colm byrne - making shrinking communities more resilient
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Presentation by Colm Byrne, Manager, Susliving, Ireland. 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance (Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland), 26/27 March 2013. http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/9thfplgmeeting.htmTRANSCRIPT
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE:
A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR
JOBS AND GROWTH In co-operation with the EU Presidency, Irish Government and Pobal
26-27 March 2013, Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland
9th Annual Meeting
WORKSHOP F: MAKING TRANSITION COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT
Colm Byrne Manager, Susliving, Ireland
Making Shrinking Communities More Resilient
OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance
Kingsriver Community
Wednesday March 27th 2013
Kingsriver Community
Introduction and Background
Kingsriver Community
Resilience based activities:
Organic Gardens
Local Energy Sources
Social enterprise
FETAC Training Centre
Transition Towns Global Movement
•Ireland has a growing network of transition initiatives
Transition Towns Ireland
Kilkenny
•Established in 2007 as Kilkenny’s Transition Town initiative.
•A localised, more self reliant future is both inevitable and desirable.
Future Proof Kilkenny
Initiative Past Present & Future
Key areas of focus:
Education
Public Events: Green Screen
Various Workshops
Glas Learning
SUSLIVING
Energy
Car Free Day Kilkenny
Peak Oil message through ‘green screen’
Community Energy
CRESCO
ArCogen Community Power
Economics and Enterprise
Local Currency Initiatives
Up-skilling unemployed workers in for the
‘green economy’
SUSLIVING now preparing young adults by
linking sustainability to industry
Food
400 Fruit Trees Project
Savour Kilkenny Festival
Kilkenny Food Towns
Initiative
Health
‘Walk Your Talk’
Lifeline Suicide Prevention
Community
Kilkenny Social and Economic Hub
Collaboration Inclusion
Synergy Interconnected
Callan Commanage Project
Contact Details
www.kingsriver.ie
www.futureproofkilkenny.org
www.susliving.org
www.glaslearning.ie
www.lifeline-kilkenny.org
www.commanagecallan.com