October 18th, 2016 The village of Moynalty is better known for its annual Steam Thresher festival. But this weekend the picturesque Meath village will be embracing sustainability with the first every Moynalty Sustainability Festival. Green Foundation Ireland will hold Moynalty’s Read more…
October 17th, 2016 For World Food Day 2016 we are being asked to reflect on the impact of climate change on food production. It is worth taking stock of the impact Irish agriculture is having on climate change, biodiversity, and Read more…
October 17th 2016 While some elements of Budget 2017 have been positive environmental groups say the measures do not go far enough. For the first time in seven years climate change was mentioned during the Budget speech as a number Read more…
[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;”][cs_text] October 14th 2016 October is a great time of year. It’s just chilly enough to dig out all your fashionable woollen Read more…
October 14 2016 Can you communicate complex issues in a compelling way? Are you tech savvy? And are you passionate about environmental issues? Then we might have the role for you. The Irish Environmental Network (IEN) are looking for an intern Read more…
October 7th 2016 It’s a simple idea: tax bad things, like pollution and waste, and take the tax off good things, like income. That’s the idea behind Green Taxes and it is good for two reasons. It raises taxes in Read more…
October 7th, 2016 The Pine Marten have been much maligned in the media of late. But despite some hysterical claims the resurgence of the Pine Marten is a very positive thing and has let to the resurgence of the red squirrel Read more…
The Seanad has voted against the EU Canada trade deal that the European Commission hope to bring in at the end of the month. The vote makes the Irish parliament first in the world to reject the deal and Friends of the Earth are calling on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to respect the vote of the Seanad. This trade deal, the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement or CETA for short, is part of a new breed of trade deals that raise serious issues about the power of multinational companies. CETA, if it is allowed to go ahead, will see companies able to sue countries like Ireland for bringing in laws that damage their profits. Examples of this include: tobacco companies suing for new laws against cigarette packaging and energy companies suing over fracking bans.
[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;”][cs_text] October 6th 2016 As global populations continue to grow, the direction our society takes has enormous consequences for our future. Given Read more…
Repair, reuse and upcycling are going to be the three watchwords for all Cashel residents in October. As part of National Reuse Month, Environmental Group Voice are hoping to change the habits of the people of Cashel, Co Tipperary. Voice wants to encourage the people of the town to cut their consumption. The new drive called is called Creative Consumption Cashel.
