Deliveries will begin on February 24th, 2025 (after the school mid-term break) and we are aiming to complete them by St. Patrick’s Day.

A Chairde,; great to send this out today to our successful community projects! Great news – Your tree sapling request is now being processed. Deliveries will begin on February 24th, 2025 (after the school mid-term break) and we are aiming to complete them by St. Patrick’s Day. What to Expect: Deliveries may arrive at any time in theContinueContinue reading “Deliveries will begin on February 24th, 2025 (after the school mid-term break) and we are aiming to complete them by St. Patrick’s Day.”

Éanna Ní Lamhna: ‘In 1970 we had twice as much biodiversity as we have now. Twice as much: 90 per cent of our curlews are gone’

Éanna Ní Lamhna: ‘In 1970 we had twice as much biodiversity as we have now. Twice as much: 90 per cent of our curlews are gone’ https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/10/27/eanna-ni-lamhna-in-1970-we-had-twice-as-much-biodiversity-as-we-have-now-twice-as-much-90-per-cent-of-our-curlews-are-gone/

Tiny Forests; a silver bullet for Climate?

A silver bullet for Climate; ah, if only there were one! As they say, it’s complicated. “Silver Buckshot”, (a phrase from Prof. Phil Spector is his proposal on how we can change our lives to live longer in a podcast with Dan Buettner, championing the benefits of spending time gardening for longevity); now that’s aContinueContinue reading “Tiny Forests; a silver bullet for Climate?”

150 thousand sapling planting concludes countrywide with 500,000th sapling planted marking National Tree Week

This season’s highlight has been the planting of the 500,000th sapling of the Easy Treesie – Crann project with our own teams and schoolchildren, teachers and staff from Kilternan Church of Ireland National School with their parish and wider community, joined by distinguished guests including EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, Ambassadors and members of the EUContinueContinue reading “150 thousand sapling planting concludes countrywide with 500,000th sapling planted marking National Tree Week”

Community garden in Dublin’s north inner city scoops top award

Community garden in Dublin’s north inner city scoops top award https://www.irishtimes.com/property/commercial-property/2023/12/12/community-garden-in-dublins-north-inner-city-scoops-top-award/ Congratulations @MudIsland and thank you for your #treeplanting work!

Mother Trees and Suzanne Simard

Thanks to The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/suzanne-simard-mother-trees-climate/?utm_campaign=wp_the_optimist&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_optimist&itid=hp_Climate%20box_p013_f004&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F38ad60b%2F63ac4c88ef9bf67b233b75f5%2F5f8b04a7ae7e8a56e57d8304%2F38%2F52%2F63ac4c88ef9bf67b233b75f5&wp_cu=133094c3e8dea06cda02d81dbd8aedba%7CB1DFFBB6994D50AAE0530100007F1BE5

Our Internship Programme with Technological University Dublin

I asked our Environmental intern, Opeyemi Adetifa from Masters Degree Course in Sustainable Development under the direction of Dr. Ken Boyle, for his thoughts about interning with us so far this year; he has joined us from TU Dublin in this highly unusual year. Here are his thoughts! – How is it going, Opeyemi? “ItContinueContinue reading “Our Internship Programme with Technological University Dublin”