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How a New Money System could help stop Climate Change
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2016-11-13T13:30:00.000Z
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<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/05/how-a-new-money-system-could-help-stop-climate-change">https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/05/how-a-new-money-system-could-help-stop-climate-change</a></p>
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<div>Positive Money are pointing out two inaccuracies (while otherwise recommending the article).</div>
<div>1. there is actually no requirement for UK banks to hold any amount in reserve…</div>
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<div>Positive Money are pointing out two inaccuracies (while otherwise recommending the article).</div>
<div>1. there is actually no requirement for UK banks to hold any amount in reserve before creating new money (fractional reserve banking is a myth!)</div>
<div>2. PM are actually calling for a democratically accountable system for money creation and not for banks to create money on the basis of full reserves.</div>
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<div class="content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body"><p><span class="drop-cap"><span class="drop-cap__inner">W</span></span>hen it comes to global warming, we know that the real problem <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/jul/15/clean-energy-wont-save-us-economic-system-can" class="u-underline">is not just fossil fuels</a> – it is the logic of endless growth that is built into our economic system. If we don’t keep the global economy growing by at least 3% per year, it plunges into crisis. That means we have to double the size of the economy every 20 years, just to stay afloat. It doesn’t take much to realise that this imperative for exponential growth makes little sense given the limits of our finite planet.</p>
<p>Rapid climate change is the most obvious symptom of this contradiction, but we’re also seeing it in the form of deforestation, desertification and mass extinction, with species dying at <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150623-sixth-extinction-kolbert-animals-conservation-science-world/" class="u-underline">an alarming rate</a> as our consumption of the natural world causes their habitats to collapse. It was unthinkable to say this even 10 years ago, but today, as we become increasingly aware of these crises, it seems all too clear: our economic system is incompatible with life on this planet.</p>
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<p>The question is what to do about it. How can we redesign the global economy to bring it in line with the principles of ecology? The most obvious answer is to stop using GDP to measure economic progress and replace it with a more thoughtful measure – one that <a href="http://rprogress.org/sustainability_indicators/genuine_progress_indicator.htm" class="u-underline">accounts for</a> the ecological and social impact of economic activity. Prominent economists like Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/beyond-gdp-is-it-time-to-rethink-the-way-we-measure-growth/" class="u-underline">have been calling</a> for such changes for years and it’s time we listened.</p>
<p>But replacing GDP is only a first step. While it might help refocus economic policies on what really matters, it doesn’t address the main driver of growth: debt. Debt is the reason the economy has to grow in the first place. Because debt always comes with interest, it grows exponentially – so if a person, a business, or a country wants to pay down debt over the long term, they have to grow enough to at least match the growth of their debt. Without growth, debt piles up and eventually triggers an economic crisis.</p>
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<p>One way to relieve the pressure for endless growth might be to cancel some of the debt – a kind of debt jubilee. But this would only provide a short-term fix; it wouldn’t get to the real root of the problem: that the global economic system runs on money that is itself debt.</p>
<p>This might sound a bit odd, but it’s quite simple. When you walk into a bank to take out a loan, you assume that the bank is lending you money it has in reserve – money that it stores somewhere in a vault, for example, collected from other people’s deposits. But that’s not how it works. Banks only hold reserves worth about 10% of the money they lend out. In other words, banks lend out 10 times more money than they actually have. This is known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking" class="u-underline">fractional reserve banking</a>.</p>
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<p>So where does all that additional money come from? Banks create it out of thin air when they make loans – they loan it into existence. This accounts for about 90% of the money circulating in our economy right now. It’s not created by the government, as most people assume: it is created by commercial banks in the form of loans. In other words, almost every dollar that passes through our hands represents somebody’s debt. And every dollar of debt has to be paid back with interest. Because our money system is based on debt, it has a growth imperative baked into it. In other words, our money system is heating up the planet.</p>
<p>Once we realise this, the solution comes into view: we need banks to keep a bigger fraction of reserves behind the loans they make. This would go a long way toward diminishing the amount of debt sloshing around in our economy, helping reduce the pressure for economic growth. </p>
<p>But there’s an even more exciting solution we might consider. We could abolish debt-based currency altogether and invent a new money system completely free of intrinsic debt. Instead of letting commercial banks create money by lending it into existence, we could have the state create the money and then spend it into existence. New money would get pumped into the real economy instead of just going straight into financial speculation where it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/10/bank-of-englands-recovery-policies-inequality-standard-and-poors" class="u-underline">inflates huge asset bubbles</a> that only benefit the mega-rich. </p>
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<p>The responsibility for money creation would be placed with an independent agency that – unlike our banks – would be democratic, accountable, and transparent, so money would become a <a href="http://peacenews.info/node/8296/mary-mellor-debt-or-democracy-public-money-sustainability-and-social-justice" class="u-underline">truly public good</a>. Commercial banks would still be able to lend money at interest, but they would have to back it dollar for dollar with their own reserves. In other words, there would be a 100% reserve requirement.</p>
<p>This is not a fringe proposal. It has been around since at least the 1930s, when a group of economists in Chicago proposed it as a way of curbing the reckless lending that led to the Great Depression. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_plan" class="u-underline">Chicago Plan</a>, as it was called, made headlines again in 2012 when progressive IMF economists <a href="https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=26178.0" class="u-underline">put it forward</a> as a strategy for preventing the global financial crisis from recurring. They pointed out that such a system would dramatically reduce both public and private debt and make the world economy more stable.</p>
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<p>What they didn’t notice is that abolishing debt-based currency also holds the secret to getting our system off its addiction to growth, and therefore to arresting climate change. As it turns out, reinventing our money system is crucial to our survival in the Anthropocene – <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/jul/15/clean-energy-wont-save-us-economic-system-can" class="u-underline">at least as important</a> as getting off fossil fuels. And this idea is already beginning to gain traction: in the UK, the campaigning group <a href="http://positivemoney.org/" class="u-underline">Positive Money</a> has generated momentum around it, building on a series of excellent explanatory videos.</p>
<p>The idea has its enemies, of course. If we shift to a positive money system, big banks will no longer have the power to literally make money out of nothing and the rich will no longer reap millions from asset bubbles. Unsurprisingly, neither of these groups would be pleased by this prospect. But if we want to build a fairer, more ecologically sound economy, that’s a battle that we can’t be afraid to fight.</p>
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No to Fracking - The People's Declaration
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2016-05-25:2613445:BlogPost:24123
2016-05-25T04:30:00.000Z
marian farrell
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<h1>Say no to fracking</h1>
<p>To stand with the people of North Yorkshire</p>
<h2>Sign the People's Declaration now</h2>
<p><a href="https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/940" target="_blank">The People's Declaration</a></p>
<div class="well"><p><strong>We, as people united across Yorkshire and across Britain, declare that we remain opposed to fracking in Yorkshire, in Britain, and across the world.</strong> We know that fracking carries serious…</p>
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<h1>Say no to fracking</h1>
<p>To stand with the people of North Yorkshire</p>
<h2>Sign the People's Declaration now</h2>
<p><a href="https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/940" target="_blank">The People's Declaration</a></p>
<div class="well"><p><strong>We, as people united across Yorkshire and across Britain, declare that we remain opposed to fracking in Yorkshire, in Britain, and across the world.</strong> We know that fracking carries serious risks to local people, to our health, our water, our wildlife, and contributes to climate change.</p>
<p>We are extremely disappointed that North Yorkshire County Council has not listened to the overwhelming wishes of the locally elected representatives of Ryedale and local people and has approved Third Energy’s application to frack in our county.</p>
<p>This decision is not in our name.</p>
<p>We know that Third Energy and their backers Barclays bank are the only ones that stand to benefit from these fracking plans. This application would put at risk Yorkshire's beautiful landscape and the tourism industry that inspires millions of visitors each year and supports thousands of jobs.</p>
<p>We have a positive democratic vision for Yorkshire and the UK with thriving rural economies, clean air and water, producing the green energy like solar power we need to protect our children’s future, and creating the thousands of green jobs along with it.</p>
<p>We urge and will support the Government to develop a balanced long term energy policy that will achieve our globally agreed climate change targets.</p>
<p>Today we resolve to continue to fight to remain free from fracking, to protect our communities, our beautiful countryside, our air and water, and to protect the future of the planet. We ask people across the country to join us by supporting this declaration.</p>
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<h2>Why is this important?</h2>
<p>North Yorkshire County Council have said Yes to dangerous fracking.</p>
<p>This is despite the opposition of thousands of local residents, businesses and Ryedale District Council.</p>
<p>Fracking poses unacceptable risks to people’s health, homes and goes against everything we need to do to tackle dangerous climate change.</p>
<p>The people of Yorkshire want to make it clear that this decision is not in their name, and they will continue the fight against fracking. Will you stand with them?</p>
<p>Together, our people power has kept the UK free from fracking for 5 years now. Let’s stand with Yorkshire and make sure Britain stays frack free.</p>
<p>Please add your name to the declaration launched by communities across Ryedale and Yorkshire- and help keep us all safe from fracking.</p>
<p><a href="https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/940" target="_blank">The People's Declaration</a></p>
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Zero Waste North West Flashmob Sat 12th March 3pm Cornmarket Belfast
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2016-03-07T19:06:20.000Z
marian farrell
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<p>"Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary - guiding people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use."</p>
<p><br></br><span>"Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.…</span></p>
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<p>"Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary - guiding people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use."</p>
<p><br/><span>"Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them. Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges to land, water or air that are a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health.</span><br/><br/></p>
<p><strong>Dancing for Clean Air and against Incineration</strong><br/><br/><span>All you need to do is watch the video on the Facebook page (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/zerowastenw/posts/1705614609654803">https://www.facebook.com/zerowastenw/posts/1705614609654803</a><span>)</span></p>
<p><span>or on the zero waste north west website (</span><a href="http://derryair.eu/flashmob-against-incineration/">http://derryair.eu/flashmob-against-incineration/</a><span>),</span></p>
<p><span>practice by yourself or with a group of friends and join us on:</span><br/><br/><strong>3pm Sat 12th March</strong><br/><strong>Cornmarket Belfast</strong><br/><br/><span>A bus is leaving Derry at midday</span><br/><span>(carpark at Harry Corry's Strand Rd)</span><br/><br/><span>Contact Marian at the email address above or on 07834707496 to book your place</span></p>
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County Clare is a TTIP Free Zone!
