Kilkenny

You are invited to join us at the meeting of a new Social Enterprise initiative incorporating community, County Council, local business. This is an opportunity for community groups and or individuals to be involved in a new community social enterprise pioneering initiative; supporting local producers, entrepreneurs and social enterprise for a [...]

Its almost Christmas so we thought ‘Play Again’ would be a suitable family orientated film to wrap up this Green Screen season. Not your typical x-mas movie, “This moving and humorous documentary follows six teenagers who, like the “average American child,” spend five to fifteen hours a day behind screens. PLAY AGAIN unplugs these teens and [...]

In season 5 of our Green Screen we showed ‘The Vanishing of the Bees’, which followed two Bee keepers as they tried to maintain their pollination contracts. Their difficulty stemmed from the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth. Now in [...]

Like many others I first met Richard through his book ‘The Growth Illusion’. His writings changed my world view, influenced many of the decisions I made throughout my life and are the root cause of the large volume of books I have amassed on economics and sustainability. In the last few years, through the Transition [...]

The second Green Screen event of this season continues this Tues 8 November, 8pm at the Hole in the Wall. We will show 2 shorts focusing on the issues of Food, energy and resilience. The Canadian tar sands oil extraction is a clear message to the world that we’re on the brink of oil depletion. The energy invested [...]

After the usual summer recess,  Future Proof Kilkennys’ Green Screen returns to The Hole in the Wall bringing movies with imporant and usually entertaining messages to Kilkenny.  Through Oct/Dec we’ll be showing 4 movies each with a different theme, Fracking, Food, Forestry and Family. The Green Screen sees no shortage of relevant, thought provoking films that [...]

Meitheal Get-together 15th& 16th October 2011 Weekend of Celebrating Music- Dance- Art-Making & Storytelling The Meitheal takes place from Saturday the 15th October 2pm to 10.30pm and Sunday the 16th October 10am to 4pm. It will be held in the Camphill Jerpoint Community, Thomastown in the old barn. Participants of all ages and children with their families are welcome. All activities [...]

Well done to Sinead Cranwell who recently started a Veggie Box scheme here in Kilkenny supplying organic vegetables and Eggs. She goes under the name ‘Heart of the Earth’ As many can’t always make it to Thurs farmers market a box scheme is a welcome initiative as well as an opportunity to support our local growers/farmers. Locally [...]