with guests including Healthy City Links from St. John’s College, a TY student and Andrew Ruttle, creative director of TY projections at Ashton School).

There are numerous examples of initiatives which impact on positive living in Cork.  You are welcome to forward this email onto anyone you think might be interested in being involved with this event and we hope to see you there.

Best wishes,
Deirdre Seery
On behalf of Positively Cork

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Cork Lifelong Learning Festival – selected events

in Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, Noticeboard / by admin
April 11, 2011

INVESTIGATE – PARTICIPATE – CELEBRATE

Cork Lifelong Learning Festival 11-17 April

Several events next week which may be of interest to ESAI member

·       Jim Wilson’s ‘Learn about Wildlife around the Atlantic Pond’ (Saturday, 16th)

·       Cork County Bat group’s ‘Batty Walk around the Lough’ (Friday, 15th)

·       ‘How to make a Wormery’ (Glen Resource Centre, Monday 11th)

·       Cork Environmental Forum’s ‘Learn about Saving Water’ (Mayfield CDP, Wednesday 13th)

·       ‘Planting herbs & Vegetables’ with John Daly, Corrigan’s Farm (Farranree, Thursday 14th)

·       ‘Discover Biotechnology’ with Cathal Garvey (Camden palace Hotel, Friday 15th & Saturday 16th)

·       ‘Family Fun at Blackpool City Farm’ (Blackpool, Sunday 17th)

These and over 530 more events form this year’s festival, which encourages people of all ages & abilities in Cork to explore the huge range of learning opportunities available across the city.
– All events free –
Full brochure available in Libraries, Community Centres etc. across
Cork City and at: www.corkcity.ie/learningfestival]]>

[Green Works News] Issue 7

in Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, Noticeboard / by admin
March 9, 2011

Green Works News

Issue 7, 8 March 2011

Hi there,
After a rollercoaster winter of economic and political upheaval now is the time to start looking for real solutions to sustainable employment in Ireland.Thankfully the path most likely to succeed is the green one. With growing investment, Ireland’s Green Economy will lead the way in terms of ingenuity, initiative and opportunity over the next decade providing a fresh and exciting perspective on how we work and do business.
At Green Works we are committed to providing jobseekers with the skills needed to get involved and gain employment in all aspects of the Green Economy, whether you want to start your own green business, specialise in retrofitting and thermal insulation or simply want to become more self sufficient through one of our practical skills courses.

Read on to learn about the whole host of new courses available, as well as all the exciting things taking place at the Green Works hubs around the country. Finally we would greatly appreciate it if you could give us 5 minutes of your time to complete our survey.
Many thanks,
The Green Works Team

Great New Courses Taking Place Across The Country:

Thermal Insulation, Green Tourism Enterprise, eBusiness, Sustainable Agriculture, Cooking For Market Trade

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We are delighted to announce that we’ve now scheduled many new and exciting courses to taking place around the country over the coming months. Due to popular demand we ar
e now running Thermal Insulation Installation in Dublin, Sligo and Cork. Participants develop the skills required for draught proofing and loft insulation using appropriate tools and materials
A new Green Tourism Enterprise course takes place in Dublin in April examining the potential for local and sustainable tourism in this country.
Also in Dublin, Green eBusiness takes students through all the key concepts of eBusiness with a particular focus on how it can fit into a sustainable future.
The Tipperary Hub is running a Sustainable Agriculture course at the end of this month that includes classes on farming and growing sustainably, community participation, seed identification, promotional work, accessing supports and sale of produce.
Our Sligo Hub is catering for those who wish to grow and sell their own food in a new course called Cooking For Market Trade. This is a hands-on course (including cookery lessons on how to make breads, soups, dips, jams, etc.) with extra classes on how to market and label your produce. This course is perfect for anyone looking to get involved in small scale food enterprise.
We have hugely expanded schedules in all our hubs now with courses booking up until June. Choose your preferred hub for a full list of upcoming courses: Cork, Dublin, Sligo, Tipperary.

Green Works on Ocean FM

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Will Woodrow, of Green Works Sligo Hub, was interviewed about
the programme on OceanFM on March 2nd. Click here to listen to the interview and hear what Green Works has to offer.

Please Take the Green Works Survey

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We are constantly trying to improve our service and the best way to do that is to listen to our students and act on their feedback. If you’ve taken a Green Works course we would greatly appreciate, and love you forever, if you could give us 5 minutes of your time to complete our online survey. Be honest, if we’re great say so, if we’re not, tell us that too.

