A must-listen piece that does an excellent job of teasing out the psychology, science, and politics of the Nitrates Derogation. As Dr. Elaine McGoff says, “We have a phosphorus solution to a nitrates problem.” Maybe it’s time we started working on the nitrates solution? @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu

Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

What do health and poverty, colonialism and climate change, farming and medicine have in common? Check out the film screening and then chat with myself and Rupa Marya after - Sunday 16th November in Cork (early start, 12.30) corkfilmfest.org/events/farmi...

Check out this brilliant new short film from the #IncredibleEdible team - What if we had the Right to Grow?   www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6R5...

"The eyes of future generations are on [us], silently urging us to act bravely and quickly [...] to save them from a collapsed biosphere. Will we rise to the moment and earn the right to be regarded as 'good ancestors'?" Crucial question, crucial book. *Read it.*

🔥The Amazon is burning. The world’s lungs are on the brink of collapse. The EU wants to pour fuel on the fire with the EU-Mercosur trade deal — but we can still put a STOP on it! Tell your Minister & MEPs to reject the EU-Mercosur deal www.environmentalpillar.ie/stopeumercos... #StopEUMercosur

Feeding Ourselves newsletter out now! Local Food Symposium Trinity Oct 30th School Food Coalition Global Green at Electric Picnic Talamh Beo at the Ploughing, the Picnic, Talamh Óg, methane matters & Palestine Solidarity Féile na Úll (applefest) Cloughjordan 20th Sept. mailchi.mp/83a5d40559e0...

Almost 180,000 people have already stood up for the rights of nature & our collective right to a healthy environment in Europe. Can we get to 200,000 by end of today? 🙌

Really enjoyed this conversation. We need more voices like John @thinkorswim.bsky.social highlighting honestly where we are at, where we can go and how we might get there. His book The Lie Of The Land has just arrived today so looking forward to reading 👏👏👏 www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Pod of today's extended interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on NewsTalk to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND is now online www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Important - and easy to add your voice!

Just a couple of days left to speak up for nature The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion. Let them understand nature needs more help than ever #HandsOffNature Please send your message: swanireland.ie/take-action/...

New Banksy is fucking nail on the head 🔨 👏 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Great article from @hannahdaly.ie on the shameful proposal to lower Ireland's climate ambition www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

“Far from being a distraction from decarbonisation, strategic adaptation can act as a catalyst for it, transforming climate breakdown from an abstract threat to a lived and shared reality.”

🔴 URGENT message from UAWC | Israeli Forces Attack UAWC’s Seed Bank Multiplication Unit in Hebron Just moments ago, Israeli occupation forces launched a military assault on the Multiplication Unit of UAWC Seed Bank in the Hebron area, using bulldozers!

Useful info on the illegal settlements and Ireland's investments www.thejournal.ie/ireland-weal...

Really enjoyed this conversation with Manda and Diarmuid

Incoming! An amazing crew for the Aida refugee camp Bethlehem - 37 folks - dancers, musicians, speakers and footballers - bringing a show around Ireland and ending in #cloughjordan. A special night! Book here - www.eventbrite.ie/e/palestinia... @ipsc.bsky.social

1/ Today, the Environmental Pillar, Solar Ireland & Wind Energy Ireland joined forces to call for urgent Govt action to align Ireland’s renewables roll-out with nature protection @envpillar.bsky.social @solarireland.bsky.social @windenergyireland.bsky.social www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/renewab...

“Hard to escape the feeling that the world is rapidly descending into a new dark Age of Idiocracy – one dominated by deranged politicians, predatory corporations & billionaire narcissists who have disengaged from reality” My take in today’s Business Post. www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

So on the menu today we have BAU, a little more BAU or lots more BAU... What will this do for our water quality, particularly nitrates pollution in the S and SE, caused primarily by dairy? How is this fair for all farmers? How is this in any way aligned with the environmental reality we face?

BREAKING 🇵🇸 Israeli occupation forces have illegally boarded the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian mission to Gaza, and kidnapped its crew, including Greta Thunberg, Rima Has and Thiago Avila.

