Life Cycles Secures £20,000 National Lottery Funding to Empower Communities Through Cycling 

21 February 2025

Life Cycles is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded £20,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund to support its transformative new project, “Pedal Powered: Reviving Communities Through Bike Refurbishment.” This initiative will provide refurbished bicycles, cycle training, and maintenance workshops to individuals facing transport barriers, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.  With rising transport

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What’s the Big Deal with Participatory Budgeting (PB)?

17 February 2025

If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. Joanna R. Macy ‘PB has a pedagogic function, to bring citizens together, demand discernment and a critical spirit of them, reinforce their neighbourhood ties,

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Little Footprints: A Haven for Parents and Little Ones

13 February 2025

You can hear the voices before you even step inside—laughter, excitement, maybe tantrums. The sounds of children just being themselves, embraced in the warmth of a space designed for them. As you go down the stairs, you step into Little Footprints, a sanctuary where children meet their peers, parents share experiences, and families create lasting

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Invitation to Meeting of the Waters

30 January 2025

Attention Irish water protectors! You are warmly invited to take part in the Meeting of the Waters, a ritual-performance which will kick off the Gathering at Moville, County Donegal, on Saturday 17 May (time TBD, though certainly before noon). Emissaries from Irish water bodies are invited to represent their waterbodies within a shared ritual-performance. This

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Annual Report – November 2024

2 December 2024

This year there has been so much going on in our projects they really are emerging and evolving at pace, flying – to quote from The Story of Zero Waste made with the Artitude Project “growing wings”! With our projects being so emergent and self-sustaining it is important for us to meet in celebration of

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The Story of Zero Waste North West

20 September 2024

This animation is an introduction to the ZWNW family. It shares how ZWNW came to be, what we work for, and how we support one another along the way. It captures the spirit of our movement and the personalities that enliven our work. Come join the fun! The animation was a big team effort, from

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Rights of Nature Activities in Derry this Autumn

6 September 2024

This autumn Zero Waste North West is hosting a series of events to explore the meaning and possibilities for rights of nature on these islands. Zero Waste North West is part of the movement that seeks to fundamentally change the way humans relate to and respect the interconnected web of life so that we might enable a flourishing future for all beings.  Derry

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CHAINSAW MINDLESSNESS

17 August 2024

Remember the hugging tree in Prehen Woods?A number of mature trees around it have now been felled. More are marked with an X for felling. The hugging tree is now very vulnerable. Gemma has sent us this poem she wrote.Can we help her raise awareness!? Please share widely… some photos taken yesterday:

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Climate Justice Now at Derry Féile

7 August 2024

Join Zero Waste North West at Climate Justice Now, a panel discussion convened by Trócaire, at 7 PM on Tuesday 13th August at Pilots Row Centre. Anjuli Grantham of Zero Waste North West, Fidelma O’Kane of Save Our Sperrins and Sinéad Loughran of Trócaire will share visions for climate justice, both locally and internationally, and consider ways

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