May 31, 2011

An Taisce Clean Coasts campaign Sunday June 12th

Hello all,
 
We will be helping out other Cork An Taisce groups during the Coca Cola Clean Coasts weekend of 10-12 June next. This is a fantastic campaign that coordinates the cleaning up of coastal areas throughout Ireland. There are 64 groups nationwide involved!!!
 
I know this is not a clean up in Midleton town, but believe me, when you see the state of the place you will agree why we are getting involved with this!
 
We are meeting at Ballyvodock beach (see google maps link; http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&vps=2&jsv=344a&msa=2)

We are meeting on Sunday 12th June next at 11am.
 
There is a huge amount of rubbish there so we expect to be there for at least 2 hours.
 
Hope you can help!
 
Kind regards,
 
Nick Becker
Secretary - Midleton Tidy Towns Association
16 Chestnut Drive
Midleton
Co. Cork
Ireland
 
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Working with horses

Hi there!

These are the dates for our work horse courses in June and July 2011:

One-day workshop:
Introduction to working with horses and horse-drawn tools

This course covers the following topics:
a.. History of the work horse
b.. Different breeds of draft horses
c.. Care for the work horse
d.. Different types of harness
e.. Harnessing the work horse correctly
f.. Long-reining with one and two horses
g.. Different horse-drawn tools and their use in farming

Participants do not need previous experience with horses for this course - beginners are welcome!

This course will be held on the following dates in 2011:

a.. Saturday, 11th June
b.. Saturday, 2nd July

One-day workshop:
Introduction to training a horse to work in harness

This course covers the following topics:
a.. How to start training a horse
b.. Confidence and trust building with the horse
c.. Getting the horse used to a work environment
d.. Getting the horse used to harness and draft work
e.. Starting to work in chains and shafts
f.. First work in the field

Participants require some experience and knowledge of handling horses for this course. Ideally, participants would have attended the course "Introduction to working with horses and horse-drawn tools" already.

This course will be held on the following dates in 2011:

a.. Sunday, 12th June
b.. Sunday, 3rd July
To book a place on this course on one of the above dates, please go to: http://www.westcorkcountrycourses.com/booking.html

Thank you!

Sandra Schmid
www.horsepowerinireland.com

Edible forest gardens

1-day Workshop Derryduff Mor Coomhola, nr. Bantry, Co. Cork with Graham
Strouts www.zone5.org

Saturday June 18th 2011 10.30am - 4.30pm

Back sore from digging? No time for weeding? Fed up with loosing your
seedlings to slugs? This workshop will show you some alternative
solutions! How to design a forest garden-Planting and caring for Fruit
and nut trees, nitrogen fixers and pollinators- bushes-bamboos-perennial
vegetables-unusual tasty edibles!


Cost: €40 waged, €25 unwaged. Places limited, please book early:Contact:
Graham Strouts email: graham@zone5.org Phone 086 8539900 or 027 66931
Please bring outdoor work clothes and boots and packed lunch. Tea and
coffee provided.

FOE Tip of the day: Keep the spring in your onions



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Keep the spring in your onions

Some vegetables last for longer in water. Stand spring onions and celery in a glass of water in the fridge and they'll stay fresh for ages.

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May 30, 2011

The Solution to Single House Percolation Problems...


FH Wetland Systems and Centre for Recycling Tour of:
Danish Zero Discharge Willow Facilities
with system developer Peder Gregersen
on Tuesday 28th of June, 2011
at the Center for Recirkulering, 
Forsumho, Skolevej 5, DK 680 Oelgod, Denmark.
Seminar Fee: €140 
List of accommodation available on request. Nearest airport, Billund. 
Lunch and transport between Willow Facility sites included. 

Peder Gregersen, Centre for Recycling. has been designing zero discharge willow facilities in Denmark since he developed the design concept in the mid 1990s. Since that time he has been involved in numerous, diverse project, including domestic scale systems as well as municipal, industrial and agricultural applications. www.pilerensning.dk 

Féidhlim Harty, FH Wetland Systems has been designing and planting constructed wetlands and other natural sewage treatment systems in Ireland since the mid 1990s and since pairing up with the Centre for Recycling we have been offering home owners, industry and farms the opportunity to install top standard zero discharge willow facilities in Ireland. www.wetlandsystems.ie 

Zero Discharge Willow Facilities function by storing and/or evaporating 100% of the effluent through the leaves of quick growing willow trees, leading to zero environmental impact, no discharge licence issues and net uptake of atmospheric carbon.