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2016-02-18:2613445:BlogPost:23941
2016-02-18T16:30:00.000Z
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<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4"><em>It’s official - County Clare is now Ireland’s first TTIP Free Zone!</em></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">The night of Monday 8th February was a <strong>milestone moment </strong>in our fight to stop the toxic deal TTIP. Following a campaign led by Uplift members, <strong>Clare County Council passed a motion to declare the county a TTIP Free Zone.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">This victory is a huge step for our community’s campaign to stop TTIP…</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4"><em>It’s official - County Clare is now Ireland’s first TTIP Free Zone!</em></span></p>
<p dir="ltr">The night of Monday 8th February was a <strong>milestone moment </strong>in our fight to stop the toxic deal TTIP. Following a campaign led by Uplift members, <strong>Clare County Council passed a motion to declare the county a TTIP Free Zone.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">This victory is a huge step for our community’s campaign to stop TTIP in its tracks. And what’s more, it’s people power that made it happen. But now we need to take this national.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I<strong>magine if every city or county council in Ireland passed the same motion?</strong>What a powerful way to grow our campaign - people taking a stand to protect their communities from the bottom up.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Upilft is a community of over 64,000 members</strong> across every county in Ireland. If a few of us in each county follow the example of Uplift members in Clare, before we know it we could have every council taking a stand against TTIP.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Would you like to be a part of a campaign to make your local area a TTIP Free Zone?</strong></p>
<div class="button" align="center"><span class="link"><a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=540491&ea.campaigner.email=MyGviJDDpHdC2wQYDcQ0k7BVzA6eOlem&ea.campaigner.id=8NVmA1F7whyZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">YES, I would like to help out</a> </span></div>
<div class="button" align="center"><span class="link"><a href="https://www.e-activist.com/ea-action/broadcast.record.message.click.do?ea.url.id=540492&ea.campaigner.email=MyGviJDDpHdC2wQYDcQ0k7BVzA6eOlem&ea.campaigner.id=8NVmA1F7whyZkArzVWMSmA==&ea_broadcast_target_id=0">NO, but I will chip in to help make it happen</a> </span></div>
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<div>Monday’s victory was a result of a local people powered campaign. Here’s how it happened:</div>
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<div><strong>Uplift member John contacted a local councillor to put forward the motion to declare Clare a TTIP Free Zone</strong> at a meeting of Clare County Council. <strong>Using Uplift’s new member petition site, MyUplift.ie, a petition was started</strong> and people across Clare started to support the campaign. Uplift members heard about the campaign and called their councillors asking them<strong> to support the call</strong>. [2]</div>
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<blockquote>“<em>We can and must stand together in this fight against TTIP. It's a great feeling to know that there are so many of us working together</em>.”</blockquote>
<p><strong>This people powered victory has exposed the weakness of TTIP</strong>. It has showed us that by working together locally, we can stop it in it tracks. Clare County Council is Ireland's first local authority to declare itself TTIP-Free and it won’t be the last.</p>
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<div class="petition-text embedly"><div class="what"><p>A motion that opposes TTIP at will be tabled at a meeting of Clare County Council on Monday, 8th of February. <br/> Please help secure Clare County Council support for keeping Clare a TTIP free zone by signing this petition. The petition will be delivered to all Councillors in Clare before they vote on the motion.</p>
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<h3 class="subtitle">Why is this important?</h3>
<div class="why"><p>Our local businesses, environment and democracy are under threat from a trade deal currently being negotiated between the EU Commission and the USA.</p>
<p>The deal is called TTIP and could outlaw local authorities’ support of local businesses, allow multinational corporations to sue us if councils deny fracking permits and open up services like water, health and education to privatisation.</p>
<p>What’s up for grabs are the rules and regulations that force corporations to abide by standards that protect our health, our rights, our jobs, services and the environment.</p>
<p>These regulations for example stop corporations releasing chemicals and products into the market before they are proven to be safe.</p>
<p>They also make sure workers get their rights and that local communities are protected from environmental disasters.</p>
<p>But if TTIP goes ahead corporations will get to have a say on policies that govern our daily lives - before we or even politicians get to see them.</p>
<p>And if they don’t like the rules they will be able to sue governments when they make changes or bring in new policies that could potentially affect their profits.</p>
<p>Right now in Canada a fracking company Lone Pine Resources Inc., is suing the government for its decision to not allow fracking in Quebec. They are able to do this because of an ISDS clause in another trade deal.</p>
<p>In Egypt the government was sued by water company Veolia for attempting to bring in a minimum wage. Germany is being sued by Swedish energy company Vatenfall for €4.7 billion because of Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power.</p>
<p>TTIP also removes barriers to US companies who want to sell their products in Europe.</p>
<p>Right now the sale of US beef in Europe is very limited. Hormone injected beef is banned outright.</p>
<p>Hundreds of councils across Europe have already said they don’t want TTIP. Because of people power politicians are waking up to the threat TTIP poses and to the fact that people aren’t going to stand aside and let our democracy and rights be sold off.</p>
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<li class="comment" id="comment_720180"><div class="comment-header"><span class="name">Elaine N.</span> <span class="label"><abbr class="timeago" title="2016-02-09 20:18:34 +0000">8 days ago</abbr></span></div>
<div class="comment">For democracy. This deal is fundamentally undemocratic and gives far too much power to big business. It is not in the interest of ordinary people or the environment.</div>
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<div class="comment">At some point the ever increasing influence of corporations on politics and all aspects of life will have to be challenged</div>
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Shale Gas Bulletin Ireland
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2016-01-05:2613445:BlogPost:23938
2016-01-05T05:03:39.000Z
marian farrell
http://transitionderry.ning.com/profile/marianfarrell
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<p><span><span>A twice-monthly email bulletin <span>on shale gas issues for </span>Irish decision-makers, journalists, and the general publi<span><span>c</span></span></span></span></p>
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<td><span>On December 16, the Irish government published the White Paper <a href="http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/energy/SiteCollectionDocuments/Energy-Initiatives/Energy%20White%20Paper%20-%20Dec%202015.pdf" title="Download PDF (1.8 MB)" rel="nofollow"><span>Ireland’s Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015 – 2030</span></a>, which sets out the policy framework for government actions in the energy sector up to 2030. Among the targets set forth in the document are <b>a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, compared to 1990 levels, of between 80% and 95% by 2050</b>. The plan calls for these emissions to be reduced to zero or below by 2100.<br/></span></td>
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<br/><span>As <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/frank-mcdonald-white-paper-on-low-carbon-energy-future-is-pretty-lame-1.2468767" rel="nofollow"><span>Frank MacDonald notes in the Irish Times</span></a>, describing the White Paper as "<b>pretty lame</b>", these targets are well beyond the scope of the current White Paper, which in his view "<b>provides no clear road map</b>" for the period actually covered by the document.<br/><br/>While the White Paper notably avoids taking a position on hydraulic fracturing, <a href="http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/how-we-use-our-energy-has-changed-forever-but-fracking-is-not-on-agenda-34297845.html" rel="nofollow"><span>Energy Minister Alex White stated in the Irish Independent</span></a> that he considers it unlikely in a the context of a transition to a low-carbon economy: <br/><span><br/></span>"<b>It is reasonable to ask whether it makes sense to contemplate the introduction of additional carbon-based energy sources in this context</b>.<br/><span><br/></span>"<b>The Environmental Protection Agency is currently examining the potential environmental and health impacts of fracking</b>.<br/><span><br/></span>"<b>This is important work, not least because policies must be based on the best available scientific evidence</b>."<br/><span><br/></span>"<b>But, even if it is found to be safe, I find it hard to envisage a policy decision to introduce fracking, given that we are going for a low-carbon energy system in which oil and gas are gradually curtailed and, in the longer term, eliminated</b>."<br/><br/>In view of the upcoming general election, the <a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/labour-rules-out-fracking-even-if-firms-say-it-is-safe-34297822.html" rel="nofollow"><span>Irish Independent interpreted</span></a> the minister’s statement as being "<b>a strong signal from the Labour Party that it will not accept any proposals to frack for oil and gas if returned to office</b>".<br/><br/>In April 2015, Fianna Fáil published the policy paper <a href="https://www.fiannafail.ie/download/cost-of-living/ENERGY%20POLICY%20130415%282%29.pdf" title="Download PDF (1.1 MB)" rel="nofollow"><span>Energy in Ireland</span></a> which includes this statement: "<b>Fianna Fáil also opposes the use of the fracking technique in Ireland. There are potentially significant risks to our natural environment due to the pumping technique and the fate of the fluids used in the drilling and fracturing processes… As a result of these risks Fianna Fáil are demanding a ban on any fracking activity in Ireland</b>."<br/><br/>On December 15, 2015, Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson commented, following a vote in the plenary session in Strasbourg in which Sinn Féin MEPs "reiterated their opposition to hydraulic fracturing": "<b>Sinn Féin has been front and centre of the anti-fracking campaign in Ireland, raising the issue in the Dail, Stormont and the European Parliament as far back as 2011. We will continue to oppose any form of hydraulic fracturing, in Ireland or elsewhere</b>."<br/></span><br/>
