GLOBAL GREEN ECOVILLAGE AN OASIS OF CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY
This is the 10th year Cultivate, the collective based in Cloughjordan, brings you the Electric Picnic’s colourful pop-up eco-village of green ideas, nourishment and inspiration. Global Green is the conscious heartbeat of the Electric Picnic, where you’ll find activists, artists, makers, musicians, foodies, poets and over 30 groups from across Ireland. Join us on the green edge of the festival to experience brilliant new music, eat glorious local food and encounter transformational ideas and conversations for a healthy and resilient future.
SpeakEATsy
Eat, get inspired and add your voice at SpeakEATsy, a solar-powered heady brew of food, poetry, compelling conversations and music. By day, experience a rich programme of talks and discussions focused on climate action and the Global Goals, peppered throughout with spoken word and music. At tea time each day there will be a sit-down dinner and entertainment, and late into the night, SpeakEATsy hosts cabaret, comedy, chilled-out tunes and films with piping hot chai tea and cake. This convivial experience is far more than the sum of its parts, it’s a confluence of influences and inspirations – a full sensory and intellectual workout!
See full schedule below here
SPEAKEATSY SPECIAL SIT DOWN MEAL OPTION
18.00 on Saturday and Sunday
You know what you need? An incredible, sit down, three-course meal with ingredients sourced from Cloughjordan, served up on real plates and crockery in a gorgeous setting. With poetry, live music and compelling conversations to listen to and get involved in – all for just €15
Very limited places. To call into the SpeakEATsy tent early.
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PARTY TIME!
THE GLOBAL GREEN AND B.Y.E ‘BE YOUR ENVIRONMENT’ 10th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
At 5 pm on Sunday evening, we will be celebrating 10 years of a green presence on this edge of the Electric Picnic with surprises, cake and DJs. For a decade Cultivate have been coordinating Global Green and BeYourEnvironment have been getting nifty with the bins and encouraging Picnickers to step up and take responsibility for their own waste. If you have a BYE t-shirt wear it and join us for a green hooley on Global Green. The celebrations will continue at the SpeakEATsy Special at 6 pm and after midnight in the Village Hall.
Village Hall
At the heart of the Global Green is the Village Hall. Here we serve up an eclectic mix of live music, dance, DJs, and talks. Some of our previous highlights include Saint Sister, Lethal Dialect (aka Paul Alwright), Hozier and even Michael D Higgins! This year we’ve some treats in store: Dublin’s finest Electronic Producer SENU will bring his full band show to the stage, dreamy pop-folk Aural Air, Multilingual Folk of Che Guevara Lynch’s Jukebox and world-class kecapi player from East Java Tommee Balukea. We’ll have dark alt-pop multi-instrumentalist Chirpy, minimal ambient textures from Irish composer Gareth Quinn Redmond and a special dance performance from, Fionnuala – The Dancing Snowflakes (adapted from the Children of Lir story) We have the legendary actor/musician Patrick Bergin and the Dominic Street Ramblers and many more. We’ll even have a screening of a recent TED talk from our very own Davie Philip! We keep the party going late into the night, so keep it locked on the Village Hall.
Village Hall Highlights:
GARETH QUINN REDMOND – AURAL AIR – CHIRPY – WOB! – SENU – SYLK – KODU – TOMMEE BALUKEA – NAFAS PROJECT – SE7EN INCH COLLECTIVE – MO KELLY – PATRICK BERGIN AND THE DOMINICK STREET RAMBLERS – CHE GUEVARA LYNCH’S JUKEBOX – IANN BRENNAN – THE HQS – SPOOKY – FIONNUALA: THE DANCING SNOWFLAKES – ANTHONY BYRNE – ROBERT DELANEY – ROBOTROCK: LIVE DANCE ANTHEMS SHOW – SURFING THE WAVES OF CHANGE: DAVIE PHILIP TED TALK – ITAMAR MEIR –
See full schedule below here
GROW Observatory Tent
The GROW Observatory tent celebrates soil, seeds, community and citizen science. Each day in this tent a collection of civil society organisations, artists and activists will host games, discussions, activities and experiments to inspire and inform you.
