Building the Eco-Economy
Dublin
October 14th -17th

In four short years, the annual Convergence Festival in Dublin has become one of the largest Sustainable Living Festivals in the world. An international platform for cutting-edge thinking on how we can make the transition to a sustainable way of working and living. Success has now triggered the evolution of the Convergence Festival. The accelerating demand for information to help interpret and create a sustainable future has outstripped the capacity of a single annual event, so Convergence is now happening quarterly, each festival spotlighting a specific theme with targeted, outcome-driven content.

With its trademark holistic approach, exploring the economic, ecological and cultural dimensions of each theme the next festival is entitled:

Convergence 6: 'Building the Eco-Economy:
The vision, the challenge and the opportunities'.
14-17 October 2004, At the Cultivate Sustainable Living Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin

Please look at www.sustainable.ie/convergence for full details and pass this information on to anyone that might be interested. The highlights are outlined below.

If your organisation would like to exhibit at the festival please contact me as soon as possible.

Thank you.
Davie Philip
Events and Communication Manager

Sustainable Ireland,
Cultivate Sustainable Living Centre,
15-19 Essex Street West,
Old City Temple Bar,
Dublin 8.
00 353 (0) 1 6746396
http://www.sustainable.ie

Convergence will run from Thursday the 14th to Sunday the 17th of October in the Cultivate Sustainable Living Centre which was formally the Viking Adventure Centre in the west end of Temple Bar, Dublin.

Festival highlights include:

Visionary chemist, author and international sustainable business consultant Dr Michael Braungart PhD will launch the 6th Convergence Festival on Thursday 14th with a keynote lecture. He will use case studies from his own work with Ford and Nike to present his pioneering ideas about materials, waste, energy and design.

The following morning, Braungart sets the context for a more in-depth look at the future for Business on the island of Ireland in a conference entitled, 'New Directions for Business'. This conference also features Gerry Wrynn (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment), David Middleton (CEO of the Business Council for Sustainable Development UK), Richard Douthwaite (Author and Economist), Carol Conway (CEO of Common Purpose), John Gilliland (OBE, Director of Rural Regeneration Ltd.) and Mary Kelly (Director of the EPA).

This Design and Innovation Forum will bring together a diverse group of business leaders, designers, architects and policy makers as well as NGO representatives, educators and next-generation design students to explore the role and responsibility of design in radically reshaping the systems that shape our lives. Using an Open Space participatory format, this forum will be an opportunity for the Irish design community to begin rethinking design in Ireland towards more sustainable principles and practices.

Also included in the Convergence programme is an exhibit of best practice in sustainable products and services, a Slow Fashion Cabaret which highlights eco and ethical designs, a REAL FOOD Banquet and Vital Viewing, a selection of provocative films to make you stop! Think! and Act!

For further information please don't hesitate to call or visit www.sustainable.ie/convergence Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested in this exciting event.

Convergence is organised by Sustainable Ireland Cooperative and Sustainable Northern Ireland.
Supported by Dept. of Environment and Local Government, Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, COMHAR: The National Partnership for Sustainable Development, Temple Bar Properties, NUDE Restaurant, and the Morrison Hotel.

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