Christmas is a notoriously excessive time of year, and for me it is synonymous with over-spending, over-eating, and wrapping paper covering the entire living room floor on Christmas morning. Celebrating this special time of year shouldn’t cost the Earth however, so I’d like to share some ideas on ways to […]
Environment
This month Bird Watch West Cork writes about how you can get involved in two important bird surveys that are run by BirdWatch Ireland. The Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS) is introduced by Damaris Lysaght, I-WeBS West Cork co-ordinator and Nicholas Mitchell reminds us about the annual Irish Garden Bird […]
As I write, I am sitting on a veranda in Ko Yao Noi island in Thailand looking out over Phang Nga Bay watching a pied hornbill cavorting on the wall. I am on holiday. I have many friends who, like me, have taken a flight overseas this year. I […]
Cork Environmental Forum has announced its award winners for 2022, shining a spotlight on the wonderful activism, commitment and work being done across the sectors to support our environment. The Community and Voluntary Award, a very competitive category, has been awarded to the Oceans Plastic Project, a partnership with six […]
It has been a busy few weeks for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and unfortunately, it hasn’t been good news for the state of Ireland’s nature. Almost half of our rivers and lakes are now polluted and almost a fifth of them in ‘bad’ or ‘poor’ condition, according to the […]
Ferns depict the seasons in such a visually prominent way. The way they uncurl in the spring has such an air of drama about it, and when they have stopped uncurling and have reached full height, we know summer is really here, and then from late summer we get the […]