August 18th, 2016 Thousands of Terns have begun to gather on Sandymount Strand at dusk, as the nesting season comes to a close. The vast majority of the marine birds to be seen in this fantastic spectacle, which will continue until mid-September, are Common Terns, joined by smaller numbers of Arctic Terns Read more…
August 16th, 2016 Delays caused to a housing project in County Cork by Japanese Knotweed sparked calls last week for the establishment of a National Taskforce to tackle the invasive plant. The presence of the plant at a 56 unit social housing site at Beechgrove, Clonakilty, has led to delays in the Read more…
August 12th, 2016 Plans to extend Dublin’s bike rental scheme to incorporate Dublin Institute of Technology’s (DIT) Grangegorman campus have been postponed due to a lack of funds. The plans to instate 15 new bike stations, including two new stations in the south side of the city at Merrion Square South Read more…
In its 2009 bid to host this year’s Olympic games, Rio aspired to host a “Green games for a Blue Planet”, committing to offsetting carbon emissions from those travelling to the games, reducing congestion on the roads, cleaning up local water bodies, improving amenities in the favelas and preserving nature. Seven years later, and with the Olympics in full swing, the Brazilian capital has fallen short on delivering the “most sustainable games in history”.
August 9th, 2016 Four leading Irish conservation groups have joined forces in a campaign aimed at convincing the Minister responsible for Natural Heritage, Heather Humphreys T.D., to maintain the closed period for hedge cutting as it currently stands: from the 1st of March to the 31st of August. BirdWatch Ireland, Read more…
Today, the 8th of August, marks the point in the year at which humans have used more resources than the planet can regenerate in a year.
Earth Overshoot Day, calculated annually since 1981 by international think tank Global Footprint Network, measures human’s demand for resources against the planet’s capacity to provide them. This year’s date is the earliest ever point of reaching the milestone, coming five days earlier than last year.
This September, churches in Ireland will join Christians throughout the world in celebrating the natural world and reflecting upon ways to decrease their ecological footprint, in a celebration known as ‘Creation Time’.
Running from the 1st of September until the Feast of St Francis on the 4th of October, this festival enables Christians of many traditions to explore better ways to relate to the natural world in all areas of their lives, from how they worship, live and work, to their property and finance management, community outreach and contact with the developing world.
August 2nd, 2016 Wind Turbines were responsible for the deaths of at least three rare White-Tailed Sea Eagles in the Cork-Kerry area, the National parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has revealed in a report to An Bord Pleanála. The report was delivered as part of an objection to a planned Read more…
Over 700 fish were found dead in the Curraheen River, County Cork, on Saturday morning.
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) have begun an investigation into a sewage spillage on the tributary of the River Lee, which has led to the death of 700 Brown Trout, Salmon and Sea Trout.
July 29th, 2016 The Environmental Pillar have reiterated that it remains illegal to routinely cut hedges during the month of August. In a statement released yesterday, the advocacy coalition of 28 Irish NGOs have reinforced that under the Wildlife Acts, it is illegal to routinely cut hedgerows during the closed Read more…
