{"id":5847,"date":"2023-04-20T21:02:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T21:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=5847"},"modified":"2023-04-20T21:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T21:03:45","slug":"5847","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=5847","title":{"rendered":"KKB  Earth Day 2023 Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>All are welcome to come along and support Keep Kilkenny Beautiful\u2019s celebration of Earth Day! McDonnagh Junction, Kilkenny\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a range of\u00a0 interesting presentations, the launch of the Kilkenny Climate Hero\u2019s Challenge, entertainment for kids, colouring, Mr Picker Pal (ask the young people, they know who he is) and free giveaways of books, bulbs and keep cups.<\/p>\n<p>Young ecologists who impress might be lucky enough to get a converted magnifying glass for hunting mini beasts! All welcome to come and celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/15.0\/1f44f\/72.png\" alt=\"&#x1f44f;\" data-emoji=\"&#x1f44f;\" aria-label=\"&#x1f44f;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/15.0\/1f44f\/72.png\" alt=\"&#x1f44f;\" data-emoji=\"&#x1f44f;\" aria-label=\"&#x1f44f;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PHOTO-2023-04-19-19-40-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5848\" src=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PHOTO-2023-04-19-19-40-18-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PHOTO-2023-04-19-19-40-18-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PHOTO-2023-04-19-19-40-18-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PHOTO-2023-04-19-19-40-18-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PHOTO-2023-04-19-19-40-18-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PHOTO-2023-04-19-19-40-18.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speakers schedule for Earth Day<br \/>\n<strong>12:00\u00a0 \u00a0 TD Malcom Noonan:-<\/strong>\u00a0 launch of Kilkenny Climate Hero Challenge<br \/>\n<strong>12:10\u00a0 \u00a0 Nicky Brennan:-<\/strong> Kilkenny Age Friendly Tips from the older generation<br \/>\n<strong>12:20\u00a0 \u00a0 Cllr David FitzGerald Mayor of Kilkenny City:-\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> The Path to being first Carbon Neutral City<br \/>\n<strong>12:30<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Break<br \/>\n<strong>12:40\u00a0 \u00a0 Patrick Jackson<\/strong> \u2013 Picker Pals<br \/>\n<strong>12:50\u00a0 \u00a0 Paddy Phelan<\/strong> South East Energy Agency Grants &amp; Supports Economy<br \/>\n<strong>13:00\u00a0 \u00a0 John Carley<\/strong> South East Energy Agency Circular<br \/>\n<strong>13:10\u00a0 Liam O\u2019Brien<\/strong> Bagenalstown SEC Journey to Energy Master Plan<br \/>\n<strong>13:20\u00a0 \u00a0 Seamus Nugent<\/strong> Kilkenny Sport Partnership Environment &amp; Mental Health<br \/>\n<strong>13:30\u00a0 \u00a0 Fergus Horgan<\/strong> KLP Food Waste to Compost<br \/>\n13:40\u00a0 \u00a0 Break<br \/>\n<strong>13:50\u00a0 \u00a0 Pat Boyd<\/strong> Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Special Project Officer &#8211;\u00a0 Bio Bliz<br \/>\n<strong>14:00\u00a0 \u00a0Catriona Corr<\/strong> Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan<br \/>\n<strong>14:10\u00a0 \u00a0 Marina DeCosta<\/strong> Sustainable Energy Communities SEC<br \/>\n14:20\u00a0 \u00a0 Break<br \/>\n<strong>14:30\u00a0 \u00a0 Maria Dollard<\/strong> Chairperson Keep Kilkenny Beautiful &#8211; Tidy Towns and SEC\u2019s &#8211; complementary synergy towards SDG\u2019s<br \/>\n14:40\u00a0 \u00a0Break<br \/>\n<strong>14:50\u00a0 \u00a0 Mijke Jansen<\/strong> Barrow Valley Hub SEC Solar Panel EV Charger KLP LEADER Project<br \/>\n<strong>15:00\u00a0 \u00a0 Breda Maher<\/strong> KCC Climate Action F<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All are welcome to come along and support Keep Kilkenny Beautiful\u2019s celebration of Earth Day! McDonnagh Junction, Kilkenny\u00a0 There will be a range of\u00a0 interesting presentations, the launch of the Kilkenny Climate Hero\u2019s Challenge, entertainment for kids, colouring, Mr Picker &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=5847\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,6,7,8,10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-litter","category-biodiversity","category-clean-ups","category-competitions","category-education","category-kilkenny-city","category-news","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5851,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847\/revisions\/5851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}