News from the Green Works Hubs

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Mark your diary: Convergence 16, the Sustainable Living Festival, will take place from June 16th to 26th 2011. More details to follow soon.
Green Works Cork is hosting the CEF Waste Plenary Session this Wednesday, 9th March, in Farranferris College at 7.15pm. It’s free to attend and all are welcome. Keeping with the theme of minimising wastage, Cork has now added Rainwater Harvesting to its newly expanded schedule, the first running of this course will take place 28th March. The Cork Hub is then taking to the road with classes and demonstrations at the Lifelong Learning Festival in Blackpool Library from 12th to 15th April. In what will be a busy week for the Cork team they will also be showcasing at Adult Education Open Days with Cork VEC in Youghal (12th April) and Ballincollig (13th April).
The Tipperary Hub has just run its first Introducing Social Media course, to show how small, local and rural businesses can use new media, like blogs, facebook, twitter and linkedin, to expand their reach and create community networks to find and engage with their customers. Social media technologies and green business thinking is set to transform how we do business and also what business we do. Utilising these new tools can help all businesses to prosper, even those who have not traditionally been seen to use web based technology.
On Saturday, 26 February, The Sligo Hub hosted a Wind Energy Workshop with twenty in attendance. Green Works trainer, Christian Jenne, introduced participants to the small scale application of wind turbines. This covered the key factors when considering wind as an energy source- the installation of windmills, environmental considerations, their efficiency, cost and return.  Reuben Higgins then outlined his individual experience of installing a wind turbine at his farm in Dromore West, Co. Sligo. The course included theory and practical discussion and was very positively described as “comprehensive, interesting and informative” by students. It is now scheduled for Galway on 16th April. If you are interested in attending please register for this through the Sligo Hub.
The Dublin Hub will play host to two big events over the coming months. The Green Building Forum (6th & 7th May) will explore the question: “Can Ireland achieve net zero environmental impact from the built environment by 2030?,” debated by experts and students alike as we strive to find real long-term solutions to the challenges facing construction in this country. This is a two day forum featuring lectures, debates, discussions and workshops.
Also the Green Business Forum awaits in June to examine in detail the opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses within the Green Economy. More details will be published soon.
Remember we always like to say “hi” so drop into one of our hubs for a chat and a cup of tea. See you then!

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Blackpool City Farm and Family Fun Day

in Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, Noticeboard / by admin
March 1, 2010

Blackpool City Farm and Family Fun Day – Sunday, 28th March 2010 (2pm-5pm)

 

Cork City Council is inviting the public to experience a rural farmyard in an urban setting as part of the 7th Cork Lifelong Learning Festival.

Things to do and see at the farm:

  • see and pet a wide variety of farm animals

  • attend an indoor workshop 2.30pm-4.30pm facilitated by the Graffiti Theatre Company and have fun making paper chickens. Places are limited to 10 children (4-8 year olds) per workshop – children must be accompanied by an adult

  • view the vintage tractors

  • stroll through the allotments and pick up tips from a horticulturist

  • sample the delights on offer from the farmers market

  • relax for a coffee at the seasonal greenhouse café and view the hand crafted garden furniture on sale

  • free face painting and balloon modeller

  • play in the safe toddler play park

  • enjoy the music by Mayfield Brass Band

  • for the more intrigued – tour the converted convent and learn about its present use

The event takes place on Sunday, 28th March 2010 (2pm-5pm) at the Cork Foyer Complex (site of ‘Corrigan’s City Farm’), Assumption Road, Blackpool – adjacent to the offices of the Revenue Commissioner.

Further information is available from Barry Waddingham, Cork Foyer Manager, 021 4288524.  

This event is part of the 7th Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, taking place across the city from Monday, 22nd March to Sunday 28th March.

The Festival is organised by a steering committee drawn from the Cork City Learning Forum, set up by the Cork City Development Board, and its main sponsors are Cork City Council, City of Cork VEC & FETAC (Further Education & Training Awards Council).

During Festival week there are events for all ages – and all of them are free!

Printed programmes are available from all participants, including all branches of Cork City Libraries, from 12th March – and the programme will be online – www.corkcity.ie/learningfestival

 

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  • Green Drinks February 20, 2019 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Mr Bradley's, Cork, T12 H285, 56 Barrack St, Ballyphehane, Cork, Co. Cork, T12 H285, Ireland

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    This event is free entry. Please send the invitation to your friends, we all want a busy evening!

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    Green drinks is an established evening in cities all over the world, once a month people meet in a pub, talk and make friends. You will meet people interested in the environment, sustainability, green living, or just making the world a better place, you can make new friends from near and far and share your interests.

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