Come & join us at Convergence 14 & The Transition Towns Network Gathering

Convergence 14: Making the Transition to Resilience

Dublin * Thurles * Cloughjordan 22nd to the 28th of April 2009

Talks, conferences, workshops, World Cafés, tour, gatherings and film screenings on how we accelerate community responses to the economic downturn, resource depletion and climate change. Read more... 

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As part of this years Convergence Sustainable Living Festival, and to mark the 1st anniversary of the formation of the Transition Towns Ireland Network, the Transition national gathering will be held at Cultivate in Dublin on the 25th and 26th of April. The aim of this gathering is to build the capacity of the Irish network, formally launch and build the content of the new web resource for the Irish Network and to meet and inform each other about where we are at in our own communities.

Presentations and workshops will be given by Pat Murphy from Community Solution (USA) and author of Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change, Rob Hopkins the author of the ‘Transition Handbook’ (by video), Colin Hines the author of ‘Localization: A Global Manifesto’,  the convener of the Green New Deal Group and director of Finance for the Future, Richard Douthwaite author of the Ecology of Money and the Growth Illusion, Paul Allen the outreach director of the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales and the co-author of Zero Carbon Britain, and Faith Morgan the director of the classic peak oil documentary, ‘The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil’.

There is also plenty space for interaction, world café and workshops as we move through the head, heart and hands of transition. Also there will be screenings of Age of Stupid, the Powerdown Show and the Cuba film as well as a social gathering on the Saturday evening.

To see a short extract from the Powerdown Show on the world café from last years gathering see www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su_w9gYrtuk