Housing Ourselves in the Wellbeing Economy: blended conference – 14th February 2025
HOUSING OURSELVES IN THE WELLBEING ECONOMY
Community-led housing, creative place making, building sustainable communities
Blended Conference for In-Person and Online Participation
Date: Friday, 14 February 2025 – 10.00 – 17.00
Location: WeCreate Centre, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Co. Tipperary – E53 VP86
Cost: Online: Free of Charge.
In-person: Sliding Scale Payment €15.00 to €50.00 (Includes Lunch)
Enquiries – info@cloughjordancohousing.coop
Full Details here
Housing is essential to the well-being of individuals and communities. However, the current speculative, profit-driven approach fails to address the interconnected challenges of affordability, ecological and financial sustainability and social cohesion.
This event will explore transformative approaches to housing that prioritise sustainability, inclusivity and community resilience. It will highlight the importance of housing as a basic need and explore innovative solutions to ensure everyone has access to adequate housing, with a focus on community-led housing and creative place making.
This event, hosted by Cloughjordan Co-Housing in collaboration with the Irish Hub of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, builds on last year’s focus group discussions and the Housing session at the Rethinking Growth event in Dublin. Insights from the event will contribute to a paper on housing in Ireland’s Wellbeing Economy.
Conference Schedule:
09.30 – Welcome and refreshments
10.00 – Session 1 – THE HOUSING CRISIS & COMMUNITY LED HOUSING
11.30 – Break
12.00 – Session 2 – CREATIVE PLACE MAKING
13.30 – Lunch
14.30 – Tour of the Ecovillage
15.30 – Session 3 – BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
17.00 – Close
