The annual Climate Group meeting was held near the Findhorn Community in Scotland. We started with our usual public meeting on the evening of Thursday 25th February and broke up at lunchtime on Sunday, February 28th, in time for most people to travel home and be at work the following day. We had sole use of Newbold House, which was built as a hotel and is now a retreat centre, during our stay. See www.newboldhouse.org.…
Project-Related Events
On the Precipice – David Korowicz
Date and Time: Sunday 29th November at 2pm
Venue: The Collective Gallery, Cockburn St, Edinburgh, Scotland (part of the Bank of Reason event)
2009 Feasta Annual Lecture: Keeping Cattle: cause or cure for climate crisis? – Allan Savory
View a 10-minute extract from Allan Savory's talk which summarizes his ideas about using livestock to improve land.
Monetary System Reform Workshops – Feasta Money Group and the Smart Taxes Network
Date and Time: 11am -4:30 pm Friday 16th October 2009
Venue: The Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2
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LUCAS: Land Use & Carbon Analysis System of New Zealand – Peter Stephens (Carbon Cycles and Sinks Network)
Date and Time: Monday September 14th 2009, 6pm.
Venue: Central Hotel, 2 Exchequer Street, Dublin.
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Corinna Byrne – Carbon Cycles and Sinks; refocussing the purpose and use of land
Corinna Byrne examined the policies needed to get Irish land to absorb CO2 rather than release it. Besides discussing how the large amounts of carbon locked up in peatlands can be safeguarded, she reviewed the role that biochar could play in reducing nitrous oxide and methane emissions and building up the fertility and carbon content of the soil.
