Blog Archive
Join a Regional TD Calling Party!
Posted on May 27, 2020 by Meaghan Carmody
The next week is crucial for the climate.
Three parties are currently negotiating what's called a 'Programme for Government', and we need to do whatever we can to make sure this is as strong as possible. For people, and for the planet.
Can you join a Regional TD Call-a-Thon before June 5th, World Environment Day?
We think the following is a solid strategy for making an impact!
- We know that when constituents speak to their TDs, TDs listen.
- We also know that a stumbling block in talks is the notion that the desire for strong faster and fairer climate action doesn't come from all age groups and localities around the country.
- What's more, we know that the TDs currently negotiating care about their image in the media.
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Watch it back - Women Resisting Climate Change in the Global South - Webinar
Posted on May 27, 2020 by Meaghan Carmody
If you missed it, don't worry. We're recording all of our webinars so you can watch them in your own time.
Watch the webinar here at the link, or in the video below:
This webinar was co-organised by the Galway Feminist Collective and Friends of the Earth Ireland.
Permanent link | Categories: activism • climatechange • webinars
Let's talk about 'Weather', with Jenny Offill and Sinéad Gleeson
Posted on May 25, 2020 by Claudia Tormey
While debating whether or not to host a book club this year, we came across this article in the Irish Times and well, the decision was made instantly.
Join us in conversation with Jenny Offill, author of New York Times best seller, 'Weather'. We are honoured to also have Irish writer, Sinéad Gleeson, on board as interviewer.
Click here to register for this webinar!
This event will be hosted over zoom, at 8pm on Friday June 5th to mark World Environment Day 2020.
Jenny Offill's latest book 'Weather' resonated with many of us on the Friends of the Earth team. It's not often you pick up a book and think, oh I know that story. And you hear so many others around you say that too!
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Watch it back - Story of Plastic Webinar
Posted on May 18, 2020 by Claudia Tormey
If you missed it, don't worry. We're recording all of our webinars so you can watch them in your own time.
Sick of Plastic, our campaign partnered with VOICE Ireland, hosted a webinar on to discuss the new documentary 'The Story of Plastic' and the growing movement in Ireland and worldwide to break free from plastic and fossil fuels.
The Story of Plastic is the story BIG PLASTIC does not want you to see. The film takes a sweeping look at the man-made crisis of plastic pollution, from extraction of fossil fuels to plastic waste replacing fish in our Oceans, and to explore Ireland's role in tackling these issues.
Permanent link | Categories: waste • webinars
Watch it Back - Agriculture's Contribution to Climate Action Webinar
Posted on May 17, 2020 by Oisín Coghlan
Ireland needs the agriculture sector to make a real contribution to emissions reduction if we are going to do anything like our fair share to contain climate breakdown and fulfil the Paris Agreement.
But how much? And how? This debate can be fraught with confusing scientific information and no little spinning. Well, we're here to try and untangle it for you.
Watch our recent webinar on What Contribution can Agriculture make to Climate Action where were joined by our policy expert Sadhbh O'Neill to explain what's going on, along with Oonagh Duggan of BirdWatch Ireland and Ailbhe Gerrard of Brookfield Farm.
Permanent link | Categories: climatechange • foodandfarming • webinars
Foodie Workshops for ECO-Week
Posted on May 14, 2020 by Meaghan Carmody
Next week we will be running an exciting series of food and nature related workshops for young people (under 30's) as part of ECO-UNESCO's 'Eco-Week'.
We have an fantastic line up of speakers, facilitators and activists who will explore different aspects of food & nature and how we engage with it.
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Online Training: Movement Strategy and Movement Structure
Posted on May 14, 2020 by Meaghan Carmody
We're so excited to be able to host the Ayni Institute to facilitate a two-part training to activists in Ireland. During this course the Ayni Institute will be teaching how to understand the deeper strategic needs within movements and issue areas.
The Ayni Institute is a small training institute that coaches, incubates, and supports social movements and community organisations. They also develop research and content on movements and movement dynamics. The Institute was founded by Carlos Saavedra, a community organiser with the DREAM movement in the US, and Paul Engler, author of This is an Uprising. They work closely with Momentum US and the Sunrise Movement among others.
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Watch it back - Future of Food Webinar
Posted on May 13, 2020 by Meaghan Carmody
If you missed it, don't worry. We're recording all of our webinars so you can watch them in your own time.
On our Futureof Food webinar last week, we heard from Wayne Frankham of the Irish Seed Savers Association, Sinéad Moran of Foodture, and Fergal Anderson of Talamh Beo on the practical work that these organisations are doing around food and food justice issues in Ireland and abroad.
Permanent link | Categories: foodandfarming • webinars
Webinar: Women Resisting Climate Change in the Global South
Posted on May 12, 2020 by Meaghan Carmody
Join this webinar co-organised by the Galway Feminist Collective and Friends of the Earth Ireland to discuss these issues, on Wednesday May 20th at 7pm Irish time/1pm CST/2pm EST/8pm CET.
As the world grapples with the challenges posed by climate change, there is increasing awareness in the Global North that communities from the Global South will be most impacted by the effects of climate change. We increasingly recognise that those same communities are often on the front line of resistance to extractive projects that threaten the environment and exacerbate the impact of climate change, particularly: mining, mass hydroelectric infrastructure and biofuels. Women across these communities often put their safety, freedom, livelihoods and lives on the line to protect the environment and Mother Earth.
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Webinar May 14: What the frack has gas got to do with plastic!?
Posted on May 08, 2020 by Meaghan Carmody
What has that plastic bottle polluting your local river got to do with gas?!
Well, a lot as it turns out.
Natural gas is primarily composed of methane, a greenhouse gas which, when released, has over 100 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. Gas is used as an energy source the world over.
What is less well known is that gas is also used as a material to make plastics. Ethane is a hydrocarbon also present in gas and a primary raw material for petrochemical (or plastics) manufacturing. Global fossil fuel extraction companies are heavily involved in the production of plastics. They use the ethane accessed via fracking to produce plastics that exist for hundreds of years in the environment.
Permanent link | Categories: energy • gas • waste