<h2><span><span><span>2. Richard Boyd Barrett proposes bill to ban fracking in the Republic of Ireland</span></span></span></h2>
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<td><span>TDs from all parties will have the opportunity, probably after the general election, to demonstrate where they stand on fracking by <b>supporting or opposing the proposed bill to ban hydraulic fracturing in Ireland</b>.<br/><br/>On December 17, 2015, TD Richard Boyd Barrett (People before Profit Alliance) proposed in the Dáil a <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/boyd-barrett-introduces-bill-to-ban-fracking-1.2470451" rel="nofollow"><span>bill to ban fracking in Ireland</span></a>. Speaking at the <a href="http://richardboydbarrett.ie/2015/12/17/people-before-profit-join-environmental-groups-to-propose-dail-bill-ban-fracking/" rel="nofollow"><span>press conference announcing the bill</span></a>, Deputy Boyd Barrett said: <br/><span><br/></span>"<b>Government announcements this week, in the aftermath of the Paris Climate summit, that they are serious about tackling climate change and reducing fossil fuel use, are nothing more than 'hot air', if they don’t immediately ban fracking. How can Minister White’s statement’s yesterday that the government are determined to reduce Ireland’s CO2 emissions, be taken in anyway seriously, if at the same time they allow efforts to commence fracking in this country to progress. If we are serious about tackling run-away climate change we must ban fracking and leave this shale gas in the ground.</b></span></td>
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<span><br/>"<b>It is also deeply disturbing that at the Joint Oireachtas Committee last week, the EPA admitted in response to questions I asked them, that the report they are currently undertaking into fracking would not when it is completed be able to tell us whether fracking represented a danger to human health. New York has just banned fracking on health grounds. How could fracking be unsafe for human health in New York and safe in Ireland? The truth is, the EPA report into fracking is a sham exercise, hopelessly corrupted by the central involvement of pro-fracking companies such as DKM Smith and AMEC, who are bought and paid for by the big gas and oil companies.</b>"<br/><br/>Cited by the <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/richard-boyd-barrett-to-present-bill-to-prohibit-fracking-1.2469901" rel="nofollow"><span>Irish Times</span></a>, Deputy Boyd Barrett said that, while it was unlikely that the bill would be debated in the Dáil before the general election, if re-elected he would ensure that the bill would get private member’s debate time.<br/></span><br/>
<h2><span><span><span>3. British and Irish shale found to contain high levels of toxic selenium</span></span></span></h2>
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<td><span>A <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292715300809" rel="nofollow"><span>study</span></a> from the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen has found high levels of toxic selenium in rock samples from Britain and Ireland. As explained in this <a href="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/8559/" rel="nofollow"><span>press release from the university</span></a>, the <b>findings are significant as they increase the risk of adverse health impacts linked to groundwater contamination from fracking</b>.</span></td>
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<span><br/>As John Parnell, who led the study, noted:<br/><br/>"<b>Recently, there was widespread concern in the US when water wells near a shale drilling site were found to contain selenium at levels that exceeded the maximum amount considered safe to drink, and this was assumed to have been released from the shale during drilling</b>.<br/><br/>"<b>The samples we have analysed from the Bowland Shale are some of the most selenium-rich in the British Isles, and far in excess of the levels of selenium found in the US example</b>.<br/><br/>"<b>Indeed, a number of the samples we tested exceeded the far stricter European Union limits, so it is clear that any drilling to extract shale gas in the Bowland Shale area must be carefully managed</b>."<br/><br/>Similarly high levels of selenium was found in equivalent rocks in Ireland, where the selenium in the shale is known to have caused selenium toxicity in livestock.<br/><br/>In 2013, researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington published a <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es4011724?prevSearch=Gas%2BWells&searchHistoryKey=&" rel="nofollow"><span>peer-reviewed study</span></a> which evaluated samples from 100 private drinking water wells and found levels of <b>selenium, as well as arsenic and strontium, that exceeded national contaminant limits</b> for drinking water. For more on this study, see our <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/shalegasbulletinireland/all-previous-issues/issue-no-15---september-1-2013#Arsenic_found_in_groundwater_near_Texas_fracking_sites"><span>previous article</span></a>.<br/><br/>The toxic effects of too much selenium include <a href="http://www.news-medical.net/health/Selenium-Toxicity.aspx" rel="nofollow"><span>gastrointestinal disorders and neurological damage</span></a>.<br/><br/><br/></span></div>
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TTIP - how big polluters are hijacking the world's climate future
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-12-17:2613445:BlogPost:23744
2015-12-17T07:00:00.000Z
marian farrell
http://transitionderry.ning.com/profile/marianfarrell
<p><strong>The Paris Climate Deal is a historic step, heralding an end to the era of fossil fuels.</strong></p>
<p>But, it’s not perfect. Many of us are asking<strong> why the deal failed to make real progress on protecting the rights of indigenous people or tackling deforestation, and why it took so many years to get a deal in the first place.</strong></p>
<p>There's one answer we keep coming back to. <strong>Governments are listening too much to powerful corporate lobbyists and not enough to…</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Paris Climate Deal is a historic step, heralding an end to the era of fossil fuels.</strong></p>
<p>But, it’s not perfect. Many of us are asking<strong> why the deal failed to make real progress on protecting the rights of indigenous people or tackling deforestation, and why it took so many years to get a deal in the first place.</strong></p>
<p>There's one answer we keep coming back to. <strong>Governments are listening too much to powerful corporate lobbyists and not enough to ordinary citizens.</strong></p>
<p>Find out about the powerful opponents we face in the struggle for our planet’s future and what we can do to stop them!</p>
<p><a title="How big polluters are hijacking the world's climate future" href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/59184?t=1&akid=15892.4890762.GN73ct"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/Lobby_in_the_dark.png" alt="Watch and share how big polluters are hijacking the world's climate future"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/59184?t=2&akid=15892.4890762.GN73ct">Click here to watch the video and then share it with your friends.</a></p>
<p>2015 is set to be the warmest year on record. People around the world are suffering deadly floods, bitter droughts, and raging forest fires like never before. One thing is clear: <strong>We desperately need to take action against climate change.</strong></p>
<p><strong>But in the struggle for our planet’s future, we are facing powerful opponents</strong>: Big polluters like ExxonMobil and Shell are lobbying hard behind closed doors to ensure that politicians will allow them to carry on business as usual, no matter what the consequences are.</p>
<p>And now they are about to score their biggest coup yet: TTIP.</p>
<p><a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/59184?t=3&akid=15892.4890762.GN73ct">Click here to learn about how big business is hijacking our world’s climate future and then share it with your friends!</a></p>
<p><strong>TTIP provides big polluters with a whole toolbox to bully governments into what they want.</strong> It doesn’t only grant companies <strong>the right to sue governments over lost profits</strong> -- the trade pact will let corporations co-write regulations, so they can remove the bits they don’t like.</p>
<p>Years of public pressure has pushed corporations like Nestlé and Unilever to publicly support climate action. But even these companies are still part of the problem, funding lobby groups to work in the shadows for them on dodgy deals like TTIP.</p>
<p>That is why together with corporate watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory <strong>we’ve produced this video exposing how lobby groups are pushing their agenda</strong> with TTIP and international climate talks.</p>
<p>The more people know about their agenda, the more we can force corporations like Unilever to stop supporting TTIP.</p>
<p><a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/59184?t=4&akid=15892.4890762.GN73ct">Click here to learn about how big business is hijacking our world’s climate future and then share it with your friends!</a></p>
<p>Money gives corporations a voice. But, if we come together our voices can be incredibly powerful too: <strong>A whopping 3,284,289 million people from all over Europe have signed the self-organized citizens’ initiative ‘Stop TTIP’</strong> -- it turned out to be the biggest citizens’ initiative ever!</p>
<p>Faced with an ever-growing opposition against the deal, the European Commission is struggling to sell TTIP to the public. If we keep raising our voices,<strong> we can prevent corporations from becoming even more powerful than they already are</strong>.</p>
<p>Together we can defeat TTIP.</p>
<p>Thanks for all that you do, <br/> Wiebke, Hannah, and the team at <a href="http://sumofus.org/">SumOfUs.org</a></p>
Indigenous Peoples take the lead at Climate Action in Paris
