Do you know where your electricity comes from? Who is producing the electricity that powers your lights, TV, fridge etc.? This is something that most of us don’t even think about. However it’s something that Tipperary based Community Power want to change. You can now choose to buy your power from local community owned electricity…
Read moreMy Green Trip to Italy
I was delighted recently to be informed that I was successful in winning a place on a Green Trip to Italy as part of the Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Project with the Irish partners Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA). Earlier in 2014 we had hosted a group of over 30 visitors on a similar trip from Europe…
Read moreCo-ops – The saving of a community. Report from LiT Thurles
Friday night, 21st Feb., I popped along to an event organised by the Tipperary Environmental Network in LiT Thurles. The event ‘Co-ops – The saving of a community’ involved presentations by three speakers followed by a discussion and Q and A session. The speakers were Bill Kelly of Meitheal Mid West and the Limerick Community Grocery…
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