GROW Observatory Tent Highlights
CITIZEN SENSING – COMMUNITY STRENGTHENING with GROW Place Ireland
SEED SAVING and HERITAGE APPLES with Irish Seed Savers
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY GAMES & ACTIVITIES with Young Friends of the Earth
TITS UP (THIS IS THE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC) find out what single-use plastic is and why is it a problem in this exhibit & photo booth.
MAPPING COMMUNITY GARDENS with Community Gardens Ireland
THE CHANGEMAKER CREATIVE FAIR an injection of inspiration highlighting how you can engage with the Global Goals as active global citizens and changemakers with Léargas
FOOD CITIZENSHIP AND FAIR FOOD INFORMATION in the discussion and microcinema by Foodture
HOW DO WE GET TO 2030 MURAL? Contribute your thoughts on implementing the Global Goals with Concern.
GROW Observatory Tent Stakeholders:
GROW Place Ireland | Irish Seed Savers | Young Friends of the Earth | TITS Up Artists | Community Gardens Ireland | East Clare Community Coop | Léargas | Concern | Foodture
Community Garden & Village Green
Rest your weary roots and shoots in Community Gardens Ireland’s ‘pop-up’ community garden. Green your fingers and get the mycelium running with growers from OURganic Gardens, Green Side Up, Dublin Community Growers, East Clare Community Co-Op and the Urban Farm.
WeCreate FabLab from Cloughjordan Ecovillage will be showcasing digital fabrication. Rest up in the Grow Dome and check out the open source beehives and wormeries. Choose your cause at the Cultivate tent and wear it proudly with a nonpermanent tattoo.
Check out the Global Goals Local Action exhibit
On the green over 20 collectives and organisations will be highlighting the climate action and engagement with the Global Goals.
Dive into bike culture with the Dublin Cycling Campaign and the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network.
Witness first-hand the technologies and organisations accelerating the transition to renewable energy at Community Power – Global Green’s Solar Salon and CoderDojo. Here you will meet the community and energy pioneers and see the technology in action.
Play rustic games, Connect 4 Resilience and get grooving on the green with the solar-powered Little Green Disco.
Enjoy the best coffee and food from our award-winning food providers the Market Kitchen and Revel Coffee.
The Night Orchard from Cloughjordan will be running the SpeakEATsy Café offering a sit-down dinner each evening at 6 pm and open late for chai and snacks.
Engage with the worldwide promise of the Global Goals in “Around the World in 80 Actions” from the international development organisation Self Help Africa. Score a #dizzygoal to symbolise your commitment to the achievement of the Global Goals and find out about volunteering overseas with Irish Aid.
With performance, exhibits, information, a late night fire pit and curiosities of all sorts makes Global Green a unique festival experience. Whether you want to dance, eat, get involved, inform yourself or just chill out, this green oasis is a must-visit over the festival weekend.
Workshops on the Green
Saturday 4 pm
– DIDGERIDOO WITH ITA
A hands-on Didgeridoo workshop with Ita, the didge guy. Learn the story of the instruments and the people who used it first, how to play and “sing ” the first rhythms.
Saturday 2 pm & Sunday 3 pm
- AFRICAN DRUMMING WITH INIKÉ
Get a taste of the culture of West Africa with this drum workshop with Shiv Ross. A fun introductory workshop where you learn how to play a traditional rhythm from West Africa…no experience necessary, open to everyone!
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SPEAKEATSY SCHEDULE
CONVERSATIONS – SPOKEN WORD – FOOD – MUSIC
MORNING YOGA – MIND WAVE – INSPIRING STORIES & COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS FERGUS COSTELLO – HAMMOND SISTERS – MEL WHITE – NIGHT ORCHARD -ITAMAR MEIR PATRICK BERGIN AND THE DOMINIC STREET RAMBLERS – THE HQs – THE GLOBAL TROUBADOURS
OLLIE MOORE – DAVIE PHILIP – GRACE WALSH – EASKEY BRITTON – JOE FITZMAURICE – RUAIRÍ MCKIERNAN – SUSIE Q ANJA MURRAY – DR. OWEN POWELL – SINEAD MORAN – DEE SEWELL – DEVYN OLSON-SAWYER ROD CULDERPOTS – SUZANNA CRAMPTON – WAYNE FRANKHAM – ROB CARR – RÓISÍN GARVEY MATT MILLS – COLM BYRNE – KATE RUDDOCK – PAUL KENNY – GREGG ALLEN
