Davie PhilipCultivate Living & Learning

(Sustainable Ireland Co-operative Society Ltd.)

Cloughjordan Ecovillage(Sustainable Projects Ireland CLG )

davie@cultivate.ie

Developing the capacity of existing and emerging

community leaders to lead citizen-engaged

sustainability & wellbeing projects

• Background - Engaging Citizens Since 1997Cultivate, facilitating citizen engaged, community led transitions to a low carbon and healthy society. Citizen Science

• Strengthening Community Resilience Regeneration, Transformation, Adaptation

• The Potential of Cloughjordan Ecovillage Ecosystem of Innovation - Immersive Learning & Action Research in Living Labs

• Looking AheadStrengthening the capacity of community leaders & drivers of local change

Illuminating stories of community led initiatives for low carbon and healthy

living

• Reader - 12 articles by leading

thinkers

• Directory - Contacts details for

over 500 organisations and

businesses in Ireland

1997 - 2000

• 3 SUSTAINABLE EARTH FAIRS

NUIM 1997 & 1998, TCD 1999

• SUSTAINABLE IRELAND SOURCE BOOK

SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL

2000 - 2017

SUSTAINABLE IRELAND COOPERATIVE

2003 - 2010

A 10-part TV show produced for public access and community

television funded by BCI. Broadcast in over 10 countries, the

DVD is still popular with community groups.

2008-2011Mentored & trained 45 climate advocates from NI

and ROI. Developed and hosted Learning Journeys

COMPETENCIES TO HELP NAVIGATE THE TRANSITION

RESILIENCECOMMUNITYLIVINGOPEN

CITIZEN SCIENCE AND THE GROW OBSERVATORY

http://growobservatory.org

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 690199.

The GROW Observatory (GROW) is a European-wide citizen science project engaging thousands

of growers, scientists and others passionate about the land, and building capacity to better

understand and manage soil, while contributing to vital scientific environmental monitoring.

www.ecolise.eu

BRINGING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS TO LIFE THROUGH LOCAL STORIESCultivate are listening for local stories that bring the global goals alive. These will be developed into an installation for Convergence 2018.

ENGAGING CITIZENS IN COMMUNITY LED TRANSITIONS

SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS IRELAND

Immersive Learning & Action Research in Living CommunitiesThe potential of Cloughjordan Ecovillage

CITIZEN LED DEVELOPMENT I A LIVING LAB

Transformative Social Innovation

Modelling the Transition to a Resilient & Low Carbon Society

CLOUGHJORDAN

CLOUGHJORDAN

ECOVILLAGE

High Performance Housing

Renewable Energy – DHS

Community Supported Agriculture

Sustainable Urban Drainage

Neighbourwood – Community Woodlands

Biodiversity Trail

WeCreate - Green Enterprise Centre

Co-Working Space

Grow Observatory

FabLab - Digital Fabrication Lab

Community Amphitheatre

Research Education Demonstration Gardens

Composting Demonstration Area

Social Farming

Wood Fired Bakery

Edible Landscapes

Car Club

Live/ Work Units

Eco-Hostel

“Pioneering the principles and practices that help us to

transition from ‘ego-system’ to ‘eco system’ awareness, may

well be one of the most important undertakings of our time.”

Otto Scharmer, MIT Senior Lecturer.

Cloughjordan Ecovillage

An Eco-system of Innovation

International Recognition

UN backed Liveable Communities Award – China 2013

Anticipatory Experiences

The Milesecure Project

A consortium of 15 European research centres funded

by the European Commission, identified Cloughjordan

Ecovillage as one of the 23 most successful

‘anticipatory experiences’ in Europe of the transition to

a low-carbon society

www.milesecure2050.eu

REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Households and community’s ecological footprint (EF)

has been measured by Tipperary Energy Agency in 2014

Ecovillage EF = 2 global hectares

A third of the national average

APPRECIATION OF PLACEA SENSE OF BELONGING

Social relations, e.g. between neighbours, consumers and producers, policy-

makers and citizens, are fundamental to how we live our lives.

We need to address the deeper levels of how we relate to one another.

SOCIAL CAPITALFELLOWSHIP

COMMUNITY COHESIONBUILDING NEIGHBOURLINESS

INTERGENERATIONALCONVIVIALITY

NATURE RECONNECTION

PLACES TO GROW

WORKING TOGETHER

EATING TOGETHER

COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP

RENEWABLE ENERGY

GROWING TOGETHERCOMMUNITY GARDENS

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURESOCIAL FARMING

Riot Rye Bakehouse & Bread School

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED BUSINESS

WeCreate – GREEN ENTERPISE CENTRE

CO-WORKINGSOCIAL ENTERPRISE

WeCreate Fab Lab

PRTOTYPING – REPAIR

Place Based Learning

Neighbourwood

Community Woodland

Learning Camp

Community

Ampitheatre

GREEN

CLASSROOM

Community

FARM

Sports

VOLUNTEER

AREA

BIODIVERSITY

TRAIL

COMMUNITY

LABYRINTH

SKY

BOWL

NATURE

RECONNECTION

SOCIAL FARMING

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IMERSIVE EDUCATIONPLACE BASED LEARNINGPARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH

MAINSTREAMING SUSTAINABILITY

Prototyping the behavioural and organisational changes that will be required for

any community to have a lower environmental impact and be more resilient.

Collaborative Meeting

& Learning Processes

SOCIAL INNOVATION

COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE

“Cloughjordan, where the vision of sustainable living is clearly being put

into practice, brings to mind the Irish saying; great achievements only

come through cooperation.” President Michael D. Higgins

A Liveable Community

A Destination for Immersive Learning

www.thevillage.ie

An Environment for Participatory Action Research

How might we develop the capacity of existing and emerging community leaders to lead citizen-engaged sustainability & wellbeing projects?

Facilitate an appreciation of place Understanding of context Take a systemic approach Work across sectors Use Asset and Place Based methodologies Animate ‘intrinsic’ values Build capacities in collaboration

• led initiatives for low carbon and healthy living

Cultivate Living & Learning(Sustainable Ireland Co-operative Society Ltd.)

davie@cultivate.ie

Looking Ahead 2018Continue to strengthen the capacity of community leaders & drivers of local

change

Illuminating stories of community led initiatives for low carbon and healthy living.

Convergence 18Stories and Conversations for a Healthy and Sustainable Ireland

Toolkit & Training for Community CatalystsDeveloping resources, capacity building and CPDs for drivers of local

change

Instillation - local projects - global goals Learning environment and exhibit of inspiring local projects

addressing the Sustainable Development Goals