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Seeing things differently could mean saving our planet

WCP Staff June, 2019

Mags O’Riordan Bumblebee Flower Farm Coming off the end of National Biodiversity week here in Ireland I thought I’d continue the discussion, as it’s an ongoing crisis. Some disturbing news in the recent IPEBS report had some very sobering statistics. One million species about to become extinct and if we […]

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reuzi’s sustainability story

WCP Staff June, 2019

Pat Kane, the founder at reuzi, a one-stop shop for minimal waste lifestyle, tells us how, at reuzi, they go to great lengths to offer only eco-friendly products that are safe, high quality and ethically sourced. When I founded reuzi my main goal was to do the legwork in researching, […]

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Make one more change each month to make your supply chain greener

WCP Staff June, 2019

Allison Roberts of Clonakilty Chocolate and Exploding Tree has been interested in the environment and how we impact upon it from an early age. “I’m not entirely sure why, but perhaps it’s as a result of a Canadian kids’ magazine called OWL and the cartoons ‘The Smoggies’ and ‘Captain Planet’. […]

Sowing the seeds of a sustainable future

WCP Staff March, 2019

Seed saving is a labour of love for botanist Madeline McKeever and her daughter Holly Cairns who send their Brown Envelope organic vegetable seeds all over the world from their farm on the remote Turk Head peninsula near Skibbereen. Without seed we have no food. With a Master of Science […]

Is Irish planning remiss in its duty to the environment?

WCP Staff February, 2019

On January 21 in the High Court, an application for Judicial Review was granted by Mr. Justice Seamus Noonan in Court 6. This Judicial Review will be brought against An Bord Pleanala’s decision to grant permission for a customised thermoplastic compounding factory in Poundlick in Skibbereen. The people of […]

West Cork fights back against planning for plastics factory

WCP Staff January, 2019

On November 29 2018 An Bord Pleanala ruled with two votes against one and against the advice of their own inspector, in favour of the proposed Thermoplastic Compounding Factory adjacent to the Retirement Village and Nursing Home on Baltimore Road in Skibbereen. The planning permission is sought by American RTP […]

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