Common Knowledge

Non-profit social enterprise sharing skills for an affordable, sustainable + happy home • Building • Making • Mending • Growing • Community 📍 Ireland

[Common Knowledge @common_k_]

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[RTÉ Nationwide @RTENationwide]

Join us for another special show from the @wildatlanticway from counties Clare & Limerick on #RTENationwide Wednesday 27th November @RTEOne 7pm @ShannonAirport @BunrattyCastle @ClareHour @Limerick_Leader @LimerickHour @Failte_Ireland @ClareTourism @Limerick_ie @CliffsofMoherIE RT

[MohillHistory @MohillHistory]

Simple and brilliant concept for revitalising Irish towns with @IAFarchitecture.
‘Making projects out of the wishes of the people, empowering local people, and looking beyond the normal options’.
@IrishTimes @GemmaTipton
https://t.co/QfyhrnYmgf

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

The multilayered, fascinating, Hometown Architect project, is drawing out the untapped resources of towns such as Aughrim and Lisdoonvarna https://t.co/hKhqZvGVwY

[Irish Architecture Foundation @IAFarchitecture]

#ReimagineLisdoonvarna's "Tapping the Well" public meeting is tomorrow! Read all about it in @ClareEcho and all locals welcome!
https://t.co/5iR39wNm42

This project by @common_k_ @graftonarchs ACT Studio & Lisdoonvarna Fáilte is part of #IAFarchitecture's #placemaking programme

[Manchán Magan @ManchanMagan]

Delighted to see this profile of @common_k_, of which I'm a board member. We're currently issuing Community Bonds structured as 5 year loans (paying 5% interest p.a) to create a thriving hub to teach self-building, resilience & home skills. Revolutionary?
https://t.co/h934s5Ptvt

[Irish Architecture Foundation @IAFarchitecture]

#ReimagineLisdoonvarna are holding their first event on 28 June & were on @ClareFM yesterday to discuss it. Play it back for @fionnkidney @common_k_ on how the project came about & Shelley MacNamara @graftonarchs on memories of a Lisdoonvarna childhood. https://t.co/eozAQitFh2

[Common Knowledge @common_k_]

Thanks @KeithDugganIT for this piece on Common Knowledge in the @IrishTimesMag today https://t.co/Z0TBG24Hnb

[Communities for Future @CfF_Communities]

Lovely to hear about the wonderful work going on in the Burren in County Clare 🇧🇦, Ireland. Todays @RTECountryWide visited the 'Common Knowledge' centre @common_k_, bringing the ecological & social care of #permaculture to local Irish #LGBTIQ people ♥️

@NakedPermie @cultivate_ie

[Della Kilroy @dellakilroy]

Based in Clare @common_k_ hosts courses in building, growing, making, and mending. This week they hosted a residency for LGBTQ+ people focused on climate change, sustainability and community resilience. I spent a day with them for @RTECountryWide @RTERadio1 Reporting on Saturday

[Ireland Architecture Diary @iearchidiary]

👷🛠️No better way to spend a week in Clare than at @common_k_ Build School, where participants learn on-site skills applicable to any renovation, DIY or new build project you may be undertaking.

One of our #EditorsChoice event for June

More info👇
🔗https://t.co/1kXcDd6Cn4

[Culture on RTÉ @RTE_Culture]

Artist Eimear Walshe to represent Ireland at the 60th Venice Art Biennale @irelandatvenice: https://t.co/O4mb8ygdRj

[Willie White @williewhite]

Two @common_k_ Build Schools coming up in June. A great way to spend a week in Clare. https://t.co/Lb7NNLq97I

[John Cooke @johncookeradio]

Are traditional skills & crafts key to more #sustainable modern living? Inspiring thoughts from skilled crafters & grafters in my report from #Rekindle Festival of Lost Skills @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1

[Traditional Building Skills NI @TradSkillsNI]

👷‍♀️⚒️🪨 For anyone interested in working with stone & lime, @common_k_ will be delivering a good selection of introductory traditional skills courses in Co. Clare in the coming weeks! 👇 https://t.co/vLkpmph3dn
@intbauireland @SPABIreland @ulsterahs @HeritageHubIRE

[Gutter Bookshop @gutterbookshop]

After his @common_k_ course, husband & his inspection team our building us a lean-to greenhouse... (I'm drinking tea & encouraging them...) #Saturday

[The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncil_ie]

Looking to learn something new?

Head along to Rekindle festival with @common_k_ this Sunday and learn some forgotten skills! Including (but not limited to): wool spinning, sugán chair making and water divination, foraging and lace-making

more info: https://t.co/vfZjKq9SQt

[Ireland Architecture Diary @iearchidiary]

🌤️May's #EditorsChoice comes from Felix Hunter Green, Project Manager for Housing Unlocked.

With events from @IAFarchitecture, Space Saloon & The MAAK, zwkr, & Palace of Un/Learning, @common_k_, @AnitaSMARTlab, @caracourage

Check out his selection
👉🔗https://t.co/gNGvhj3dNE

[Cuimhneamh an Chláir @clarememories]

Delighted to be collaborating with @common_k_ on ‘Embers’, a gorgeous audiovisual exhibition exploring old skills and crafts in Co. Clare. Launching at The Courthouse, Ennistymon, Thurs evening 11 May. You can also catch it on the festival day itself of course!