The Irish Times view on winter walks: full of unexpected promise www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

The NPWS has produced another bleak report on the deterioration of our most precious ecosystems. But what can they do to reverse this trend? We urgently need serious commitment to restoring our biodiversity: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to bring Jane Clarke, Catherine Cleary, Jane Carkill and Colm Mac an Iomaire together for a Culture File Debate on the Hare's Corner, during Dublin Books Festival in Nov. Broadcast recently www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

Delighted to have published this article on the magical Bialowieza Forest on the Science page in today's Irish Times. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @culturefile.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

i’m delighted to have broadcast about Mark Cocker’s remarkable 'One Midsummer's Day: Swifts and the Story of Life on Earth' book on RTE lyric fm ‘s CultureFilePod. You can hear the clip on the Naturalist's Bookshelf segment at 22.50 mins iin. lnkd.in/eUKYkVbx @irishrainforest.bsky.social

Very happy to celebrate Peter Wyse Jackson's wonderful survey of the uses of Irish native plants on The Naturalist's Bookshelf on RTE lyric fm's Culture File. Slot starts minute 7.20. here www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @culturefile.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @liamheneghan.bsky.social

www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... My reading of Gilbert White's classic Natural History of Selborne on RTE Lyric FM's Culture File @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @dublinsoil.bsky.social

An artistic mega-project threatens biodiversity reserve www.irishtimes.com/environment/... @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @guggenheim.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to discuss Michael Pollan's provocative book, "The Botany of Desire", as my latest contribution to The Naturalist's BookShelf segment on RTE Lyric fm's CultureFile last weekend. Thanks to Luke Clancy for setting me right on the author's pronunciation!

'Fire Season', Philip Connors' haunting book about reintroducing fire in wild country, is my latest choice for the Naturalist's Bookshelf series on RTE Lyric fm's Culture File. www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @culturefile.bsky.social

Very happy to have written the Prologue for the excellent new book, trea.es/producto/el-... by Jerónimo Ríos Serra and Egoitz Gago Antón. This book fills a large gap in contemporary Spanish writing about ETA, but focussing on the dirty war by very senior elements the 1983-87 PSOE govt.

If the Catholic Church stressed Pope Francis' climate and biodiversity encyclical as much as it did Humanae Vitae, it would be hopeful. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social @culturefile.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

Trump is kicking up so much dust on so many issues that key policy shifts often don't get the attention they deserve. The gutting of the EPA's climate targets is a classic example: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @culturefile.bsky.social

Delighted to be back on Culture File with some thoughts on William Cronon's key book about the interplay between ecosystems and human societies that engage with them in different ways, Changes in the Land @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

Delighted to be back on @culturefile.bsky.social with this reflection on a great book about the complex interaction of the evolution of New England’s forests and human communities @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

I've signed this petition calling out this government & Michael Lowry for their attempted insulting power grab. Can you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/f-...

www.irishtimes.com/environment/... Yet another of our environmental treasures is in deep trouble, despite protected status. My piece on Lady's Island Lake in Wexford published today. Why can't we make protection work? @culturefile.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social

Exciting to be part of @culturefile.bsky.social new weekly format last night, talking about Olivia Laing's stimulating plunge into gardens and nature. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social. Here is a link if you missed it www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

Delighted to be participating on this @culturefile.bsky.social in such good company. Olivia Laing’s reflections on the relationship between gardens and nature are a thought-provoking joy…@islandfielder.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social

I've just signed this petition calling on the ESB to not pass the cost of Storm Éowyn repairs on to customers through price hikes. The ESB is hugely profitable – they should foot the bill, not the people of Ireland. my.uplift.ie/petitions/do...

A Note for Nature on Rte2: beautifully shot, great music, well conceived, passionately making a well argued case that “without nature there is no us” as Dara McNulty put it. Catch it on the Player if you can! @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @culturefile.bsky.social

An insect population collapse, caused by climate change, has caused dire knock-on effects throughout the ecoystems of a Costa Rican biodiversity hotspot. My article today on Science Page, Irish times. www.irishtimes.com/environment/... @culturefile.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

Delighted to be finally up and running on Blue Sky, and away from the toxic atmosphere of X and FB. Thanks @culturefile.bsky.social for setting me up here, and giving me material for my first Blue Sky comment!

Delighted to be participating in the new format @culturefile.bsky.social and to be celebrating this delightful and complex reflection on gardening as the source of invaluable encounters and interweaving between nature and culture in the past and present of gardening by Olivia Laing.

It was a exciting -- and instructive! -- to debate the 'wild' word in nature writing with Anja Murray, Gwen Wilkinson, Lisa Fingleton, chaired by Luke Clancy, on @culturefile.bsky.social at Dublin Books Festival a week ago. And now you can listen here, or listen again! www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

'The 'Wild' Word | Culture File Previewing our upcoming Culture File Debate recorded at National Botanic Gardens @paddywoodworth.bsky.social fixes on the word "wild": its place in the book trade - and the future of the planet. Full program broadcast: RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 18th Nov, 6.30pm

Thanks @irishtimes.bsky.social for inviting me on www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins... with Hugh Linehan, Guy Hedgecoe. Comments welcome!