Solar Schools ***Competition Time***
Issued in news on November 15, 2018 at 21:41:00.
Solar Schools
Do you want your school to be a Solar School? To run on free, clean, renewable energy?
Friends of the Earth and a number of energy co-operatives are running a competition to give five lucky schools the opportunity to have solar panels, designed and installed at their school in 2019 with a 90% grant.
Ready to Rise? Here are three opportunities for you to get involved and take action!
Issued in the blog on October 24, 2018 at 13:06:00.
Sick of plastic? Worried about climate change? Eager to take action but unsure where to start?
Then this post is for you.
Here are three concrete ways you can get involved in taking action for a better, safer, more just world.
1. Apply to take part in 'Mobilize. Resist. Transform. 2018', a 6-session Intro to Environmental Issues
Apply to take part by completing the form below:
Apply now to take part in Mobilize. Resist. Transform. Environmental Issues Course 2018!
Issued in the blog on October 23, 2018 at 16:57:00.
Are you aware of the existence of envrionmental issues, but unsure how they interconnect? Are you eager to meet like-minded people with whom to delve into these issues and find a point of intervention where you can make a change? Perhaps you have watched a documentary about climate change but don't know where to start in order to make a change, and that can be a lonely, scary place. So maybe you need to feel part of a community to feel supported enough to try to make those changes?
If any or all of this sounds like you, then register now to take part in Mobilize.Resist.Transform - a 6 week Autumn evening course run by Friends of the Earth.
Apply to take part by completing this form:
We're not going down without a fight
Issued in the blog on October 15, 2018 at 18:33:00.
Last Monday a UN scientific panel published an alarming report on on climate change. The impacts are worse than we thought and to prevent complete climate chaos we essentially have to halve our pollution by 2030 and reduce it to zero by 2050.
On Tuesday, the Government introduced Budget 2019, dropping plans for an increase in the carbon tax announced by the Taoiseach, and effectively "giving two fingers to the Paris Agreement" and everyone who is threatened by climate change.
It was a staggering failure of political leadership that put us all at risk of devastating climate impacts.
U-turn on carbon tax would be 'two fingers to younger generations'
Issued in news on October 09, 2018 at 10:25:00.
Budget a key test of Taoiseach's credibility on climate change, one day after stark scientific call for action
Reacting to reports that that the Government may drop plans to raise the carbon tax by €10 in today's Budget, Friends of the Earth Director, Oisin Coghlan commented:
Friends of the Earth Europe's response to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report
Issued in news on October 08, 2018 at 15:20:00.
New UN climate science review shows Europe must kick fossil fuel addiction
Friends of the Earth Press Release
8 OCTOBER 2018
Today's sobering Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the impacts of 1.5°C of global warming shows Europe's addiction to fossil fuels must come to an end, according to Friends of the Earth Europe.
Jagoda Munić, Director of Friends of the Earth Europe said:
Hiring: Young FoE Ireland Food Sovereignty Events & Communications Officer!
Issued in the blog on October 01, 2018 at 17:39:00.
Friends of the Earth Ireland is seeking an Events and Communications officer to promote food sovereignty within an 18-35 age range in Ireland.
The post is half-time and based in the Friends of the Earth Ireland office in Dublin. Application details are at the bottom of this page.
Friends of the Earth Ireland is an environmental justice campaigning organization, striving to create a just world where both people and nature thrive. It is a member of the Irish Environmental Network, the Environmental Pillar, and is the secretariat of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition Ireland, a network of 28 civil society, youth and faith-based organisations campaigning for Ireland to do its fair share on climate.
We are a small organization of 2 full-time staff, and 3 part-time staff.
8 Female Activists in Cyprus Standing up for Environmental Justice
Issued in the blog on September 24, 2018 at 13:56:00.
Written by V'Cenza Cirefice
*Originally published on Medium*
Women are on the front lines of climate change as they are impacted first and worst, so it is not surprising that they are on the front lines of the fight against it. Around the world it is prominently women who are standing up for their communities, land, water, forests and biodiversity, while challenging projects of so-called development, from mega dams and mines to fossil fuel extraction. This is also the case in Cyprus, where strong female activists led the way in the struggle for environmental justice.
Cara's parting words
Issued in the blog on September 19, 2018 at 12:47:00.
Our Head of Communications and Fundraising, Dr. Cara Augustenborg, says good-bye after a decade of work with Friends of the Earth Ireland...
This blog marks an end to my decade-long relationship with Friends of the Earth (FoE) Ireland, beginning as a member of the Board of Directors and later as Chairperson of the Board. Last year, I left my voluntary role as Chairperson to become a part-time member of FoE’s staff as their Head of Science, Communications and Fundraising -a job that has provided me with nearly non-stop adventure and education for the past 18 months. I’m now moving on to a full-time academic position at University College Dublin.
Leo, let there be light!
Issued in campaign actions.
Please sign this petition to urge the Government include a fair payment for small-scale renewable energy. Leo Varadkar signed this petition at Electric Picnic last year. But the new draft plan for renewable electricity doesn't include support for small-scale rooftop solar - it's all about big business.
