Ecovillage green for go at Electric Picnic

Global Green pop-up ecovillage is a diverse community of cultural creatives, activists, artists, musicians, foodies, gardeners, farmers, hackers, social entrepreneurs and slam poets, brought together by Cultivate, the sustainability collective now based in Cloughjordan Ecovillage. 

This dynamic green edge of the festival showcases new musical acts, offers the most authentic food on site and hosts discussions on radical ideas for a community led, fossil free future.

 In the Village Hall we will be keeping a finger on Ireland’s musical pulse with atmospheric, electro, acoustic and folk music by day and dance, jazz, hip-hop and rocksteady beats by night. This year's highlights include Wastefellow, Anna-Meike Bishop, Jem Mitchell, Witch Trials to name but a few. We will be screening Atlantic, the important new film from the creator of The Pipe, and Voices Rising our performance poetry showcase will this year include Temper-Mental MissElayneous, Fergus Costello and Cormac Lally.

 

The Outsiders have your food covered again this year with the Global Green Food Project, which received the McKennas Award for best food at the festival in 2014. It's local, it’s yummy and it’s sourced from within a 50-mile radius of Cloughjordan. My Goodness, the collective from Cork will be bringing you their sparkling rain water kefir infused with treasures from the hedgerow and tasty vegan truffles. Last year they won the McKennas Green Award for the most ecologically-aware producer at Electric Picnic.

 

Relax and engage in the Convergence Tent with Ireland’s leading NGOs and activists, where we will be exploring how we make the transition to a fair and fossil free future. With discussions and talks on global and local themes, spoken word and chilled out music this is the zone to get inspired and add your voice to the conversation.

 

Rest your weary roots and shoots in our community garden, which will surprise and delight with its eclectic collection of snug seating for you to watch the festival go by.  This year the garden is inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals, bringing perennial issues of global concern into our awareness. On the green over 25 collectives and organisations will be highlighting community energy, solar, divestment from fossil fuels, bike culture, upcycling and reuse art, ecovillages, community gardening, community supported agriculture, equality and justice. Come and make art, learn to drum, play Connect 4 Resilience or race your mates on the Gold Sprints.

 

So shake off that fuzzy head and get your festival day underway with our popular morning mindfulness and yoga sessions and then hang out on the green for the best coffee and breakfast on site. Whether you want to dance, eat, get involved or just chill out and listen, this green oasis is a must-visit over the festival weekend.

 

After the festival donate your tents, sleeping mats and coats to the refugees trapped in Calais, where 7000 people are living in squalor. If you pack and drop your tents into Global Green Roisín Garvey of Green-Schools and Clare to Calais will personally deliver what is collected to Calais in October.

 

Highlights

Music, dance, spoken word, film and discussions in the Village Hall

The Convergence Tent - a radical, chilled out learning zone with conversations and music

Community Garden & Farm with the Community Garden Network & CSA Network

The breakfast ‘cure’, lunch and dinner from the Outsiders
The Sourdough Sessions real bread with Riot Rye

Connect 4 Resilience with Cloughjordan Ecovillage

My Goodness with their probiotic fermented sodas and vegan snacks

Bike Culture with the Irish Cycling Community

Going Solar with GLAS Energy and the Tipperary Energy Agency

Fossil Free with Trocaire and Young Friends of the Earth

Hemp Humour with Steve Allin

 

The SpeakEATsy - blending food, conversation, music and spoken word

Sustainable Agriculture with Gorta-Self Help Africa

African Drumming with Shiv
GOAL’s Pop Icons: Sing Along Social

Play the giant Fuinneamh Community Drum

Upcycling and Reuse Art with the Community Reuse Network Ireland and ReCreate

Yarn Bombing with the ICA

Going Rustic with Muintir na Coille

The last train to Skaville our final Sunday night party with The Service and Pressure Drop with live MCs

                ...and so much more.