This Cork retreat centre is hosting a vibey outdoor Halloween Market

And if there is one thing that can make Halloween better as a holiday, it’s a Halloween market.

This October, the Centre of Excellence for Climate Action and Sustainability (CECAS) aka Myross Wood is turning up the spook factor and hosting a ghoulish day out for all the family in their spacious courtyard.

You’ll find craftspeople and artists selling crafts, vintage clothes, plants, produce, and organic food, with face painting and storytelling by the fire with Conor Buckley.

The market, which takes place on Sunday, October 29th coincides with the ever-popular Scarecrow Festival in Leap. So once you’re done listening to scary stories and getting your face painted you can head towards the village for some Samhain activities.

On October 29th the festival will host a Wand & Witches…


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Partnering for Change: Tips for Hosting Successful Fundraisers with Community Partners

Jevon Taylor

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By Sarah Konradi, executive director, Design Workshop Foundation, and Jevon Taylor, CEO, Green Spaces, Green Dot Coalition

Engaging with your local community takes many forms — canned food drives, volunteer events, and employee giving campaigns. Call it Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), or just plain old common sense, good business leaders know they have a commitment to driving positive change in the communities where they have roots.

Design Workshop and Design Workshop Foundation are rethinking the way we engage with the community. For the past two years, Design Workshop Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization with a mission to catalyze transformative change in communities, has been collaborating with Denver’s Green Dot Coalition, a…


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BNB Chain launches data storage solution Greenfield

The BNB Chain ecosystem has launched the mainnet of its highly anticipated Greenfield, marking a major milestone in decentralized data storage and management.

Greenfield is a novel blockchain specialized for decentralized data storage that allows users to upload files and data, set customized access controls and store information redundantly across a decentralized network of storage providers.

According to a recent announcement shared with crypto.news, Greenfield introduces a network architecture and economic model that gives users control over their data in Web3.

Crucially, Greenfield data is not stored directly on the blockchain. Instead, the blockchain manages access rights, metadata, payments and incentives.

The actual files are stored off-chain by storage providers. This unique…


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Area organizations dedicated to equality host leading jurist on equal justice efforts in New York – Saratogian

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Hon. Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson, a leader of the New York State Unified Court System and the state’s Equal Justice in Courts Initiative, will address the public at 5 p.m. on Wednedsday, Oct. 18 at The Saratoga Hilton.

The event, presented by MLK Saratoga, the Saratoga Immigration Coalition, Mary A. Carter Temple #362 and When People Work, is free and is a presentation on the status of equal justice in the state.

Throughout her long career in public service, Mendelson has worked to afford all New Yorkers equal access to justice. Currently the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, she is the state-wide judicial official responsible for ensuring meaningful access to justice for all New Yorkers in civil, criminal, and family courts,…


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