Convergence
Exploring Culture for a Better World
Produced by
Sustainable Ireland Co-operative
April 6th - 14th 2002
Temple Bar. Dublin
This spring Project, the Arts centre in Dublin's Temple Bar becomes the hub of the Convergence Festival. Now in its third year, this annual event brings together a diverse grouping of participants to explore and showcase the elements of an ethical, just and ecologically sustainable culture. In particular the event aims to examine the vital role played by the arts in raising awareness and increasing public participation.
Theatre, conferences, workshops, panel discussions, sustainable technology, art and photography exhibits, video screenings and lectures will all take place in Project throughout the week. Themes covered will include eco-design, green architecture, the local economy, permaculture, globalisation, consumerism, community and ecology. Some of the highlights of the week are listed below.
Featuring; Richard Douthwaite, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Donal O'kelly, Judith Hoad, Alaistair McIntosh, Dr. Vivian Howard, Eala, and many many more.
Digital Futures Forum - Saturday 6th April - 13.30
Encouraging the new digital economy to take up the sustainability challenge and explore the environmental and social applications of information technology.
Vital Viewing Video Screenings - All week Vital Viewing is a series of pertinent and thought provoking videos and films addressing a range of issues impacting sustainability.
Parables for a New Paradigm - Sunday 7th April
A deep multimedia experience featuring film, music, poetry and spoken word.
Understanding Irish Environmental Protest - Monday 8th April - 19.00
Making research carried out by the Environmental Change Institute, NUI Galway available to the movement.
The Sustainability Forum - Tuesday 9th April - 14.00
Defining and Measuring Sustainability This forum will explore what we mean by sustainability and will try to agree on what statistics could be gathered to show whether Ireland is becoming more sustainable or not.
In Conversation with Helena Norberg-Hodge and John
Quinn RTE.
Tuesday 9th April - 19.30
A public interview with Helena Norberg - Hodge, founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), which runs programs on four continents aimed at strengthening ecological diversity and community, with a particular emphasis on local food and farming.
Re-Building Local Economies - Wednesday 10th April
- 10.00 - 17.30
A full day conference on strengthening communities.
The Sustainability Lecture by Alaistair McIntosh.
- Thursday 11th April - 19.30
"Soil and Soul" Reflecting on the importance of the mythic in reconnecting
ourselves with the deeper spiritual life that place can give.
Critical Talks For Youth. Thursday 11th and Friday
12th April
A series of critical discussions addressing some of the key issues underlying
Agenda 21.
Youth Forum - Challenging Consumption. Friday 12th
April
A peer level forum investigating critical connections between personal lifestyle
and global impacts.
The Health Lecture by Dr. Vivian Howard. Friday 12th
April - 19.30
"Short term gain, long term pain - How we are mortgaging our children's
future"
Building for a Better World. Saturday 13th April
- 10.00
A conference for eco architects, practitioners of green building, lay people
and members of social and environmental housing projects.
Club Convergence, Saturday 13th at Project Will feature a blend of music, visual art, poetry, and spoken word.
Earth Fair, Sunday 14th April Meeting House Square
A family friendly day with the theme of peace, will feature music, talks,
stalls and practical demonstrations in an atmosphere of celebration.
Forum Theatre. Sunday 14th April
A theatrical technique in which a problem is shown in an unsolved form, to which
the audience is invited to suggest and enact solutions.
KHOOMII.
Concert of Sacred Sounds, Heavenly Chants and Earth Rhythms
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