Recognise anyone?

Meeting the locals in Ukraina

Tin whistle lesson

WTO protest 1999

The first ever Climate Camp in Ireland

Happy days!

From the Alternative A5 Alliance website  “We call on the responsible members of the government who are involved in transport decisions to look again at the sustainable options available before committing the residents of this county to a future marred by the destruction of farms and homes, lives and livelihoods - caused by this unwise project. We ask them also to consider the vast destruction of our natural ‘carbon sink’ – the fields and trees of Tyrone – for the sake of a theoretical saving of 20minutes journey time.“Climate Camp will aim to support the community resisting the imposition of this roadway and calls on individuals to take action against unsustainable transport infrastructure.  People start planning.

Climate Camp Cycle Caravan - From Galway to Tyrone - 250km - 6th August 2010

For more information visit: www.climatecamp.ie

Gluaiseacht for Global Justice,
104 Mulcair Drive
Annacotty
Limerick

Please make cheques payable to Neart Glas Ltd.
(Neart Glas Ltd. is a trading name of Gluaiseacht for Global Justice)

Alternatively you can use the Neart Glas account

Account number: 29640183, Sort Code: 900017

Gluaiseacht Skillshare Weekend

23-25 April Seomra Spraoi

10 Belveder Court

Just north off Mountjoy square
Friday evening

• 6pm Tea/coffee, introduction to weekend.

• 7pm Cap and Trade v Cap and Share.
  Richard Douthwaite from Feasta looks at Cap and Trade v Cap and Share

Saturday

• 10Am Welcome and breakfast.

• 11-12.30

A: Irelands Oil and Gas Resources

Despite Ireland having large volumes of oil and gas resources, most people in Ireland are of the opinion that we are a resource poor country. This workshop aims give participants practical knowledge about Ireland’s oil and gas resources, with a focus on how those resources are currently used and looking at who is profiting from these resources. With the Irish Government estimating our oil and gas resources to be worth over 400 billion euros, this workshop is important for anyone with an interest in environmental, social and/or economic issues.

This will be a participatory workshop, which aims to inform participants of and explore:

How much oil and gas we have.

Where it is (how many more Rossports will we have?).

How much is it worth and who profits?

Security of supply issues

Alternatives to the current system.

The workshop will be open to all, and will be useful for people with all levels of knowledge on this issue, from no idea what any of the above is about, to people who have a good idea, but want to know more.

Dublin Shell to Sea will be facilitating this workshop.

All of the information given at the workshop has been reliably sourced, referenced and is based on government official figures.

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B: Campus Organising

Fergus and Hassan for National University of Ireland Maynooth

Fergus and Hassan, along with others helped set up the Maynooth branch of Free Euducation for Everyone campaign. In this workshop they will lead of a discussion sharing experiences of how students can most effectively organise campaigns on campus, that not only seek to empower students but also the staff both academic and support workers

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• 12.30-2. Lunch, with space for informal discussions chats, film shorts, meet up about the cycle to mayo etc

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• 2.00-.3.30

Water Tax.

Paul Bowman of Workers Solidarity Movement

Long time community activist Paul Bowman, involved in the successful campaign to defeat the controversial Poll Tax in the UK leads of a conversation about why the proposed Water Tax should be resisted, and how best this can be done. Whilst this tax is being discussed as a “conservation” measure, this workshop/discussion looks at why social justice activists should be opposing measures that only increase wealth gaps, and seeks to draw the traditional “green” and “red” arguments to a common understanding that can build healthy empowered community movements

Food Sovereignty

Kevin and Others

This practical workshop and skill share will include seed planting and a visit to one of Dublins community garden and explore the idea of who controls our food chain and supply and why food sovereignty is central to social and ecological justice.

Climate Justice Action and Irish Climate Camp

Michael Reinsborough and Irish Climate camp

This workshop will look at the current state of Climate Justice Action network and how the planning for this years irish cliomate camp is going

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• 3.45- 5.15

Corrib extraction and climate change.

Eoin Rossport Solidarity Camp

As the science of climate change increasing show that CO2 and other greenhouse emissions are on the increase, this discussion looks how the of the extraction Corrib oil and gas field will contribute to climate change and looks at the case of non extraction

‘The Environment and the media, Friend or Foe?’

Ciaran from Community Media Co-op Near FM

A workshop to be run by Near Media Co-op to explore the following issues:

The role of media in influencing attitudes and behaviour.

