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, […]
Environment
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, […]
Continuing on into our exploration of Permaculture and what it might offer to the ‘Cool Clon’ conversation, last month we had a great meet up and brainstorm with Permaculture expert Istvan Markuly, who will continue to guide this journey over the next 11 months. Istvan highlighted the importance of the […]
Cork Climate Action, Cork City and Fuinniv Independent Consulting, Rosscarbery and The Bike Circus, Clonakilty are among the Cork based organisations joining One Future, a new campaign group calling for faster and fairer climate action. Supporters of the campaign include Concern Worldwide, Christian Aid, The Union of Students in Ireland […]
“Naturally our ancestors and indigenous cultures have been forest bathing since the beginning. But in today’s society people are so busy and under a lot of pressure and stress; some simply have forgotten and lost touch with the healing power of nature,” says Lisa Curran – Forest Therapist. Forest Bathing […]