Some photos from Spring Fair 2009

Above are 2 photos from the popular "The Green Door Art Show" Sustainabile Exhibition

the first one shows the Installation created by Rob Ireson

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In conjunction with the Spring Fair

Hilda Ryan Purcell launched her Holistic Directory for Cork City and County

See below therapists at The Holistic Health Directory Launch

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Below the first photo shows Alan Clayton of Transition Town Kinsale welcome the Major who opened the

Spring Fair 2009

In the other photos we have

Irish Seed Savers Association

and Swap and Bop bicycle Powered clotes swap shop

cycle to make the music work and sing along while you try on clothes...so much fun :)

Hand made clothes

and much more including Indoor Car Boot stalls,

Cafe, Films, Workshops, Childrens story telling in Tepee,

 Kinsale Spring Fair - 

Saturday 25th April

And so it was when forty people came to the Carmelite Friary on 7^th March to give their tuppence worth to the Transition process. The difference was that an adapted version of Open Space Technology was used so that everyone got to express what they thought was important in making Kinsale a more sustainable and self-reliant community.

After an initial presentation on TTK and a go round in which everyone introduced themselves, participants were asked to write ideas on post-it notes under the following headings: food, transport, energy, waste, economy, education, tourism and health. A quick coffee break followed and then participants went to various break out spaces allocated to each of these themes and small group discussions ensued. The energy in the room crackled and buzzed with the exchange of ideas and solutions to the twin challenges of climate change and energy uncertainty.