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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?”

“Power is not given, it’s taken. So grab it”, says #Inger Andersson. I have enjoyed listening to her. You can hear her speak and many other climate thought leaders in this presentation for #generationrestoration for #worldenvironmentday that took place yesterday. #Reimagine #Recreate #Restore, lovely themes. I feel we can come up with a few moreContinueContinue reading “Inger Andersson and a Youth Call to Action”

I’m spending the day here virtually in #Pakistan; on the live broadcast celebrating this country’s climate neutrality. Thanks to our TU Dublin intern 2019-2020 who has shared the story of his native country’s epic #treeplanting work. Here is the link to the live session. https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/latest/official-broadcast#.YLuG1gmhtIs.twitter. We’ve two trees ready to plant, we may be readyContinueContinue reading “It’s here; #GenerationRestoration #UNDecadeonEcosystemRestoration”

Great to chat with Jane Mellett yesterday of Trocaire about #treeplanting for the upcoming #SeasonOfCreation. I have not come across this Women’s preaching platform before; how useful with so many churches closed during the Pandemic; great sermon Jane on #caringforourcommonhome. #LaudateSi Catholic Women Preach https://www.catholicwomenpreach.org/ https://youtu.be/SPaLANyT86w

Love this Irish Times article today; quoting Prof Niall Moyna of DCU’s discovery saying “Six minutes of moderate cycling dramatically ramped up immune cells in the blood. It also boosted the activity of natural killer cells, destroyers of cancer cells. “Even short bouts of activity can decrease blood pressure, improve insulin activity, prime your immune system”.ContinueContinue reading “6 minutes moderate cycling dramatically ramps up immune cells – DCU discovery”

Hello all; I am doing a cut-and-paste here of some of our Q and As and comments…the list is not complete as some of the questions were answered during the event, I will transcribe them when I get a chance. Just putting these in this safe place so they don’t get lost, we had otherContinueContinue reading “Thanks to all who joined us last evening! Some Q and As and Comments;”

Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom meeting.When: May 25, 2021 11:00 AM Dublin Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pf–urzsvEt3H9fVF06b5f17TJTwIqrjL After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

https://youtu.be/S3v-6ZmPoIE We’ve had a lot of requests for copies of our TEDxCrannTreesforIreland conference recording. The rules of TEDx do not permit recording the entire event; for those who missed it, in summary we had talks from 6 experts in their fields; our theme was “Restore”, theme also of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration whichContinueContinue reading “Watch our TEDxCrannTreesforIreland Conference”