Upcoming Community Climate Action Events in Kerry in November 2018

You may be interested in some of these upcoming Climate Action Events in Kerry during November 2018.  Check out our FB and website too for more information.

Please feel free to pass on and share – go raibh maith agatibh!

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Saturday 10th November
National Dialogue on Climate Action 

11-4pm @ Rose Hotel, Tralee

This event will take place on in the Rose Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry. It is a free, ticketed event and is aimed at citizens of the South-Western seaboard counties – Kerry, Cork, Clare and Limerick.  Please feel free to share with groups in these other counties!

More information at the link below.  This will be very relevant and your attendance and input would be valued.  It will have been a year since the Transition
Kerry community climate conference, so come along and have your voice heard.  To register for the event, go to this link below:

https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/climate-action/topics/national-dialogue-on-climate-action/regional-gatherings/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.facebook.com/TransitionKerry/

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22nd November – Climate Change – An Issue for Everyone

7pm @ Siamsa Tíre – Tara Shine will be giving a talk – ‘Climate Change – An Issue for Everyone’.  This event is being run in conjunction with  GLAN Tralee & Transition Kerry.  Cost €8

https://www.siamsatire.com/events/climate-change-an-issue-for-everyone

Other events taking place on the same day, being organised by GLAN Tralee:  https://www.facebook.com/glantralee/

11am @ Imperial Hotel:  Mike O’Neill, (café owner, founder of the Wild Mind Nature Festival and Chair of Fenit Development Association) will make a presentation at 11am at the Imperial Hotel on his transition to a plastic free business (free event).

1pm at Siamsa Tire:  Angela Nagle will talk about her family’s experience when they cut out plastic for a month and she will discuss her top tips for shopping and living plastic-free (free event – supported by Kerry County Council).

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Spring 2019 – Transition Kerry
Community Climate Action Courses

We are looking for community groups who want to participate in  our upcoming ‘Community Climate Action’ courses taking place around the county in spring 2019. These are one-off 3 hour long courses, looking at how our patterns of consumption can have a major affect on our climate, biodiversity and ecosystems.

This programme is supported by Kerry County Council under Local Agenda 21 funding.

Please contact Niamh @ 086 7247066 for more information.
http://www.transitionkerry.org

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Call for Cool Planet Champions in Kerry!
Deadline extended 

If you’re passionate about climate change and want to spread the word in your local community and county, then the Cool Planet experience wants to hear from you! The Cool

Planet Experience, the first of its’ kind in the world, is working in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is looking to recruit 50 climate change champions (Advocates).

They are looking for entrants from Kerry – find out more at this link:

https://cpe.cool/pages/champions-application