For further details of the upcoming Tour, make a booking or for information on Zero Discharge Willow Facilities please contact us.

Féidhlim Harty and Peder Gregersen

_____________________________________
FH Wetland Systems Ltd.
30 Woodlawn, Lahinch Rd., Ennis, Co. Clare
065-6797355 reeds@wetlandsystems.ie
www.wetlandsystems.ie 

FOE Tip of the day: Energy and water - sust it yet?


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Energy and water - sust it yet?

www.sust-it.net is a handy website, which shows you the running costs and power usage of everyday electrical appliances. As well as power, you can now also check the consumption and cost of water for appliances too, including dishwashers, washer dryers and washing machines. Visit www.sust-it.net

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May 26, 2011

CONSULTATION Green Public procurement Deadline July 8th


Draft National Action Plan on Green Public Procurement for Public Consultation Published

http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/SustainableDevelopment/ConsultationGreenPublicProcurement/

 

25/05/11

GPP a key tool in the transition to a Green Economy - Hogan

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan T.D., today (25th May 2011) published a draft National Action Plan on Green Public Procurement for public consultation. The Minister said that the Action Plan, when it is finalised later this year, will apply to all personnel involved in procurement across the Public Sector. It will also be of major interest to their partners in the business community, as well as to other stakeholders in the academic community, NGOs, and other parts of civil society.

Minister Hogan said that in 2010, public procurement in Ireland amounted to €15 billion. "This highlights the key role that Government Departments, State Agencies and public authorities play in the procurement of infrastructure, goods and services. It clearly illustrates the leadership role that these bodies can play in promoting green procurement, as we put Ireland on the path to a low-carbon, competitive and successful economy. GPP will be a key element in driving this change and this Action Plan, once finalised, will provide the framework the development of GPP in a consistent, progressive and coherent fashion."

It is intended that this Action Plan will:
(1) highlight existing best-practice procurement as an example to procurers of similar products and services across the public sector;
(2)  outline what further improvements could be made that would boost the percentage of GPP in Ireland to the most ambitious level possible.

The draft Action Plan proposes seven priority product groups for which the public sector should seek to "green" their tendering processes on a national basis. These seven product groups are:


1. Construction
2. Energy
3. Food and catering services
4. Transport
5. cleaning products and services
6. Paper
7. uniforms and other textiles
 

The draft Action Plan is now available for public consultation and may be downloaded on the webpages of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (www.environ.ie)

Encouraging all interested parties to submit their views, the Minister commented: "Stakeholder buy-in will be critical to the successful implementation of the GPP Action Plan. It is important therefore that all of the relevant stakeholders study this draft Action Plan and submit their comments. I look forward to finalising the process and publishing Ireland's first GPP Action Plan later this year", the Minister concluded.

ENDS

Press and Information Office
Tel: (01) 888 2638  (direct)
(01) 888 2000
E-Mail: press-office@environ.ie
Web site: www.environ.ie

 

 

Danny Walsh
Communications Officer
Irish Environmental Network

1 Green Street, Dublin 7, Ireland.
http://www.ien.ie
Tel: 01 878 0116 / 01 878 0115



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Growing your own veg? Keep them in top form by planting 'companion' flowers and herbs nearby. These attract beneficial insects that will eat pests. Find out more about good plant combinations to try.

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Extensive destruction of protected bogs


Friends of the Irish Environment conducted spot visits to 31 of the 55 raised bogs designated as SACs over the period 12 – 17 May and we were appalled by what we found. I think you will be too if you look at the Report.

 

There are more than 700 geo-tagged photos and maps online.

 

We provided the Report to the Commission last week as evidence to support our request for 'Interim Measures' and were working (still are) on some of the references and geo-tags when the Government released the copy we had sent them as a courtesy. We understand the issue was considered by Cabinet.

 

Interim Measures is like a Court Injunction but it has no power in national courts. While the Government speaks of daily fines, in fact the status is that Ireland has only received the first letter of Formal notice in the first Court proceedings. They are in the process of considering the next step, a Reasoned Opinion. Even if this goes ahead and ends in Court, Ireland will then have another two years before the Commission will take them back to Court for daily fines.

 

Interim Measures in themselves are not connected to the fine system or the current Court proceedings as the drafters of the Treaty did not think they would be faced with situations where members generally and structurally, failed to apply EU law. Ireland's behaviour represents a direct, persistent challenge to the rule of law in the EU.

