July 30th, 2019 Imagine nature coming back. Imagine experiencing nature, not as some lucky happenstance or occasional encounter, but as …
‘Our streets are for the people too’
July 22nd, 2019 On Saturday, activists from the Dublin Cycling Campaign, the Irish Pedestrian Network and the Dublin Commuters Coalition, …
Lessons for proposed Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity
July 10th, 2019 Last May, a major UN biodiversity report gave a stark warning that nature is declining at unprecedented …
Opinion: Time to rethink forestry model in response to climate crisis
June 6th, 2019 Forestry is poised to become a critical part of Ireland’s response to the climate crisis. The simple …
Opinion: Is greenwashing our greatest threat to nature?
June 6th, 2019 Earlier this year the ‘Farming Independent’, an off-shoot of the Irish Independent newspaper, declared that ‘Origin Green’, …
Time for all councils to declare climate and biodiversity emergency
May 31st, 2019 Last Friday, I was down in Lisdoonvarna for the global climate strike. The children in Mary Immaculate …
RTE’s climate coverage – an “old trope” and a boring one at that
May 29th, 2019 The highlight of an otherwise drab European election debate on RTE’s Prime Time earlier this month was …
The Cuffe vote: decades of dedication to urban rejuvenation
May 27th, 2019 The last time I saw Ciarán Cuffe, he was cycling away from a Keep it in the …
Exit polls show no doubt – this was a climate election
May 25th, 2019 The green wave across European and local elections is a clear signal that Irish people want urgent …
‘Time left to tackle biodiversity loss but we must act now’
May 17th, 2019 The Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES) published its landmark global assessment on the state …