previous material from the Irish experience:

the idea: The Botanic Spine : Dublin Greenway: an 18 km eco corridor and greenway for Dublin city with a series of local food production nodes, social spaces, education spaces... these nodes connected up to form a CPUL (continous productive urban landscape) and a bikeway.
the reality: 2 gardens started, 1 shut down, 1 left unattended, new garden to be opened soon. many bikerides done around spine. Local council authorities contacted and informed of plans, some financial support given but the heads did not support, or even respond for that matter. work in progress.





brief:
the botanic spine : dublin greenway
http://indymedia.ie/attachments/feb2007/botanic_spine.pdf
http://dublin.ie/botanicspine/
Dublin : first Greenway cycle of 2006
http://indymedia.ie/article/75672
Dolphins barn community garden
http://www.dolphinsbarngarden.org/

full:
In regard climate chaos and Ireland, it is an emergency and far more action needs to be taken. Criticising the state is one thing but offering practical solutions that are easy for people to also do or participate in and that are attractive to people not already aware of these "eco" methods makes sense.

In a previous post (1) I directed people to an excellent essay I read recently, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE MOVEMENT by Ted Trainer (2), which outlines what a future eco and sustainable society would/will look like: economics, less production, more decentralised self organisation, fixing stuff, less roads and more food production, permaculture.......

Its short enough, about 5 minutes to read and the main points are the following:

- I have no hesitation in claiming that the fate of the planet depends on those who are pioneering the transition to The Simpler Way.

- put most of our energy into developing and demonstrating alternative lifestyles, settlements and systems, so that when consumer society runs into really serious problems people will be able to see that there is another way, one that is more sane, workable, attractive, just and ecologically sustainable.

- We are too relaxed and we are too polite!

Also there I posted how in Ireland there was a eco project to attempt to move Dublin to being a more sustainable city with an 18 km eco corridor for Dublin city, food production gardens, bike ways and more...... (3)

Anyway the garden project is still on and will soon be creating a new garden in Dolphins Barn in Dublin 8, so if you would like to take some practical action and to help the collective that have been quietly making a small little bit of action to counter climate chaos, give them a shout dolphinsbarngarden (at) gmail.com

(1) Can we win? What sort of world will that look like?
http://indymedia.ie/article/80676#comment183032
from : Whatever Happened to Anti-Capitalism?

(2) THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE MOVEMENT
Ted Trainer, University of N.S.W., Australia.
http://socialwork.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/D09TheSigOfTheGE....html

(3) the botanic spine : dublin greenway
http://indymedia.ie/attachments/feb2007/botanic_spine.pdf
http://dublin.ie/botanicspine/
Dublin : first Greenway cycle of 2006
http://indymedia.ie/article/75672

Dolphins barn community garden
http://www.dolphinsbarngarden.org/
Dolphin's Barn community garden under threat
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/75438
Audio:
-Ruth gives a history of the garden 8mins - http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/garden-tooth.wav
-Mixing the muck 7.5 mins - http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/garden.wav

The bigger picture:
Although on the global scale the garden has not changed the world, it has been an attempt to turn a simple idea into a reality. For 12 months now our garden has existed, grown and taken on a life of its own, from a small number of rain soaked beginners clambering around a fence to stick a few hazel trees into the ground there are now a large and ever widening crew who have shared their workload, stories, food, skills, jokes, dreams, time together. For many it has already been a beautiful experience. In today's age we are fast approaching a peak oil crisis, resource wars are already happening as our demand for consumption escalates with the result of ruthless pirating for oil like we have seen in Iraq for the last few years. One major pull on oil reserves is the energy needed to transport the food you eat on your table from where it was grown; food miles.

Related links:
Bringing Nature To Mans Domain - http://www.indymedia.ie/article/69689
Its gardening Jim, but not as we know it (Ireland from below, November 2005, page 5) -http://www.irelandfrombelow.org/
new community garden up and running in Phibsboro - http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74524
CPULS - continuous productive urban landscapes - http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0750655437/ref=sib_dp_p...68643
That eco idea is beginning to kick off in china - http://easa.antville.org/stories/1294501/
Greening the city Dublin - http://easa.antville.org/stories/960542/#1054312
City farmer's urban agricultural forum - http://www.xaia.ca/cityfarmer/
What will we eat as the oil runs out? - http://www.indymedia.ie/article/70245
Convergence 7- feedback :building healthy communities, inspiring culture, redefining progress - http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69638&sea...gence

opening doors and making gardens in horta

CSO EL BARCO : new social centre and community garden in horta
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/294337/index.php

http://wikihost.org/wikis/casas_bcn/wiki/el_barco
is the website of what we are, it is being edited

A helpfull tool for communication techniques is the NVDA (non violent direct action) toolbox, heres the link:
http://www.uhc-collective.org.uk/webpages/toolbox/index.htm


call us at 662 347 902 for info

how to find us

metro line blue to HORTA, lisboa exit, turn head 180 degress on street level and you will see CSO EL BARCO

email us : nc-mio (at) moviments.net

opening doors and making gardens in horta

el barco
Mira també:
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/294337/index.php
http://wikihost.org/wikis/casas_bcn/wiki/el_barco

green corridors in cities
http://easa.antville.org/stories/960542

Ireland and Climate Chaos
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/80959

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE MOVEMENT
Ted Trainer, University of N.S.W., Australia.
http://socialwork.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/D09TheSigOfTheGEM.html

The bigger picture
from:
Dolphin's Barn community garden under threat
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/75438&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=

Convergence 7- feedback :building healthy communities, inspiring culture, redefining progress -
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69638&search_text=converge