Friday
18.30 WHAT DOES A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY LOOK LIKE, AND HOW CAN WE GET THERE?
Introducing the Global Goals at Global Green and listening stories of community-led initiatives here in Ireland and internationally, that address and bring the goals to life. Hosted by Cultivate with representatives of all of the stakeholder groups on Global Green. (GLOBAL GOAL 17)
20.00 FILMS AND TUNES – Cumbia, Chai and Chill
Not everyone wants to go bananas on the first night. Lounge around with the Global Troubadours and laid back beats from hither and thither …
23.30 VAPORWAVE SET till late
Electronic music microgenre from the early 2010s – influences include chillwave, smooth jazz and chopped and screwed pop.
Saturday
11.30 YOGA
Stretch out and relax into your long day ahead with Cloughjordan’s Majella O’Connor (GLOBAl GOAL 3)
13.00 MIND WAVE
How waves, and the waves we choose to ride, shape our mind. Energy moves in pulsing, rhythmic waves. We are surrounded by waves – sound waves, ocean waves, gamma waves… In this engaging workshop, we explore ‘mind waves’. Learn about the effect of being in nature, especially water, on the brain from psychotherapist NC Britton and her daughter, surfer-scientist Easkey Britton. (GLOBAL GOAL 3, 11, 14, 15)
14.00 TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD
Ireland played a leading role in the process that led to the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals at the UN in 2015. The Goals will shape the approach to fighting hunger, poverty and climate change by 2030. The implementation of the Goals is now the responsibility of everyone and Irish Aid, Self Help Africa and Concern will explore ways in which this can be done by everyone across all sections of society. (GLOBAL GOAL 1,2, 4, 13, 17)(SM Release)
14.40 SPEAKEATSY HOUSE BAND
A selection of tunes from the Global Troubadours
15.00 FIGHTING INEQUALITIES – MAKING IRELAND SUSTAINABLE FOR ALL
Raising awareness on the SDGs at the local level and engaging festival goers in practical actions for the implementation of the Global Goals. Hosted by Davie Philip, Cultivate and a facilitation team from Concern. Supported by Make Ireland Sustainable for All, part of the EU–funded project ‘Make Europe Sustainable For All’, a three-year project aiming to raise awareness and encourage action to be taken on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. (GLOBAL GOAL 5, 8, 10, 13)
15.40 VOICES RISING
Spoken Word on range of social issues, in a manner that is dynamic, entertaining and often moving, with Mel White, winner of the Eigse Michael Hartnett Poetry Slam 2017 and Cuirt Festival of Literature Poetry Slam 2016.
16.10 RESILIENCE WITH REAL BREAD
Riot Rye’s radical baker Joe Fitzmaurice introduces the importance of heritage grains & sourdough breads in addressing hunger, sustainable agriculture and climate action. He will explain what of landrace grains are, share some of his award-winning bread and give away free sourdough starters. (GLOBAL GOAL 1, 3, 15)
16.30 SPEAKEATSY HOUSE BAND
A selection of tunes from the Global Troubadours
16.45 COMMUNITY POWER – THE ROOFTOP REVOLUTION
Making a shift to a clean, secure energy future where citizens and communities are active participants in the generation and distribution of renewable energy is underway. Colm Byrne – DaysE, Kate Ruddock – Friends of the Earth, Paul Kenny – Tipperary Energy Agency, and Gregg Allen (CRES) discuss the barriers and opportunities of community power with Davie Philip (Cultivate/ Cloughjordan Ecovillage). (GLOBAL GOAL 7, 11, 13) (SM Release)
17.30 ITA THE DIDGE GUY
Funky drumkit, loopy loops, digi noises and 2 didgeridoos – all at the same time.
