Re-Imagining Community Climate Action
We were delighted to welcome a varied group of people to our recent event ‘Re-imagining Community Climate Action’ which was held in Kilcullen library on the 1 st March. Davie Philip and Oscar Mooney from Cultivate facilitated the workshop and it kicked off with us discussing in pairs what our concerns for the world were. Naturally climate was at the forefront of topics that came up, with many people feeling that we are not doing enough to prepare for future climate events. Then Davie spoke about the Erasmus funded ‘Community Climate Coaches’ program. This program is developing a system to train, support and enable community facilitators, mentors, and animators across Europe. Key to the program is an integration of all the different strands of community, encompassing climate action, social justice, just transition and a more holistic look at how we work together as communities. Oscar spoke about Just Transition, which is a term originating with the Labour movemen...