July 30th, 2018 Summer 2018 has brought unprecedented heatwaves to Ireland and the UK, with Northern Ireland and Wales recording their hottest June on record. Things have been heating up at home up as the thermometer at Shannon Airport hit 32 degrees, the highest June temperature since 1976. However, this summer’s record-breaking temperatures are not exclusive to Ireland and the Read more…
October 1st, 2017 The government has failed to take concrete action on climate change for over a decade and may face billions of euros in fines, the Citizens’ Assembly has heard. The Assembly sat yesterday for the first time on the topic of how the Irish State can lead in Read more…
September 28th, 2017 Tesco Ireland has announced plans to halve the company’s food waste by 2030. Five out of 24 of Tesco’s Irish suppliers have pledged to assist Tesco is tackling can tackle the source of waste along their supply chain in Ireland. The Irish companies – Ornua, Keepac, Hilton, Read more…
September 14th, 2017 To mark the end of zero waste week in Ireland and the start of September we’ve got nine inspired ways to cut down on your consumption even if you’re a zero waste guru or a plastic fiend. 1. Become an on-the-run Zero Waste Wonder September is here and Read more…
July 26th, 2017 The Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) has warned that Ireland’s near certain failure to meet our 2020 emissions targets will impact on our longer term decarbonisation plans. In its first major report released today, the Council states that Ireland is “unlikely” to meet its 2020 emissions target 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 class=”cs-ta-right”]9th February 2017 [/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]According to a new report published by the European Commission Ireland is ranked 23rd out of the 28 EU member states for renewable energy. The EU has set Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px 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 class=”cs-ta-justify”]January can be challenging after the hysteria of the festive season; many of us will have been paid early in December and over spent on gifts for family and friends. Read more…
Tree week is next week and it has been celebrated officially since 1985. Its celebrated from the 6th to the 13th of March.
As part of an international consortium, Global Action Plan Ireland launched the CELLS initiative (Community Environmental Learning Laboratories for Sustainability) in 2013. The programme is a three-year initiative part funded by the EU Lifelong Learning programme in collaboration with four other organisations in three countries – Spain, Hungary and Sweden. Read more…
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Tom Hayes TD, has announced that the new Organic Farming Scheme is to open for applications shortly.<em''Applications for the new scheme must be made online'', the Minister said, ''but there will be no requirement to use an Read more…
