Galway Ecovillage Public Meeting - Galway City Museum

galway | housing | event notice Thursday June 17, 2010 11:06 by GSC - Galway Sustainable Community galwaysustcom at gmail dot com 087 911 1624

Following on from a successful public meeting in the Westside, the development of the first ecological community in the west of Ireland will be discussed at a public meeting hosted by the Galway Sustainable Community Project in the Galway City Museum this Tuesday 22nd June from 7-9pm. These public meetings are designed to encourage interactive discussion and invite new people to get involved in the project.

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The Galway Sustainable Community Project is a group of people based in Galway City whose vision is to create a small, purpose-built settlement in the west of Ireland where residents will produce some of their own food and energy and form a strong, close-knit community.

The village will be designed by its future residents and will be built and run in a way that is environmentally sustainable. It will have private houses belonging to or rented to each family unit; shared facilities and community buildings where residents can eat, work and socialise together; and land devoted to food growing, making it partly self-sufficient. Education and awareness-raising about ecological and community living will be a priority.

The group has produced a video about the project, which is on the web at www.sustainablecommunity.ie, and lately undertook a factfinding trip to the UK and assisted in work on a strawbale house.

"Conventional modern day living leaves too many people isolated and yearning for a stronger sense of community," said Kerry E'lyn Larkin of the GSCG. "At the same time, it's becoming clear that the Western world needs to reform our environmentally-devastating lifestyle - and this is easier to do in a co-operative fashion than individually. A sustainably built and run intentional community addresses both of these major issues, and will provide a high quality of life for its residents".

Anyone interested in learning more or contributing to the discussion should come along on Tuesday, or to one of the future public meetings.

For more information, contact the group on galwaysustcom@gmail.com or 087 911 1624, or check out www.sustainablecommunity.ie.