It's getting hot in here!!!!!!

A time line of temperature predictions over the last 7 years. Seriously Scary!

* Late 2007: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announces that the planet will see a one degree Celsius temperature increase due to climate change by 2100.

* Late 2008: The Hadley Centre for Meteorological Research predicts a 2C increase by 2100. 

* Mid-2009: The U.N. Environment Programmepredicts a 3.5C increase by 2100. Such an increase would remove habitat for human beings on this planet, as nearly all the plankton in the oceans would be destroyed, and associated temperature swings would kill off many land plants. Humans have never lived on a planet at 3.5C above baseline.

* October 2009: The Hadley Centre for Meteorological Research releases an updated prediction, suggesting a 4C temperature increase by 2060. 

* November 2009: The Global Carbon Project, which monitors the global carbon cycle, and theCopenhagen Diagnosis, a climate science report, predict 6C and 7C temperature increases, respectively, by 2100.

* December 2010: The U.N. Environment Programme predicts up to a 5C increase by 2050. 

* 2012: The conservative International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook report for that yearstates that we are on track to reach a 2C increase by 2017.

* November 2013: The International Energy Agency predicts a 3.5C increase by 2035.

Community Conversation Event

On October 5th 2013 at 2pm in Celbridge Public Library we'll be having a community conversation on "What are your hopes for our community's future?"

It will consist of a talk by Davie Philips of EcoVillage Cloughjordan and Cultivate.ie and will be followed by group discussions.

This is a great opportunity to explore ways in which our local community can help achieve a brighter environmental and economic future for everyone and hopefully it will be a thought provoking and interesting occasion for all that turn up.

You can view the poster below. Click here to download a pdf of the poster that you can print out and hang up, or distribute as a flyer. Please pass the word on to anyone who might be interested. Everyone is welcome. See you there.

EFSA animation

Quick animation on EFSA and corporate influences in our food safety:

http://youtu.be/rOygWqxjgB4


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Excellent Resilience Website

http://www.resilience.org/

With some great authors and articles.

Here's a recent one on Rate of Flow of Energy...

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-04-28/the-only-true-metric-of-energy-abundance-the-rate-of-flow

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Here's hoping...

Came across this Ted Talk...

Hope we have the will, awareness and know how for this to be true...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHOyfyGwpes

Summary of Peak Oil Debate

...or at least where it's seen to stand!

http://www.eenews.net/public/energywire/2013/03/22/1

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Why Peak Oil is Still Relevant...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/13/peak-oil-isnt-dead-an-interview-with-chris-nelder/

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World Book Night Celbridge Library Email.pdf

World Book Night celebration in Celbridge Library 7pm to 9 pm. With readings from local authors.

Will Obama make a large step to halt a major increase in Carbon Emmissions?

http://grist.org/climate-energy/obamas-keystone-xl-decision-could-doom-the-tar-sands-or-the-planet/#.URlnRdgwpQw.twitter

62 years of climate change in a few seconds - shocking!

http://exp.lore.com/post/41285996229/62-years-of-climate-change-in-13-seconds

As Australia burns, attitudes are changing. But is it too late?

http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/11/australia-burns-attitudes-changing-too-late

Cultivate - Permaculture Workshop

2013 is shaping up to be The Year of Permaculture for Cultivate, with the launch of a fresh programme of courses that includes something for everyone. Hosted by Davie Philip of Cultivate and Cloughjordan Ecovillage. Learn to live more sustainably. Using an active learning approach, this workshop will give an introduction to permaculture design principles and outline how they can be applied to your own life and work. Whether unfamiliar with permaculture or as a taster of one of Cultivate's 'Taster Sessions' in Dublin: starting with a full-day workshop or the shorter evening workshop on Tuesday 12 February. A Permaculture Taster, one-day introductory workshop.

Date: Saturday 9 February 2013 | 10.00 - 16.30  

Location: Culitvate Dublin

Cost: €55 / concessions available

Contact: Email alice@cultivate.ie

US Media Climate Change Coverage

Despite widespread drought, Superstorm Sandy, and a melting ice cap the US media decreased its coverage of climate change in 2012!

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/01/06/1393511/silence-of-the-lambs-3-media-coverage-of-climate-mixed-in-2012-but-still-down-sharply-from-2009/?mobile=wt

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