September 18th, 2019 When you were 15, what was your biggest worry? An upcoming test, a crush, your friendships? Today, …
‘We know the threats to our habitats and species – now is the time to act’
August 27th, 2019 Last week, the National Parks and Wildlife Service published the third report on the assessment of the status of …
Rewilding Ireland: A new relationship with nature
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 …