The speaker for our next Green Drinks is Dr. Axel Leahy from the the University of Galway. He will discuss his research on effective ways to engage the public and other stakeholders in the design & implementation of climate change adaptation strategies in Ireland. Register @ bit.ly/4eAMgqV

A colleague in the MFRC @atu-ie.bsky.social is undertaking some research on Ocean Literacy! If you are living in Ireland and interested, please follow the link below! forms.gle/DAghreNwc9g1... Please share and repost

My moth trap brings all the hawks to the yard… well just two species, elephant and poplar but welcome after a pretty bland few weeks for #gardenmothsurvey 60/32 including Dogs Tooth, and Drinker just because they’re cute #teammoth

Great to help out Lettergesh national school with their Rhododendron problem, cleared the entire site for them in one day and then went on to the lovely oakwoods of Gleann dá loch @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social

Green Drinks continues to grow!

Another great turnout for Green Drinks earlier this week! Thanks to Dr. Frias for speaking about his research, and to all those who joined us.

Reminder that our next Green Drinks is fast approaching! Register @ bit.ly/4tXdbTu

We had a great turnout for our bat walk last night in Terryland Forest Park! Big thanks to ecologist @scottbastow.bsky.social for leading the walk and helping the local community learn more about our winged neighbours

Please join us for next month's Green Drinks! Dr. João Frias will speak about his research on sustainable development and circular economy values in local families. Anyone who is interested in sustainability is welcome :) bit.ly/4tXdbTu

We had a great turnout for last night's Green Drinks! Thanks to Dr. Swift for speaking to us about the health impacts of the climate crisis, and the great work being done by @irishdocsenv.bsky.social !

Another great day of work over the weekend! Thanks to all who joined us.

Reminder: our next Green Drinks is fast approaching! Register below 👇🏽

Registration for the next Galway Green Drinks is now open! Learn a/b the work of Irish Doctors for the Environment to create awareness, interest & implement action around environment health & its impact on patient health, and the public health effects of the climate crisis. Register @ bit.ly/3QjKUIE

We had a great talk at Green Drinks last night by Kieran Cunnane from Galway Energy Co Operative, who shared insights about how to access renewable energy and make homes more efficient.

REMINDER: our next Green Drinks will feature a great talk for anyone interested in learning about renewable energy & storage options in Ireland, & financial supports available. The need to switch to renewables has only grown with the latest oil crisis, so come learn how to make it happen!

We've got a new location, come check it out!

Excited to announce registration is now open for the next Green Drinks-please join us if you can (and share with anyone who might be interested)! Also please note our new location, Screene's on the Square. Registration: bit.ly/4seelK2

One day of (partial) sunshine in the field and you forget all the things you give out about! This is a special ALEW site of national importance that will hopefully be bursting with life again in a few years. We just need to get moving on official org/charity set up for RR!

Another day creeping up on Rhodo 🪓

Despite sporadic showers, we were quite productive yesterday! We removed rhodo from ~ .6 acres, and we're slowly but sure surely turning the map pink 💪🏽

Big thanks to our own Rhodo Ranger @scottbastow.bsky.social for speaking at last night's Green Drinks! He shared his knowledge of bats and ways we can help protect them from the many threats they face.

We have a new location for this month's Green Drinks-upstairs at Screene's on the Square. Join us to learn all about bats from @scottbastow.bsky.social! Register @ bit.ly/4bcg8cw. @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @bkollmann.bsky.social

We're excited to share details for the March Green Drinks, and the speaker is a Rhodo Ranger, @scottbastow.bsky.social! Scott will discuss his work as an ecologist w/ a focus on bats, their role in the ecosystem, &the relationship between bats & urban development. Registration: bit.ly/468GjOe

Today we split up and tackled two different sites. We returned to a previously treated woodland to assess progress and we're happy to see minimal regrowth and the natives bouncing back. However we weren't so happy to see the giant Rhodo growing at the second site! Our work continues...

Galway Green Drinks continues to grow!

Thanks for having me! It was great to see the interest in turloughs, and to have such engaging and thoughtful questions from so many people at the end

What an incredible turnout for this month's Green Drinks! Thanks to all who joined us and especially to @hannahmul.bsky.social for teaching us all about turloughs.

Really looking forward to the next Green Drinks, hope to see you there!

We're excited to welcome @hannahmul.bsky.social as our speaker at next month's Green Drinks! She will speak about turloughs & their importance to local biodiversity. Reg @ eventbrite.com/e/1979983195036?aff=oddtdtcreator

Had a great turnout for our first outing of the year last weekend!

Our first Green Drinks of the year was a big hit, and our largest turnout yet! Thanks to Aoife Crowe for teaching us all about saproxylic beetles in Ireland.

New report by Bat Conservation Ireland - 'The Lesser Horseshoe Bat: Mapping Landscape Connectivity to Facilitate Species Recovery and Expansion in Ireland'. #NatureConservation #BatConservation #LesserHorseshoeBat www.batconservationireland.org/wp-content/u...

Our first Green Drinks of the Year is coming up on January 13th! Hope to see you there. Registration: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1978194333503

Our first Green Drinks of the Year is coming up on January 13th! Hope to see you there. Registration: eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1978194333503

Small acorns ✅️ Mighty oaks 🔳 Massive woodlands 🔳

Y'day was our last visit to coill Gleann dá loch for 2025 which we wrapped up nicely with a few well earned pints and meal 2025 in summary: 2.7ha of Rhodo cleared (6.67 acres) over 12 days with an average of 7 volunteers each outing. Not to mention our follow up work at two other local sites (1/2)

Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to join us tonight! We had a fantastic talk about the future of food and land use in Ireland by Dr. David Styles, Associate Professor in Agri-sustainability at the University of Galway.

Reminder: the best Green Drinks is one week away!

The lates episode of my podcast @sustainablygeeky.bsky.social is out now!

Be sure to follow @rhodorangers.bsky.social And if you are in around Galway area and interested in joining, reach out! Also @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social organises Green Drinks monthly in Galway City!

Another great day in beautiful Connemara 💪🏽

Great turnout for our monthly outing today, and nice to see some new faces! @hetzgonnabeme.bsky.social @timoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social

Another day Another invasive species We are literally an island - every new invasive species is a policy and political failure.

We're excited to welcome Dr. David Styles from the University of Galway as the speaker for our December Green Drinks! He'll discuss pathways to a climate neutral agriculture and land sector in Ireland. Register @ eventbrite.com/e/galway-green-drinks-tickets-1973157098999?aff=oddtdtcreator

Another successful Green Drinks tonight, with Ananda Geluk discussing Active Hope. Thanks to everyone who joined us!

Reminder that our next #greendrinks is this Tuesday, November 11! Registration 👇🏽

Don't miss out on the next Green Drinks!

We're excited to welcome Ananda Geluk as the speaker for our November Green Drinks in Galway City! Anyone working, volunteering or interested in the environment is welcome. Register @ www.eventbrite.com/e/galway-gre... #Galway #greendrinks #environment #rhodorangers

Bang! And the dirt is gone! We try to use the dig out method where possible - a few skilled swings of a mattock do wonders! Taking out main root seems to be effective for long term clearance with minimal regrowth. (We do have to use herbicide sometimes too) #RhodoBashing

Another pile of rhodo gone! Rhododendron ponticum is native to Iberia and Caucas region (its actually under pressure in Iberia and people working to save it)! Ireland is thought to have a cultivar "superponticum" introduced in last century or so which is cold resistant, perfect for Irish climate.