Friends of the Earth International, alongside allies such as La Via Campesina, has signed this important unified call to confront famine in Gaza Please add on your organisation’s signature and amplify #DiplomaticConvoyNow bit.ly/4kfZQkA

🌱 Has the EU's farming policy lost its green edge? ✂️ As the #CAP gets pruned, are environmental goals being trimmed too? @natashafoote.bsky.social digs into the details: What’s left of the #GreenDeal in the new CAP revisions? 🔗 www.arc2020.eu/pruning-the-... #CAPStrategicPlans #CAPreform

"Nine member states — Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden — had publicly backed the Netherlands' proposal ahead of Tuesday's gathering of foreign ministers." www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Scohaboy Bog is shaping up very nicely after extensive rewetting. Close collaboration between state bodies Coillte and NPWS, and local landowners and community groups the key to its success. @scohaboybog.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social

Interesting vacancy for a Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to the research project, “Tackling Climate Misinformation in Ireland: An Evidence Base and Novel Resources for Journalists and Communications Professionals (CLiME).“ universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Today the European Parliament will vote to strip the Wolf of its strict protection. This is a politically motivated U-turn away from science-based conservation. This undemocratic move sets a dangerous precedent by prioritising persecution over co-existence #SaveTheWolf #HandsOffNature

Session number 3 in our fab apple chats is on tomorrow at 1PM Irish time. This one is really relevant for ppl interested in establishing community orchards and similar. To book just email [email protected] More info here: www.thevillage.ie/ulla-dulra-a...

Celebrate biodiversity at the Cuan Beo area of Cloughjordan Community Farm during Biodiversity week 18th-25th May, with birdwatching, butterflies and children's nature crafting! BIRDWATCHING ON A DUSK CHORUS WALK - With Jemima Turner Cuan Beo 8pm - Tue 20th May […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Despite moves towards simplification, a Land Observatory is coming this summer 👀 @olliemoore.bsky.social takes us through the terrain 🧐 www.arc2020.eu/a-european-l... @saoirsemc.bsky.social @ @eurovia.org

Don't forget what really scares them - being held to account and seeing young people across the world stand against genocide and apartheid 👇 GRMA for all the support in recent days a chairde Gael 💚🤍🧡🖤❤️

@mandascott.bsky.social thanks for this. Love Accidental Gods - I just shared this and realised you have tagged the wrong Nick Weir - he is here bsky.app/profile/nick...

Excellent - well worth a listen. 👏👏 @nickweir.bsky.social Open food Network is in Ireland as well openfoodnetwork.ie A brilliant community run platform that enables stronger local food economies - but needs way more users.

“Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another.” — Laudato Si’, 42 Rest in Peace Pope Francis’ / Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Join our Team! The IEN has two new vacancies: • Membership & Network Assistant • Finance and Reporting Assistant More information at: ien.ie/the-ien-is-h... Send your CV and covering letter by email to: [email protected]. Deadline for applications: 5 PM Wednesday, 30 April 2025

This coming friday at 1pm, another lovely chat all about apples. How can our apple heritage build food sovereignty and local food economies? Simplicity in a world gone madder. You can even just put on your headphones and listen in the sun. Email [email protected] to book.

We had a session - including a live link to UAWC folks in Ramallah - on practical support people can give to farmers in Palestine, at #feedingourselves in Cloughjordan this year...so we gathered outside to send a message to our comrades in occupied Palestine after.

Israel's US backed genocide of the Palestinian people is ongoing and includes destruction of the natural environment and means to sustain a population .. ..nearly 70 percent of Gaza’s croplands have been destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces.. #bds electronicintifada.net/content/gaza...

1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵

Our apple history webinar is now on youtube - check it out! Regina Sexton Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Rod Calder-Potts and @sust-davie.bsky.social Via Cloughjordan Ecovillage and thanks to the IEN for support! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGq...

With the Green Party out of the way, Coillte can now stop pretending to care about nature and focus on their first love 💰 www.independent.ie/irish-news/q...

Pariah state.

LNG is brutal for people and for the planet - it is also like pouring an accelerant onto the climate change crisis.

Trump administration cancels millions promised for farm-to-school food programs. www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

Join us at Cloughjordan Ecovillage for the first our series of webinars on Úlla, Dúlra Agus Pobal, this Friday at 1:00. We will cover the history of the Apple in Ireland and how it has come to be commodified over the past century, loosing much of its biodiversity. Bígí linn

Festival of Palestinian Culture in @maynoothuniversity.ie 7-10 April. Culminates with 'Gig for Gaza' on Thursday 10th raising funds for The Sameer Project. linktr.ee/thesameerpro... Organised by AfP Maynooth + Maynooth BDS @afp-ire.bsky.social Details here: sites.google.com/view/maynoot...

Satire really is dead:

On this Friday 14th, 1-2pm - a lovely lunchtime listen! A webinar on the history of the apple in Ireland with fab folks - Regina Sexton, Mártín Mac Con Iomaire, Rod calder Potts and Peadar Kirby. From mead to pie to pieces...in an hour! Book - [email protected]