Our 2022 programme was jam-packed with over 30 sessions including talks, workshops and cultural events. We spent the week learning from each other’s struggles and taking direct action against Shannon LNG.
If you have a workshop, talk or event that you would like to facilitate for the 2023 Climate Camp, please email climatecampireland@gmail.com.You can view the programme by clicking on the day menus or reading the typed out version below.
Programme of events
10-11am: Plenary
Rest of day: reconnecting, building, skill-sharing, stories around the campfire and doing some outreach in nearby towns.
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Workshop: Secular yoga for all with Kathryn Crowley
Breathwork, movement, and relaxation to get you into your body and out of your head without needing to be skinny or bendy! Bring a mat, blanket, or sleeping bag.
2.
Talk: Language and Placenames in North Kerry – Logainmneacha Chiarraí Thuaidh
Talk on language and placenames in North Kerry. Share knowledge of Irish language pronunciation and grammar whilst learning about the topography of the area
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Talk: Abolition Imagination space with Lee and Almi
Imagining a world without police, this will be a participatory workshop co-creating a vision for responding to harm without police or incarceration
2.
Talk: Sustainable building & resource use
Farmer Kate Carmody & architect Marcus Mulvihill talk about sustainable building with a focus on hemp/hempcrete and wool.
8pm: Evening entertainment
Ceili with band
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Talk: Fracking, LNG and Mythbusting with Frack Action NY
Talk focused on fracking, LNG: process, impacts and myths
2.
Workshop: Mutual Aid with Macremeire
MacramÉire are a mutual aid group who make Macramé plant hangers and volunteer crafts in order to raise funds for grassroots groups and those in the community who need it.
3.
Workshop: Moving/sounding/thinking with Deirdre Murphy
Make some noise, move your body, investigate sensation and sound. Experimental and experiential practices for the energy which animates you!
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Workshop: Direct action training
2.
Workshop: Unconditional Learning – Forest School for All with Diarmuid Griffin
Outdoor workshop for kids between 6-12 years old. Parents/guardians are free to join in the full spirit of experiential learning.
3.
Training: How to talk to the media about climate
Environmental scientist Laura Kehoe leads a workshop on how to talk about climate to media – and to anyone
5-6.30pm: Evening Session
1.
Talk: Teanga agus Talamh – Language and Land with Paul MacNeasa Ó Neill
Why is Language important for our relationshop to the land? What damage has colonialism done to that relationship through linguicide? How do we undo that damage?
2.
Workshop: Climate Action flash mob with Angela Deegan
Let’s bring a spoken-word, climate action flash mob to the public! Come rehearse a few simple moves, percussion and hip-hop for a weekend flash mob!
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop
5:30-7pm: Creative drop-in session
8pm: Evening entertainment
Poetry performance with Sarah Clancy
Film night
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
Morning Session: 11am-1pm
1.
Workshop: Weaving with willow with Éilís
Create your own bird feeders using simple willow weaving techniques. All ages welcome
2.
Workshop: Direct action training
3.
Actions workshop with Students’ Climate Action Network and Fridays For Future
Informal banner-making workshop whilst discussing past and future Youth Climate activities and strikes. Followed by Fridays for Future Friday strike at 1pm.
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Workshop: Building a movement with Community Action Tenants Union
This practical workshop explores how the CATU model of organising works and how it can be used to build sustainable and effective grassroots movements for radical change.
2.
Talk: Rights of Nature in Ireland with Futureproof Clare
The concept and history of Rights of Nature will be presented. The moral underpinnings of RoN will be considered and applications of RoN for ongoing and future environmental campaigns discussed.
3.
Workshop: Plant walk with Ania Hornowski
Practical outdoor workshop looking at edible and medicinal plants
5-6.30pm: Evening Session
1.
Strategy Café: Rights of Nature with Futureproof Clare
All are invited to a fully participative world café style discussion using the power of conversation to build a collective strategy for a Rights of Nature Movement in Ireland.
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.
