Two one hour Convergence events will take place at the
wonderful Bamboo Stage@Body&Soul Festival
Transition to Resilient Communities
Davie Philip, Cultivate, Matt Mills, Transition Towns Ireland and Northern Ireland and Vinay Gupta, an international expert on open source communities will host discussions on creating livelihoods and resilient communities through local food, crafts & arts, local energy & transport, technology and community owned co-operatives
Open Source Technology and Resilient Communities
Exploring how Open Source Technology can help us make the transition to resilient communities. This discussion will be hosted by Cultivate's Davie Phillip , Matt Mills from Transiton Towns Ireland & Northern Ireland & Vinay Gupta from the open source Hexayurt Project. The hexayurt is an open source design for an emergency shelter which we will be building over the weekend.