What on Earth is going on? That’s the refrain that’s been building to a crescendo over the past weeks. Lack of accountability seems endemic to authorities in Western nations where countries like USA, UK, Germany, who once purported to be the good guys, have let down all pretence and are incautiously decimating systems that people …
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I’m a Revolution, Are you?
With thanks to Joy Oladukun and Maxo Kream and other contributors. [Verse 1]Why is it the darkest nights always make the stars so bright?Why’s it take a sacrifice to say someone deserves a life?Why is it the smallest voice has to make the loudest noise?How long you gonna make the choice to see the fire …
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More equitable alternative
(Extract from Sharon Ní Chonchúir‘s article We ditched our desk jobs to spend more time in nature — here’s why in the Irish Examiner 6 September. Tom Butler of Ballin Temple, Nurney, Co Carlow: ‘I’ve paid a financial price, but I’m a nature guy.’ Picture: Michael O’Rourke Tom Butler from Ballin Temple in Carlow describes …
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Private property should be abolished…
Following below is Helena Sheehan’s speech to the Trinity College Dublin Philosophical Society debate on whether private property should be abolished. It carried the day. It is helpful in framing an awkward, ignored yet important cultural issue on the nature of property ownership and it’s impact on equity and justice in our legal systems. Dr …
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Goodbye Superpower
Although it was expected, it was a shock to wake up to the impending results of the Presidential election in the USA which prove again the primitive values of our world. America is considered by a majority of people to be the world leader since the Second World War, during it which it supported Germany …
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Solutions for Climate Change
An introduction …
Astraea nominated for Sustainable Initiatives at Carlow Chamber Business Awards
VISUAL Carlow was packed out for the County Carlow Chamber business awards last week. The brilliant MCs were KCLR’s Shannon Redmond and Eimear Ní Bhraonáin who helped us recognise and celebrate some incredible achievements. It was a joy to be part of it with Tom Butler, we’re very proud that astraea was up for the …
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Feasting with Friends of the Earth
Hope is not generated through optimism…it’s through agency and action.
…We need nothing short of a revolution!
The Second Holocaust
For 70 years the word “holocaust” has been in common use and we all knew it was about the bigoted murder of thousands of civilians during The Second World War. Schindler’s List and other movies have brought the tragedy alive in our minds. It was about the wholesale extermination of people to make space for …
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“I Want A Revolution”
A conversation with Brigidine elders about the future, with 15 minutes of mindful movements at the beginning. This special event took place on 1 February 2024 when we enjoyed an open conversation with 3,000 years of life experience. As you will hear, we approached the opportunity with some references, including elements of our recent timescape …
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