Presentation by Colm Byrne, Manager, Susliving, Ireland. 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance (Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland), 26/27 March 2013. http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/9thfplgmeeting.htm

1. 9th Annual Meeting
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE:
A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR
JOBS AND GROWTH
In co-operation with the EU Presidency, Irish Government and Pobal
26-27 March 2013, Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland
WORKSHOP F: MAKING TRANSITION COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT
Colm Byrne
Manager, Susliving, Ireland

2. Making Shrinking Communities More Resilient
OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance
Kingsriver Community
Wednesday March 27th 2013

3. Kingsriver Community
Introduction and Background

4. Kingsriver Community
Resilience based activities:
Organic Gardens
Local Energy Sources
Social enterprise
FETAC Training Centre

5. Transition Towns Global Movement

6. Transition Towns Ireland
Kilkenny
•Ireland has a growing network of transition initiatives

7. Future Proof Kilkenny
•Established in 2007 as Kilkenny’s Transition Town initiative.

8. Key areas of focus:
Initiative Past Present & Future

9. Education
Public Events: Green Screen
Various Workshops
Glas Learning
SUSLIVING

10. Energy
Car Free Day Kilkenny
Peak Oil message through ‘green screen’
Community Energy
CRESCO
ArCogen Community Power

11. Economics and Enterprise
Local Currency Initiatives
Up-skilling unemployed workers in for the
‘green economy’
SUSLIVING now preparing young adults by
linking sustainability to industry

12. Food
400 Fruit Trees Project
Savour Kilkenny Festival
Kilkenny Food Towns
Initiative

13. Health
‘Walk Your Talk’
Lifeline Suicide Prevention

14. Community
Kilkenny Social and Economic Hub
Collaboration Inclusion
Synergy Interconnected
Callan Commanage Project

15. Contact Details
www.kingsriver.ie
www.futureproofkilkenny.org
www.susliving.org
www.glaslearning.ie
www.lifeline-kilkenny.org
www.commanagecallan.com