Environment - West Cork People

Volunteers surveys and citizen science – How you can help our birds?

WCP Staff December, 2022

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 […]

We all need to take personal responsibility for climate change to ensure any hope of a collective response

Fiona Hayes December, 2022

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 […]

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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 […]

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