Six green highlights at Electric Picnic 2016
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Nevermind the Chemical Brothers or LCD Soundsystem there is more to the Electric Picnic 2016 than just the music.
For festival goers willing to go off the beaten track there is lots to get them thinking as well as rocking.
This year the festival features the Global Green pop-up ecovillage.
It’s a diverse community of cultural creatives, activists, artists,
musicians, ecologists, foodies, gardeners, farmers, hackers, social entrepreneurs and slam poets.
Brought together by Cultivate, the sustainability collective, it is the green edge of the festival and features new musical acts, the most authentic food on site and hosts discussions on radical ideas for a community led, fossil free future.
Here are some of the highlights: [/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://greennews.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Global-Green.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][x_feature_list][x_feature_box title=”“POWER SHIFT” Meet the people powering the Transition to Community Energy” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”power-off”]We need to make a shift to a clean, secure energy future where citizens and communities are active participants in energyplanning, conservation, energy generation and energy distribution. Paul Kenny (TEA), Kate Ruddock (FoE), Thomas Cosby(Stradbally Estate) Colm Byrne (HYbrid Energy Solutions) and Jane Wickham (CKEA), discuss the barriers and opportunities ofcommunity power with Davie Philip (Cloughjordan Ecovillage). GLOBAL GREEN: VILLAGE HALL SATURDAY 13.30[/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”“HEMP CAN’T SAVE THE PLANET BUT IT MIGHT SAVE HUMANITY!”” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”smile-o”]In this stand up info show, with facts, fun, and music, pioneer hemp builder Steve Allin shows how we can use thisplant to survive. With Humour!!!! GLOBAL GREEN: CONVERGENCE TENT SATURDAY 14.00[/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”“RECONNECTING WITH NATURE”” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”leaf”]Anja Murray (ecologist and presenter with ‘Eco Eye’ on RTE) leads an interactive discussion about the role of nature in our lives.We will explore personal and societal benefits of connecting with nature around us and look at some inspiring community ledapproaches to creating resilience and reducing our emissions through reconnecting with the biosphere. GLOBAL GREEN: VILLAGE HALL SATURDAY 17.00[/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY – CREATIVE REUSE AND UP-CYCLING” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”motorcycle”]Talks and discussions on how we rethink waste, with the Global Green recycling team, the Community Reuse Network Ireland, ReCreate and Robert Beirne whorecently won the GradIreland Graduate 2016 for devising new ways to increase and push the levels of recycling in retail. GLOBAL GREEN: CONVERGENCE TENT SATURDAY 17.00[/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”VOICES RISING: SPOKEN WORD” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”volume-up”]An incendiary session that mixes poetry, storytelling, humour and music withrevolutionary passion! Notorious troubadour Fergus Costello, champion spoken-word poet Cormac Lally (Scene of theRhyme), and activist-rapper Temper-Mental MissElayneous (Connected, RTE 2) will share the stage with Niall Cahir,David Jackson, Julie Goo and others. GLOBAL GREEN: VILLAGE HALL SATURDAY19.50[/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”“THE SHOW MUST GO ON”” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”trash”]How might we reduce the environmental impact of festivals and increase citizen engagement in the transition to a low-carbonfuture? Davie Philip (Cultivate/Cloughjordan Ecovillage) hosts this final Village Hall discussion with Oisin Coghlan (FoE), VictoriaChapman (Festival Republic Sustainability Co-ordinator), Anja Murray (Eco Eye) and Roisin Garvey (Green-Schools and Clare to Calais). GLOBAL GREEN: VILLAGE HALL SUNDAY 16.00[/x_feature_box][/x_feature_list][x_button size=”global” block=”false” circle=”false” icon_only=”false” href=”https://greennews.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Global-Green-16-Full-Schedule.pdf” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””]CLICK HERE TO THE SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE FOR GLOBAL GREEN[/x_button][x_author title=”About the Author” author_id=””][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]
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