Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s Environment & Culture Department are proud to present the 3rd Annual Cool Earth Exhibition, a two day environmental exhibition that will illustrate simple ways to reduce your carbon footprint!

Sat 29TH and Sun 30TH August, Concourse, County Hall, Dun Laoghaire 11am – 6pm, FREE

At Cool Earth you can listen to live musicians while enjoying some tasty treats from the Amnesty International Fair Trade Café. Shop for eco-goods, research your green living options, and check out the onsite green machines, listen to talks from guest speakers or just relax and refresh – Cool Earth 2009 is the place to be!

Cool Earth will feature information stands by organisations and businesses working to combat climate change through global thinking and local action. Talks on climate change will be given by leading Irish speakers including Trevor Sargent, Minister for Food and Horticulture, Evelyn Cusack from MET Éireann, Kieran O'Brien from UNICEF Ireland, Dale Treadwell from Naturally Wild, John Connolly from Mecon Water Management and Duncan Martin from the Cloughjordan Ecovillage - 'The Village'.

Comedians from the MOMO Theatre Company will entertain and stimulate you to think about your carbon footprint with street theatre and on stage performances. There will be free kids activities including a dedicated space where children can create their very own bird feeder and play a Children’s Eco Board game..

Cool Earth will be an action packed event, which will kick off each morning and finish each evening with live music. There is never a dull moment on the Cool Earth stage; the afternoon will be filled with climate change comedy and stimulating and thought provoking speaker sessions.

”It's obvious that there is an interest in counteracting climate change and here they discover how. It's also very important that other local authorities learn from Dún Laoghaire's example. This whole event has been a seed out of which will grow a lot of positive action.” Trevor Sargent