18.00 SPEAKEATSY SPECIAL
Davie Philip and Ollie Moore from Cloughjordan Ecovillage host this convivial session where we share food & conversation, with music and spoken word. The highlight of this event will be the tunes from Hammond Sisters, Mel White and some very special guests discussing the topic of REGEN VS VEGAN. This is the core food and environment battle of our times – but where is the common ground? Regenerative agriculture and vegan production how can we work together? Dr. Oliver Moore leads a discussion with Dr. Owen Powell from Tasmania, Sinead Moran (Foodture) and others. (GLOBAL GOAL 11, 13, 15)
SPEAKEATSY SPECIAL SIT DOWN MEAL OPTION
An incredible, sit down, three course meal with ingredients sourced from Cloughjordan, served up on real plates and crockery, with poetry, live music and compelling conversations to listen to and get involved in – all for just €15 – Very limited places. To book call into the SpeakEATsy tent early.
19.30 THE HAMMOND SISTERS
Siren-soaring vocal harmonies from the Hammond Sisters, with the songs of Leonard Cohen
20.15 FILMS AND TUNES – Cumbia, Chai and Chill
Lounge around with laid-back beats and vital viewing from hither and thither …
A screening of ‘In The Making”, the story of the Cloughjordan Amphitheatre project
23.00 DJ TOMAS
A selection of tunes to get you warmed up
24.00 SPEAKEATSY CABARET – A MAN CALLED HORSE
An evening with Fergus Costello, musing on the question of identity and names and how we fit in. Surrealist hilarity guaranteed from the story master himself.
01.30 BOUDOIR SESSIONS
DJs playing swing, mambo, rumba, bluegrass, boogie woogie, jump blues and rockabilly. Mostly in that order (!).
Festival legends, regulars down at the haunt at the Picnic too, and at speakEATsy’s all over Ireland, catch these dastardly dapper dudes as they close the night out in style……
Sunday
11.30 YOGA Stretch out and relax into your long day ahead with Cloughjordan’s Majella O’Connor (GLOBAl GOAL 3)
13.00 MIND WAVE
How waves, and the waves we choose to ride, shape our mind. Energy moves in pulsing, rhythmic waves. We are surrounded by waves – sound waves, ocean waves, gamma waves… In this engaging workshop we explore ‘mind waves’. Learn about the effect of being in nature, especially water, on the brain from psychotherapist NC Britton and her daughter, surfer-scientist Easkey Britton. (GLOBAL GOAL 3, 11, 14, 15)
14.00 PEDAL POWER – Why we need a Bike REVOLUTION now!
How do we bicyclize our cities, towns and villages? Hosted by Rob Carr with Róisín Garvey and others from from Cyclist.ie and Matt Mills, one of the first UK Mountain Bike Champions, explore why we need a bicycle revolution in Ireland. (GLOBAL GOAL 3, 11, 13, 15)
14.45 SOLIDARITY & GETTING INVOLVED
Did you know there are fantastic opportunities out there for young people to travel around Europe and further afield, getting involved in great projects run by inspiring people? Nora Furlong from Leargas introduces the European Solidarity Corps Programme which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer, work and learn all over Europe. A member of the Irish Aid Rapid Response Corps will also outline their work and explain how the public can get involved in volunteering overseas. (GLOBAL GOAL 5, 10, 13)