10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop
5:30-7pm: Creative drop-in session
8pm: Evening entertainment
Live gig: The Deadlians
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Talk: Shannon LNG – the local context
Local campaigners John McElligott (Safety Before LNG) & Eoghan Harris (Future generations Kerry) speaking on the local context and implications of Shannon LNG
2.
Talk: Rights of Nature and a Just Transition with Declan from EcoJustice Ireland
Rights of Nature and the Citizens Assembly – the urgent need for Irish constitutional change.
3.
Workshop: Direct action training
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Talk: Big Tech, Data Centres & Climate with Slí Eile, Futureproof Clare, William Hederman and Gerry McGovern
Why is Ireland a dumping ground for data? What does it mean for our climate emissions and energy? And can we allow the internet to keep growing?
2.
Talk: Food and Seed Sovereignty with Thomas O’Connor from Talamh Beo
Why we need to take fossil fuels out of our food production systems
3.
Workshop: Root Down with Rob Ireson
A creative playful space of role play, story sharing, poetry and resilience building grounding exercises.
5-6.30pm: Evening Session
1.
Talk: Fracking and LNG: networking of local struggles against Ecocide with Shale Must Fall coalition & Frack Action NY
Local and international health, climate change impacts of the European/ Global LNG boom and how it is fueling neocolonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. An expo, film screening, discussion with strategising and networking.
2.
Talk: Immigrant solidarity and social action with Brazilian Left Front
The collective will share experiences of life under precarized visa status and the challenges it poses to collective action.
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.
10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop
5:30-7pm: Creative drop-in session
From 8pm: Evening entertainment
Performance with Deirdre Murphy
Fire performance with Aidan Ring
Music by The Deadlians and Amelian
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Workshop: Herb walk with Astrid Adler
An outdoor medicinal and food herb walk. Please bring small non-toothed knife if possible.
2.
Direct action training
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.
10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop
Programme of events – the long version!
Tuesday 2nd August
10-11am: Plenary
Rest of day: reconnecting, building, skill-sharing, stories around the campfire and doing some outreach in nearby towns.
Wednesday 3rd August
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Workshop: Secular yoga for all with Kathryn Crowley
Breathwork, movement, and relaxation to get you into your body and out of your head without needing to be skinny or bendy! Bring a mat, blanket, or sleeping bag.
2.
Talk: Language and Placenames in North Kerry – Logainmneacha Chiarraí Thuaidh
Talk on language and placenames in North Kerry. Share knowledge of Irish language pronunciation and grammar whilst learning about the topography of the area
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Talk: Abolition Imagination space with Lee and Almi
Imagining a world without police, this will be a participatory workshop co-creating a vision for responding to harm without police or incarceration
2.
Talk:Sustainable building & resource use
Farmer Kate Carmody & architect Marcus Mulvihill talk about sustainable building with a focus on hemp/hempcrete and wool.
8pm: Evening entertainment
Ceili with band
Thursday 4th August
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Talk: Fracking, LNG and Mythbusting with Frack Action NY
Talk focused on fracking, LNG: process, impacts and myths
2.
Workshop: Mutual Aid with Macremeire
MacramÉire are a mutual aid group who make Macramé plant hangers and volunteer crafts in order to raise funds for grassroots groups and those in the community who need it.
3.
Workshop: Moving/sounding/thinking with Deirdre Murphy
Make some noise, move your body, investigate sensation and sound. Experimental and experiential practices for the energy which animates you!
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Workshop: Direct action training
2.
Workshop: Unconditional Learning – Forest School for All with Diarmuid Griffin
Outdoor workshop for kids between 6-12 years old. Parents/guardians are free to join in the full spirit of experiential learning.
3.
Training: How to talk to the media about climate
Environmental scientist Laura Kehoe leads a workshop on how to talk about climate to media – and to anyone
5-6.30pm: Evening Session
1.
Talk: Teanga agus Talamh – Language and Land with Paul MacNeasa Ó Neill
Why is Language important for our relationshop to the land? What damage has colonialism done to that relationship through linguicide? How do we undo that damage?