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-12-13:2613445:BlogPost:23935
2015-12-13T11:45:45.000Z
marian farrell
http://transitionderry.ning.com/profile/marianfarrell
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<p><b>The Paris accord is a trade agreement, nothing more. It promises to privatize, commodify and sell forested lands as carbon offsets in fraudulent schemes such as REDD+ projects. These offset schemes provide a financial laundering mechanism for developed countries to launder their carbon pollution on the backs of the global south. Case-in-point, the United States’ climate change plan includes 250 million megatons to be absorbed by oceans and forest offset markets. Essentially, those responsible for the climate crisis not only get to buy their way out of compliance but they also get to profit from it as well.” </b><span>– Alberto Saldamando, Human Rights Expert & Attorney. [1]</span></p>
<p><b>Paris, France – </b><span>At 8am, Indigenous Peoples block took to the streets of Paris for an Indigenous Rights action to start the closing day of COP 21, hours before the final agreement was to be presented and a huge mobilization of civil society for a D12 march was to begin.</span></p>
<p><span>Representatives from Indigenous nations of </span><b>Circumpolar</b><span>, </span><b>Amazon</b><span>, </span><b>South Pacific </b><span>and </span><b>North America</b><span> joined for an early morning sunrise ceremony prayer at the foot of the historic Notre Dame Cathedral, to close the climate negotiations. The ceremony was disrupted by Paris Police who came to the square and begun to remove banners.</span></p>
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<p><i>“We, Indigenous Peoples, are the redline. We have drawn that line with our bodies against the privatisation of nature, to dirty fossil fuels and to climate change. We are the defenders of the world’s most biologically and culturally diverse regions. We will protect our sacred lands. Our knowledge has much of the solutions to climate change that humanity seeks. It’s only when they listen to our message that ecosystems of the world will be renewed”</i><span> – </span><b>Tom Goldtooth Executive Director of Indigenous Environmental Network</b></p>
<p><span>The morning prayer circle was moved down the street to the infamous Pont des Arts, also known across the world as the ‘Love Lock Bridge’ where Indigenous Peoples staged a direct action. Their collective message was clear – </span><b><i>“People discuss ‘red lines’, we are the red line. We are the keepers of the land, protectors of animals, the seas, the air. We are the solution.”</i></b></p>
<p><i>“Our planet is hotter. The seas are rising. Our communities are facing reality that we may have to move, we have winter wildfires happening in the Arctic. We are out of time. Any solutions that do not talk about cutting emissions at the source, or keeping fossil fuels in the ground, are false solutions. We don’t have time to talk about carbon markets, carbon trading, REDD+ projects. We must act now [3]. ”</i><span> – </span><b>Dallas Goldtooth, Dakota/Dine, Campaigner with Indigenous Environmental Network. </b><span> </span></p>
<p><i>“The seas are rising, our communities have nowhere else to go”</i><span> – </span><b>Sina Brown-Davis, Maori activist</b></p>
<p><span>At noon, Indigenous peoples joined in solidarity with the global D12 REDLINE action at </span><span>Arc de Triomphe. At the front of action, Indigenous Peoples held a conference condemning the failed leadership of nation states for their exclusion of Indigenous rights and human rights in the operational text of the Paris agreement .</span></p>
<p><i>“Here at the COP21 they are proposing false solutions to the climate crisis, they are proposing a commodification of the sacred, they want to put a price on the air we breathe. They want to go into other countries, displace our Indigenous brothers and sisters, so that they in the US can continue killing our people. We are the frontlines, we are the red lines”</i><span> – </span><b>Kandi Mossett (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, North Dakota)</b><span> speaking at the march.</span></p>
<p><span>During the march, a traditional Ponca cradleboard was presented to the people of Paris. The cradleboard represents future generations and was carried by </span><b>Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation, Oklahoma, USA)</b><span> who spoke at the march – </span><i>“We come here with a present for Paris, we know what happened on November 13. We Indigenous people know how that feels to have someone kill the innocent ones. We offer this symbol in memory of lives lost, and we thank-you for hosting us on this sacred day.”</i></p>
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<p><strong>[1]</strong><span><strong> US, European and other states push for exclusion of binding Indigenous rights from agreement</strong> </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/dec/07/indigenous-activists-take-to-seine-river-to-protest-axing-of-rights-from-paris-climate-pact"><span>http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/dec/07/indigenous-activists-take-to-seine-river-to-protest-axing-of-rights-from-paris-climate-pact</span></a></p>
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<p><strong>[2] Lack of acknowledgement of Indigenous Peoples Rights in draft treaty of Paris Climate Accord could negatively impact both them and the climate</strong><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/10/indigenous-rights-knowledge-left-out-in-cop21.html?utm_content=bylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow"><span>http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/10/indigenous-rights-knowledge-left-out-in-cop21.html?utm_content=bylines&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow</span></a></p>
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<p><strong>[3] UN Paris Accord could end up being a Crime against Humanity and Mother Earth</strong> <a href="http://no-redd.com/indigenous-peoples-un-paris-accord-could-end-up-being-a-crime-against-humanity-and-mother-earth/"><span>http://no-redd.com/indigenous-peoples-un-paris-accord-could-end-up-being-a-crime-against-humanity-and-mother-earth/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.indigenousrising.org/"><span>www.indigenousrising.org</span></a></p>
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This Changes Everything - Climate Change film Thurs 10th Dec Nerve Centre Derry
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2015-12-08T20:00:00.000Z
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<p><a href="http://thefilm.thischangeseverything.org/about/" target="_blank">find out more and watch the film trailer here</a></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>(inspired by Naomi Klein’s international best seller)</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>8pm, Thursday 10th December, </strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-4"><strong>The Nerve Centre, Magazine Street, Derry<br/></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="text_exposed_hide"><span>‘What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world?"</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><br/> This documentary film is a wake up call to the world. It captures the scale of the crisis through portraits of seven communities on the frontline of resistance and change across the world. The film argues that we can seize the climate crisis as the opportunity to transform our failed economic system into something radically better!<br/></span></span></p>
<p><span class="text_exposed_hide"><span class="text_exposed_show">ZWNW invite you to this important screening. It seems fitting that this local screening will be taking place during the COP 21 negotiations in Paris.<br/> ZWNW are a group of local citizens committed to seeing the North West play a leading role in the transition to a circular economy where all discarded materials are handled in a way that ensures they can become a resource for others.</span></span></p>
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Cultivating Climate Justice
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-11-30:2613445:BlogPost:23646
2015-11-30T20:32:42.000Z
marian farrell
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<p><a href="http://www.no-burn.org/downloads/Cultivating%20Climate%20Justice%20Blog%20Series%20Package.pdf">http://www.no-burn.org/downloads/Cultivating%20Climate%20Justice%20Blog%20Series%20Package.pdf</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Cultivating Climate Justice</strong></span></p>
<p>This four-part article series “Cultivating Climate Justice” tells the stories of community groups on the frontlines of the pollution, waste and climate crises, working together…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.no-burn.org/downloads/Cultivating%20Climate%20Justice%20Blog%20Series%20Package.pdf">http://www.no-burn.org/downloads/Cultivating%20Climate%20Justice%20Blog%20Series%20Package.pdf</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Cultivating Climate Justice</strong></span></p>
<p>This four-part article series “Cultivating Climate Justice” tells the stories of community groups on the frontlines of the pollution, waste and climate crises, working together for systems change. United across six continents, these grassroots groups are defending community rights to clean air, clean water, zero waste, environmental justice, and good jobs. They are all members of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.</p>
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<p>GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxicfree world without incineration. GAIA's greatest strength lies in its membership, which includes some of the most active leaders in environmental health and justice struggles internationally.</p>
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<p>Worldwide, we are demonstrating how to stop incinerators, address climate change and environmental injustice, and implement zero waste alternatives. GAIA's members work through a combination of grassroots organizing, strategic alliances, and creative approaches to local economic development.</p>
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<p>This series is produced in collaboration with Other Worlds. Other Worlds inspires hope and knowledge that another world is possible, and helps build it by shedding light on political, economic, social, and environmental alternatives that are flourishing throughout the world. The series can be viewed online on GAIA’s blog, <a href="http://www.zerowasteworld.org%C2%A0">www.zerowasteworld.org </a>;</p>
Stop TTIP - 3,263,920 people across Europe sign the petition against international trade agreements!
