Festival Programme 1 Festival Programme The first ‘Loving Galway’ sustainability festival will run from the 20-30th of September 2018, in celebration of the ‘Green and Blue’ spaces breathing life into Galway City. The festival is a unique collaboration between Galway City Council, Galway City Community Network, NUI Galway, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Waters and Communities Office, Galway Environmental Network, Youth Work Ireland Galway, Green-Schools, Galway Waterways Foundation, and community and environmental groups across the city. The festival builds on decades of activity by the City’s environmental community and is a legacy of Galway’s European Green Leaf designation in 2017. This programme contains festival highlights – please check online for more events, details and updates: LovingGalwayFestival @GreenBlueFest #LovingGalway We look forward to Celebrating with You! The Loving Galway Festival Steering Committee Waters and Communities Office (LAWCO) Conservation Volunteers Galway/ Terryland Forest 2 Thursday 20th September 2018 Mobility Week 2018 Secondary School Cycle Blue is to Green - Stories and Songs of Trees and Water Online conference by ECOLISE Thursday 20th September 2018 Thursday 20th September 2018 Thursday 20th September 2018 Time: 11 .00 First performance 16.00 Second Performance 17.15 09:00-17:00 Venue: Starting Point – Eyre Square Venue: Meet at the Rockbarton W entrance of Quincentennial Online conference - See Park (Circle of Life Garden) (opposite Salthill Hotel). https://www.facebook.com/events/432402170613807/ Join up to 200 other secondary school students as Join performers from The Spontaneous Theatre People in Join ECOLISE online for the conference ‘Citizens and they cycle through the streets of Galway City and the Quincentennial Park, Salthill for storytelling and songs inspired municipalities – building sustainability through collaboration’, Urban Greenway as part of European Mobility Week by trees and seas. Each session will last approximately 30 co-hosted with the European Economic and Social Council. 2018. minutes. All are welcome to attend. For each show, we will meet Part of European Day of Sustainable Communities, on 22nd at the Rockbarton entrance at the start. Bring something to sit Sept 2018 on if you like, and a raincoat and sunglasses to cover all options! Contact/ More Information: Tiarnan McCusker, For more information email www.sustainable-communities.net Green-Schools Ireland 0857776990 [email protected] www.ecolise.eu/european-day-of-sustainable-communities/ Booking is essential - Contact Tiarnan McCusker to No booking required. Please note that each performance will be Booking required, see Ecolise Website participate limited to 30 audience members. Friday 21st September 2018 Minimal Waste Market Stall The Rise of the Insects - A Grassroots Movement Culture Night Friday 21st September 2018 Friday 21st September 2018 Friday 21st September 2018 Time: 11.00-16.00 Time: 17.00-19.00 Time: Evening/ night Venue: Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road, Venue: Merlin Woods - Meeting point Merlin Woods Community Venue: City Wide Galway Garden Dispense with disposables! Buy your minimal and Merlin Collective presents The Rise of the Insects - A Grassroots Culture is catching with venues and public spaces across the zero waste groceries from the Minimal Waste Movement. Friends of Merlin Woods green event for Culture city opening their doors and gates to host a programme of Grocery – Say no to unnecessary plastic packaging; Night - A theatrical Vision Quest exploring the interdependence free late-night entertainment, as part of an all-island no to paying for it and no to paying again to dispose of humans and insects of humans and insects through dance, celebration of arts, heritage and culture. of it! Products include soap, salt, rice, quinoa, music and humour. Children and adults welcome, please wear shampoo, oat flakes, mouthwash, buckwheat etc., weather appropriate clothing. Contact/ More Information: Contact/ More Information: Caroline 0852484380 [email protected] [email protected] See www.culturenight.ie for Galway listings No booking required. Bring your own containers! No booking required. Check individual listings for booking information. 