6 May 2022 There’s a Hadith in Islam where the Prophet Muhammed taught that, “even if the sun has risen on the Day of Judgement, you still have the chance to plant a tree.” Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, founder of the Islamic Centre Ireland and climate activist, referred to it Read more…
29 April 2022 At COP26 I was handed a booklet with a bright yellow cover and the title “Future Anterior – COP(oety)26.” It was a little collection of eco-poetry, collected by the University of Warwick’s Centre for Ecopoetics. On one of the many train rides between Glasgow and Edinburgh, I Read more…
5 April 2022 The third and final Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group report landed yesterday late afternoon – and we took some time last night to go through it. The report is the third of its kind – the first one back in November looked at the Read more…
31 March 2022 For this installment of our culture column, we’ve changed the format ever so slightly. Our editor Kayle Crosson and our regular contributor Chloé ten Brink discuss the 2017 film First Reformed – and their conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Quick thing before we get Read more…
22 March 2022 Over the past quiet months for the natural world, Simon Berrow’s been in the throes of what he calls “shark fever”. “I dream about basking sharks all winter. I have shark fever, which is common amongst people who work with them. You become obsessed with them,” the Read more…
“Is the government a rock, a thing with neither brain nor heart?” These are the desperate words of a father rallying himself to go plead in the fictional African capital Bézam against a government bent on profit and extracting oil. Thula, his daughter and soon-to-be political activist and the rest Read more…
25 February 2022 A Marine Protected Area or ‘MPA’ is a vital tool in improving ocean health. MPAs are being created by nations across the globe to help fight against climate change and protect biodiversity. So given their importance and the ecological crises we find ourselves in, why does Ireland Read more…
Blue hydrogen is often touted as a low-carbon energy source, and has recently been flagged by some about as a potential fuel source in Northern Ireland. However, campaigners believe that it will result in an expansion of fracking and should not be included in the energy mix. Environmental activists, including Read more…
17 February 2022 On Monday, Galway City Council revoked plans for a trial cycleway along Salthill Promenade. Let’s start with some background. The €1 million investment was scrapped following the introduction of Standing Order 32 and was co-signed by 13 councillors from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour, and Independents. The Read more…
4 February 2022 You often hear climate change described as an opportunity – but that approach is a technocratic myth. It hinges on electric vehicles, blanket carbon taxes, and seeing natural gas as a bridging fuel – all of which maintains the status quo when it comes to the way Read more…