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-10-11:2613445:BlogPost:23733
2015-10-11T13:30:00.000Z
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<p><img alt="Stop TTIP ECI closes with a record number of 3,263,920 signatures" src="http://img.nl2go.com/userimages/b094dbc72fc1bf2e8113202e810b2f17.jpg"></img></p>
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<td><p>We did it: <b>Our self-organised European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP and CETA completed its year and collected a record number of 3,263,920 signatures! </b>We are overjoyed and so grateful to you and all those who contributed to this success!…</p>
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<td><p>We did it: <b>Our self-organised European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP and CETA completed its year and collected a record number of 3,263,920 signatures! </b>We are overjoyed and so grateful to you and all those who contributed to this success!</p>
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<td><p><b>This morning we demonstrated in front of the European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels to insist that our demands are met.</b> We want the TTIP negotiations to be stopped and that the CETA agreement with Canada is not concluded. Activists from all over Europe added stacks of Stop TTIP ECI signatures on a huge weighing scale. The other side was weighted down by sand bags displaying the logos of TTIP advocates - but in the end the citizens voices simply had more weight (as it should be!). The event was attended by lots of members of the press.</p>
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<td><p><b>To ensure that our demands turn into reality, we must increase the pressure!</b> This Saturday, on October 10th, thousands of people across Europe will take to the streets in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Athens and elsewhere. See below for more details on the International Days of Action.</p>
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<td><p><b>But even after the protests we must continue:</b> Our EU-wide protest movement has grown to over 500 organisations and has broken one signature record after another. As a next step we want to put pressure on our parlamentarians not to ratify TTIP and CETA. We also want to create an action guide against CETA and support referenda against the treaties in various EU Member States.</p>
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Monetary Reform film showing at the Skainos Centre Belfast
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-10-05:2613445:BlogPost:23928
2015-10-05T18:04:36.000Z
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<div><p>You are invited to a screening of the documentary 'Jekyl Island: The Truth behind the Federal Reserve' by Bill Still.</p>
<p>We will have a 30 minute Q&A session after the movie. Bill Still is advocating for the type of monetary reform that is endorsed by Positive Money</p>
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<div><p>You are invited to a screening of the documentary 'Jekyl Island: The Truth behind the Federal Reserve' by Bill Still.</p>
<p>We will have a 30 minute Q&A session after the movie. Bill Still is advocating for the type of monetary reform that is endorsed by Positive Money</p>
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<p>This meetup is for everyone interested in how money system works and how it could be changed to be constructive and socially beneficial. Come and feel free to invite your friends who might be interested too. Everyone is welcome!</p>
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<p><a href="http://act.positivemoney.org/page/event/detail/belfastlocalgroup/jtt">w</a>ww.positivemoney.org</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jekyllisland-themovie.com/">http://www.jekyllisland-themovie.com/</a></p>
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invitation to Timebanking information session Rosemount Factory Derry Thurs 17th Sept 11am
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-09-13:2613445:BlogPost:23640
2015-09-13T07:30:00.000Z
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<div><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>This will be an inspiring event which also gives real, practical solutions!</span></font></div>
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<div><strong><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Sinead Quinn and Kate Mac Donald to speak about their work in setting up Timebanks in NI and Hull.</span></font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><span>Biography: Sinead Quinn</span></strong></div>
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<div><span>Sinead leads on Timebanking and Coproduction in Volunteer Now, she has been</span><br/> <span>involved in developing and designing community projects for over 15 years,</span><br/> <span>including most recently developing community currencies and an online</span><br/> <span>exchange platform to make the process of Timebanking simpler for members</span><br/> <span>across Northern Ireland. Sinead has an academic background in Social and</span><br/> <span>Community Development and has advised national development bodies in Bosnia</span><br/> <span>and Macedonia on best practice for engaging young people. Sinead is a board</span><br/> <span>member of Parent Action (a charity that promotes and protects the human</span><br/> <span>rights of children and young people with disabilities and serious long term</span><br/> <span>health conditions) and the Centre for Health and Wellbeing (which provides</span><br/> <span>therapy for people who continue to suffer mental health problems as a result</span><br/> <span>of the conflict in Northern Ireland).</span></div>
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<div><strong><span>Biography: Kate Macdonald</span></strong> <br/> <br/> <span>Prior to founding TimeBank Hull and East Riding, Kate had worked in mental</span><br/> <span>health as a researcher, developing services (the early psychosis service in</span><br/> <span>Hull and Manchester) and as a consultant for the Care Services Improvement</span><br/> <span>Partnership (in North and West England) and the National Mental Health</span><br/> <span>Development Unit (NMHDU). She had seen timebanking as a route to young</span><br/> <span>people with psychosis and their families reconnecting to their community</span><br/> <span>focusing on strengths as well as needs. However, in 2011, when the</span><br/> <span>recession was starting to reveal its full impact in Hull she realised that</span><br/> <span>the focus should change. The importance of having a role when jobs are</span><br/> <span>scarce and being able to contribute (and how this links with positive</span><br/> <span>mental wellbeing); the opportunity to make money go further through sharing</span><br/> <span>skills and resources; having opportunities to network and connect with new</span><br/> <span>friends, all seemed essential at that point and the mechanism of timebanking</span><br/> <span>seemed to be the key to enable this to happen. The TimeBank literally</span><br/> <span>started in a garden shed with no money just a gut feeling that the people</span><br/> <span>would come and any money needed to make it happen would follow. Kate will</span><br/> <span>talk about what happened from this point, the steps she took, and where the</span><br/> <span>TimeBank is today. Kate is particularly pleased to be visiting Derry as the</span><br/> <span>previous City of Culture, with Hull taking on the mantle in 2017.</span></div>
How do we respond to a humanitarian crisis?
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-09-06:2613445:BlogPost:23637
2015-09-06T10:30:00.000Z
marian farrell
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<p><span>In the past year, 3,573 people have died attempting to reach Italy, Greece and Spain by sea. That is an average of ten people a day. This is both a humanitarian crisis and a crisis of humanity.</span></p>
<p>Here are some actions we can take locally. </p>
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<p>On 14 September 2015, EU ministers will hold emergency talks on the refugee crisis.</p>
<p>If we can get…</p>
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<p><span>In the past year, 3,573 people have died attempting to reach Italy, Greece and Spain by sea. That is an average of ten people a day. This is both a humanitarian crisis and a crisis of humanity.</span></p>
<p>Here are some actions we can take locally. </p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Email your MP</strong></span></p>
<p>On 14 September 2015, EU ministers will hold emergency talks on the refugee crisis.</p>
<p>If we can get enough MPs voicing their support in the run-up to the meeting, there’s a chance the UK government will adopt the fundamentally more effective and humane policy on refugees that is required.</p>
<p>Your local MP is there to represent you and your opinions at government-level. It’s vital that they know you care and want to support people fleeing conflict and persecution.</p>
<p><span>Take action now through this Amnesty International campaign. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/refugees-welcome-UK-email-MP?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Mass&utm_campaign=Refugees%20and%20Migrants&utm_content=Welcome_refugees_button%201" target="_blank">email your mp</a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Tell the UK Government that ordinary people welcome refugees</strong></span></p>
<p>It looks like parliament will debate how many refugees to welcome when it reconvenes on Monday 7th Sept. Sign this petition to 'accept more asylum seekers and increase support for refugee migrants in the UK'. </p>
<p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105991" target="_blank">UK parliament petition</a></p>
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<p>The campaign group 38 Degrees have invited people in the UK to start petitions in their own council areas showing local levels of support and welcome for people fleeing their homes. Sign here if you live in the Derry City and Strabane District.</p>
<p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/refugees-welcome-in-derry-and-strabane" target="_blank">refugees welcome in Derry and Strabane</a> </p>
<p>There are also petitions for other parts of Northern Ireland.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Help collect and transport essential items to the people stranded in Calais</strong></span></p>
<p><span><span>This local group was created to support the Cork-Calais convoy.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1490968961217762/" target="_blank">Derry Calais Refugee Solidarity</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Demand that the Taoiseach recall the Dail</strong></span></p>
<p>The Dáil is currently on summer recess, and is not due to sit again until September 21st. It is essential that the Dáil reconvenes before the September 14th EU emergency meeting and that the Taoiseach publicly outlines a firm plan of action on how Ireland will respond to this unprecedented crisis.</p>
<p>Sign this Trocaire petition to <a href="http://www.trocaire.org/refugeecrisis?SupporterID=877364&utm_content=marianfarrell%40mac.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=TAKE%20ACTION%20NOW&utm_campaign=Refugee%20crisis%20%E2%80%93%20Demand%20the%20Taoiseach%20recalls%20the%20D%C3%A1%C3%ADl" target="_blank">recall the Dail</a></p>
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Basic Income and Sustainability Think-in Dublin 12th September
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-08-26:2613445:BlogPost:23730
2015-08-26T18:18:49.000Z
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<p>Basic Income network members and friends will discuss the links between basic income and sustainability. We will begin the think-in with short inputs from Theresa O’Donohue and Eimhin Shortt. A facilitated discussion will follow, with opportunities for all present to contribute and to learn together.</p>
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<tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><p><br/><br/>Please find below information about an event organised by Basic Income Ireland with Feasta member participation.<br/><br/>--------------------<br/><strong>Saturday 12th September 2015</strong><br/><strong>Carmelite Centre, Aungier St. Dublin</strong><br/><strong>2.00 - 4.30PM</strong><br/><strong>€5 Admission Fee</strong><br/><br/></p>