The role of media in terms of environmental information.

The role of media in terms of promoting sustainable living.

Climate infrastructual work

Ian Lumley of An Taisce

offers a briefing on upcoming climate-relevant infrastructure projects in Ireland.

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• 5.30 dinner and then suggesting people go to the climate camp fund-raiser comedy night from 9pm Peadar Kearney’s pub on Dame St

This Saturday, Abie Philbin Bowman, star of such shows as “Jesus: the Guantanamo Years” and “Eco-Friendly Jihad”, provides a night of comedy in support of climate camp.And more entertainment from: James Marsh Kevin Goldsmith

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Sunday 25th

• 11-12 am Breakfast

• 1pm

Activist Security

This workshop looks at how best to improve our own security when planning actions

Hands on 12v electricity workshop

A practical DIY guide to using 12 Volt electricity

• 2.30

Weekend wrap up discussion. An opportunity to all involved to draw from the weekend.

Just where do we go from here given the convergence of crisis’s. How are the financial and ecological costs of capitalism linked and in what ways can we positively resist this with a vision of social and ecological justice

• 4.30pm Dinner

There will be child friendly activities through out the day on Saturday for the kids, and some people have offered to have bike workshops during Saturday as well. There is also room for informal stuff in the main area too, but the kitchen will be out of bounds for the duration to prepare food etc.

Please leave contact details at the registration sheets at the front door. If you need accommodation please speak to one of the welcoming people and we will try our best to match you up. Vegan food will be provided, but if you have other dietary requirements contact us on 0851399695.

This weekend will take place in Seomra Spraoi Autonomous Social
Center, 10 Belvedre court, Dublin - http://www.seomraspraoi.org

At the start of the course the group participants split into 3 groups, so that each group would alternate between the 3 work areas of woodwork, metalwork and electronics over the first 3 days. Over the last two days participants concentrated on areas they were particularly interested in, or just did what was needed to finish the project.

The course was very hands on, albeit sprinkled with helpful wind power theory presentations.

In the wood work area, the blades were carved from lengths of 2”x6” white deal, as straight grained as possible. The design – as for the rest of the windmill – came from Hugh Pigott, a DIY wind power pioneer based in Scotland. Saw, hammer & chisel followed by drawknifes honed the blades down an aerodynamic shape. They were linseed oiled, sandwiched in plywood discs at the centre and screwed together.

In the metalwork area steel was cut and welded for the mounting, tower and tail vane. Many people learned to weld for the first time, with the local blacksmith and mechanics on the course to pass on their expertise.

In the electronics area participants soldered the control board, wound the copper coils, built the rotors, and set the coils in fibreglass to make the stator.

Up at the house, the site was surveyed for a suitable spot. Measurements on the ground followed by some trigonometry found the correct lengths of steel wire needed to support the turbine.

After a dry run in assembling and erecting the turbine, everything was taken apart and weather proofed by painting.

After lots of effort from the participants and V3, the turbine was set up on Sunday in a typical Mayo weather mix of sun, sleet and hailstone. There was great interest locally news having spread only by word of mouth.

For the camp house the new turbine gives us a greater electricity supply, and has consistently kept our battery bank well over 12volts since hooked up. It also means we can take our old small wind turbine to the camp when we set up again in the summer.

Most of all, the course brought people together and brought practical new skills to many of us. We now have more confidence in reclaiming control over our energy supply and how it is generated.

Big thanks to all involved: environmental NGO Gluaiseacht for funding, the participants for coming together to help power the Camp, V3 power for coming all the ways over, a good teaching ethic and for the finished product, local people for donating materials, Betty for showers, the Camp for catering & organising and Pat for the venue, help and resources at every stage of the course.

You can find out more about V3 HERE

Or you can look up more about the Hugh Pigotts design at his WEBSITE or see a video about his work HERE

More photos to follow!

Original article and more photos posted here: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95731

Gluaiseacht are calling on all those opposed to the gas giveaway to join us on a bus trip to London.

– Campaigners to deliver 200-foot pipe to Shell’s global HQ in protest over gas giveaway –

Hundreds of campaigners from across Ireland will deliver a 200-foot pipeline at the door of Shell Oil’s global headquarters in London on St Patrick’s Day to protest the giveaway and mismanagement of Ireland’s natural resources.

Organised by campaigning group Gluaiseacht, several busloads of people will gather at Leinster House in Dublin at 3pm on Friday, 14th March, to protest at the Irish government’s inability to protect Ireland’s oil and gas reserves. From there they will set off for a weekend of actions in London.

