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What is the Future of Money?

What is the Future of Money?

To discover how a local economic model might look, come to a discussion with Matthew Slater from Community Forge http://cf6.communityforge.net/en/home

Wednesday May 6th Moville Library @ 7pm

All welcome! Refreshments provided.

Across the world, people are finding solutions that allow growth in the community without dependence on…

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Added by marian farrell on May 3, 2015 at 8:13 — No Comments

Where does money come from and why isn't there enough?

The Open Source 2015

www.opensourceni.com

The hub of The Open Source 2015 is Lower Garfield St Belfast. From 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…

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Added by marian farrell on April 20, 2015 at 20:10 — No Comments

Community Gardening Network event Strabane

Community gardening network event

Hello, FCFCG is a charity which supports community growing (www.farmgarden.org.uk), and we are holding a networking event in Strabane on the 24^th April. I wondered if anyone from your project would be interested in attending this event?

This event is suitable for…

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Added by marian farrell on April 10, 2015 at 20:43 — No Comments

Faughan Valley Landscape Partnership - free training for adults and children in biodiversity surveys

FREE OPAL SCIENCE TRAINING

14^TH, 21^ST AND 28^TH April (Book for 1,2 or 3 dates)

3.30pm – 5.00pm

RAPID Training Centre, Killaloo

OPAL is coming to Faughan Valley on Tuesday 14, 21 and 28^th April to train teachers, forest school…

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Added by marian farrell on April 10, 2015 at 20:39 — No Comments

Climate change:the Guardian campaign to leave fossil fuels in the ground!

Climate change: why the Guardian is putting threat to Earth front and centre

As global warming argument moves on to politics and business, Alan Rusbridger explains the thinking…

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Added by marian farrell on March 8, 2015 at 11:00 — No Comments

International Year of Soils Event 18th April 2015 Eco-Base Derry

NI Organic Gardening Society & Transition Derry

Healthy Soil for Healthy Vegetable Growing

Saturday 18^th April…

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Added by marian farrell on March 8, 2015 at 10:30 — No Comments

Protect Our North Coast from Fracking

Project aim

To cover the professional fees of Environmental Consultants to respond to Rathlin Energy's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in relation to their application to drill into the shale at Ballinlea, in Co. Antrim, on Northern Ireland's North Coast.

About the project

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Added by marian farrell on March 8, 2015 at 10:00 — No Comments

How to waste £375 billion

In 2010 the government cancelled a program to rebuild 715 schools, because they'd run out of money. But at the same time the Bank of England had created £375 billion of new money through a program called Quantitative Easing. Instead of this money being spent on something useful, it was pumped into the financial markets, benefitting the richest 5% but doing almost nothing to create jobs and stable economic recovery.

So why does the…

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Added by marian farrell on July 4, 2014 at 15:13 — No Comments

Frack-Off UK campaigners at public meetings in NI

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Added by marian farrell on July 4, 2014 at 13:33 — No Comments

Groundswell Rising - Protecting our children's air and water

It is my pleasure to let you know that our film, Groundswell Rising Protecting Our Children's Air and Water, a film about the resistance to the invasion of the Gas Industry will be screening at

the Galway Film Fleadh,

July 12, 18:00 local time.

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Added by marian farrell on July 4, 2014 at 13:00 — No Comments

Occupy Love - film showing in Comber

Why not join us for the afternoon of Sunday 22 June in beautiful Comber, County Down, to view the fantastic Occupy Love? You will be welcomed at the Tudor Cinema to watch this thought provoking and inspiring movie and enjoy some locally made wine and cheese.

Judy & Bo

This event is free and you can book by clicking on the link https://bit.ly/occupycomber

– we would love to see you…

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Added by marian farrell on June 8, 2014 at 13:32 — No Comments

FOE and Greenpeace Fracking Petition

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Added by marian farrell on June 8, 2014 at 13:30 — No Comments

Crowdfunding Request - Lackan Cottage County Down

Here is a funding campaign being run by a very interesting project in Northern Ireland, please help them if you can and circulate amongst your friends who may be interested in this type of activity.…

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Added by marian farrell on June 8, 2014 at 13:28 — No Comments

Public Money and Handbag Economics

An invitation to Belfast and District Trades Union Council Annual Mayday Lecture 2014:

Mary Mellor —

Public Money and Handbag Economics: The Ideology of Austerity

Tuesday 29^th April 2014 @ 7pm

Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre, 45/47 Donegall Street Belfast

As the recent financial…

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Added by marian farrell on April 22, 2014 at 14:30 — No Comments

Dawn Chorus Walks

Learmount Forest - Saturday 3rd May

Gransha Woodland - Saturday 10th May

5.30am-7.00am

Join one of our annual Dawn Chorus walks which are…

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Added by marian farrell on April 22, 2014 at 14:17 — No Comments

NI Allotment and Community Garden Forum

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Added by marian farrell on April 5, 2014 at 20:50 — No Comments

the great cloth diaper record challenge!

Cloth Nappy Library NI are organising the

Blooming Babies Modern Parenting Expo
Ramada Plaza
Sat April 26th

At the Expo they will be holding the Great Cloth Diaper Change which is a Global World Record Attempt
http://greatclothdiaperchange.com/

Added by marian farrell on March 30, 2014 at 20:20 — No Comments

Open Day at Mud and Wood

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Added by marian farrell on February 17, 2014 at 8:02 — No Comments

Economic Growth is a substitute for Equality of Income!

We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. “Enough Is Enough” lays out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth—an economy where the goal is enough, not more.

http://www.positivemoney.org/2014/01/enough-enough-full-film/

Added by marian farrell on February 16, 2014 at 19:37 — No Comments

Biodiversity Events in February

Bat Box Event

Friday 14^th February 11:00

Ballyarnet Country Park

The NI Bat Group will install new bat homes at Ballyarnet Country Park, as part of a regional campaign across Northern Ireland, to provide habitats for this European Protected Species. For…

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Added by marian farrell on February 11, 2014 at 20:00 — No Comments