 

SWAN members meet a wide range of officials and public representatives – it would be very useful if everyone had at least a brief look at the Report to see the scale of the problem.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tony

 

The Report is at:

http://www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/cmsfiles/files/library/fie_designated_raised_bogs_report_2011__final__25_may_2011.pdf

 

The supplementary photographs and maps are at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/114566506932046014907?authkey=Gv1sRgCOCNuNCpoe-fVQ

 

FRIENDS OF THE IRISH ENVIRONMENT

PRESS RELEASE

25 MAY 2011

 

REPORT SHOWS EXTENSIVE MACHINE CUTTING CONTINUES ON PROTECTED BOGS

 

SAVAGE DESTRUCTION ALLEGED

 

A Report published by Friends of the Irish Environment detailing recent spot visits to 18 of the protected raised bog where cutting was supposed to have ceased last year shows extensive machine cutting continues on 6 of them.

 

The sites include Cloonchambers, the bog where TD Luke Flanagan has said he will continue cutting turf.

 

In total, damage that will result in a further deterioration of Ireland's raised bogs conservation status – cutting, burning, draining, adjacent extraction - was photographed on 21 of the 31 designated raised bogs visited.

 

A spokesman said that: 'The raised bogs in Ireland are considered one of Europe's most treasured eco-systems, attracting the highest level of European protection under EU law. The reality is that these last remaining examples are being savagely destroyed by mechanical turf harvesting, for short-term gain, with no action being taken by the Government to enforce the restrictions.'

 

Ireland's 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity, released on 14 May 2010, stated that 'It is estimated that there has been a 99% loss of the original area of actively growing raised bog in Ireland, and one-third of the remaining 1% has been lost in the last 10 years.'

 

FIE's, who have reported the activities to the European Commission, claims that 'Ireland's behaviour represents a direct, persistent challenge to the rule of law in the EU. To date, no effective action has been taken, either at the EU or national levels, to protect Ireland's peatlands, notwithstanding the designation for protection of raised and blanket bogs under the Habitats Directive, legal proceedings brought by the European Commission, and adverse judgments of the European Court of Justice [ECJ].

 

The group quotes an Irish Government Report from 2006 which recorded continued turf cutting on 117 of the 139 bogs listed for protection.

 

'The scale of the ongoing devastation is frightening. There are vast fields of turf spread by machine to dry, with turf bank faces more than 15 feet tall. Drains have been renewed and machinery was recorded working on these bogs right through a recent weekend.

 

A spokesman stressed that 'This has nothing to do with traditional hand cutting of turf, which is not seen to pose any threat to these bogs.'

 

The group undertook the visits to the 31 bogs in the period 12 – 17 May, 2011. It has links in the Report to more than 700 photographs with GPS coordinates and site maps.

 

Minister Jimmy Dennihan has responding by assuring the public that 'enforcement action would be taken where turf cutting has continued on these sites.' He concluded 'We cannot tolerate people breaking the law. Ireland has legal obligations to provide protection to these sites and this is what we must do."

 

ENDS

 

Further information:  Tony Lowes 027 74771 / 087 217 6316

Copy of THE DESTRUCTION OF IRELAND'S PROTECTED RAISED BOGS can be accessed from the FIE online library

http://www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/cmsfiles/files/library/fie_designated_raised_bogs_report_2011__final__25_may_2011.pdf

 

Friends of the Irish Environment is a network of environmentalists formed 1n 1997 with a particular interest in the application of European Environmental law. Visit the extensive website, which includes an archive of more than 14,000 Irish environmental news reports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


May 25, 2011

CELT Summer 2011 course programme



CELT Summer in the Woods Traditional Skills training - 2nd / 3rd July
Intermediate level :  Wood Carving, Wet Felting, Greenwood Crafts, Spinning & Weaving, Nuno Felting.
Beginners :  Family Bushcraft (basic outdoor skills for parent and child working together).
Cost :  80 euro (LEADER  subsidised).

IRD Duhallow Environmental Forum Up-date

Thus far 2011 has been a very busy year with further development of the Bird Watch Group and the Grow it yourself Group. The forum organised a very successful Environmental Awareness Campaign for the month of April which included information seminars on:

Shredded Paper Wanted

We have a company in Cork seeking potential packaging material in the form of shredded paper or styrofoam chips. Large quantities of approx 100kg are needed. Please contact me at mgreen@smileexchange.ie if you know of any companies that can help.