<p><br/><a href="http://feasta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=162dfddd57f00fa35a0d1fa1c&id=b3e0d5fb04&e=75ab971c79"><img alt="Treadmill of Production" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9205" src="http://www.feasta.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/unnamed.gif"/></a><br/>'The Treadmill Of Production'<br/><br/><a href="http://feasta.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=162dfddd57f00fa35a0d1fa1c&id=0d624b3602&e=75ab971c79">Click Here To Book Your Ticket Now</a><br/><br/><strong>Opening speakers:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Theresa O'Donohue</strong> represents Feasta, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, on the Environmental Pillar plenary and convenes the Pillar's Climate and Energy working group. She is a member of An Taisce's Climate Committee and coordinator of the People’s Energy Charter. She became involved in the environmental movement via the transition movement 8 years ago and now contributes to energy, climate and development policy at local, regional and national level. As a single, unemployed, mother of 5, having worked in the private, public and voluntary sectors and lived in urban, semi rural and rural Ireland, Theresa has a good awareness of the diverse considerations in policy making. As a systems analyst she has an insightful understanding of development and is passionate about public participation and its critical role in sustainable development.<br/><br/>From 2008-2011 <strong>Eimhin David Shortt</strong> suffered repeated hospitalisation and surgery with an inconclusive diagnosis of acute Chrons/IBS. Exasperation with the western medical approach, coupled with a steady decline in health and quality of life, led him to India, to the Rajastani desert to live with an Ayurvedic doctor who restored a balance through a strict dietary regimen. During "the horizontal period", with stints in hospital lasting up to 5 months at a time, internet access inadvertently matched Eimhin's personal healing process with one of experiential learning as he observed the daily emergence of the networked commons, the remoulding of capital interest globally, and the emergence of new expressions of enterprise, cooperativism, open process, and the commons. On returning from treatment and practice in India, Eimhin became a "serial volunteer", enabled by his 'A38' special dispensation to be mobile and to help with events in the area of social enterprise, impact investment, European project writing, cooperative development, open source web and process development, networked community strategies, and so on. After taking a voluntary internship with the Social Capital Markets in San Francisco and observing shortcomings in that culture, along with a feeling of urgent necessity with regard to both his own health and the national Irish situation in this regard, Eimhin returned home to begin work with (trans)local food systems. Today Eimhin is based in Birr Co.Offaly where he coordinates a local food project inclusive of a community food commons with socio-environmentally, entrepreneurial, and open cooperative aspirations. His work and that of those at the Growery and affiliated networks, weaves the local, national, and the trans-nationally networked cultures. His 'accidental' advocacy for BI is one wrought of a simultaneously painful and yet hugely rewarding experience and one that can hopefully shed some light on key points as to why Basic Income is a good idea for everyone.<br/><br/><a href="http://feasta.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=162dfddd57f00fa35a0d1fa1c&id=7044d5eafd&e=75ab971c79">Click Here To Book Your Ticket Now</a></p>
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Agora Conversations at the Agape Centre Belfast
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2015-08-13T06:48:13.000Z
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Agora at the Agápē</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Default">The ‘Agora’ was the centre of artistic, spiritual and political life in ancient Greek city-states.</p>
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<p>The intention of the Agape series is to promote a more informed and participative civic life in Northern Ireland. </p>
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<p><strong>Citizen’s Income Tue 15<sup>th</sup> Sept</strong></p>
<p><strong>Having Wellbeing at the…</strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Agora at the Agápē</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Default">The ‘Agora’ was the centre of artistic, spiritual and political life in ancient Greek city-states.</p>
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<p>The intention of the Agape series is to promote a more informed and participative civic life in Northern Ireland. </p>
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<p><strong>Citizen’s Income Tue 15<sup>th</sup> Sept</strong></p>
<p><strong>Having Wellbeing at the Heart of NI Society Tue 27<sup>th</sup> Oct</strong></p>
<p><strong>What kind of school education should our young people have? Tue 17<sup>th</sup> Nov</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Citizens Income</strong></p>
<p>Tue 15<sup>th</sup> Sept 7.15 for 7.30 start until 9pm</p>
<p class="Default">Moonstone Room, the Agápē Centre, 238 Lisburn Road BELFAST BT9 6GF</p>
<p class="Default">Free of charge</p>
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<p><strong><em>A Citizen’s Income (CI) is an unconditional, automatic and non-withdrawable payment to each individual - man, woman and child - as a right of citizenship.</em></strong></p>
<p>(see <a href="http://www.citizensincome.org/">http://www.citizensincome.org</a> for more info)</p>
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<p>Event enquiries: <a href="mailto:agora@greennet.apc.org">agora@greennet.apc.org</a></p>
<p>Register for free ticket <a href="http://agorabelfast.eventbrite.com/">http://agorabelfast.eventbrite.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/agorabelfast">www.facebook.com/agorabelfast</a></p>
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Democratising money after the Greek crisis - Tues 1st Sept QUB
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-08-11:2613445:BlogPost:23923
2015-08-11T09:07:17.000Z
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<h3><br/>Lecture by Thomas H. Greco, Senate Room, <a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=61ee1e8522&e=4c2174fd96">Lanyon Building</a>, Queens University Belfast. Tuesday 1 September at 7.30pm</h3>
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<p><a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=ecb3512f61&e=4c2174fd96">Thomas H. Greco</a>, Jr. is a preeminent American scholar, author, educator, and community activist, who, for more than 30 years, has been working at the leading edge of money reform. He has traveled widely and has just returned from Greece.</p>
<p>He is the author of several books and his latest ‘<a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=3a6f9cffe4&e=4c2174fd96">The End of Money’</a> will be available to buy at the venue. We are delighted to have him in Belfast.<br/><br/>Prof. Greco's talk will be followed by a panel discussion.<br/><br/>Ticket price: by donation<br/><br/>The event is hosted by QUB Law School in partnership with Positive MoneyNI.<br/><br/></p>
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Positive Money NI meeting Thurs 13 August Belfast
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2015-08-05T07:47:24.000Z
marian farrell
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<h3>Meeting to discuss ways forward in Northern Ireland</h3>
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<p>On Thursday 13 August at 7.00pm we will hold a meeting in the <a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=5ceca8f6e7&e=4c2174fd96">Family Mediation Centre, 7 University Street, Belfast</a> to explore how we can best work in Northern Ireland to raise awareness of how and why the current money system fails society and how it can be reformed to avoid increasing debt, the imposition of further cuts to public services and repeated banking crises.</p>
<p>The meeting is open to all with an interest in these issues.<br/><br/>We hope to see you there.</p>
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Trade agreements (TTIP, CETA, TiSA) and public services
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2015-08-05T07:30:00.000Z
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<p><span>John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want, talks to Carrie Cracknell about the threat from free trade agreements to public services, in the context of TTIP, CETA, TiSA and other…</span></p>
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<p><span>John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want, talks to Carrie Cracknell about the threat from free trade agreements to public services, in the context of TTIP, CETA, TiSA and other treaties.</span></p>
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All Ireland Permaculture Gathering Co Down 7th - 9th Aug 2015
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-08-04:2613445:BlogPost:23822
2015-08-04T09:30:00.000Z
marian farrell
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<h2 class="wsite-content-title">All Ireland Permaculture Gathering <span>2015</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><strong>Location:</strong><br></br> Cabra Road, Legacurry, Hillsborough, Co. Down<br></br> <br></br> <strong>Event Dates:</strong><br></br> Events from 7<strong>th</strong> - <strong>9th</strong> <strong>August</strong><br></br> (Arrival/ Camping from <strong>7th</strong>) <a href="http://www.permaculture.ie/gathering-design.html" title="">click here for more info</a><br></br> <br></br> <strong>Concession…</strong></div>
<h2 class="wsite-content-title">All Ireland Permaculture Gathering <span>2015</span></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><strong>Location:</strong><br/> Cabra Road, Legacurry, Hillsborough, Co. Down<br/> <br/> <strong>Event Dates:</strong><br/> Events from 7<strong>th</strong> - <strong>9th</strong> <strong>August</strong><br/> (Arrival/ Camping from <strong>7th</strong>) <a href="http://www.permaculture.ie/gathering-design.html" title="">click here for more info</a><br/> <br/> <strong>Concession tickets will be available at the gate these are only available for weekend passes.</strong><br/> <br/> <br/> <strong>Children under 16 get in free.</strong><br/> <br/> <strong><a href="http://www.permaculture.ie/buy-tickets.html" title="">BUY TICKETS HERE</a></strong></div>
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<div class="paragraph"><h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font color="#2A2A2A">What is the Gathering About?</font></h2>
<div class="paragraph"><strong>The All Ireland Permaculture Gathering</strong><strong> is about bringing people and ideas together who share a common interest in sustainable and ethical methods to building a better world. </strong><br/> <br/> First held in Co. Wicklow in 2011 between 200 & 300 people have attended the gathering each year since. It is a weekend camp in a private location to support the development of Permaculture in Ireland & Northern Ireland by providing an opportunity to network, celebrate and learn together. It is not a passive event laid on by others, but rather an active participatory gathering which is co-created by a year team and camp attendees. People come and host talks and workshops, share skills and information and participate in this dynamic community event. The gathering steering group formed from past gathering members works to give continuity from year to year. Hosting Info <a href="http://www.permaculture.ie/hosting-info--app.html" title="">(link)</a> gives more details on organizational structure.</div>
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crowdfunding request from Positive Money NI
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-08-02:2613445:BlogPost:23722
2015-08-02T13:13:06.000Z
marian farrell
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<h3><br/>Help send a delegate from <a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=655c39d427&e=4c2174fd96">Positive Money NI</a> to England for vital training on monetary reform.</h3>
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<div>The training will take place in Cumbria University,<a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=28112917f7&e=4c2174fd96"> </a>Ambleside, The Lake District. <strong>Friday 4th September - Sunday 6th September 2015. </strong></div>
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<li>Discuss how to grow, strengthen and diversify the <a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=22b0324a41&e=4c2174fd96">Positive Money network</a></li>
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<p>The training is FREE, but travel from Northern Ireland plus accommodation and food are not! It comes to £530. Can you help make this possible? Your contribution will help make our future campaigning in NI much more effective.</p>
<p>Please click on this link to make a pledge: <a href="http://facebook.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0&id=67dd02016d&e=4c2174fd96">https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/positivemoneyni</a> and help raise awareness in Northern Ireland that there is a viable alternative to increasing debt, poverty and reducing our public services. (The pledge will be only collected once all the money needed is raised.)</p>
<p><br/>Thank you in anticipation.<br/><img align="none" height="187" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ae50459479dd1cd5622bbd3d0/images/1c13953c-322f-4e54-b0f2-988fd4b3afa8.jpg" width="250"/></p>
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Don't let Lancashire be a fracking guinea pig. Time for Cuadrilla to go.
