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How clean is your water?

WCP Staff January, 2020

Donogh O’Loghlin founded his environmentally friendly plumbing business, Ecoplumb.ie, in 2001. It is the longest ECO listed business in Ireland. With nearly 30 years’ experience he has been involved with renewables and innovative products for over 20 years. In 2014 he was involved with the development of a new type […]

New Year – New skin: Simple tips to have your best skin yet

Sherna Malone January, 2020

Happy New Year everyone! For 2020, make preserving the health of your skin your New Year goal. The skin is the body’s largest organ, and it deserves to be given extra love and care yet unlike other New Year resolutions, adhering to a skincare routine is easy and manageable. It […]

Home and away

Tommy Moyles January, 2020

There has been plenty of walking the farm lately. First up was a bit of a tree planting operation. Since Christmas, around 600 different native trees have been planted around the farm. A hedge consisting of hawthorn and Rowan was put in as a shelterbelt, which will take some minding, […]

A one-pot vegan wonder

Karen Austin January, 2020

Lentils are the fast food of legumes, they don’t need any soaking and can cook within 20 minutes, which make them a great contender for embracing Veganuary or just resetting the body after all the feasting. Whichever way you look at it, these little protein bombs make instant non challenging […]

Environment

Communities working towards Zero Waste

WCP Staff January, 2020

The Conscious Communities Programme is an initiative to support communities to further their journey toward sustainable living. The initiative, run by the environmental charity VOICE Ireland, has run in towns across Donegal, Cavan and Wicklow, and now thanks to funding from Cork County Council, it is coming to Cork. Abi […]

Government’s proposed Bill will make it much harder to protect our environment, health and heritage

Fiona Hayes January, 2020

Think you should have a say in what is built on your doorstep and how it affects the environment you live in? Think again says Fiona Hayes. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Aarhus Convention, which entered into force in October 2001, established the right of everyone to […]

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