Event– Climate Change The Whole Picture: Energy and Sustainability
Location- European Parliament Information Office, 12-14 Mount Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock
Description- This is the second of a series of Climate Change The Whole Picture lunchtime conferences that Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has organised in an attempt to broaden the medias approach to its reportage of climate change,
Paul Kenny from Tipperary Energy Agency will speak about retrofitting and improving energy efficiency.
Kate Ruddock from Friends of the Earth will discuss sustainable energy and community owned windfarms.
Two other speakers, who are yet to be confirmed, will discuss sustainable energy from a biomass perspective with particular reference to the damage that conifer plantations are causing in parts of Ireland.
This event is open to the public, journalists, NGO’s, stakeholders and legislators who collectively share the responsibility of changing Ireland’s policiy, proceedure and outlook towards improving our approach to tackling climate change.
Cost- Free
Time- 12.30-14.00
Children’s event– Bouncing Baby Book Club
Location- Ballyroan Library, 54 Orchardstown Avenue
Description- Join us for songs, stories and fun to encourage a love of books in your little ones. Suitable for 0-3 year olds. Booking opens Monday 4th February at 10:00 am
Cost- Free
Time- 10.00-10.30
Event– The Dublin Book Club Meetup Group Monthly Meetup
Location- The Bleeding Horse, Camden Street
Description- Here are the two books for the February 19th meetup. And remember, you don’t have to read both books!
1. The Little Drummer Girl – John le Carré
In this enthralling and thought-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into ‘the theatre of the real’ by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist.
2. Barkskins- Annie Proulx
From Annie Proulx–the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Shipping News and “Brokeback Mountain,” comes her masterwork: an epic, dazzling, violent, magnificently dramatic novel about the taking down of the world’s forests.
In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a “seigneur,” for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters–barkskins. Rene suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Mi’kmaw woman and their descendants live trapped between two inimical cultures.
But Duquet, crafty and ruthless, runs away from the seigneur, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over three hundred years–their travels across North America, to Europe, China, and New Zealand, under stunningly brutal conditions–the revenge of rivals, accidents, pestilence, Indian attacks, and cultural annihilation. Over and over again, they seize what they can of a presumed infinite resource, leaving the modern-day characters face to face with possible ecological collapse.
Proulx’s inimitable genius is her creation of characters who are so vivid–in their greed, lust, vengefulness, or their simple compassion and hope–that we follow them with fierce attention. Annie Proulx is one of the most formidable and compelling American writers, and Barkskins is her greatest novel, a magnificent marriage of history and imagination.
Cost- €1
Time- 19.30-22.30
Children’s event– One Day Kids Camp February Mid Term 2019
Location- DSPCA, Mount Venus Road, Rathfarnham
Description- The DSPCA are running 4 one day Kids Camp for kids aged between 6-11 years olds on Tuesday 19th February, Wedensday 20th February, Thursday 21st February and Friday 22nd February 2019 from 9.30am – 4.00pm. There are limited places available for this fun filled day. It will cost €40 per child.( please email for 10% discount on multiple bookings)
Learn to look after cats, kittens, dogs and puppies, ducks, chickens, goats, pigs, horses, donkeys, snakes and much much more.
Children are asked to bring Wellington boots, rain gear and warm outdoor clothing. Bring a decent pack lunch (no nuts as there may be nut allergies); all art supplies will be provided. If they want to bring a few apples and vegetable to feed the animals it would be great too.
Please let us know if your child has any special requirements or allergies to education@dspca.ie PRIOR to booking.
Cost- €40
Time- 09.30-16.00
Event– Signature Scent Workshop
Location- Bí URBAN, 3 Manor Street, Stoneybatter
Description- “Creative blending is a aesthetic alchemical. a process of ‘learning to listen through the nose.’ – British Herbal Pharmacopoeia1983, p.14
We believe that scents can unlock deep connections to memory and provide a fascinating journey of personal discovery.
We invite you to sample our extensive collection of essential oils at your leisure, following your instinct to create a blend that is uniquely your own. We support you in the process, providing advice about the strength and quality of the oils and will keep your signature scent recipe on file for you to replicate or adapt into the future.
You will come away with a 10 ml roller ball bottle of your signature scent – wrapped in gold paper in an organic cotton Bí Bag.
Cost- €27
Time- 19.00-21.00
Children’s event– Clontarf ‘Music for Babies’ Bach to Streisand
Location- St. Anthony’s Parish Church, St. Lawrence Road
Description- We are thrilled to welcome back Classicalkids favourite, cellist Gerald Peregrine. With a gorgeous selection of classical melodies and popular tunes to kick off 2019, this month’s concert is not to be missed!