“At a time of looming shortages of resources, we do not wish to see control of them in the hands of corporations whose only motive is profit,” said Gluaiseacht spokesperson, Brother Anthony Keane of Glenstal Abbey in Limerick.

“The Irish people will not benefit from the Corrib Gas Project. We will have to buy back the gas from Shell at the ever-increasing international market value. As well as this, the project will destroy a pristine environment and thereafter the health and safety of the local community.”

Gluaiseacht spokesperson Treasa Ní Riain said: “What’s happening in Mayo could happen anywhere in the country now. Prior to this compulsory access to land was only granted to state bodies for public services, such as water and electricity. The law was changed to allow Shell, a private company, to access people’s land without their consent. This precedent will mean that any private company can demand access to anyone’s land.”

“On a day when we as a nation should be proud to be Irish we are ashamed of our government and have been forced to take this issue onto the international stage.”

According to an Irish Times poll on 22nd October 2007, 84% of people felt that the Corrib Gas project was not good for the local community.

The Bus costs €70 waged and €50 unwaged and will start from limerick and pick people up in Dublin. (If you want to come on the trip and money is a problem please contact us and we’ll work something out. )

Natural Building Photos by Grainne McHugh. Download here (7.8MB).

Biodiversity by Anja Murry from An Taisce. Download here (2.1MB).

If you have a presentation you wish to put up on the website please email it to: gluaiseacht at gmail dot com

The Gluaiseacht response can be downloaded here.

Friday 16th Nov from 7pm

Saturday 17th Nov from 9am

Sunday 18th Nov from 9am

You are invited to a weekend of workshops, talks and films to be held in Seomra Spraoi in Dublin from 16th-18th November.

The purpose of the weekend is to get people interested in activism from various backgrounds and groups to meet up, get to know each other and learn from the experience of the current Gluaiseacht activists and others. We hope to create enthusiasm for the various campaigns and some formal and informal networks which would kick-start some serious activism through Gluaiseacht and each other.

Where

Seomra Spraoi

4 Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 1

Directions: coming from Capel St Bridge, walk up Capel St, turn left at the Boar’s Head of, large grey-blue building on your right, old Music Maker building. It is across the road from and Rhodes restaurant.
It is on the Luas track.

http://www.seomraspraoi.org/

http://seomraspraoi.blogspot.com/

How Much?

Free of charge and food will be provided. If you are coming from outside Dublin and are in need of a place to stay please let us know and we will try to hook you up with a couch or a floor.

Please let us know if you are coming anyway so we can provide food for all

Contact Us

Gluaiseacht@gmail.com

Ph 0851590728

www.gluaiseacht.ie

Admission is free and food will be provided (vegan/vegetarian). There will also be a social on saturday evening. Please confirm you are coming so we make sure we can provide food for all.

Phone Fergal on 0851590728 or e-mail gluaiseacht@gmail.ie

Workshop List

Climate Change - Oisin Coughlan (Friends of the Earth)

Media work - Mark Malone (WSM, Grassroots Network, Seomra Spraoi, Gluaiseacht), William Hederman (Former Irish Times journalist and lecturer at DCU)

NVDA Legal advice - Owen Rice , Sean Ryan

Zero-carbon living – Andy Wilson (Sustainability Magazine)

Biodiversity - Anja Murray (An Taisce)

Shell to Sea - Aron Baker (Rossport Solidarity camp resident engineer)

Pie- and jam- making! - Mags Liddy (Gluaiseacht, Political author, Peace activist and Chef Extraordinaire)

Permaculture/natural building – Grainne McHugh (Gluaiseacht, Shell to Sea)

Irish Anti War - Conor Cregan (Gluaiseacht, Shannon Peace Activist)

Boycott Coke - Daniel Finn (Winner of the Daniel Singer Prise for Journalism, ISN, UCD student union Delegate to Colombia)

Student Action on Climate Change - Dave Curran (Current Environmental Officer
of USI and Twice Deputy President of UCDSU)

Sustainable living - [growing your own food, making wine, herbal medicine etc] Tracy Ryan (Bitchin Kitchin, Rossport Solidarity Camp, Gluaiseacht)

Justice for Terrence Wheelock - Larry Wheelock

for more Information about gluaiseacht see www.gluaiseacht.ie or www.bebo.com/gluaiseacht