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Environ 2011 Keynote Address Now Available Online


Environ 2011
Keynote Address from Prof. Michael Depledge
Now available to view online
Professor Michael Depledge (former Chairman of the UK Science Advisory Committee on the Environment & Climate Change) delivered a thought provoking colloquium keynote address on the topic of "Health and the Value of Nature". Professor Depledge, who has recently established the European Centre for Environment and Human Health in Cornwall, talked about the importance of the natural environment to human health outlining evidence from his research that close interaction by people with their natural environment (whether it be a walk on the park, cycling in the countryside or a swim at the beach) has demonstrable beneficial health effects. Professor Depledge's talk can be viewed at the web-link below

http://interactive.ucc.ie/test/new/include/sciencelectures-current.html

May 18, 2011

West Cork Country Courses - Update

 
West Cork Country Courses - Update
 

New location:
- We are delighted to announce Fota House, Gardens and Arboretum as a new location for our courses, the first of which are Willow craft and Dressmaking.

New courses:
- Willow craft (Bantry House, 11th June. Fota House 18th June)...
more
- Dressmaking (Fota House, 18th June)...more
- Upcycling (Fota House)...more
- Needle work (Fota House)...more

Beekeeping:
- We are booked out until July, but we have one place available for June 4th. Best of luck to our first beekeeping class of the summer who don their beesuits this weekend!

Working Horses:
- Our working horse tutor, Sandra, was featured in last weekend's Irish Times.
Read it here.
- We still have places available on our working horse courses, including our 16 hour foundation course...more

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May 17, 2011

Teagasc Biodiversity Conference


A chara

 

I attach details of a Biodiversity Conference organised by Teagasc in the Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 May 2011. It may be of interest to you or others that you know. Further information is on the website http://www.teagasc.ie/events/2011/20110210.asp

Speakers include:

David Baldock (Executive Director of The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)) Environmental public goods and the post-2013 CAP

Dr Evelyn Moorkens (Ecological Consultant, Ireland) Evidence-based selection of catchments and measures for conservation and recovery of freshwater pearl mussel populations in Ireland

Dr Guy Beaufoy (Ecological Consultant, Spain) HNV farming policy – progress to-date and future challenges

Dr Daniel Fuchs (PAN, Germany) Identification and distribution of HNV farmland in Germany

Dr Simon Mortimer (The University of Reading) Biodiversity options in agri-environment schemes for more intensive farmers

Prof Nick Sotherton (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, UK) Arable management options in the UK Agri-environment Scheme: research behind the options

Dr Sharon Parr (Burren Farming for Conservation Programme) The Burren Farming for Conservation Programme: lessons learned and progress to date

 

Mise le meas

Catherine

 

Catherine Keena

Countryside Management Specialist

Teagasc Kildalton

Piltown

Co. Kilkenny

051 644536

087 4197688

VPN 774536

catherine.keena@teagasc.ie

www.teagasc.ie

Claiming Our Future: Where there is inequality the environment suffers, where the environment is degraded the poor suffer most



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Dear All

 

The national Claiming Our Future event on poverty and income inequality is totally relevant to the environmental issues that you and I campaign on.  Poverty and environmental degradation are inextricably linked and societies that are less equal have poor environmental records.  It is very important to use this event to bring this understanding to the other sectors attending this event.  So far only 13 0f the 390 registerd for the event are from the broadly environmental background.  To have one voice at each of the 50 tables we will need 50  Please try and get to this important event and claim the future for the environment.


Register here  http://www.claimingourfuture.ie/claiming-our-future-ideas-reducing-income-equality/

Event: CLAIMING OUR FUTURE IDEAS - 'Reducing Income...

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Location:
Bailey Allen Hall
National University of Ireland, Galway
University Road
Galway
Ireland

Hi All.

Here is the agenda for Claiming Our Future Ideas- Reducing Income.

Best wishes, Richie.

CLAIMING OUR FUTURE IDEAS – 'REDUCING INCOME INEQUALITY'

A NATIONAL DISCUSSION

In: NUI, GALWAY,      On: 28TH MAY 2011,  Registration: 10.00 am.

 

Claiming our Future identified eight policy themes in the RDS in October 2010. One of these was to 'Achieve greater income equality and reduce poverty through wage, tax and income policies that support maximum and minimum income thresholds'.

