November 16th, 2017 The COP meetings happen in different continents each year to enable countries to minimise their travel distances and also to expose delegates to the particular needs and circumstances of countries as they seek to combat the effects of adverse climate change. This year the COP was supposed Read more…
November 14th, 2017 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) tells us that 2017 will be one of the warmest years on record, with many disastrous events including drought, floods, and heat waves taking place across the globe. While it is abundantly clear that climate change is occurring on a global scale, Read more…
November 7th, 2017 NGOs, educational institutions, trade unions, government and civil society groups share existing best practice in education for sustainable development Alarm bells are blaring. Each week the decibel level rises. Our ears should be ringing as we hurtle headlong into a state of climate emergency. Take, for example, Read more…
November 1st, 2017 The scientific evidence tells us that we must adapt quickly to climate change. Yet a key problem confronting us is how we convey this important message to the general public. Media stories informed by evidence-based climate science could be one such way to increase audience engagement and Read more…
October 24th, 2017 The Environment Committee announced that it will not object to new waste tyre regulations remaining in force followed a closed session this afternoon. Chair Hildegarde Naughton, TD said that the Committee made its decision after examining the regulations in detail and hearing from stakeholders such as the Read more…
August 25th, 2017 Experts have long identified the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) as the centrepiece of efforts in Europe and Ireland to address threats to our water environment. It requires our rivers, lakes, groundwater and coastal water to achieve a healthy state by 2021. The River Basin Management Plan Read more…
Globally, conventional agriculture is still following the same model of working with the land that led to the great dust bowls of America in the 1930s. So are we walking straight into a global crisis without noticing it, asks Permaculture teacher and designer Aaron Jewell. Every single civilization has relied Read more…
May 16th, 2017 Ireland ranks as one of the world’s most underperforming countries in wildlife conservation for megafauna species, a new Oxford University study reveals. Ireland ranked among 28 major under-performing countries out of a total of 152 countries analysed in the ‘megafauna conservation index’ (MCI). The study by Oxford’s Read more…
[cs_section id=”” class=” ” style=”margin: 0px; padding: 45px 0px; ” visibility=”” parallax=”false”][cs_row id=”” class=” ” style=”margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; ” visibility=”” inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=””][cs_column id=”” class=”” style=”padding: 0px; ” bg_color=”” fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″][cs_text id=”” class=”” style=”” text_align=””] 19th April, 2016 We can all take individual responsibility for Read more…
Native tree planting took place last month in Louth, Monaghan, Cavan and Leitrim as part of a project to plant Peace Forest along the border to Northern Ireland. Peace Forest Ireland is a project of Forest Friends and the Rotary Club Dublin North. They are working with locals in border Read more…