Convergence' 04 - Sustainable Living Festival

national | environment | press release Tuesday March 30, 2004 18:30 by Matthieu - Sustainable Ireland info at sustainable dot ie Cultivate Centre 15 - 19 Essex Street West Temple Bar, Dublin 8 01 674 64 15 / 01 674 57 73

Slow down, Go further

CONVERGENCE Sustainable Living Festival 2004 From Earth Day to May Day (April 22nd to May 1st) at Cultivate: Sustainable Living Centre; 15-19 Essex Street West, Temple Bar, Dublin 8.

For the fifth year Convergence festival takes place in Temple Bar with a programme of over 100 events. This unique festival celebrates the development of an exciting “New Culture”, one that celebrates creativity, offers solutions to economic, social and environmental problems and builds enduring community. Convergence takes a multicultural and inter-disciplinary approach to sustainability. The festival hosts many different events such as workshops, conferences, video screenings, theatre, exhibits, parties, accoustic music sessions and a lot more.
A full programme of events is available on our website, http://www.sustainable.ie/convergence, or by stopping into Cultivate (see address above).

For bookings or information regarding the festival, please call our Convergence Hotline: 01 674 57 73

Some Festival Highlights:

-An introduction to Indymedia Ireland
-Theatre: Bleeding the System by Spacecraft Productions
-A master Class in Documentary Film Making with Ron Mann, director of Go Further, and Grass
-A workshop on the economic, social and environmental benefits of keeping Ireland GM free.
-A FEASTA Conference: Debt, Climate and Global Justice
-And on Saturday the 24th, a full day of free workshops: West Papua update, Rethinking Democracy, a presentation from Gluaiseacht, ...

...And a lot more, just check the programme!