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COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION ENVIRONMENT
we can bring hope, courage and a beautiful vision
to so many people around the world!
If you would like to have a speaker visit your ARA to share
more about the Transition Movement
please email tinireland@gmail.com
See www.resilience.cultivate.ie. for an introductory short
film on issues discussed above.
Current Transition Initiatives in Ireland include,
• Clonakilty (www.sustainableclon.com),
• Kinsale (www.transitiontownkinsale.org),
• Transition Kerry (www.transitionkerry.org) and
• www.transitiongalway.wordpress.com.
• www.futureproofkilkenny.org
• www.kildare.ie/fada
• www.transitionderry.ning.com
Theresa O’Donohoe is a mother of five, Transition
Towns representative and a co-founder of LEAF – Laois
Environmental Action Forum her blog is
http://theresaleaf.wordpress.com
Jennifer Sleeman has been a driving force for positive GREEN TEAM KINSALE
community in Clonakilty which became Ireland’s first Fair
Trade Town in 2003 thanks to her efforts. A few years later, W12.3 .H4 .B5 .R6 Au.C7 .eSy8 .ToIdw9 .nPl1 mu.oUi su0CStccupcsC.teea TelhoA,taaalasretun–o2ltNeenkpfuoysfleyiuwsorareotIegrgpuluil,eeatDyoprrchgnbcoestohiOaroyraccoiltvoyatcwtmc?bicyuilnotleooareyegmusui!ntnwlrtemeigshlyiogeuhoetchtnnuta-biirbnlntoyutfgouoalgtrbruialsmispenratdeabucreolissnos’eutcmaetanrtalnhdrcektogsoe-eetotssipaksvs?iuedesosgnrwowatienrguse
she organised local screenings of “The End of Suburbia”,
a documentary about peak oil. “Someone said to me we Thank you Kinsale..
have to do more, which was wonderful, it was music to my
ears,” says Jennifer, now 81. Since then, Clonakilty has www.fixyourstreet.ie – allows you to report non-
been a leading voice for green energy and their “Clonergy emergency issues to your local council i.e. street
2020” project wishes to achieve “energy neutrality through lights not working, leaks or other concerns.
renewable energy, in order to support a sustainable economy
and quality of life for the community by 2020”. Active Retirement Ireland 171
“There is no power for change like a community discovering
what it cares about”
Looking at these instances of local people coming
together asking questions and creating a world they would
wish for their children gives me hope for the future. You
can say, “look at China, they are building 12 coal powered
stations a year so what difference can we make?” but I will
say, it’s not only about Climate Change it’s about unlocking
local ingenuity and creativity. In the face of many
negatives, we can create a positive future together starting
with our imagination and our joy, talking and thinking
together. As the transition towns movement has shown us
and as long we have known; none of us is as powerful as
all of us. Yes, through vision, leadership and action each of
us can make a difference and perhaps you too can help?
Thank you Transition Town Kinsale and all those
who are part of the Transition movement. Together
www.activeirl.ie
we can bring hope, courage and a beautiful vision
to so many people around the world!
If you would like to have a speaker visit your ARA to share
more about the Transition Movement
please email tinireland@gmail.com
See www.resilience.cultivate.ie. for an introductory short
film on issues discussed above.
Current Transition Initiatives in Ireland include,
• Clonakilty (www.sustainableclon.com),
• Kinsale (www.transitiontownkinsale.org),
• Transition Kerry (www.transitionkerry.org) and
• www.transitiongalway.wordpress.com.
• www.futureproofkilkenny.org
• www.kildare.ie/fada
• www.transitionderry.ning.com
Theresa O’Donohoe is a mother of five, Transition
Towns representative and a co-founder of LEAF – Laois
Environmental Action Forum her blog is
http://theresaleaf.wordpress.com
Jennifer Sleeman has been a driving force for positive GREEN TEAM KINSALE
community in Clonakilty which became Ireland’s first Fair
Trade Town in 2003 thanks to her efforts. A few years later, W12.3 .H4 .B5 .R6 Au.C7 .eSy8 .ToIdw9 .nPl1 mu.oUi su0CStccupcsC.teea TelhoA,taaalasretun–o2ltNeenkpfuoysfleyiuwsorareotIegrgpuluil,eeatDyoprrchgnbcoestohiOaroyraccoiltvoyatcwtmc?bicyuilnotleooareyegmusui!ntnwlrtemeigshlyiogeuhoetchtnnuta-biirbnlntoyutfgouoalgtrbruialsmispenratdeabucreolissnos’eutcmaetanrtalnhdrcektogsoe-eetotssipaksvs?iuedesosgnrwowatienrguse
she organised local screenings of “The End of Suburbia”,
a documentary about peak oil. “Someone said to me we Thank you Kinsale..
have to do more, which was wonderful, it was music to my
ears,” says Jennifer, now 81. Since then, Clonakilty has www.fixyourstreet.ie – allows you to report non-
been a leading voice for green energy and their “Clonergy emergency issues to your local council i.e. street
2020” project wishes to achieve “energy neutrality through lights not working, leaks or other concerns.
renewable energy, in order to support a sustainable economy
and quality of life for the community by 2020”. Active Retirement Ireland 171
“There is no power for change like a community discovering
what it cares about”
Looking at these instances of local people coming
together asking questions and creating a world they would
wish for their children gives me hope for the future. You
can say, “look at China, they are building 12 coal powered
stations a year so what difference can we make?” but I will
say, it’s not only about Climate Change it’s about unlocking
local ingenuity and creativity. In the face of many
negatives, we can create a positive future together starting
with our imagination and our joy, talking and thinking
together. As the transition towns movement has shown us
and as long we have known; none of us is as powerful as
all of us. Yes, through vision, leadership and action each of
us can make a difference and perhaps you too can help?
Thank you Transition Town Kinsale and all those
who are part of the Transition movement. Together
www.activeirl.ie