3 Permaculture Night on the Canal 2 Seasearch: Marine Inspired Research Friday 21st September 2018 Friday 21st September 2018 Time: 18.00-20.00 Time: 18.00-21.00 Venue: Raven’s Terrace, Galway Venue: Meeting Point - Grattan Beach Permaculture Night on the canal, part of the on-going celebration of Galway’s local Join Galway Atlantaquaria & the SFI Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM) based at ecoarts and food culture. Exhibition – ‘Native Circles’ series, by artist Emily Robyn Archer. NUI, Galway for a walk through the Salthill Seascape. Interactive, educational science Talk by Phil James of Galway Waterways Foundation. Other guests include Galway-based investigation of microplastics, animal regeneration, drug delivery and barnacle inspired glues - trainee Chefs FEAST, with Devin O’ Sullivan and friends, who will offer a contemporary ideal for the family to discover science on the shore of Galway Bay. The event also includes a cooking demonstration involving local organic produce. Canal walk at 6.30pm with guests tour of the Atlantaquaria with more science-based activities in the aquarium. Free to attend, Celia Graebner, Pollinator conservation Adviser and Organic Grower; Dan Connell, Irish parental or guardian guidance is required. Experience the world of ocean and science and Wildlife Trust; and Dan Clabby, Conservation Volunteers Galway. Third Space Galway's discover amazing facts and experiments. See www.seasearch.ie www.curamdevices.ie Curator, Martina Finn, will also be present throughout the evening offering insight into Wear shoes and clothing appropriate for the weather/ walking on the beach. TSG Permaculture Galway Projects. See www.thirdspacegalway.ie Contact for more information - [email protected] No booking required No booking required. Max 100 people Saturday 22nd September 2018 European Day of Sustainable Communities - a celebration of local communities taking action for a better, more sustainable world. www.sustainable-communities.net ‘Kidical Mass’ Family Cycle with Galway’s Public Lab Aerial Mapping Workshop Tree Adoption and Community Planting Day Westend, An Taisce Green-Schools & Galway City Council (Plants and Pathways) Saturday 22nd September Saturday 22nd September Saturday 22nd September Time: 10.30-14.00 Time: 11.00 - 15.15 Time: 11.00- 13.00 Venue: Fr. Burke Park, Fr. Griffin Road, City Centre Venue: Ballinfoile Community Garden/ Ballinfoile/Castlegar Venue: Corrach Buí Community Centre, Westside Neighbourhood centre Part of World Car Free Day - On-road and off-road Workshop on DIY mapping solutions for citizens who interact 'Fruitful Futures' - Tree Adoption Ceremony hosted by cycle ride for families and children. Families can positively with their environment. This workshops is for food Westside Youth Project in conjunction with Third Space cycle through the streets of Galway in a traffic-free growers and organisations interested in gathering ecology-based Galway and Conservation Volunteers Galway - to be followed environment, and experience the Urban Greenway data. by a community planting. Interested families in Westside are from Galway’s Westend. With support from An invited to plant a free, small fruit or nut tree in their garden. Garda Siochána. Family fun in Fr. Burke Park with a Come and learn about tree planting and food production in a bouncy castle, face painting, cycle games and music. fun workshop. More Information: Bernard McGlinchey, Freeflow Creativity To join the fun contact Kerry E’Lyn 087 937 1619 or Contact: Tiarnan McCusker 0857776990 [email protected] [email protected] Booking Required? No Booking Required? Fully-booked, please contact for waitlist. No booking required, open to all households in Westside. 4 Saturday 22nd September 2018 (Continued) Go Wild in Galway – Biodiversity tour of the City Gallery Tour: Sea Science – The Wild Atlantic Tour of Galway Fisheries Watchtower Museum Saturday 22nd September Saturday 22nd September Saturday 22nd September Time: 12.00-14.00 Time: 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Time: 13.00 Duration 20 min. Venue: Meet at Galway Cathedral Venue: Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway, Venue: Galway Fisheries Watchtower Museum Discover the wild places and natural wonders of Developed in partnership with the Marine Institute, Sea Science The tower originally acted as a draft netting station and Galway through an interactive walk of the city led by – the Wild Atlantic is an interactive exhibition that focuses on the lookout point against illegal poaching but has been restored a range of nature experts who will showcase the wonders of the marine world. Join our science graduate intern, as a museum dedicated to the Galway Fisheries and the River wildlife of, and their encounters with, nature in the Gráinne Cronin O’Reilly, for a guided gallery tour to learn more. Corrib. Join our experienced Galway Civic Trust guides for a city. With BirdWatch Ireland, Vincent Wildlife Age 7 – 12 / Family Event short but fascinating tour of this beautiful Victorian building. Trust; NUI Galway/NearHealth; and GMIT. Contact: Ruth Hanniffy [email protected] More Information: www.galwaycitymuseum.ie Contact Galway Civic Trust on 091-564946 / 08766466625 or John Lusby [email protected] Phone: (091)