Cardamine pratensis, the cuckoo flower 🌸 (lady’s smock) so-called as it appears when the eponymous bird does.

These wildflowers play an important role in the lifecycle of orange-tip butterflies on the wing at this time of year.

Shout-out to ⁦Lettie Mc Carthy⁩ for the ID.

Ireland is in a desperate state ecologically speaking. I see little sign of the necessary system change happening 🙁

Until the ‘You must not upset the farmers’ discourse is robustly challenged, incidents like this👇will continue.

⁦TheJournal.ie⁩ jrnl.ie/6362685

Be sure to check out my article about the geography, history and industrial heritage of Irish bogland in the The Fitzwilliam

2k reads so far and counting! 🤩

Thanks to Sam Enright and Fergus for their support and feedback during the writing process ✍️

I see this messaging a lot. It’s true to a degree, but it’s also far too simplistic.

Land needs to be used as efficiently and sustainably as possible (eg vertical, permaculture, hort). The predominant extensive animal agriculture module is the exact opposite of what is required.

83% drop in insects 🐜🐞🪰 in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in twenty years according to this👇study.

Alarming stuff 😟

news.sky.com/story/bug-spla…

Excellent mini-doc about the Tassie Tiga!! 🇦🇺

Do you believe it still exists? 🤔

#Thylacine

Search ongoing for extinct Tasmanian tiger amid efforts to revive specie... youtu.be/Ik-nMU5tdz8?si… via YouTube

Compelling opinion piece by ⁦Markus Eichhorn⁩ from ⁦UCC Ireland⁩

Balanced and nuanced in its analysis.

Conor Pass: 'a blank slate for rewilding' via @RTENews rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Local Green Party Ireland⁩ Cllr. ⁦Cllr Oisín O'Connor⁩ from ⁦Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council⁩ planting native trees🌲🌳 in #Belarmine today with the local community 🏡🏠

A perfect #spring morning☀️ to take meaningful climate and biodiversity action!!

⁦Catherine Martin TD⁩ ⁦Rathdown Greens⁩

A powerful contribution from John Gibbons here - ecological collapse could be experienced within a generation if emissions aren’t reduced quickly.

Also quite a reflective and personal piece. Many of us are worried for our families - John is no different.

Botox may erase wrinkles, but the cost is too high! Thousands of mice suffer and die in botox tests. Irish Anti-Vivisection Society supports #StopBotoxAnimalTesting to pressure manufacturers and authorities to embrace animal-free methods. Sign here if you agree: my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop… via Uplift

Rain, hail or shine, Oisín is out on the campaign trail.

Huge respect for your commitment?Cllr Oisín O'Connor to the cause 👊🏻

Green Party Ireland Catherine Martin TD Young Greens 🌱 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Words fail me 😑

Monaghan Dog Pound new puppy now on his last 2 days. Please please repost #poundpuppies

This beautiful dog is on his last day in Monaghan Pound. Please share him, someone please give him a chance...

A beautiful boy 🐶 here looking for a new home.

Wonderful work as always by Hilltop Sanctuary, Ireland trying to rehome animals let down by humans and/or the state.

What passes for ‘natural beauty’ in Ireland 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

The solutions to the climate crisis are often obvious.

It’s politics, collective human psychology, and especially industrial power and influence, which are preventing meaningful change.

The EU Emissions Trading System 🏭 continues to (quietly) help reduce greenhouse gases.

I haven’t looked into this report in detail, but with my critical analysis hat on, off-shoring some energy generation might be colouring these figures a little bit 🤔 rte.ie/news/2024/0405…