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Following the recent announcement of the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there was a flurry of press releases from councillors and senators, vying to have their names associated with this data.

As part of a drive towards zero emission vehicles, the Galway City Council has this week deployed eight fully-electric vans.

There are some battles in life that we enter with a half hearted desire to win. Conflicts that we deem as not mattering because we have not made the real connection between them and our lives. We have tended to do it with strife, with modern famine, with the abuses of human rights. That if it does not affect us really, that it is something we ought not get involved in. Until it comes to our own doorstep, we have a tendency to look away or move on. This week’s IPCC report on the impact of climate change and our role in creating it should act as a wake up call to the world…and when I say the world, I don’t mean the world out there, but the world around us.

Did you know an average nine minute shower uses about 100 litres of water, and to offset the carbon footprint created by a year of showering alone, around 40 trees must be planted?

Independent family-run supermarket chain Joyce’s Supermarkets has welcomed reuzi (Ireland’s one-stop shop for sustainable lifestyle) to their Knocknacarra location.

The Climate Bill must not undermine the continued viability of sustainable farming across County Mayo, Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon has said. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 is currently going through the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Keelings have announced the launch of their Great Rewilding initiative in an effort to address the reduction of Ireland’s bee and pollinator population and as a first step in this campaign, they will be giving away 100,000,000 wildflower seeds.

Keelings have announced the launch of their Great Rewilding initiative in an effort to address the reduction of Ireland’s bee and pollinator population and as a first step in this campaign, they will be giving away 100,000,000 wildflower seeds.

Keelings this week launched their Great Rewilding initiative in an effort to address the reduction of Ireland’s bee and pollinator population. As a first step in this campaign, they will be giving away 100,000,000 wildflower seeds.

As part of World Wetlands Day on February 2 2021, Dún na Sí Amenity and Heritage Park in Moate hosted an exciting photography competition.