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-06-20:2613445:BlogPost:23260
2015-06-20T20:12:58.000Z
marian farrell
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<p>This morning <strong>Lancashire's planning officer said the Council should allow fracking to go ahead </strong>in Preston New Road, Lancashire.</p>
<p>It’s hard to believe – <strong>fracking has already been halted in Scotland and Wales </strong>because of the risks to people’s health and the environment.</p>
<p>Pat Davis, from the Preston New Road Action Group on fracking, was right this morning when she told reporters that <strong>this is “far from over”.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tens of thousands of local residents have written to the Council </strong>and this morning we handed in a petition of 90,000 people asking them to keep Lancashire and the UK frack free.</p>
<p><strong>Lancashire Councillors now have one week to decide</strong>. This week we need to spread the message far and wide – we won’t let Lancashire be a guinea pig for risky and polluting fracking.</p>
<p><strong>Please share this petition on <a href="http://click.foe.co.uk/c.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pbzp,29i9y,3zk6,1bqh,h6ck,4elp,1qap">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://click.foe.co.uk/c.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pbzp,29i9y,3zk6,ip7r,56pz,4elp,1qap">Twitter</a></strong>.</p>
<p>Fracking company Cuadrilla might have spent millions on public relations. But with enough people on our side we can show them that fracking will never be accepted in the UK.</p>
<p><strong>Please share the petition today and make sure as many people as possible support Pat in keeping Cuadrilla and fracking out of Lancashire</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Share on <a href="http://click.foe.co.uk/c.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pbzp,29i9y,3zk6,ivxg,1fkm,4elp,1qap">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://click.foe.co.uk/c.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pbzp,29i9y,3zk6,6j1j,6dyj,4elp,1qap">Twitter</a>.</strong></p>
<p>We have one week before the final decision in Lancashire – let's make some noise and make sure we're heard.</p>
<p>With hope,</p>
<p>Jenny and the fracking team<br/>#DontFrackLancs </p>
<p>PS - If you're able to <strong><a href="http://click.foe.co.uk/c.html?ufl=3&rtr=on&s=x8pbzp,29i9y,3zk6,ws5,k8xy,4elp,1qap">join us in Preston on the 23 June</a> </strong>to make some noise in person - we'd love to see you there.</p>
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Protect Our North Coast need support Tues 22nd June 6.30pm
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-06-20:2613445:BlogPost:23342
2015-06-20T19:39:27.000Z
marian farrell
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<p><span><strong>We need YOU this Monday evening! </strong></span><br/><br/><strong><span>Gathering 6.30pm next Monday 22<sup>nd</sup> June outside Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Cloonavin, 66 Portstewart Rd, Coleraine BT52 1EY<br/><br/>Next Monday 22nd June 2015 we will be delivering a workshop to the Causeway Coast and Glens Council. The company who wish to drill at 49 Ballinlea Road (Rathlin Energy) will be presenting too! The workshops are closed but we are gathering outside at 6.30pm.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br/><br/>Please come along and show your visible support for the campaign to Protect Our North Coast. Support the Ballinlea residents. Say No to drills 75m from homes!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Protect our Health, Farming, Fishing and Tourism. <br/><br/>Thank you!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>From the Protect Our North Coast Group</span></strong></p>
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97% Owned - Positive Money Documentary Black Box Belfast 8th June
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-05-14:2613445:BlogPost:22973
2015-05-14T20:30:00.000Z
marian farrell
http://transitionderry.ning.com/profile/marianfarrell
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<p class="end-quote"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Positive Money NI invite you to a showing of the documentary…</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="end-quote"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Positive Money NI invite you to a showing of the documentary</strong></span></span></p>
<p class="end-quote"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>'97% Owned'</strong></span></span></p>
<p class="end-quote"><span style="color: #888888;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>followed by a discussion about the campaign for monetary reform.</strong></span><br/></span></p>
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<p class="end-quote"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>7 - 9pm</strong></span></p>
<p class="end-quote"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The Black Box Green Room</strong></span></p>
<p class="end-quote"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>18 - 22 Hill Street</strong></span></p>
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<p class="end-quote">Who creates money and where it ends up can completely transform a society, yet little is know about how and who is responsible for its creation.</p>
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<p>When money drives almost all activity on the planet, it’s essential that we understand it. Yet simple questions often get overlooked – questions like: where does money come from? Who creates it? Who decides how it gets used? And what does that mean for the millions of ordinary people who suffer when money and finance breaks down?</p>
<p><strong>97% Owned is a documentary that reveals how money is at the root of our current social and economic crisis.</strong> Featuring frank interviews and commentary from economists, campaigners and former bankers, it exposes the privatised, debt-based monetary system that gives banks the power to create money, shape the economy, cause crises and push house prices out of reach. Fact-based and clearly explained, in just 60 minutes it shows how the power to create money is the piece of the puzzle that economists were missing when they failed to predict the crisis.</p>
<p>The films’ title was taken from the finding that commercial Bank’s created the vast majority of money, 97%, when they create loans. For what purpose and how much is created shapes the size of the banking sector, the countries economic growth and the well being of our society.</p>
<p>Produced by Queuepolitely and featuring Ben Dyson of Positive Money, Josh Ryan-Collins of The New Economics Foundation, Ann Pettifor, the “HBOS Whistleblower” Paul Moore, Simon Dixon of Bank to the Future and Nick Dearden from the Jubliee Debt Campaign, this is the first documentary to tackle this issue from a UK-perspective, and can be watched online now.</p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.positivemoney.org/videos/97-owned-monetary-reform-documentary/%C2%A0">http://www.positivemoney.org/videos/97-owned-monetary-reform-documentary/ </a>;</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://97%%20Owned" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/d3mfkD6Ky5o</a></span></p>
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<blockquote class="blockquote_end style02"><p class="end-quote">This is probably my favorite documentary out there. It really brings the worldwide financial crisis into the right perspective. I hope it spawns a wave of activists for a new system. I’m one now, myself.</p>
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BEE FRIENDS - PLANT & SEEDLING SWAP
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-05-14:2613445:BlogPost:22970
2015-05-14T20:15:15.000Z
marian farrell
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<p class="customize_change"><b>HOLYWELL, DiverseCity Community Partnership</b><br/>8-14 Bishop Street<br/>BT48 0RT Derry<br/>United Kingdom<br/><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=8-14+Bishop+Street,+Derry,++BT48+0RT+United+Kingdom&hl=en"><img src="https://cdn.evbstatic.com/s3-s3/marketing/emails/invites/lottering.png" alt="divider" width="500" height="8" style="color: #000000;"/></a></p>
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What is the Future of Money?
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-05-03:2613445:BlogPost:22967
2015-05-03T07:13:18.000Z
marian farrell
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<p><strong>What is the Future of Money?</strong></p>
<p>To discover how a local economic model might look, come to a discussion with Matthew Slater from Community Forge <a href="http://cf6.communityforge.net/en/home" rel="nofollow">http://cf6.communityforge.net/en/home</a></p>
<p><br></br><strong>Wednesday May 6th Moville Library @ 7pm </strong><br></br>All welcome! Refreshments provided.</p>
<p>Across the world, people are finding solutions that allow growth in the community without dependence on…</p>
<p><strong>What is the Future of Money?</strong></p>
<p>To discover how a local economic model might look, come to a discussion with Matthew Slater from Community Forge <a href="http://cf6.communityforge.net/en/home" rel="nofollow">http://cf6.communityforge.net/en/home</a></p>
<p><br/><strong>Wednesday May 6th Moville Library @ 7pm </strong><br/>All welcome! Refreshments provided.</p>
<p>Across the world, people are finding solutions that allow growth in the community without dependence on grants and the economic model that we've inherited. And they are having fun with this new found freedom!</p>
<div><p>Are Complementary Currencies the next steps in community development projects? Find out how we can discover new/under-used local resources, increase volunteerism and social cohesion, increase economic resilience, promote local self-resilience and lower environmental impact. Is it debt-free, interest-free and community owned?</p>
<p>Matthew Slater is a software engineer who co-founded Community Forge to support communities in setting up systems for mutual exchange. He works throughout the world, most recently in Greece. He is in Northern Ireland this week to help set up a local economy system with a community group. He will answer questions from anyone with an interest in exploring this idea. </p>
<p>Please share this event info & poster with friends and others you think might be interested - both online & printed for notice boards. Hope to see you on <strong>Wed. evening, May 6th at Moville Library</strong> for a cuppa and a stimulating talk!</p>
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A Conversation on a Citizen's Income at OpenSource 2015
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-04-25:2613445:BlogPost:23254
2015-04-25T17:00:00.000Z
marian farrell
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<p><strong>A Conversation on Citizen's Income</strong><br></br> <br></br> <span>A Citizen's Income is a payment granted to all citizens (including children) by the state and without means test or work requirement. It offers a remedy to the present economic instabilty and the increasing financial inequality. It recognises a wider definition of 'work' as distinct from 'a job'. Its purpose is to ensure an existence in dignity and enable participation in society. </span><br></br> <br></br> <span>It is not a new…</span></p>
<p><strong>A Conversation on Citizen's Income</strong><br/> <br/> <span>A Citizen's Income is a payment granted to all citizens (including children) by the state and without means test or work requirement. It offers a remedy to the present economic instabilty and the increasing financial inequality. It recognises a wider definition of 'work' as distinct from 'a job'. Its purpose is to ensure an existence in dignity and enable participation in society. </span><br/> <br/> <span>It is not a new idea, but its time may have arrived!</span></p>
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<p><span>5pm Sat 9th May Lower Garfield St Belfast</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.opensourceni.com%C2%A0">www.opensourceni.com </a>;</span></p>
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Where does money come from and why isn't there enough?
