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Sustainable energy plan to be unveiled
A plan on how Ireland can become a global leader in sustainable energy will be unveiled this morning by Sustainable Energy Ireland.
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan will attend the event, which will outline a five-year strategy on how Ireland can fully exploit clean, low-carbon technologies and enterprise.
report completed last year suggested 80,000 jobs could be created in Ireland’s A However the Labour Party says that while the Government ‘talks a good game’, it has simply failed to deliver.
Green Me
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wanted: an eco prophet
And although no study of this nature has been completed in Ireland (to my knowlege), figures like these, on both sides of the Atlantic, are getting more sceptical week by week. It’s an exceptionally inconvenient truth. Only one American in three believes that human beings are responsible for climate change: a polling result 10% down on where opinion rested the year before.
Green Me
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
FREE DRAW to win an Acupressure Mat
In an earlier post I was mentioned that traditionally springtime has budding gardeners across Ireland itching to get back into their flowerbeds and rockeries after a long winter break. Doctors have warned that many gardeners overdo it and end up needing treatment for a host of injuries including gardeners’ back, weeder’s wrist and pruner’s neck, (yes, there is such a thing). It’s not just gardeners that need to relax and take it easy…we all do.
Green Me
- Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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Energy Independence for Ireland
As a film technician, for me the most noticeable impact of climate change in Ireland has been the increasing wind speeds – in the past 18 months I’ve been on two commercials that were closed down because it was too windy to shoot; that had never happened to me in the previous 15 years. The creators of Spirit of Ireland view Ireland as infinitely rich in the sustainable and ecological power of wind. However, there are may be some positive side effects to this new phenomena, energy independence being chief among them. The group’s idea is clever because it addresses the issue
Green Me
- Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Permaculture Ireland host eco-living festival
The event was hosted and organized by Permaculture Ireland; permaculture, according to Wikipedia, “is an approach to designing human settlements and perennial agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in the natural ecologies…The intent is that, by rapidly training individuals in a core set of design principles, those individuals can design their own environments and build increasingly self-sufficient human settlements — ones that reduce society’s reliance on industrial systems of production and distribution.” Tags: Gardening & Composting Green Home and Household
Green Me
- Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Singletons - Irelands Biggest Pollutants
On the outside Irish Singletons seem like a passionate bunch of environmentalists, they don’t own cars and are rigorous about their recycling but a recent study by Trinity College has found that people living on their own produce 37% more carbon emisssions than couples and 59% more than those living in threes (no not trees!!).
The main reason for their high carbon emissions comes from air travel with single and two person households travelling the most, releasing on average 1.7
Green Me
- Sunday, January 3, 2010
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Seasonal eating in Ireland
Seasonal eating is beneficial in a whole variety of ways. You are eating the food people in the region you live in have eaten for many thousands of years. In fact, you can trace seasonal eating back to a time well before the invention of agriculture in the valley of the Tigris and the Euphrates in Mesopotamia10,000 years ago.
Seasonal eating goes back back back through the ages (including
Green Me
- Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Ireland produces record breaking wind power
However, Ireland are now getting some serious and much deserved attention as a leading supplier of wind power.
The company is also developing an interconnector to Britain which will mean that Ireland could become a significant exporter of renewable energy.
The progress that has been made in connecting wind energy is crucial in meeting national targets for renewable energy, reducing Ireland’s CO2 emissions and reducing our dependency on imported fossil fuels,” Celebrations are the order of the day for the Irish wind industry as output from the country’s turbines peaked at 999 megawatts last Friday, July 31.
Green Me
- Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Ireland’s wave to stop climate chaos
Ireland’s biggest ever action on climate change took place in Dublin last Saturday as hundreds of people formed The Wave surging from the Department of the Environment at Custom House Quay eventually “crashing” against the Department of the Taoiseach on Upper Merrion Street.
Climate campaigners demanded the government to show leadership in Copenhagen next week. The action was both colourful and powerful, with participants wearing blue to represent the upsurge of public opinion for a fair and safe global deal in Copenhagen.
Green Me
- Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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Christmas Markets Fairs and Markets in Ireland
I am delighted to see that the magic of a good Christmas market is casting its spell over more and more Irish towns each year. Traditional Christmas Markets, held in cities, towns and villages throughout the country, are becoming increasingly popular. Not only do they evoke an enchanting festive atmosphere but in the ever present economic doldrums, they present the perfect and powerful answer to supporting your local economy!
Green Me
- Sunday, November 29, 2009
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Survey shows Ireland is green at home but not away
Mayo Ireland which is currently Ireland’s greenest hotel. 8220;This research has proved invaluable to us in helping us to understand how the people of Ireland feel about the environment and how they can effect it whilst on holiday” - Michael Lennon - Westport Woods Hotel .
...Tags: In the current economic and environmental climate, a large emphasis has been placed on our individual carbon footprints. As an Irish population we are actively being encouraged by multiple initiatives to reduce waste, reuse as much as possible and recycle what can be recycled
Green Me
- Thursday, November 5, 2009
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83% of Landlords are Ignoring BER Legislation
This survey proves that no one is policing the uptake of BERs in the rental sector in Ireland.
The Tags: Sustainable Living BER BER Compliance Building Energy Rating greenme ireland irish National Energy Assessors NEA SE I have long suspected that most landlords in the rental sector are avoiding getting Building Energy Rating (BERs) Certificates on their properties. The results of a recent survey that we conducted in-house at National Energy Assessors (NEA) have confirmed this to be the case.
Green Me
- Monday, September 14, 2009
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Take Part in Ireland’s National Swap Day
With the mini budget robbing us of our fast dwindling resources what better way to revamp your wardrobe or expand your book collection then swapping . Fashion Evolution have decided to dedicate May 2nd as National Swap Day.
So why not rejuvenate your wardrobe…clear out your book shelves…root out the old cd collection and dust off that delf…it’s time to swap, barter, bargain, trade and exchange all your tired and unloved goodies and give them a new life in a new home!
Green Me
- Monday, April 27, 2009
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