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