April 13th 2017 Seamus Heaney, along with a plethora of Irish artists have highlighted the Irish landscape as being paramount in creating, analyzing and solidifying the substance of a nation’s identity. Heaney’s poems on ground and bogs emphasised the importance of our soil. #People4Soil are campaigning to protect our soil with their Read more…
April 1st 2017 The relatively unknown Soil4Gold company opens its doors nationwide today with farming communities, environmental groups and businesses shocked at how they were ever granted a licence. It’s been described as one of the worst decisions made by the current government and could cause irreversible damage to Ireland’s Read more…
22nd March 2017 Klaus Laitenberger, acclaimed organic gardener and horticulturalist, warned a packed crowd at Christchurch Cathedral’s that soil damage is as big a threat to our existence as climate change. Klaus, who is also spokesperson for Ireland’s People4Soil campaign, was speaking at the end of Christchurch’s Sun, Sea and Read more…
15th March 2017 Thanks to Giulia Caesar and Martin Obst, of NCAD Community Garden in Dublin 8, for supporting the People4Soil campaign! People4Soil: Ireland’s Soils Need Your Help Soil is one of the most valuable and precious natural resources on the planet, yet, incredibly, it is not protected. It can Read more…
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.
28th February 2017 In the first of our ‘Selfies for Soil’ series, Matt Smith and Fergal Smith of Moy Hill Farm and Community Garden, Co.Clare, accompanied by friends Conrad and Teddy the dogs, show their support for the People4Soil campaign. A few years ago Fergal and Matt were donated 2 Read more…
February 24, 2017 Helen Kelly gave a different kind of talk at the launch of the People4Soil campaign. Speaking about healing, wellness, and her childhood in Donegal, Helen shared her story about recovery from cancer and the deep rooted cultural connection the Irish people have to the soil. [x_button shape=”square” size=”regular” Read more…
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January 23, 2017 Soil is the secret of life on land, it’s history began hundreds of millions of years ago and because of the scale of its timeline it’s not renewable. Without soil there is no agriculture and without agriculture we would lose 95% of our food production. Soil is Read more…
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