Last year we installed a Barn Owl nesting box on site. This year we were so excited to see the Barn Owls using it. We have two Owlets and the wonderful wildlife ranger and Barn Owl expert Aine Lynch came to ring them & tell my colleagues, friends & family a little bit about them.

Lots of exciting projects happening in the school this year. We have a young forest at the one end of the school & we’ve been working on making this accessible. We’re nearly there. Hoping to have the outdoor classroom ready for late April that teachers can book for their classes. 1/

It's stomach-turning to see how the representative of the Ukrainian people, who have suffered 3 years of imperialist war, death, and destruction, is being treated by Trump, Vance, and all their cronies, just because he refuses to grovel before them. Bastards, the lot of them.

Tilda Swinton yesterday called out greed addicted governments who make nice with planet wreckers and war criminals. She gave this powerful acceptance speech when she received an honorary Golden Bear award on the first day of the Berlin Film Festival on February 13.

"I felt like I had never experienced nature before." *So* true: to experience real, extensive nature, you have to leave Ireland. We are denied one the most basic human needs: deep connection with life on Earth.

Turmeric and ginger are sprouting at the back of the classroom in heated propagators and we have a tonne of 🌶️ s. Love this time of year.

I’ve been looking out for frogspawn. Delighted to spot my first sighting of it for 2025. Hope we get some in our new pond this year 🤞

Lizzie is incredibly prolific but the standard of her work is always exceptional. I have no idea how she is so wonderfully creative, I'm just grateful for her voice in guiding #EfES 🌱 Looking forward to this 👇🏼

There’s a different way - David Eccles and Tadhg Kennelly on an act of friendship that spawned a movement www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

"What shall we do for timber the last of the woods is down The crown of the forest has withered, And the last of its game is gone" Kilcash is a gaelic ballad written in the 18th century which laments the decline of gaelic society & the loss of Irelands great woods.

Whilst sitting on the couch I spotted these exquisite bull finches in the back garden feeding on dock seeds. If you want to have these visiting your garden embrace a little wildness and let the docks grow. 😍

Congratulations to one of our 6th year students, Niamh Purcell, who published her first book, Being the Solution. Niamh is a fantastic advocate for climate action. Check it out amzn.eu/d/a6HyJQC

I was honoured to receive this award from @britishecolsoc.bsky.social on behalf of all those in @irishschsusty.bsky.social who are coming up with innovative ways to connect our students with the natural world around them.

(most of) the #BES2024 award winners. (and yes, that's Tim Clutton-Brock and Jo Pemberton in there...)

Grateful to the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social and the Marsh Charitable Trust for honouring my research contributions on biodiversity and climate change with this recognition.

Storm Darragh is another signal that we need to meet climate breakdown with an emergency response not profit driven lunacy 👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The chillies have germinated. Great to be on the top floor of the building. Lots of heat! I just need the lamp.

An exciting day! With the ESD fund we’ve been able to get training from LEAF on how to make our woodland accessible to the students & staff. By the end of this academic year our students will feel what it’s like to be in a forest, learning in nature 😍 It’s another step on the journey.

We’re trying to ban pesticide use in schools. Please share and sogn this petition 🙏 my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...

I recently spoke to the marvellous @patrickkirwan.bsky.social about the Irish curriculum as part of our @ministryofeco.bsky.social Teaching for Sustainability series! youtu.be/BrGLIoQVVIw?...