Virtual Cuppa Ireland
1st virtual cuppa about Doughnut Economics in an Irish context
The virtual coffee intention was - lets see who shows up, meet each other and take it from there.
I'm an experienced facilitator, I knew the group size would be managable + creating trust would be important. I totally underestimated the outreach, connect share - made more complex by not sharing the zoom details in the event, this was to do with funneling people here rather than on other social media channels. My apologies to anyone who did not manage to get the zoom details on time to join.
It has been great to witness people express an interest in joining the call, those who could join, those that could n't join expressing an interest in future session plus the outcome from Friday. Ireland has kicked off its Doughnut Economics with representation from West Cork, Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin, Meath, Roscommon and Mayo locations indicated on the map.
Gave a 10 minute soft space for everyone to join. Tried to do a social media sweep to see if anyone was looking for details of the zoom call.
Invited everyone to use the chat to share how others could get in touch with them.
Mentioned about keeping introductions short.
Everyone got to introduce themselves and say what had brought them to the virtual coffee.
Things that were mentioned and woth noting here SDGs, Pivot Projects, environmental nature network, perma culture, systems thinking, climate action, biodiversity, imagination sundial, young peoples voices and involvement, environmental science, waste management, inviting people into the space that don't nomally have acess to digital; David McWillams podcast, just and healthy society, fresh thinking we are stuck in linear, design-led, Friday for the future actions, equity at work.
After that the floor was open for discussion, I invite people to unmute themselves:
- translating DEAL into local action
- policy at national level
- Amsterdam Doughnut Coalition
Then I asked them to map their knowledge of Doughnut Economics on the screen using their fingers across the digital screen - if Kate was on the right where would they be. Most of us were begining on our knowledge journey so we on the left, three peoplewer central having more advanced understanding and knowledge which was great.
There was some further discussion about getting Doughnut Economics on David McWilliams podcast or introduce it more generally with journalists and influencers bringing it to the general poplulations attention.
With 8 minutes to go I asked participants to reflect on two questions from a generative perspective - what am I here to give, what am I here to get. Giving 1 timed minute for each question before doing a chat cascade. This is what was shared:
- Analyse and and share
- Skills, connection, energy
- An understanding of human impact on environment
- knowledge and commitment and to create awareness with others
- 6 months studying environmental economics, esp. Donut. Access to 200 members of Pivot Projects volunteer experts
- Encouragement, friendship, my skills in UX and Transition Design & systems thinking
- I'd like to combine local action with national policy influencing
- Here to spread the word about DE. My passion for change.
- energy and creativity
- Analyse and share information re practical implementation of Donut economics in Ireland/locally
- My understanding and knowledge and interest in policy and SDGs
What will I get?
- A future worth living into
- a role in articulating what the solutions could be and making them happen
- A community of interested and knowledgeable people; greater understanding and awareness; ways to proceed
- knowledge, ideas and opportunities to collaborate
- A national narrative, critical mass. Public awareness and public pressure on the government to take the donut seriously. a growing cohesive voice for positive change. A great future for Ireland and our children
- Connections and other peoples wisdom and knowledge
- Connection with likeminded people, inspiration and encouragement, gain knowledge from people from other disciplines
- knowledge, meeting new people, personal growth, a change for the better
- I'd like to learn more about what's working for other people in their communities, both locally and nationally. The links and ideas that people have shared already here are great.
- Connections and information that can be used locally also for regional/European policymakers that we are in contact with
- I'd like to understand the communication tools that are available to us
In closing - I asked would anyone else want to add anything? What is our next action?
There was a rapid discussion on a strategy to get ourselves organised, getting more familar with Doughnut Economics, Friday for the Future actions as virtual coffee, establishing a weekly call if we can make it great otherwise no problem.
I've agreed to establish weekly virtual coffee for the emerging Doughnut Econmics Action Lab community in Ireland.
What I learned:
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Gerard Corcoran
Dún Laoghaire, Leinster, Ireland
Gerard Corcoran leads Innovation and Research Partnerships, Medtech and Sportstech for Huawei Ireland Research Centre and was previously Senior Solutions Manager and Account Director for Huawei Enterprise Business Unit in Western Europe with responsibility for Smart and Safe Cities and Communities. He is on the Smart Cities Task Force for Smart City Dublin, Smart Docklands, Smart Sandyford, Smart Belfast, TMForum and Dun Laoghaire and is a Board Member of Sandyford Business District. He has over 40 years’ experience in the ICT industry with special focus on New and Emerging Technologies applied to the development of Smart and Sustainable Cities, Healthcare, Mobility and Energy including HMS, AI, 5G, IoT, AR/VR/MR, Blockchain and Genomics. He is founder of ISOGG Ireland, the International Society of Genetic Genealogy, with 7K members in the Irish Diaspora of a total of 20K ISOGG members. He has presented at Genetic Genealogy events in Dublin, Belfast, Galway, London, Birmingham.
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Sydney Nolan
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
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Jade Berman
Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Dr Jade Berman is the acting ClimateNI Manager and working on the Transboundary Adaptation Learning Exchange project (TalX) as a Climate Resilience Researcher. She is based at Climate NI (Northern Ireland Environment Link) working in partnership with SNIFFER Scotland and MAREI Institute University of Cork. Jade has almost ten years’ experience working in Northern Ireland previously working at Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and Ulster Wildlife, as an honorary lecturer in Marine Policy at Queens University and sitting as a Committee Member for CNCC and JNCC advising Government Departments. Previously Jade has worked all over the world from New Zealand and Antarctica to Panama and Hawaii above and below the sea and is looking forward to getting up to speed with international climate adaptation best practice and the best ways to share with others...
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Kareen Urrutia
Auckland, New Zealand
I am a passionate forester/ecologist interested on working towards a sustainable and climate-resilient world. I currently study a master in Environmental Science at the University of Auckland. I have facilitated webinars on Ecological Economics in the past for Guatemalan students, aiming to bring this "system-based thinking" to as many people as possible for transforming our economies. I enjoy hiking, exploring nature, swimming, and reading.
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Lauren Guillery
Clonakilty, Ireland
I'm a permaculture practitioner and horticulturist, and work on a part-time basis on an organic farm. As an environmental and climate activist, I was at the forefront of the fossil fuel divestment campaign in Ireland and have led a number of direct action and media campaigns, specifically on Irish forestry policies. I'm also an award-winning songwriter and performer, and i craft ethical products with a circular economy mindset, which i sell at my weekly market stall in Skibbereen.