This national discussion aims to:

1.     Share information and perspectives on low income and poverty, on high incomes and inequality, and on what a more equal, poverty free Ireland would look like.

2.     Encourage and support debate and action across the country to build support for income equality and a more equal and poverty free Ireland.

3.     Identify initiatives that could progress these issues

11.00 am – Plenary Opening.

·       This session will welcome participants, introduce and set the context to the event, and provide input on the reality & consequences of income inequality.

11.15 am – Table Debate 1: The Politics of Income Equality.

·       This discussion will explore what income equality might be and what is stopping us from being more equal and poverty free.

12.30 pm - Table Debate 2: Tackling High Incomes and Inequality.

·       This discussion will explore the key issues around high incomes and what a maximum income threshold would involve.

13.30 pm – Lunch

 

14.30 pm – Re-opening Plenary

·       This session will give initial feedback from the morning discussions. 

 

14.45 pmTable Debate 3: Tackling Low Incomes and Poverty.

·       This discussion will explore the key income issues for people in low pay and poverty and what a minimum income threshold would involve.

16.00 pmTable Debate 4: How to progress these issues?

·       This discussion will explore levers for change at national level and actions that could be taken at local level.

17.00 pm – Closing Plenary

·       This session will give initial feedback from the afternoon discussions and identify next steps.

17.30pm - Close

FOE Tip of the day: Real Nappy Week


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Real Nappy Week

Real Nappy Week runs from 16-22 May 2011, and shows how parents can do something about climate change by reducing nappy waste. Want to find out more about real - or reuseable nappies? Read about the benefits, where your nearest retailer or laundry service is, and local events taking place this week.

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May 13, 2011

Midleton Clean up May 14th - volunteers and items badly needed!

HELP?? We need a lot of help this Saturday at the Carrickshane junction. We need painters, a couple of people to do some strimming, a couple of people to brush off dirt from the concrete railings and also people who can do some hard digging. We start at 9.30am.
We badly need volunteers to bring the following items tomorrow, if you have them please!:
 
Plastic paint tray & strong wide brush
Gloves
Wheelbarrow
Grass rake
Garden rake
yard brush

Thanks a million!
 
 
Nick Becker
Secretary - Midleton Tidy Towns Association
16 Chestnut Drive
Midleton
Co. Cork
Ireland
 
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May 12, 2011

PRESS RELEASE: Comhar Sustainable Development Media Fund Projects are Showcased

Projects that were awarded funding by Comhar Sustainable Development Council (SDC) Media Fund 2010 will be showcased at the Sustainable Environment Fair in the Botanic Gardens on Sunday the 15th of May 2011.

May 11, 2011

IRD Duhallow Environmental Forum Up-date

Thus far 2011 has been a very busy year with further development of the Bird Watch Group and the Grow it yourself Group. The forum organised a very successful Environmental Awareness Campaign for the month of April which included information seminars on:
  • Fresh Water Ecology
  • The Native Red Squirrel
  • Field trip focusing on up-land flora & fauna with a particular emphasis on the Hen Harrier
  • DVD Showing on the Eagles Return to Ireland
  • Wildlife gardening & how to attract wildlife to our back gardens
  • Myths, Legends & Reality of the Bat World

 

The events attracted 170 individuals in total with a strong attendance by school children at some of the events.

 

The bird watching group continues to be very active and current membership stands at 25. This weekend (Sunday the 15th May) the group are organising a Dawn Chorus Event which will be facilitated by Brid McDonnald who is s member of the Bird-Watch group in Duhallow. The group will meet at 5.00am and the event will incorporate a trip to the local  Island Wood.

 

Duhallow Bee-Keepers organised a six week training course for individuals interested in Bee-Keeping and to close the training they held a seminar on Bee-keeping & its influence on the Environment with guest speaker being Prof. John Breen for the University of Limerick. IRD Duhallow have also secured funding to develop an Apiary within the ground of the James O'Keeffe which will be used to breed bees for new members of the association.

 

The Environmental Forum are also initiative a campaign to raise awareness about the destruction caused by gorse fires. Currently an information brochure is being drafted which will be distributed to the wider Duhallow area to raise awareness about this self-defeating activity.

 

The forum has applied for LEADER Funding to develop an Environmental Resource Centre which will provide information on the Environment to the people of Duhallow this will be a one-stop-shop for all environmental information.

