Image: Naoise Culhane Green Flag for Parks Award Ireland Facebook page Left: Minister of State for the OPW and Flood Relief,Sean Canney TD; and Right: Michael John O’Mahony, Director of An Taisce Environmental Unit 2 February, 2017 An Taisce recently held an open day for winners and new entrants to Read more
January 26, 2017 Four international experts have written to the Clare champion newspaper publicly calling on Clare County Council to be ‘diligent’ as the beach at Donald Trump’s Doonbeg golf course is ‘still under threat’ from revised proposals. It appears the issue of sea walls has not been scrapped altogether Read more
January 23, 2017 Soil is the secret of life on land, it’s history began hundreds of millions of years ago and because of the scale of its timeline it’s not renewable. Without soil there is no agriculture and without agriculture we would lose 95% of our food production. Soil is Read more
January 19, 2017 [x_columnize]France’s world-first ban on supermarket food-waste has set a new standard for the regulation of food waste. In 2016, France became the first country to ban supermarkets from throwing away unsold food, punishing them with fines of upto €75,000 if they refuse to donate it to food banks or charities. Read more
13 January, 2017 Trump, Twitter, Climate-Change denial and the Advent of ‘Fake News’ [x_columnize]President-elect of the United States Donald Trump is infamous for his outrageous tweets @realDonaldTrump. He partakes in celebrity insults, climate-change denial, climate-change conspiracy theories, bragging about his election win over Hillary Clinton and the democratic party, and Read more
January 5, 2017 2017 Green News Resolution #1 : No Fracking! [x_columnize]Take action against fracking by making a personal submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee. Members of the public who have an interest in the fracking debate are invited by the Oireachtas Joint Committee to inform public policy by making Read more
January 3, 2017 – Pickup available in many Dublin areas this Saturday and Sunday [x_columnize]It’s that time of year again. You spent a pleasant week snacking on turkey leftovers, rising late and spending lazy afternoons sipping wine and eating chocolates merrily by the fire. You caught up with your friends and Read more
Image: baby vegetables served in an edible soil December 22nd , 2016 Can food be Art? Do chefs use food to transmit messages that go beyond flavour and presentation? It’s a question that may seem to be bordering on the ludicrous –especially while holding a fast-food branded cheeseburger in your hands–but merely being beautiful Read more
December 16, 2016 Over the coming weeks the Green News will be publishing the speeches from the People4Soil campaign launch. Today we are bringing you the introduction by Michael Ewing of the Environmental Pillar and opening speech by author and horticulture expert Klaus Laitenberger. The launch took place on World Read more
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