Sharing skills for a truly sustainable homelife.
Common Knowledge is a non-profit social enterprise based deep in the Burren, on Ireland’s beautiful West Coast. We share skills in building, making, mending and growing, because we believe that between us all, we have the knowledge needed to create a truly sustainable future.
Designing Our Food Future: A Community Approach to Change
We talk to Lara Hanlon from Portion Collaborative about the future of food production in Ireland, and how taking a design thinking approach to the problem will create solutions for everyone. Our upcoming workshop, The Future of Local Food Systems: Re-Imagining Community Growing in Ireland in November is a packed itinerary of discussions, panels, potluck dinner and design thinking to turn problems into solutions using design thinking and simple visual mark making.
When Build School went to Portugal
Build School went to Portugal last week and it was a great success. Read bout how Zack Halliday and the Common Knowledge team taught a bilingual group about not only building and but ecological sustainability and connection with the land and each other.
The Art of Giving: Why Handmade Gifts Matter This Christmas
Give the gifts that truly resonate this festive season with our guide to making your own handmade gifts and learning a new skills along the way. Give a gift to someone and to yourself at Christmas time and get the joy in making something with your own hands for family and friends.
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Courses
Learn to build, make, mend or grow at The Common Knowledge Centre in 2024.
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Community Projects
We work with communities and mission-aligned non-profits to bring our collective energy to their biggest challenges.
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Venue Hire
We are pleased to now offer The Common Knowledge Centre for hire for private gatherings, workshops and events.