Cost- Adults €13, kids and babies free
Time- 11.00-12.00
Event– Paint by the Pints – BYOB Fashion Week!
Location- PÓG, Tara Street
Description- Discover your creative side at our no-experience-required paint night at POG cafe on Tara Street. This event is BYOB!
Paint by the Pints is a fun filled evening where guests are guided step-by-step through creating their masterpiece. Don’t worry if you haven’t painted since primary school – that’s the fun of the event!
We provide all materials and even include a free drink to get your evening started on the right note! Then the rest of the night is BYOB.
We participate in a one-for-one program. Each canvas completed at an event translates to €1 donation to the art supplies fund for the non-profit organisation Children in Hospital Ireland!
Cost- €28
Time- 19.00-21.00
Children’s event– Children’s Gardening Workshop
Location- Clondalkin Library, Monastery Road, Clondalkin
Description- Learn how to make your own biodegradable pot and plant it up with bee-friendly seeds to enhance your garden or balcony. This is a fun interactive workshop to inspire a love of nature in children.
Cost- Free
Time- 15.30-16.30
Event– Laughter Yoga Class spring forward
Location- The Clockwork Door, 51 Wellington Quay
Description- Wear loose clothing there’s no exercise involved we’ll just be playing laughing games.
Cost- €10
Time- 18.30-19.30
Children’s event– One Day Kids Camp February Mid Term 2019
Location- DSPCA, Mount Venus Road. Rathfarnham
Description- The DSPCA are running 4 one day Kids Camp for kids aged between 6-11 years olds on Tuesday 19th February, Wedensday 20th February, Thursday 21st February and Friday 22nd February 2019 from 9.30am – 4.00pm. There are limited places available for this fun filled day. It will cost €40 per child.( please email for 10% discount on multiple bookings)
Learn to look after cats, kittens, dogs and puppies, ducks, chickens, goats, pigs, horses, donkeys, snakes and much much more.
Children are asked to bring Wellington boots, rain gear and warm outdoor clothing. Bring a decent pack lunch (no nuts as there may be nut allergies); all art supplies will be provided. If they want to bring a few apples and vegetable to feed the animals it would be great too.
Please let us know if your child has any special requirements or allergies to education@dspca.ie PRIOR to booking.
Cost- €40
Time- 09.30-16.00
Event– Wonder Club: Visual Thinking Strategies
Location- Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square North
Description- Join us for this Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) tour for adults with Kathryn Maguire when we will be looking at artworks from the collection. VTS is an approach designed to enable learners develop aesthetic and language literacy and critical thinking skills. Free, although booking required.
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a teaching method designed to enable learners to develop aesthetic and language literacy and critical thinking skills. The Hugh Lane Gallery is an associate partner of Dublin City Council’s Arts Office EU funded project Permission to Wonder.
Cost- Free
Time- 11.00-12.00
Children’s event– Marvellous Imagination Maps. 6-9 yrs : dlr LexIcon Gallery
Location- Project Room, level 3 (beside Gallery), dlr LexIcon, Queens Road, Dún Laoghaire
Description- What is your magical map?
Can you imagine a map of just your favourite things?
What wonders would you include?
Come along and make maps of imagination with artist Vanessa March.
Cost- Free
Time- 10.30-12.00
Event– Growing in Urban Spaces
Location- The Fumbally Stables, Fumbally Lane
Description- An interactive gardening workshop focusing on growing your own vegetables in urban spaces. The workshop will cover the basis of where to start when growing your own, what varieties to choose from and how to get the most from a limited space.
Topics covered will include how to prepare the soil, the requirements for germination along with cool yet practical growing ideas.
Cost- €40
Time- 11.00-13.00
Children’s event– FAMILY YOGA
Location- Yoga Dublin, 4a & b Rockfield Central, Balally Luas Station
Description- Suitable for adults and children (aged 2 and above). Children must always be accompanied by an adult.
Please join The Happy Circle for a Family Yoga class! Suitable for children ages 2 & up and adults of all ages and ability levels, this 60 minute class will include some yoga poses, games, fun and relaxation.
Please bring your own mat or towel to practice on, and wear comfortable clothing you can move in.
Your trainer will be Gomathy Subramanian who is a certified Rainbow Yoga kids and family yoga class instructor. She lives in Dublin with her husband and 4 year old daughter who keeps her on her toes !
Cost- €4-20
Time- 14.00-15.00
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