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-04-20:2613445:BlogPost:23441
2015-04-20T19:10:11.000Z
marian farrell
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<div>The Open Source 2015</div>
<div><a href="http://www.opensourceni.com/">www.opensourceni.com</a> </div>
<div>The hub of The Open Source 2015 is Lower Garfield St Belfast. From <span>Friday May 8th to Sunday May 10th the street will be closed to traffic and buzzing with music, art, theatre, workshops, good food, interesting discussions, laughter and craic. Positive Money NI are facilitating a workshop explaining money as debt (Sunday 1pm) and also over the three days will be engaging with…</span></div>
<div>The Open Source 2015</div>
<div><a href="http://www.opensourceni.com/">www.opensourceni.com</a> </div>
<div>The hub of The Open Source 2015 is Lower Garfield St Belfast. From <span>Friday May 8th to Sunday May 10th the street will be closed to traffic and buzzing with music, art, theatre, workshops, good food, interesting discussions, laughter and craic. Positive Money NI are facilitating a workshop explaining money as debt (Sunday 1pm) and also over the three days will be engaging with shoppers and workers on the main commercial street Royal Avenue. A team of volunteers wearing high visibility vests will approach people and ask</span></div>
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<div><strong><em><span>'Do you know where money comes from?' </span></em></strong></div>
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<div><span>With charm and humour, the volunteers will engage anyone interested in a short conversation. They will also hand out these bank notes. One side has a cartoon strip </span><span>explaining the current system and how it could be much better. The other side has information about The Opensource programme; the Positive Money and Sensible Money websites and some possible alternative currencies. The notes can also be used as currency - in exchange for a Fairtrade tea or coffee.</span></div>
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Community Gardening Network event Strabane
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-04-10:2613445:BlogPost:22962
2015-04-10T19:43:14.000Z
marian farrell
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<blockquote><strong>Community gardening network event</strong><br></br><br></br><div class="msg-quote" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><div class="WordSection1"><p>Hello, FCFCG is a charity which supports community growing (<a href="http://www.farmgarden.org.uk">www.farmgarden.org.uk</a>), and we are holding a networking event in <strong>Strabane on the 24<sup>th</sup> April</strong>. I wondered if anyone from your project would be interested in attending this event?</p>
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<blockquote><strong>Community gardening network event</strong><br/><br/><div class="msg-quote" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB"><div class="WordSection1"><p>Hello, FCFCG is a charity which supports community growing (<a href="http://www.farmgarden.org.uk">www.farmgarden.org.uk</a>), and we are holding a networking event in <strong>Strabane on the 24<sup>th</sup> April</strong>. I wondered if anyone from your project would be interested in attending this event?</p>
<p>This event is suitable for anyone working on a community growing project who would like to link in with a wider network of people working on similar projects.</p>
<p>We will be having some discussions on relevant topics, including social and therapeutic horticulture and alternative funding streams. Please get in touch if you would like to attend and I will send booking information. The event costs £5 per person.</p>
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<p>Thanks, and all the best, Miriam</p>
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<p>NI Development Coordinator (Part-time)<br/>Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens</p>
<p>Tel 07725699442<br/><a title="http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/" href="http://www.farmgarden.org.uk/"><strong>www.farmgarden.org.uk</strong></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/FCFCGnorthernireland">www.facebook.com/FCFCGnorthernireland</a></strong></p>
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Faughan Valley Landscape Partnership - free training for adults and children in biodiversity surveys
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-04-10:2613445:BlogPost:22959
2015-04-10T19:39:44.000Z
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<p><strong>FREE OPAL SCIENCE TRAINING</strong></p>
<p><strong>14<sup>TH</sup>, 21<sup>ST</sup> AND 28<sup>TH</sup> April (Book for 1,2 or 3 dates)</strong></p>
<p><strong>3.30pm – 5.00pm</strong></p>
<p><strong>RAPID Training Centre, Killaloo</strong></p>
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<p>OPAL is coming to Faughan Valley on <strong>Tuesday 14, 21 and 28<sup>th</sup> April </strong>to train teachers, forest school…</p>
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<p><strong>FREE OPAL SCIENCE TRAINING</strong></p>
<p><strong>14<sup>TH</sup>, 21<sup>ST</sup> AND 28<sup>TH</sup> April (Book for 1,2 or 3 dates)</strong></p>
<p><strong>3.30pm – 5.00pm</strong></p>
<p><strong>RAPID Training Centre, Killaloo</strong></p>
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<p>OPAL is coming to Faughan Valley on <strong>Tuesday 14, 21 and 28<sup>th</sup> April </strong>to train teachers, forest school educators and wildlife club leaders in the use of OPAL resources for the surveys listed below. These resources can be used by Key Stage 3 or adapted for teaching science to primary school children. The surveys can easily be carried out in the school environment and are great for helping children to explore their local environment and for developing observation and recording skills, literacy and numeracy.</p>
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<p>By participating in the training you will receive all the resources you will need to complete the surveys. If your class completes one survey it is possible to achieve a Crest Discovery Award for each child, completing surveys will also gain credit towards Eco Schools Flags. The survey field notebooks and identification guides are free to download from the OPAL website at <a href="http://www.opalexplorenature.org">www.opalexplorenature.org</a></p>
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<p><strong>Bugs count survey</strong> – which invertebrates are brave enough to live near human habitats?<br/><strong>Tree health survey </strong>– carry out a tree health check. Learn what does tree disease look like.<br/><strong>Biodiversity survey</strong> – just who eats what in your local hedgerows?<br/><strong>Water survey</strong> – learn what lives in the local pond or stream and what does that tell us about water quality.<br/><strong>Air survey</strong> – how clean is your air? How to identify any bio-indicators such as lichens or tar spots.<strong><br/>Soil and earthworm survey</strong> – all you need to know about soil property and worm identification.</p>
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<p><strong>What is OPAL?</strong></p>
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<p>OPAL Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) is a community-focused education and research programme about the environment. The basic concept is to engage schools and the public in environmental research and outdoor learning, to inspire exploration and a better understanding of the places where people live and work. The OPAL project began in England in 2007, funded by the Big Lottery Fund and lead by Imperial College London in partnership with museums, Universities and environmental organisations. Free user-friendly survey packs are available to carry out scientific research in your own school grounds or nearby Park. Surveys can include topics such as bugs, air pollution and biodiversity.</p>
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<p>In early 2014, the Field Studies Council and the School of Education, Queens University Belfast became delivery partners for OPAL in Northern Ireland. The key focus in Northern Ireland is to encourage pupils, summer camps, youth groups to complete surveys in or near their school or home. <strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>To book please contact Annie Mullan</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tel: 02871337498 email: <a href="mailto:annie.mullan@derrycity.gov.uk">annie.mullan@derrycity.gov.uk</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Faughan Valley Landscape Partnership involves a working partnership between RAPID, Derry City Council and the Woodland Trust supported by Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), ‘Landscape Partnerships’. </strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.faughanvalley.com/">www.faughanvalley.com</a></strong></p>
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Youth Frack Back! 20th March Belfast
tag:transitionderry.ning.com,2015-03-15:2613445:BlogPost:23251
2015-03-15T14:27:20.000Z
marian farrell
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<p class="p1">YOUTH FRACK BACK<br/>with:</p>
<p class="p1">HIS NEW ATLAS</p>
<p class="p1">OWEN MCGARRY</p>
<p class="p1">RUNAWAY GO</p>
<p class="p1">MATTHEW DULY</p>
<p class="p1">The event will take place on Friday 20th March at the Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast.<br/>Doors open at 7pm and tickets are £5 (purchased at the door).<br/>This is an ALL AGES event.</p>
<p class="p1">The purpose of this gig is to raise awareness of fracking and the negative effects that it has both on the environment and the communities in the areas surrounding drilling sites. The main focus of the event is to bring young people together through music and unite under this key and important cause.</p>
<p class="p1">His New Atlas: Founded May 2013 His New Atlas (Eoghan O'Hagan) has now played all over Ireland, Northern Ireland, and England. Just over a year and the 19 year old Eoghan has built a strong name, and reputation for His New Atlas with the successful release of 3 EPs, several tours, and his restless work ethic.<br/>"To say Eoghan O'Hagan has wisdom and songwriting ability beyond his years would be quite the ludicrous understatement given he's the same age as 'Girl from Mars' by Ash. A minimal arrangement gives his voice, full of yearning, the opportunity to truly soar. Ridiculously promising." - BBC Across the Line</p>
<p class="p1">Owen McGarry: Owen has his own distinctive sound and is an accomplished song writer too. He has been tipped to play bigger and better stages by several big names in the industry and has had numerous favourable reviews and radio spins from all over America, Australia and Europe including BBC Radio One.<br/>“Owen McGarry is one of those musicians who can be described as captivating both onstage and on record. What makes him special is his ability to hold the audience in the palm of his hand through his storytelling style of music.” - Chordblossom</p>
<p class="p1">Runaway GO: Fronted by the dual vocal talents of Dave Jackson and Fiona O'Kane, the Belfast band bridge the gap between indie and pop, with their indie band instrumentation and their anthemic pop melodies, vocal range and harmonies. Whatever category the band are put in, the important thing for this young talented bunch is that their music is emotive and connects with their audience. Individually, four creatives but together each element they bring, through their personalities, in songwriting and during live shows, makes Runaway GO a unique unit.</p>
<p class="p1">Matthew Duly: Matthew Duly is a young singer-songwriter from Whitehead (Northern Ireland). He knows how to capture the crowds attention and is no stranger to the stage. He has been praised for his high energy while performing and his catchy songs. Matthew intends to deliver a range of songs, from slow, chilled and emotive songs to more hard hitting.</p>
<p class="p1"><br/>Event page: <a href="http://facebook.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=689978e20e3c2b04dc76aa7bc&id=afbaf47616&e=9b5c5fefae"><span class="s1">https://www.facebook.com/events/674230932702540</span></a></p>
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