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“The most important thing I have done in my whole life”, he says. https://www.rte.ie/player/series/nationwide/SI0000001172?epguid=IH000400674 John Boorman in this #magical and #uplifting #interview made with RTÉ’s brilliant Nationwide crew describes how he #planted 100,000 #trees in Co. #Wicklow, how much he #enjoys them and his journal just published with #artist Susan Morley illustrating his adolescent forest; In his own words; “The most important thing I have done in my wholeContinueContinue reading “John Boorman, film maker planted 100k Trees in Wicklow!”

Ireland’s Top Environmental Problems and Our Proposed Solution A Dozen that spring to mind. It’s coming up to that Wishing Tree Time of year. (Much easier than New Year Resolutions, in case you are lining them up for yourself). During the Plant-for-the-Planet Youth Summit last week we were asked to come up with some topContinueContinue reading “Time to #COP on?”

easytreesie recommends… Schools are back; pupils & teachers may enjoy the #climateandnaturesummit2021 running all week: great free webinars from @greenschoolsire Dr. Méabh BoyLan @climateambassador Gráinne Ryan, that great #treeplanter with @baldoyletidytowns@seai_ie Aoife Cannon and others. #CPD available, I’m enjoying it! Supported by @department_of_education@ourplanet_eu@etbi_ireland#solas#ateci#drumcondraeducationcentre Check it out here; https://www.climateandnaturesummit.com/ #stoptalkingstartplanting

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/31/how-can-we-grow-new-forests-if-we-dont-have-enough-trees-to-plant

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/climate_action_now_loc/?chelHsb I signed this! Well done Cailíní for #Cilmate!

https://youtu.be/SG_vqlb1pOQ

https://countdown.ted.com/events-in-2021

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/farmers-being-deterred-from-moving-into-forestry-conference-told-1.4713416?localLinksEnabled=false

https://www.climatecouncil.ie/media/climatechangeadvisorycouncil/Technical%20report%20on%20carbon%20budgets%2025.10.2021.pdf Technical Report on the Carbon budget from the Climate Change Advisory Council Published yesterday. Thank you to Steven Doody for sharing.

Goodbye conkers? Our personal relationships with nature are endangered (via @IrishTimes) https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/goodbye-conkers-our-personal-relationships-with-nature-are-endangered-1.4704809