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The terrible damage and loss of the November floods has lead to an understandable call for immediate flood defence. However water needs to go somewhere. Every pond or floodplain filled with earth, waste, buildings, every new barrier to flood waters leads to a higher flood risk somewhere else. Channelled rivers flow faster, carry huge silt loads and heavy objects which cause more damage. Other countries such as the Netherlands and UK have embarked on major [...]
The Irish Wildlife Trust is seeking to recruit an education and awareness officer to help it expand its activities in the Dublin area. The IWT was founded in 1979 and since then it has grown into one of the leading conservation non-profit organisations in Ireland. Its activities fall under four main headings: Raising awareness of wildlife the habitats Education and outreach Working with communities to promote conservation Managing reserves for the benefit of wildlife Full [...]
Irish Environmental Network eNewsbulletin IEN is the network of national environmental organisations 23rd November 2009 In this issue Wood of Life Exhibtion Irish group flies out to support prosecution of French timber firm ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards 2010 World Bank 2010 Environment Strategy Consultation. The Wave to Stop Climate Chaos Upcoming Events Just Forests organise Wood of Life Exhibition There was a great buzz at the launch of the Just Forests ‘Wood of Life exhibition’ [...]
Title: SEA training course in Italy Start Date: 2010-03-08 End Date: 2010-08-10 http://www.sustainability.at/easy/ The training consists of an on-line phase (starting in December 2009) and an on-site phase, held on 8 – 12 March, 2010 in Trento (Italy). Several EU-Grants are available for young researchers (with less than ten years research experience) to cover all cost. Participants may be PhD students, research fellows, post-doc, but also working in a government department, NGO or international organization. [...]
Title: Risk management for charities Location: Carmelite Community Centre, Dublin Start Time: 9:30 Date: 2009-12-08 End Time: 13:00 Introduction to Risk Management – Dublin When: 08 December Where: Carmelite Community Centre, Dublin Time: Registration from 9:15am. Event from 9:30am-1:00pm (Q&A from 12:30) You and your organisation are not immune from risk. In fact, community and voluntary organisations face a myriad of risks, including: uncertain funding streams, working with vulnerable client groups, health and safety hazards, [...]
Title: The Wave to Stop Climate Chaos Location: Customs House on the quays to Merrion Square, Dublin Start Time: 12:00 Date: 2009-12-05 End Time: 14:00 This December, the world’s Governments will meet in Copenhagen to negotiate and decide on a global climate agreement. We want an agreement thats fair and safe and thats why we’ll be creating a giant human wave on December 5th, all you have to do is wear blue and a smile. [...]
With the countdown to Copenhagen heating up, it’s really the perfect time to highlight the big environmental issues and get your community involved in an Environmental Action project. Giving young people the chance to make their voices heard, the Young Environmentalist Awards is a unique programme to take part in. Help your local community and be in with the chance to win amazing prizes at the annual showcase and awards ceremony. If you haven’t done [...]
Title: Youth Work and Sustainability Location: Galway Start Time: 10:00 Date: 2009-11-27 End Time: 16:00 This one-day training for youth workers provides an in-depth look at Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), a new vision of education that empowers young people to create a sustainable future. By the end of the training participants should: • Understand concepts and principles related to Sustainable Development and Education for Sustainable Development • Be aware of values inherent to Sustainable [...]
Just Forests, the Irish timber lobbying group headed by Tom Roche, will attend the launch of a legal complaint lodged before a Public Prosecutor in France against a French timber company. Extensive and compelling evidence has been compiled by Global Witness and Sherpa, two international environment lobbies, detailing the charges of illegally obtained timber knowingly obtained by the French timber company [name witheld for legal reasons but will be released on Wednesday] in flagrant contravention [...]
Irish Environmental Network eNewsbulletin IEN is the network of national environmental organisations 13th November 2009 In this issue 1010 campaign launched in Ireland E-consultationn on the draft OSPAR Quality Status Report 2010 Frontline to dicuss car scrappage scheme Don’t nuke the climate campaign launched Invitation to Sustainable Development National Consultation. IEN Transport article published. Upcoming Events Thanks for taking the time to read our newsletter. Please help strengthen the environmental community in Ireland by submitting [...]
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