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Fractional Reserve Banking - named!

Positive Money

On Tuesday evening, a major step forward was made for this campaign. Robert Peston, the famous BBC presenter on everything to do with finance, actually used the words 'fractional reserve banking' on national television!

Fractional wotsit?

That's the system that the banks used to create £1.2 trillion of 'funny money' over the last ten years.

It's the… Continue

Added by marian farrell on January 22, 2011 at 12:48 — No Comments

Sustainable Community Gardening

The Carbon Zero NI programme is a sector wide initiative by the Further Education sector under the leadership of the South West College in Northern Ireland. This programme is supported by the Department of Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland through the Innovation Fund, Employer Support Programme.…

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Added by marian farrell on January 18, 2011 at 17:40 — No Comments

Water Crisis - Friends of the Earth's Perspective

Water Crisis - Friends of the Earth's Perspective

Chances are that you experienced at least some disruption to your water supply over Christmas and that you've heard a great deal in the local media about the crisis that left tens of thousands of homes without water, in some cases for weeks.…

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Added by marian farrell on January 6, 2011 at 19:00 — No Comments

Hedgerow Laying & Management Course

Derry City Council is hosting a Hedgerow Laying & Management Workshop. If you would like to learn how to select the ideal plants for a hedgerow, prepare the ground, the correct way to plant trees and ensure minimum…

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Added by marian farrell on January 5, 2011 at 20:10 — No Comments

Woman Power

feeling powerless when governments are bailing out banks, cutting public services and ignoring corporate tax fraud?

Be inspired....

http://bryony.posterous.com/my-one-woman-top-shop-protest-4th-december-20

Added by marian farrell on December 14, 2010 at 21:17 — No Comments

Transition Derry members install a solar panel

Local Transition Derry members, George Row and Mary-Kay Mullan recently installed a solar panel following advice from another member Cye Bannon who facilitated a workshop in Creggan Country Park earlier this year.

See the photos documenting the installation here -

http://veryireland.com/energy/Installing-Solar-Water-Heating/index.html

and have a look at Cye's…

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Added by marian farrell on December 14, 2010 at 20:00 — No Comments

Cap and Share - a way to control carbon emissions?

As climate negotiators this week in Cancun in Mexico try to rescue anything face-saving from the ashes of Copenhagen, and as the planet continues to heat up regardless, a simple idea called Cap & Share -

which would simultaneously control emissions and boost equality - has

been gaining…

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Added by marian farrell on December 6, 2010 at 21:05 — No Comments

FOE training on NI planning system

People Power for Positive Planning - 5 and 6 February 2011

Places are still available for our training event on the Northern Ireland planning system.

The weekend, called People Power for Positive Planning, takes place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6…

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Added by marian farrell on December 6, 2010 at 20:58 — No Comments

Water Environment Community Awards

Water Environment Community Awards now open for applications

NIEA has launched a new series of awards for groups who recognise the importance of our water…

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Added by marian farrell on November 29, 2010 at 19:15 — No Comments

Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of economic and environmental collapse,

Invitation to Book Launch

You are warmly invited to the launch of Feasta's new book, Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of economic and environmental collapse, at 3pm on Saturday, 20th November. The event is being held in European Union House, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2

The book is to be launched by Fr. Sean McDonagh, a Feasta member and a prolific author, his most recent books being Dying for Water (2003), The Death of…

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Added by marian farrell on November 10, 2010 at 18:30 — No Comments

Community Resilience Trainers Course

Time: November 27, 2010 at 9:30am to November 28, 2010 at 5pm

Location: Cultivate at the Greenhouse

Organized By: Davie Philip

Event Description:

Community Resilience Trainers Course

Exploring the art of sustainability and how you can help your community adapt and thrive in these challenging times

November 27th and 28th 2010 * 09.30am – 17.00pm

Cultivate at The Greenhouse, St Andrew… Continue

Added by marian farrell on November 7, 2010 at 20:06 — No Comments

Positive Money - Campaign for Monetary Reform

So the money in your bank account was created by private companies?

The numbers in your own bank account were all created, essentially out of nothing, not by the Bank of England or the Royal Mint, but by commercial banks.

The banks are able to create this ‘number money’ through the accounting process that they use to make loans. Rather than taking money from a saver and lending it to a borrower (as per the…

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Added by marian farrell on November 3, 2010 at 17:58 — No Comments

What Climate Change Brings to the Development Education Agenda

What Climate Change Brings to the Development Education Agenda

What Climate Change Brings to the Development Education Agenda is the title of

an upcoming Centre for Global Education seminar, which will be held…

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Added by marian farrell on November 3, 2010 at 17:00 — No Comments

Bats & Ghosts in Gransha Woods

Bat & ghost detecting at Gransha Wood

Are you brave enough to venture into the…

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Added by marian farrell on October 14, 2010 at 16:07 — No Comments

The eARTh Project

The eARTh Project

What Is eARTh?

This November 20-28, 2010, 350.org is organizing EARTH: A Week of

Climate Art. We are calling on people to use their most powerful

skill--their creativity--to convey the urgency of climate change. We

need your help to communicate, in new and exciting ways, what the number

350 means for our planet.

Why?

Scientists have given us the facts behind climate change, and have told

us of the urgent the… Continue

Added by marian farrell on October 14, 2010 at 16:05 — No Comments