David Hayden

David is a contributor to the Green News. He has a Bachelor's Degree in International Business and French from UCD as well as a Master's Degrees in French literature and New Media from the University of California at San Diego and the Johns Hopkins University.

Get Down and Dirty with Soil – Take the Soil Quiz!

Ireland’s Soils Need Your Help! Soil is one of the most valuable and precious natural resources on the planet. We depend on soil for healthy food, clean water, storing carbon, preventing floods, and ultimately supporting all life. Without healthy soils, there is no future. Yet, despite its incredible importance, our soils are not protected. Over the last half century, Ireland’s soils have come under increasing threat from pesticides, afforestation, land use changes, over-farming, erosion and overgrazing, industry and urbanisation.

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Five Famous Female Environmentalists in celebration of World Women’s Day

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_slider animation=”slide” slide_time=”7000″ slide_speed=”1000″ slideshow=”false” random=”false” control_nav=”false” prev_next_nav=”true” no_container=”false” ][x_slide][x_image type=”none” float=”none” src=”https://greennews.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/800px-Mary_Anning_painting.jpg” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”] Mary Anning (1799 – 1847) was an English fossil collector and paleontologist. When geologist Henry De la Beche Read more…

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