A Documentary tracing the experiences of a community development project that creatively recycles rubbish into desirable craft items.

The Climate Camp is a place where anyone who cares about climate change or social justice can meet, live, learn and take direct action together. It happened last August 15th-23rd, in Co. Offaly, Ireland. This documentary by Near TV volunteers sought to capture some of it’s spirit.

We’re going to be showing a version of Seamus Nolan’s Corrib Project that exhibited in the project last month through out November. We’ll fill you in more when it’s closer to a broadcast date, but expect it to play out as part of our Independent Media block. You can read about the exhibition in Totally Dublin over here.

Irish artist and activist, Ian Clotworthy, has also completed a documentary about the first ever Irish Climate Camp that we’ll be playing out on the station at some stage too.

Street Smart Sustainability – Climate Change and Energy Security from DCTV on Vimeo.

Cultivate Episode 1 from DCTV on Vimeo.

The mainstream media often does not focus on the economic and social impacts of Peak Oil and Climate Change. For this reason many people still feel that these issues are not directly relevant to their everyday lives. Street Smart Sustainability is a 4 part series, which seeks to increase the understanding of the issues around sustainability so that people can make informed decisions on what they do in their daily lives.

In each episode we go out on the streets of Dublin to get Vox-Pops on what people think about the issue of the week. These Vox-Pops then form the basis of a lively in-studio discussion led by presenter, Dylan Townsend.

When corporate giants like Tesco and other super markets monopolise food distribution in large urban areas, serious questions have to be asked about how alternatives can survive or even be created. The Dublin Food Co-op is one option. It stands as a means to building a more enriched life in urban environments. It was set up to provide organic food and other products to its owner-members. It was established in 1983 by a group of friends who found buying in bulk made financial sense. They run a weekly food market on Saturdays, where stalls provide fresh local and artisan produce, mainly organic, and other products for sustainable living. The Co-op sells its own wide range of organic dry foods and other processed organic products. As more and more things get enclosed by corporate gaints and the profit model, Dublin Food Co-op stands as an alternative to commercial profit-oriented business. Surplus funds are used to benefit the members Co-op and to reduce prices.
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