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All Island Gathering

30th & 31st July and 1st August

Green%20Creativity%20Awards.pdf

Have you a green business idea?

Are you aged between 18 and 30?

Would you like to win a top prize worth £10, 000 to bring your idea to market?

For further information contact

The Enterprising Derry team at Derry City council

Tel. 028 7136 5151 ext 6919…

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Bike Week 2011

Dust Off Your Bike

Saturday 18th June - Sunday 26th June

www.bikeweek.org.uk

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When? Midsummer’s Day ‐ Tuesday 21st June 12 noon‐3 pm

Bagladyprocession 'up the hill' starts main gates 11.30 am

What’s happening? A sustainable picnic with guest speakers including MLAPledgers, music, laughter and Baglady

What should I bring? Bring your own sustainable picnic and a…

                                The Nature of Health and Beauty

How would you like to learn some new practical ways to improve your

health and wellbeing?

Would you like to know how  to use common herbs and learn their medicinal properties?

                                         …

Derry City Council are searching for the city’s best school, community group and private residential gardens, to show what creative, bright and wonderful gardens we have throughout the city!



If your garden is a haven for bees, butterflies and birds,…

Steve Baker MP is one of the very few out there who really understands the importance of money. We recorded the first part of a podcast interview with Steven yesterday, you can click on the link below to listen to this first part.

In this podcast we talk about Steve's views on the causes of the crash, the effect it's having on his constituents, the academic debate within the Cobden…

Come along to Creggan Country Park on Saturday 7^th May from 11am - 4pm and take part in the Ladybird Nature Trail with the RSPB.

It’s the perfect time of year to get outdoors for some fresh air and explore nature on your doorstep.  The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) now have a North West representative to help raise awareness on local bird…

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Adult evening Painting Class in the playhouse Artillery Street Derry

The class will begin on wednesday the 11th of may from 7-9pm and will be £5 per night this covers materials - canvases, paints acrylics/oils and brushes.



The venue is great room with lots of natural light and equipment

 

The class is for all levels of painters and everybody is welcome. please feel free to pass this onto anybody whom you feel may be…

A Transition Omagh workshop led by

Judith Hoad, Author, Environmentalist

and Herbalist

“Domestically we should get rid of every chemical in our homes, not just in household cleaning materials but in shampoos, hand-washing gels, air fresheners, or anything that’s artificially scented.  Most contain dangerous…

I’m currently doing a PhD at Queens Belfast, researching post-peak oil scenarios and risk management of city-region food security.  As part of the research, I’m planning to conduct ‘scenario workshops’ in Derry, Omagh and Belfast.  Each workshop will involve about 15 people, and will address the following questions:

•          What are the potential impacts of peak oil on food security ?

•          How robust and resilient are current policies and practice ?…

To mark the European Year of Volunteering Donegal County Council is hosting a conference to highlight the potential of Time  Banking for Communities and Individuals in Donegal.

“Making Time Count” - Exploring the possibilities for Community and Voluntary Groups

Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny

Wednesday 9^th March 2011

9.15 a.m. – 3.30…

All Ireland Conference 2011

Date:    Friday 25th March - Sunday 27th March                                     Venue: Hilton Templetpatrick Hotel…

The Age of Peak Oil

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Over the next few years we will be entering into a period where we will have produced half of all the oil existing in the world. Yet demand for oil has never been higher. Not merely an…

Why should ordinary people like you and I have to pay for a crisis that was caused by the banks?



Instead of cutting schools, hospitals and police on the streets, we can just CUT BENEFITS TO BANKERS.



Bankers on benefits?! Believe it or not, banks are the most heavily subsidised industry in the UK. They get subsidies up to £130bn each year, at our expense.



By removing these subsidies to an industry that has done so much damage, we can avoid further tax…