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Deadline extended for applications to Sustainable Cork Fund

WCP Staff March, 2020

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) […]

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Free Explorers fun ocean facts and lesson plans for primary school children

WCP Staff March, 2020

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 […]

Obtain a yield

Allison Roberts March, 2020

The permacultural momentum is gaining, spring is in the air and fresh ideas are bubbling out of hibernation, but before I move onto our next principal ‘Obtain a Yield’, I want to share last month’s progress. Over the last month I have been chatting to everyone and anyone about the […]

Grounded – Living in the Old Testament?

Grace O'Sullivan March, 2020

By Grace O’Sullivan – Mother, Peace and Environment Activist, Ecologist, MEP. I’m in Ireland for a few days for what’s known in the European Parliament as a ‘constituency week’. This is where, about every couple of months, MEPs are given the option of returning to their home bases to carry […]

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From little seeds grow mighty trees

WCP Staff March, 2020

by Michael O’Neill, Mayor of Clonakilty February was a month where the climate was never far from our attention here in West Cork. Firstly we had the political climate reach its height with an exciting election. Then we had one storm after another roll in off the Atlantic. It seemed […]

West Cork schools protecting our coastline

Fiona Hayes March, 2020

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, […]

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