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 9 th Annual Meeting WORKSHOP F: MAKING TRANSITION COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT Colm Byrne Manager, Susliving, Ireland
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Colm Byrne - Making shrinking communities more resilient
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.htm
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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.