Proxies in Rewilding – Win-Win Land Management
Rewilding is a term that excites as much reticence as enthusiasm, depending on your perspective. To the lover of nature, rewilding promises ecological recovery,...
Slow the Flow – Climate Solutions through Water and Land Management
Imagine if the solutions to climate breakdown were staring us in the face all this time – we just hadn’t yet seen them. Instead...
Buzzing in Dublin 8
Bee8 – an inner city beekeeping project – is an environmentally and socially sustainable social enterprise managed by Dublin 8’s Robert Emmet Community Development...
Local Action, Systemic Change – Combating Climate Change in Dublin 7
As climate change intensifies, urban areas like Cabra in Dublin 7 are increasingly vulnerable to environmental challenges such as heat stress, urban flooding and...
The Clash – Many fought the law, but the law won
If you’re short on entertainment, I suggest you read the Dáil debate on the new Nature Restoration Law from 12 June last (www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2024-06-12/5).
This...
Growing for Nature – There’s no better time to align your business to biodiversity...
In Ireland, as reported in the National Strategy for Horticulture 2023-2027, the amenity horticulture industry (amenity and other non-edible products) was worth approximately €100...
Sowing Seeds of Change
Food waste is one of the biggest challenges we face today. Every year, nearly a billion tonnes of food is wasted around the world....
My Bord Bia Portal
Bord Bia recently launched an innovative new client portal called ‘My Bord Bia’, an important online resource for businesses, providing one central point of...
Home Grown Renewed for Third Season
After the success of the first series, Home Grown Series 2 was a further celebration of the Irish horticulture industry, showcasing the many facets...
Staying Passionate is Key
A bit like marriage, the first couple of decades are usually the hardest.
When I was young and restless, as George W Bush said, I...