It was Kinsale College of Further Education where the seeds of the Transition movement were sown in 2004. Rob Hopkins was teaching on the Permaculture course and after viewing 'The End of Suburbia' and a talk by Dr. Colin Campbell, Rob and his students set about examining what a community like Kinsale could do in the face of the peak oil challenge. The rest, as they say...

Kinsale Further Education College , 2 year Permaculture course