 

 


World Oceans Day event 4th June Inchydoney

The Beach Nature Trail will take place on Inchydoney Beach, Saturday, 4th of June at 2-4.30 pm. We will meet at the Lifeguard House. Invited are all children from 4-12 years with their parents. Costs are 5 Euro per person. All materials are provided. Please bring buckets to collect lots of shells. We will learn about rockpool animals, seaweed and sandhoppers.

More info: Maresa 087-6161536 or www.bucketspade.net

Feel free to invite your friends and family too!

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Frog "Hoppy" at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre
Ask your politician to attend TINI briefing.
Opportunities at ECO-UNESCO: Education and Training Officer
Nationwide colouring competition in aid of the Irish Seal Sanctuary.
Adapting to Climate Change - funded Ph.D. opportunity at UCD.
Kerry Group urged to publicly release greenhouse gas figures
An Taisce calls on ESRI to focus more on the 'Research'!.
Seminar on protecting the future of Irish biodiversity
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Frog "Hoppy" at the Bog of Allen Nature Centre

Irish people are very "hoppy" about frogs. Every year since 1997 the Hop To It Irish Frog survey has been conducted by the IPCC with the aim of gathering baseline information on this important amphibian. To date we have received over 4,200 records from all over Ireland. "People have a real passion for frogs. In the last two years we have received double the number of records compared to the previous three" says Michael Kenny, [...]


Ask your politician to attend TINI briefing

Transition Ireland and Northern Ireland - TINI have secured a lunch time briefing in Leinster house. On Wednesday May 25th 2011 at 12.30pm in Leinster House they will be detailing peak oil, climate change and community based solutions. The message is that we need to cut our dependence on fossil fuel for a number of reasons and we need local government support for communities wishing to make the transition to a lower carbon future. They are asking "every [...]


Opportunities at ECO-UNESCO: Education and Training Officer

Do you want to work in a challenging environment?  Are you energetic, enthusiastic and motivated?  Are you passionate about the environment? Do you enjoy working with young people? If you answer yes then maybe a job with ECO-UNESCO is the one for you! Background ECO-UNESCO is Ireland's environmental education and youth organisation, affiliated to the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations.   Position: Education and Training Officer Reporting to: Programmes and Services Coordinator [...]


Nationwide colouring competition in aid of the Irish Seal Sanctuary

How better to spend the end of the school year than taking part in THE colouring competition of 2011! This May, boys and girls from schools nationwide will get the chance to help the Irish Seal Sanctuary support and care for small seal pups from around the country that get into trouble, we can even get babies into our sanctuary from as young as a day of age! RTE will be following the competition and [...]


Adapting to Climate Change - funded Ph.D. opportunity at UCD

Applications are now being accepted for a funded Ph.D. position on "Adapting to Climate Change - the Regulatory Response".  Closing date is 13 May 2011. This Ph.D. is offered as part of an interdisciplinary Ph.D. programme under the UCD Earth Sciences Institute: see http://www.ucd.ie/earth/graduatetraining/phdprogrammeinearthandnaturalsciences/ Full details of the project are available on http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/Strand%206%20Description%20Document%20v6.pdf, under project code ECO 2.

 

Kerry Group urged to publicly release greenhouse gas figures

The environmental lobby group Friends of the Irish Environment have urged the Kerry Group to publicly release its greenhouse gas emission figures as the Company is ranked 294th out of the 300 largest companies in Europe in Greenhouse Gas emissions. The ranking is in a Report prepared by Environmental Investment Organisation, a independent non profit organisation based in the UK. The EIO 300 Carbon Ranking focuses not just on emissions but also on levels of [...]

 


An Taisce calls on ESRI to focus more on the 'Research'!

Charles Stanley-Smith Chair of An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland was deeply critical of calls by the ESRI's John FitzGerald for Corrib gas to come on-stream in order to address energy security for Ireland.  He indicated that the ESRI's John FitzGerald acknowledged lack of familiarity with the Corrib gas controversy (as stated on an interview this morning on RTE radio's Morning Ireland) was evidenced in the naivety of his 'research' paper's proposition that Corrib [...]


Seminar on protecting the future of Irish biodiversity

Caring for Irish Wildlife: Seminar on protecting the future of Irish biodiversity Admission is free of charge   Our native species are continually under stress from environmental changes including pollution and habitat loss, therefore the assessing and safeguarding Irish wildlife is a difficult but important duty. This seminar will feature talks from experts working with Irish wildlife organisations and on conservation projects. For more information or to make a booking please phone: 01 648 6316 [...]

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