Environment - West Cork People

The Beekeeper of Aleppo in West Cork

WCP Staff April, 2022

If you haven’t yet read The Beekeeper of Aleppo, then please do. It is a beautifully written and deeply moving novel that chronicles the journey of a refugee couple from Syria as they attempt to find safety and asylum in the UK. It’s raw and bravely, yet movingly, illustrates the […]

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West Cork shop introduces easy way for families to buy organic and save money

WCP Staff April, 2022

Sisters Hannah and Rachel Dare, owners of Organico health food shop in Bantry, are out to disprove the perception that sustainable, organic food has to be an expensive luxury. They’ve sourced from over 40 brands to launch a new shopping category in their shop and online shop, Organico BASICS, which […]

Global Warming or Global Wierding?

Fiona Hayes March, 2022

Walking with friends recently the subject Global Warming came up in conversation and one person commented that though he realised that countries like the Maldives were seriously threatened by sea level rise, he didn’t think that Global Warming affected us in Ireland at all. In reality the EPA reports that […]

Sandwich Terns signal the approach of summer

WCP Staff March, 2022

by Dave Rees For many people, the Swallow is the bird that represents the first sign of spring. But for Dave Rees, the bird he always looks out for is the Sandwich Tern. Once I see my first Sandwich Tern of the year, I know that the warmer days of […]

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Small steps

Lauren Guillery March, 2022

It’s no secret that coming home from a weekly shop can give you a headache just from the sheer amount of plastic packaging that might accumulate. We are told time and time again to ‘reduce, reuse, and recycle’ but the hard reality of wanting to do good for the planet […]

Positives of retrofitting

Grace O'Sullivan March, 2022

When news of the new Retrofitting scheme was announced by the government recently, I was probably one of the few Greens in the country who gave a sigh of mild irritation! Not, I hasten to add, because I have any issue with the scheme, quite the contrary in fact. I […]

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