The Pod Project NI

The Pod Project is a community project started in a response to a growing need to do something to feel empowered rather than hopeless in the face of the climate emergency. The Pod Project’s aim is to is create a community of people who want to act now, share creative solutions, teach each other and live healthier more sustainable lives. We want to join the growing movement of community-based initiatives (CBI’s) working across Europe and the world to help people lead more sustainable lives. CBI’s play a significant part in reducing carbon use but also in the wider context, raising awareness, social cohesion, the creation of local livelihoods and retention of wealth in local economies and the feelings of empowerment that can come through working together to bring about change. Through research and conversation, we have identified three key areas we want to focus upon. These are education, wellbeing and sustainability in the context of the individual, the community and the environment. It is evident that many people feel isolated and powerless in regard to finding solutions for these issues. It is our aim to deliver a programme of events under these headings. Empowering people to thrive the old saying goes “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”