2.
Workshop: Climate Action flash mob with Angela Deegan
Let’s bring a spoken-word, climate action flash mob to the public! Come rehearse a few simple moves, percussion and hip-hop for a weekend flash mob!
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.
10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop
5:30-7pm: Creative drop-in session
8pm: Evening entertainment
Poetry performance with Sarah Clancy
Film night
Friday 5th August
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
Morning Session: 11am-1pm
1.
Workshop: Weaving with willow with Éilís
Create your own bird feeders using simple willow weaving techniques. All ages welcome
2.
Workshop: Direct action training
3.
Actions workshop with Students’ Climate Action Network and Fridays For Future
Informal banner-making workshop whilst discussing past and future Youth Climate activities and strikes. Followed by Fridays for Future Friday strike at 1pm.
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Workshop: Building a movement with Community Action Tenants Union
This practical workshop explores how the CATU model of organising works and how it can be used to build sustainable and effective grassroots movements for radical change.
2.
Talk: Rights of Nature in Ireland with Futureproof Clare
The concept and history of Rights of Nature will be presented. The moral underpinnings of RoN will be considered and applications of RoN for ongoing and future environmental campaigns discussed.
3.
Workshop: Plant walk with Ania Hornowski
Practical outdoor workshop looking at edible and medicinal plants
5-6.30pm: Evening Session
1.
Strategy café: Rights of Nature with Futureproof Clare
All are invited to a fully participative world café style discussion using the power of conversation to build a collective strategy for a Rights of Nature Movement in Ireland.
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.
10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop
5:30-7pm: Creative drop-in session
8pm: Evening entertainment
Live gig: The Deadlians
Saturday 6th August
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Talk: Shannon LNG – the local context
Local campaigners John McElligott (Safety Before LNG) & Eoghan Harris (Future generations Kerry) speaking on the local context and implications of Shannon LNG
2.
Talk: Rights of Nature and a Just Transition with Declan from EcoJustice Ireland
Rights of Nature and the Citizens Assembly – the urgent need for Irish constitutional change.
3.
Workshop: Direct action training
3-4.30pm: Afternoon Session
1.
Talk: Big Tech, Data Centres & Climate with Slí Eile, Futureproof Clare, William Hederman and Gerry McGovern
Why is Ireland a dumping ground for data? What does it mean for our climate emissions and energy? And can we allow the internet to keep growing?
2.
Talk: Food and Seed Sovereignty with Thomas O’Connor from Talamh Beo
Why we need to take fossil fuels out of our food production systems
3.
Workshop: Root Down with Rob Ireson
A creative playful space of role play, story sharing, poetry and resilience building grounding exercises.
5-6.30pm: Evening Session
1.
Talk: Fracking and LNG: networking of local struggles against Ecocide with Shale Must Fall coalition & Frack Action NY
Local and international health, climate change impacts of the European/ Global LNG boom and how it is fueling neocolonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. An expo, film screening, discussion with strategising and networking.
2.
Talk: Immigrant solidarity and social action with Brazilian Left Front
The collective will share experiences of life under precarized visa status and the challenges it poses to collective action.
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.
10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop
5:30-7pm: Creative drop-in session
8pm: Evening entertainment
Performance with Deirdre Murphy
Fire performance with Aidan Ring
Music by The Deadlians and Amelian
Sunday 7th August
9:15-9:45am
Workshop: Morning Tuning
Structured physical and vocal warm ups and grounding with Deirdre
10-11am: Plenary
11am-1pm: Morning Session
1.
Workshop: Herb walk with Astrid Adler
An outdoor medicinal and food herb walk. Please bring small non-toothed knife if possible.
2.
Direct action training
H-Edge Space
A radical art space for collective reflection & expression on the theme of how can we make social and ecological change together.
10-11am: Creative drop-in session
11-2:30pm: Lino print workshop
2:30-3:30pm: Eco-embodied collage workshop