'Much of this deterioration has been caused by pollution of rivers with nitrates from waste water, cattle urine and fertiliser run-off. 40% of.. rivers now have excessive levels of nitrates. There is also pollution with phosphates from sewage, industrial discharges + fertilisers'

We are urging Trinity alumni who are outraged at Trinity College Dublin's drastic decision to lump TCD Students' Union 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 with a €214K fine, aimed at undermining students' right to protest, to contact the college and demand they rescind the fine.

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Philip Boucher-Hayes Tirlán my.uplift.ie/petitions/put-…

🌍The Climate Crisis is also a #MentalHealth crisis!😲

Join us on May 14 for an event co-hosted by Kaiser Permanente & World Economic Forum, exploring the profound impact of #ClimateChange on mental health.💫

Register👇 wedonthavetime.org/events/connect…

(AL) We are continuing to receive calls about oiled #seabirds , primarily Guillemots, from all along the #Wicklow and #Wexford coast. If you find an oiled seabird in the coming days, do not touch it. This is for your own safety. Instead, follow the steps below 👇

#oilspill

It's long been a question: could all of humanity actually live within the Doughnut? Thanks to Hauke Schlesier et al it's just been quantified for the 1st time. And the answer is probably yes - if we transform to economies of sufficiency. Read more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Fingal seeks residents to nominate their street to participate in new quiet streets programme irishcycle.com/2024/04/30/fin…

The #WeAreNature campaign is a grassroots movement to change UK dictionary definitions of the word nature to include humans - sign the petition⬇️ wearenature.org

We don't need much persuading to celebrate the humble Dandelion for #wildflowerhour

@biodatacentre records show this native wildflower was the most popular food source for bees on the island of Ireland in 2023

#DandelionChallenge #InternationalDayoftheDandelion
📷Cathal Noonan

If you have to cut your lawn, then give these flowers a skip. The orange tip butterfly only lays their eggs on the cuckoo flower. You can see the tiny orange egg here. It’ll hatch in a few weeks and eat the flower. 🧡

Don’t let our heritage become leverage. Please sign petition for your right to visit Ireland’s second largest Dolmen Aideen’s Grave. my.uplift.ie/petitions/aide… via Uplift

Seriously, you're going to wake one morning in the 2050s in a home warmed by your wind powered heat pump, open the dividend from your solar farm share, ride to work on an electric bus passing fields of agroforestry brimming with wildlife, and wonder what all the fuss was about.

It's nearly #NoMowMay . Time to put away the lawnmower for a whole month & let native Irish wildflowers grow

But mowing less all summer is one of the best things you can do for pollinators. So why not try #LetItBloomJune & #HelpThemFlyJuly ?

More here➡️ tinyurl.com/36u9bjxz

Happy #Caturday

📢 Help build the alternative to the billionaire press. No one is going to do it for us.

🚨 We need to raise £23k in the next 12 days to fund the edit of EVERYTHING IS FINE - a new film revealing who the 'eco-mob' of Just Stop Oil really are.

💸Donate at everythingisfine.org.uk

Cllr Michael Clarke FF

Denmark's Climate Council report on future land use. Argues climate goals can be met more efficiently if integrated with water and biodiversity initiatives, calls to take one-third of DK agricultural area out of agricultural use buff.ly/3WeMlsO

With new scientific research and updated mapping imagery, the EPA had updated calculations for emissions from smaller-scale domestic peat harvesting.

The new data puts emissions on a par with aviation.

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What’s really in your 'wildflower' seed mix?

A new study by Noeleen of University College Dublin reveals only 25% of species in 7 common wildflower seed mixes are native to Ireland.

None of the packets gave details of where the seed was sourced

More here ➡️
tinyurl.com/42xu4jzf

Piece in British Wildlife magazine British Wildlife Mag tipped us off about this video. Priceless!