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Cork Environmental Forum awards shine a light on community environmental activism

WCP Staff December, 2022

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 […]

Water water everywhere…and none of it safe to drink

Grace O'Sullivan November, 2022

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 […]

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Kilcoe Studios launches ferns calendar

WCP Staff November, 2022

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 […]

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Concern over “smelly” Kinsale Waste Water treatment plant

WCP Staff November, 2022

For years Kinsale residents have been complaining about really bad odours and noise coming from the town’s waste water treatment plant and the EPA have now backed up their complaints in a new report criticising the continuous and ongoing breaches at the plant. The EPA has questioned the capacity of […]

Sustainable gifting

Lauren Guillery November, 2022

You might not have started thinking about Christmas just yet but watching supermarket aisles getting fuller with chocolate selection boxes, mince pies, and cinnamon-scented candles, I can’t help but feel a sense of dread as we move nearer to December. You may call me Grinch if you want – after […]

Public invited to get involved in developing a new wildlife centre for Clon

WCP Staff October, 2022

The Clogheen Marsh and Clonakilty Biodiversity Group, a local conservation group, is calling on everyone interested in seeing a new wildlife centre for Clonakilty, and in sharing their ideas on the development of wildlife opportunities in the area, to get involved by completing the group’s online survey (https://forms.gle/53sUVuVeePCSsz4R7). Clonakilty Bay is […]

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