15.00 SPEAKEATSY HOUSE BAND
A selection of tunes from the Global Troubadours
15.25 DIGGING SOIL AND SEEDS!
Do you dig soil? Why do you need seeds? Open pollinated seeds and regenerative soil practices can make our food more sustainable. Anja Murray (ECO EYE), leads a conversation with Dee Sewell (CGI/ Grow Places), Devyn Olson-Sawyer (Cultivate/ GROW Observatory), Rod Culderpots (Highbank Orchards), Suzanna Crampton (Zwartbles Farm) and Wayne Frankham (Irish Seed Savers). (GLOBAL GOAL 3, 11, 15)
16.15 GENDER EQUALITY
Grace Walsh leads a conversation exploring Gender Equality, in the context of the Repeal campaign, and the impact it had globally. Conversations about the gains made and our vision for greater gender equality, locally and globally. (GLOBAL GOAL 5) (SM Release)
17.00 PARTY TIME! THE GLOBAL GREEN AND B.Y.E ‘BE YOUR ENVIRONMENT’ 10th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Celebrating 10 years of a green presence on this edge of the Electric Picnic with surprises, cake and DJs. For a decade Cultivate have been coordinating Global Green and BYE have been getting nifty with the bins and encouraging Picnickers to step up and take responsibility for their own waste. If you have a BYE t-shirt wear it and join us for a green hooley on Global Green. The celebrations will continue at the SpeakEATsy Special at 6 pm and after midnight in the Village Hall. (SM Special
18.00 SPEAKEATSY SPECIAL
Hosted by Ollie Moore and Davie Philip with poetry from Mel White and Fergus Costello, music from the HQs and the SURFING THE WAVES OF CHANGE compelling conversation. Flow. Connection. A good life. Davie Philip with Ruairí McKiernan, an award-winning social innovator and host of the Love and Courage podcast, Susie Q a musician and meditation teacher and big wave surfer and researcher Easkey Britton. (GLOBAL GOAL 11, 3)
SPEAKEATSY SPECIAL SIT DOWN MEAL OPTION
An incredible, sit down, three-course meal with ingredients sourced from Cloughjordan, served up on real plates and crockery, with poetry, live music and compelling conversations to listen to and get involved in – all for just €15 – Very limited places. To book call into the SpeakEATsy tent early.
19.30 PATRICK BERGIN AND THE DOMINIC STREET RAMBLERS (Unplugged)
Hollywood movie star (and more recently Eastenders) Patrick Bergin with Galway harmonica player Cathal Johnson and seasoned musician Steve Simmonds.
20.00 GREEN MESSENGERS
A celebration and meal for the Friends of the Earth Green Messengers.
22.00 FILMS AND TUNES – Cumbia, Chai and Chill
Lounge around with laid-back beats and vital viewing from hither and thither …
A screening of ‘In The Making”, the story of the Cloughjordan Amphitheatre project
24.00 SPEAKEATSY CABARET
The Global Troubadours and an open mic for you to share your talents or just enjoy
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VILLAGE HALL FULL SCHEDULE
Friday
15.00 – 15.40 Che Guevara Lynch Jukebox
16.00 – 16.40 Iann Brennan
17.00 – 17.40 Spooky
18.00 – 18.40 The HQs
19.00 – 19.40 WOB!
20.00 – 20.20 Fionnuala – The Dancing Snowflakes
20.40 – 21.25 Anthony Byrne
21.35 – 22.10 Robert Delaney
22.30 – 00.00 Mo Kelley (DJ)
00.30 – 01.50 Robot Rock
02.15 – 04.00 Deck Markey (DJ)
Saturday
13.00 – 13.40 Gareth Quinn Redmond
14.00 – 14.40 Aural Air
15.00 – 15.40 Rachael Lavelle
16.00 – 16.30 Chirpy
16.50 – 17.30 SENU
17.50 – 18.30 SYLK
18.50 – 19.30 Kodu (live)
19.30 – 21.00 Kodu (DJ set)
21.20 – 22.50 Lemon Pie Collective
23.00 – 00.20 Special Guest DJ
00.30 – 04.00 Gash Collective Takeover
Sunday
13.00 – 13.40 The HQs
14.00 – 14.40 Patrick Bergin and the Dominick Street Ramblers
15.00 – 15.30 Surfing the Waves of Change: Davie Philip TED Talk
15.50 – 16.30 Itamar Meir
16.50 – 17.30 Tommee Balukea
17.30 – 18.30 Nafas Project
18.50 – 20.10 Se7en Inch Collective
20.30 – 21.10 Zamo Riffman
21.30 – 22.10 Cinema
22.20 – 23.30 Special Guest
00.00 – 03.30 UV Light Party feat GRAND, Pressure Drop DJs and Anacalypsis
