Eoghan Daltun π
@irishrainforest
Author of award-winning bestseller 'An Irish Atlantic Rainforest'. 15+ years living with 73 acres of wildland. #Rewilding (Also on Instagram, Threads, Bluesky)
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Just been listening to Marie Donnelly, chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council Ireland, list at length on Morning Ireland the tinkering changes she believes farming must make in the face of climate breakdown. Not once was THE most important thing even mentioned: rewilding.
Sandy Horne If you like temperate rainforests a nice read for the plane might be Eoghan Daltonβs Irish Atlantic Rainforest. Bit hard to get in the colony but worth the effort. Eoghan Daltun π
Eoghan Daltun π Morning Ireland A massive cull of Sika and goats is required.
Ian Thompson Sandy Horne Eoghan Daltun π I went looking for Eoghan's book and discovered Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery will deliver to Canada for one Euro. They're my favourite bookstore now.
Our wonderful partners Kildare Arts Service Kildare Library Service are hosting a Climate Readers Day on 28th September RiverbankArtsCentre, with an amazing line up of writers/ speakers, including Kerri nΓ Dochartaigh, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Eoghan Daltun π and many more: kildarecoco.ie/News/KildareLiβ¦
Chris Smaje Annie Leymarie Ben Johnson Carwyn Graves .Chris Smaje: how do you feel about the fact that wild mammals are now at only 4% globally and dwindling fast, while domesticated mammals/birds are at least 60/70%, + rising fast. Are you okay with it? If not, how do you propose the trajectory be reversed, if not through rewilding?
Eoghan Daltun π Jon Atkinson Chris Smaje Ben Johnson Carwyn Graves Key problem and key solution in two adjacent tweets! π
For 150 years, far-right demagogues have behaved in eerily consistent ways. Yet every time one emerges, we act as if we've never seen such a thing before, and we have no idea how to respond. My column on the startling lessons we can learn from history. theguardian.com/commentisfree/β¦
Eoghan Daltun π Yes, and what is worring is that there is no attempt to control deer, rhodo or knotweed. Even underwater, although protected on paper, nothing happens.
Congratulations to Eoghan Daltun π on your gorgeous new book! Looking forward to your launch in Dublin later this month!