[P2P-F] Green Digital Fabrication event in Ireland, possibly May Day 2011 (i.e. next month)

Fri Apr 1 18:17:24 CEST 2011

i;'m replying to all the emails soon, this is my first work day, going
through the 'easy' backlog first,

Michel

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Will have to wait and see if i will be able to attend but it sounds good.
>
> K
>
> On Friday, 1 April 2011, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > will be in dublin around that time as well,
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <hexayurt at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM
> > Subject: Green Digital Fabrication event in Ireland, possibly May Day
> 2011 (i.e. next month)
> > To: Smari McCarthy <smari at immi.is>, Phoebe <pvm.doc at gmail.com>, Anu <
> narnua at gmail.com>, Eleanor Saitta <ella at dymaxion.org>, Arthur Doohan <
> arthur.doohan at gmail.com>, dougald hine <writetodougald at gmail.com>, Michel
> Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>, pat kane <playethical at gmail.com>,
> alan.patrick at broadsight.com, indy.johar at gmail.com, alice <
> Alice at research00.net>
> >
> >
> > All,
> >
> > As you know (and, yes, I *know* this is April 1st, but this is *NOT* -
> > repeat *NOT* an April 1st gag) I've recently got involved with the
> > Cloughjordan Ecovillage (http://thevillage.ie) which is *NOT* repeat
> > *NOT* a containment facility for political prisoners being kicked out
> > of the British civil-service-military-big-society-complex* regardless
> > of how much the place occasionally resembles Portmerion designed by
> > Salvador Dali. (this is a reference to the British TV show, "The
> > Prisoner.")
> >
> > Onwards, to the point.
> >
> > May 1st, or there abouts, there's talk of a substantial
> > meeting-of-minds in Dublin to discuss the potential for three things:
> >
> > 1> Putting a fab-lab type facility (similar tooling, possibly
> > different goals) at http://thevillage.ie
> > 2> Discussing the interface between their deep green (i.e. they don't
> > like you to use concrete in building your house if you can avoid it)
> > values and digital fabrication
> > 3> Putting Cloughjordan on the map at a cultural level in Europe, as
> > they've actually come a hell of a long way in the past two years, and
> > are potentially going to be quite important in setting cultural
> > direction in Ireland as the shit hits the fan financially in the
> > country this year.
> >
> > As a guidepost on that, homes which were standing empty at 250,000 EUR
> > for several years are now on the market at 70,000 EUR. That's new in
> > the past two months, as the consensus that the old valuations will
> > return in the distant future cracks and people begin to accept that
> > Something New Is Happening.
> >
> > The venue will be http://cultivate.ie, the date is still somewhat
> > fluid, and I'm basically giving you a brief heads-up and "consider
> > saving the date" now, with all details up in the air and to be
> > decided.
> >
> > NOT, repeat NOT an April Fool's. I just wasn't going to wait until
> > Monday to send this.
> >
> > Vinay
> >
> > * The Industrial part of Britain's former Military-Industrial-Imperial
> > complex was shut down in the cuts of 1986
> >
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> >
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> >
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