The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton, T.D. today (Wednesday the 10th of June 2020) launched a consultation to inform the best model to deliver on our offshore wind ambitions. Under the Climate Action Plan, 70% of Ireland’s electricity will be generated from renewable energy by 2030. At […]
Environment
Cork County Council’s Environmental Awareness Office is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Water Refill Station Competition for Schools. A total of 16 schools across County Cork have won a water refill station in the competition which launched in March. A waste prevention initiative funded by Cork County […]
Agriculture accounts for 33% of Irish emissions and rising, but simply reducing the national herd is not the solution, and a new way of measuring emissions could have a profound impact on how the world views Ireland and our agriculture sector, argues Shane McDonagh, environmental researcher at UCC. There is a growing […]
Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard is encouraging local Cork groups to apply for the Government’s 2020 CLÁR Programmme, which has a total fund of €5 million and is designed to help rural communities respond to the challenge of Covid-19. Senator Lombard said, “The Clár Programme can be used for small […]
PERMANENT CULTURE Principal #5: Use and Value Renewable Resources Allison Roberts looks at the permaculture principal ‘Use and Value Renewable Resources and explains how from simply line-drying our laundry to using renewable energy to power our homes and businesses, we can all seek out more natural, less-resource intense solutions to […]
Cork South West TD, Holly Cairns, has called on Coillte to extend their recreational and biodiversity initiative for Dublin to West Cork. Earlier this week, Coillte announced that nine Dublin forests will transition away from commercial activities of felling and replanting cycles towards a model of planting native broad-leaf varieties. […]