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This is a very interesting introduction to CCF; I didn’t know it was not suitable everywhere. 14k ha is a lot of CCF! From Timber forest to Native Woodland on the Dublin Mountains Makeover; well done to Coillte teams running this great initiative. I grew up scrambling around those woods with the Dundrum Brigin Scouts,ContinueContinue reading “Dublin Mountains Makeover; Introduction to Continuous Cover Forestry”

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/identify-the-trees-of-ireland-by-leaf-flower-fruit-and-shape-1.4594861 Well done Éanna, #TreeCouncil of #Ireland President.

https://youtu.be/kB1qK_yBVxU Where to watch? Let’s match it with a #GreatEmeraldWall…along the #Shannon perhaps?

Canqi and Breda, in Budapest and Tyrone respectively, joined me in writing an ode back on the Winter Solstice morning. As we approach (so soon!) the Summer Solstice, I thought it would be fun to post them up. “We mark today The turning of this year of loneliness of the heart With this parting#New community.ContinueContinue reading “Odes to a Summer Solstice? Our soothing…CommuniTREE!”

https://youtu.be/VmfXGeqUh_U Goodness how lucky are we to have our team meet the President! How many trees will we be at on the counter in 2021 by October 7th Tree Day do you think?

After receiving such fantastic feedback from our attendees, we are looking back on our first TEDxCrannTreesforIreland event; we was oversubscribed; we had a cutoff point of 100 but 128 applications to attend though we had conducted no paid advertising campaign! Our team decided it would be worthwhile to limit our first effort to 100 attendeesContinueContinue reading “Our First TEDx Conference”

Make sure you mention trees! Here is the link; why not send a submission? This is what we sent in! https://dlrcoco.citizenspace.com/heritage/draft-county-heritage-plan-2021-2025/consultation/intro/ As we commence the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration there is no heritage more important than our natural environmental heritage being as it is the cornerstone of our health, our economy, our wellbeing;We atContinueContinue reading “Why not send your response to the Draft County Plan in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown?”

The TEDx conference was a demonstration of making a virtue of necessity; since a traditional live event was impossible, a young team with its co-organiser based in Hungary yet attending Brown University in the US was able to co-ordinate with our Irish-based team of young volunteers and manage the running of a conference which wasContinueContinue reading “What our Attendees said about our TEDx Conference! THANK YOU!”

Community groups and land managers; we are asking you to help identify places to plant new trees, or replace those lost in the past for our Climate Forest Ireland project with @cranntreesforireland ; check out the report below from the Clyde Climate Forest project; they are starting at 17 % and that is where weContinueContinue reading “Community Climate Forest Ireland; do you know where we can plant new trees or replace those lost in the past?”