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To know or not to know – food matters

WCP Staff March, 2021

Moze Jacobs and Alice Glendinning remind us this month that Doughnut Economics is a work-in-progress. Conceived as the brainchild of UK economist Kate Raworth, it is very much at an experimental stage. It is working to find an economic way forward that helps communities thrive, minimises waste, and goes some […]

Just how urgent is human evolution?

Fiona Hayes March, 2021

Just 11 years ago, March 2010, during an Interview with the Guardian Newspaper, the scientist James Lovelock stated “I don’t think we’re yet evolved to the point where we’re clever enough to handle as complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can’t […]

New book gives fascinating insight into the miniature world of mosses and liverworts

WCP Staff March, 2021

Mosses and liverworts – bryophytes – offer a wonderful miniature world to be discovered on the doorstep. West Cork is one of the best places in the world to see them, and the only kit needed is a mobile phone camera or a hand lens. A well-written book can provide […]

Listen for the call of the common buzzard

WCP Staff March, 2021

At this time of year buzzards are ready to set up their nesting territories. Listen out for their cat-like mewing call says Nicholas Mitchell Birdwatch Ireland West Cork. You may see a pair circle and soar over a suitable patch of woodland, or male buzzards putting on an aerobatic display […]

New service launching to connect older people interested in arts and culture

WCP Staff March, 2021

Older people in West Cork are being encouraged to engage with the vibrant local arts and cultural scene when events return, and virtually for now, with the official launch of Cork Cultural Companions, next week, on March 9. Anyone over 55 can sign up to be part of this […]

Music video filmed at Mercy Heights Secondary School in Skibbereen

WCP Staff March, 2021

Kildare artist Enda Gallery (FKA delush) has unveiled a haunting new video that was filmed at the former Mercy Heights Secondary School in Skibbereen. The inaugural release is a music video for the single ‘Guess We Got A Problem’ originally found on his debut album ‘The Journey to Zero’. Producer/Production […]

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