So depressing. And for sugar, to satisfy the world's addiction to sugar.

SF are desperate to find a rural vote that they have never had and as a result they are bending over backwards to appease big agriculture. But keeping alive an imported British aristocratic tradition like foxhunting is a sign of a party that has now completely forgotten what it stands for 😞

45 years after they allowed 10 Irish hunger strikers to starve to death, the British government are taking the same policy against Palestinian protestors. Back then it was Margaret Thatcher, today Kier Starmer. I hope he will be remembered with the same disdain as she is.

This is an excellent illustration, of the stupid, scientifically ignorant argument used by climate change deniers, that CO2 can't control the climate, as it only exists at low concentrations. It is an appeal to widespread public ignorance of science.

Join us Wednesday 29th, 5.30pm, Dept of Foreign Affairs. Apartheid Israel's version of a ceasefire means a continuation of its illegal starvation of Palestinians, of the blockade of Gaza, of endless violence in the West Bank. Our government must end its complicity. #SanctionsNow

This is hard to read. I can only imagine the pain and terror experienced by Palestinian hostages 😢

Global Warning: Ep 2 Against the tide. How do we adapt to what is coming? The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely. #Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting 📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...

Only a few days until our National March for Palestine, commemorating two years of apartheid Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people, and two years of our government not only not imposing sanctions but actually deepening our complicity. Join us! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow

Just over a week to go! Please note earlier start time of 12.30 pm. Our next National Demonstration for Palestine is on Saturday 4th of October. Gathering at 12.30pm, and leaving at 1pm. Join us! #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine

🇵🇸 Events in solidarity with the Palestinian people around the country this weekend. All out for Palestine! #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Another typical morning in town after Culture Night, sean-nós singers left strewn around the footpaths, poets carelessly stuffed under park benches, a lone interpretive dancer being gently blown around the square

Please take this easy action, we must see sanctions on apartheid Israel for its genocide of Palestinians, we need, as a first step, the full Occupied Territories Bill enacted. #SanctionsNow Act now for Palestine – rescue the Occupied Territories Bill www.trocaire.org/petitions/ac...

Opinion: The EU has failed Palestine. Countries meeting at the UN must not jrnl.ie/6813789

We are part of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights, a broad coalition of civil society groups, trade unions, and human rights organisations that are calling on the EU to stop the race to the bottom. Join us outside Leinster House Tue 23 @ 11am www.friendsoftheearth.ie/events/join-...

Yesterday SDCC passed a motion to endorse a national moratorium on data centres unless they are powered by renewable energy. While this a good move, it does raise concerns as data centre growth in Ireland has already outpaced the development of renewables. www.friendsoftheearth.ie/press/south-...

Fuck the IOF forever. After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document. No words...

Do not stop attending protests. Do not stop marching. FREE PALESTINE FUCK THE IOF

so-called "clean" natural gas is in fact a massive source of methane pollution This is Permian basin gas, some of which is exported to Europe as LNG OGI video from @txsharon.bsky.social and @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social

Today on @RTE The Week In Politics, I outlined why #Mercosur is not the answer to Trumps Tarrifs. It's bad for climate, bad for biodiversity, bad for farmers, and bad for public health.

Car free cities = Quieter, healthier, happier safer cities

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🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that intended to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives, but she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!!

You truly could not make it up. You could not.

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 400,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 840,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,330,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,760,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🧪

This 👇 #edchatie

Thanks @sccenglish.bsky.social for the opportunity to host #edchatie. We didn’t get much activity tonight but people can always respond in their own time. I’ve seen the amazing work done by teachers across the country in this space, but unfortunately it’s still low priority for most schools 1/2

This is amazing! I wish we were at that stage in our school. I’m sure that took work though? Well done 👏 #edchatie

Climate anxiety is a real issue. When people realise the challenges ahead it can great hopelessness and lead to anxiety. How do we support students and each other in dealing with these issues? #edchatie

This is my experience also. Would also direct people towards the ISSN @irishschsusty.bsky.social for excellent CPD and support #edchatie

Half way through our #edchatie hour so would love to hear some examples of how students in your schools are engaging in environmental actions or initiatives. Pic below shows some students who are currently (and successfully) running a tree planting project aimed at getting families to plant 🌱

Thanks Laura. All please feel free to share resources of influencers 🌍 #edchatie

Recently the DES and GOV published the ESD to 2030 strategy. You can find it here assets.gov.ie/228330/c6989... One priority is increasing capacity in educators. Have you ever received CPD for this type of education? #edchatie

Using the SDGs is a way of introducing important topics around ESD. Can ESD be incorporated into any subject?

Laura, primary interested in outdoor learning, sustainability and all things green. I'd say ESD is fairly hit and miss and teacher dependant in my experience..

Tonight on #edchatie we are discussing Education for Sustainable Development. Are students gaining the knowledge and skills they will need for the uncertain future they (and we) face? As an educator do you feel confident in talking about issues like climate breakdown & biodiversity loss? #edchatie

Would a subject like this be welcome ireland? #edchatie

Welcome everybody to tonight’s #edchatie on ‘ESD in Ireland: the role of education in helping Ireland become climate leaders’. I’m Codie, a science & biology teacher in Dublin. Interested in recent years in ESD. Be great if people can introduce themselves as they join 🙏🌍

Only one hour to go before #edchatie. See you all at 8.30 🌍🙏😬

Looking forward to #edchatie this evening at 8.30pm. Join us for a chat about ESD in schools. Looking forward to hearing the successes and challenges teachers are having in primary and secondary schools 🌱🌍 thanks @sccenglish.bsky.social for allowing me to discuss the topic 🙏

Forty years ago this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0my...

“If you’ve any kind of mind, you’ll know that all human kind, are the children of this earth and your hate for them will chew you up and spit you out”

A few years ago we @irishschsusty.bsky.social surveyed 290 students on knowledge of the names of the species below. The results were not a surprise to us but were to many. We are losing our connection to, and knowledge of, nature. I would love a JC course on natural history in Ireland 🌱 #edchatie

This is what it’s always been about. Momentum towards a greener and more just future was growing for a period but the fossil fuel companies and colonialists were never going to let that happen. Money was pumped into culture wars to sow division and cause distraction 1/2

🇵🇸 If you can't make the National March tomorrow, these are the events in solidarity with the Palestinian people around the country this weekend. All out for Palestine! ##SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

🌍 This Monday I will be hosting a conversation here on Bluesky for #edchatie about Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in our schools 🎓 Are we as educators confident in confronting topics like climate breakdown? What do we do about climate anxiety? So many Qs! Join us 8.30-9.30 pm 🌱

Cartoon by patbyrnes.bsky.social.

Elon at the White House yesterday vs. a scene from Don't Look Up.