Friday, 08 February 2008

UPCOMING EVENTS

BOOKING    tel: 0872383678    email: sophia@glas.ie

WEDNESDAY 20th FEBRUARY
Film Night - A CRUDE AWAKENING
Due to popular demand our second “Awareness Raising” night will again explore the issue of Peak Oil with a second screening of the award winning film “A Crude Awakening” together with discussion and learning exercises. Please note the change of venue.
PRICE:  €3   
TIME: 7.30pm       
VENUE: The Blue Room, Bennetsbridge

FRIDAY 22ND FEBRUARY
Film Night - The Power of Community
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil is a project of The Community Solution, a non-profit organization that designs and teaches low-energy solutions to the current unsustainable, fossil fuel based, industrialized, and centralized way of living.
Film followed by discussion workshop and refreshments.
PRICE:  €3   
TIME: 7.30pm       
VENUE: Mullins Mill, Kells


SATURDAY 23RD FEBRUARY
Introduction to Reflexology with Sarah Daly
This is a brief introduction for those who are interested in using Reflexology for their own use and that of friends and family. You will learn how to work with the reflex points of the feet to aid relaxation, encourage sleep and boost the immune system. This course is open to all.
PRICE:  €50   
TIME: 10am - 1pm   
VENUE: Mullins Mill, Kells


SAT 8TH & SUN 9TH MARCH
 Beginners 2 day Bodhran Workshop with Jim Higgins
Introduction to the Bodhran - The instrument itself and the playing technique.  Initially using the hand and then the stick. Learning basic Jig and Reel rhythmic patterns. A willingness to learn and persevere with the basic playing technique is required and a love for Irish music is encouraged and welcomed.
PRICE:  €65
VENUE: Mullins Mill, Kells
LIMITED PLACES


SAT 8TH MARCH
 Improvers 1 day Flute Workshop with Emer Mayock
A 1 day workshop for advanced beginners / improvers on the flute. You will learn new tunes and intonations from the Afro Celt Sound System musician Emer Mayock. This will be a small class and you are encouraged to bring your own recording advice.
PRICE:  € TBC   
VENUE: Mullins Mill, Kells
LIMITED PLACES


BOOKING
tel: 0872383678
email: sophia@glas.ie

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Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Film Night - Fri 25th jan 7.30pm


Admission E3.00

Our first “Awareness Raising” night at the Glas Learning Centre will explore this issue of Peak Oil with a screening of an award winning film, together with discussion and learning exercises.


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Thursday, 20 December 2007

next Meeting - Sat 5th Jan 2008


Mullins Mill, kells
2pm

Agenda to follow!
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Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Open Day - Celebration of Light

Saturday 22nd December

On the shortest day of the year the Glas Learning Center is open to all for a festive gathering.

From 2pm there will be informal free workshops that both adults and children can enjoy.

Making musical instruments, decorations, playing music, henna and poi.

Bring with you your creativity some food to share and a candle to bring us some light on the longest night!

Music till late.

Mullins Mill, Kells.

More info, Sophia 0872383678 or Colm 0868181825

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Next Meeting Wed 19th Dec

We will be meeting again in Mullins Mill, Kells, for further discussions on the Glas Learning Center. The proposed date is Wed 19th december at 8pm.

By then we will have the results of our feasability study grant application and can hopefully move towards achieving the goals set out in our initial introduction. Keeping in mind that formation of a committee will be a part of the ensuing weeks/months.

Please contact Sophia on 087 2383678 if you are able to attend, have comments or wish more information.

mise le meas

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Tuesday, 20 November 2007

Calender of Events

- Planning Meeting for Climate Change Action on Sat 8th Dec.
Wed 20th November
Venue: Kells, Mullins Mill
Time: 8pm

Contact: sophia Westwick 0872383678

Kells Craft Fair
Sunday 2nd December
Mullins Mill, kells
11am - 5pm


Local crafts, art, food and a selection of eco stalls. In aid of the community owned mill.
FAIRTRADE cafe and much more.

Stall enquiries: Sophia Westwick - 0872383678

Climate Change
Internarnational Day of Action
Saturday 8th December
Kilkenny City

Time & venue TBC

http://stopclimatechaos.ie/

Solstice Social
Saturday 22nd December
Mullins Mill, Kells

An open day at the mill welcoming you and your family to visit the Learning Center. Music food and childrens entertainment throughout the day followed by traditional music and song into the evening.

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About


GLAS CENTRE OF LEARNING
The focus of Glas is to facilitate change.

We are a species who’s development over the last one hundred years has been primarily driven by the availability of fossil fuels. In that century we have consumed over 10 million years of solar energy as fossil fuel is basically plant material which absorbed solar radiation over millennia and turned to oil and gas due to forces of nature. This source of energy is nearing (if not passed) peak production whilst our demand for it is increasing rapidly.

Our whole way of life has shifted to a state of almost complete dependency on this energy source for survival. In doing so we have left behind us the many skills needed to survive in a world without it.
Our society is also suffering from the impact of the cheap and abundant energy source.(which is going to run out). Traditional skills, local enterprise, local food production, all part of rural life have all but disappeared. Social inclusion, rural community spirit and our whole value system has been affected by a desire for material goods which are produced by oil.

While it is broadly accepted that a shift towards environmentally sustainable lifestyles is imperative in preventing further environmental catastrophe we are seeing that awareness alone does not produce change. Understanding of how to go about the re-envisioning of society is a complex and deep learning process. No amout of media hype or government awareness campaigns will provide the mass population with the means to make significant change.

Education has internationally been recognised as the key to addressing environmental and social problems, however current education systems have developed along the same lines as industry with mechanisation and targets as the governing principles. Trying to fit environmental education into this structure does not allow for the level of whole systems thinking that is necessary to truely move on from the damaging mindset of consumerism and exponential growth that has detached us from the natural environment.  A centre dedicated to a new epistemology of how we can collectively see the world with care and conservation is the seed of the Glas Centre of Learning.

Our vision of the centre is to provide a model for society, for business and for individuals that is transformative for the greater good of us all.

“No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We have to learn to see the world anew. ” __ Einstein


Learning from the past, teaching for the future.

We believe that now and in the future people will return to more traditional ways of living that encompas creativity, material restraint, participative skills,  and a greater sense of responsibilty towards the environment and each other. Developing an educational institution that exisits as a microcosm of the newly emerging sustainable society is what we envisage at GLAS.

The Glas network of learning centres will provide a platform to reintroduce some of the lost gems of Irish traditional skills through educational workshops and courses. We extend our vision to include the holistic learning needs of the whole person, valuing emotional health as an important part of our society’s well being. As learning is a lifelong process we wish to provide an inclusive environment that welcomes people of all ages and from all areas of life.

Each Glas Centre will focus on local sustanability issues and will be connected to the community through a non heirarchical committee that is free to determine it’s own structure. Using imagination, enthusiasm and innovation we are embarking on many connected initiatives that will in turn inspire many more.

Proposed Activities

Business Model:

Film Night:

Music Events / Social Hub:

Info Point / Resource Center:

Eco Shop:
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