Data is being published from various scientific institutes that monitor the amount of pollution in the air on a global scale as well as by region and by country. Everywhere that we have ‘lockdown’, the levels of Nitrous Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate in the atmosphere have fallen along with Carbon […]
Environment
The deadline for applications to the Sustainable Cork Fund has been extended until Friday, April 17, 2020 at 5pm. to allow for projects to put their best application forward and alleviate pressures that COVID-19 is causing. The Sustainable Cork Fund is a €200,000 Fund created by Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) […]
The Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme’s outreach team are sharing their favourite marine facts and lesson plans about the ocean, for teachers, parents and primary school children to use while they are doing their school work from home as part of its ‘Meet the Explorers Team’ online initiative. “In recognition […]
You may have read in the Irish times January 16, 2020 that Coastwatch reported a 50 per cent reduction in litter caused by drinks containers like plastic bottles and aluminium cans on our Irish coastline. Whilst this is excellent news, the 2019 survey also found an increase in plastic shopping bags, […]
Many of us will have looked at the candidates in the general election, as we did in the 2019 local elections and asked ourselves, “Who will take seriously the declared climate and biodiversity emergency?” An equally good question would be, “When elected on a platform of climate and environmental policy, […]