Community Supported Agriculture conference will introduce concept to Irish communities and growers
The Cloughjordan Community Farm In association with the National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS), The Soil Association (UK), Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA), URGENCI – Global Network of CSA’s, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Cultivate, and FEASTA present “Growing Together”, an all-Ireland conference on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) 17th, 18th & 19th of February * Cloughjordan, Tipperary The aim of this weekend conference is to introduce the CSA concept to communities and growers on the island of Ireland. [...]
Hogan publishes EPA Review Implementation Plan
The Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government, Phil Hogan, T.D., has published (31st January 2012) a plan for the implementation of the recommendations of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Review Group. The independent Review Group, established in February 2010 to review the scope, mandate, structure and performance of the EPA, presented its report in May 2011. This report contains 58 recommendations across a number of different themes such as governance, resources and licensing. [...]
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Make a video of your sustainable future – and win cash prizes
Young Europeans with a fresh vision of a sustainable future are invited to participate in a video competition, with the opportunity to win cash and a trip to Copenhagen. The contest asks participants to submit a video on their vision for sustainable living in 20 years’ time. It is open to Europeans born in 1991, 1992 or 1993. Competition “Generation ’92″ has been organised by the European Environment Agency (EEA). It has been launched in [...]
category: European News
Public Consultation on how to harness Ireland’s ocean wealth
Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, today launched a public consultation process on how to harness the potential of Ireland’s vast marine resource to tap into a Trillion Euro global market for marine products & services (including seafood, tourism, shipping, oil and gas, renewable ocean energy and new applications for health, medicine and technology). Launching the public consultation ‘Our Ocean Wealth’, Minister Coveney said, “We need to change the way we [...]
category: Consultation Calls
Ministers Publish Statutory Guidelines on Spatial Planning and National Roads
-Guidelines Will Help Job Creation and Economic Development- Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister of Environment, Community and Local Government, Ms. Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., Minister for Housing and Planning, together with Mr. Leo Varadkar, T.D., Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, and Mr. Alan Kelly, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Public and Commuter Transport today (31 January 2012) jointly published statutory planning guidelines for local authorities on Spatial Planning and National Roads. http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Planning/ The [...]
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World Wetland Day events planned nationwide
World Wetland Day events are planned for 2-5th Feb 2012. 2012 Thur Feb 2nd is the REAL Ramsar world wetland day and the days after that till Sunday 5th are added to facilitate the weekend wetland eventers. Ramsar people celebrate wetlands across the world. In Ireland we can celebrate that 1. We have such wealth of wetlands and 2. we have better wetland law than before . There is a new opportunity to change the [...]
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Environ 2012 will attract largest gathering of environmental researchers in Ireland
‘The 22nd Irish Environmental Researchers’ Colloquium (ENVIRON 2012) will be held in University College Dublin (UCD) from Wednesday, March 7th- Friday March 9th, 2012. The ENVIRON colloquium is the largest annual gathering of environmental researchers in Ireland with over 250 researchers attending the event. The event continues to provide a wonderful platform for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to present their research to a wide audience. Since its establishment in 1990 one of the main [...]
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Regulation of Lobbyists
Background The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce a statutory register of lobbyists, and rules concerning the practice of lobbying. The Public Service Reform Programme launched by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 17 November 2011 contains a commitment to prepare legislation to meet this objective in 2012. Context The Government Reform Unit in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has commenced a review of the international approaches to the [...]
category: Consultation Calls
Haulbowline: toxic contamination ignored
Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has written to the European Commission expressing concerns that Cork County Council is not addressing the full extent of the ongoing pollution from the abandoned steel works on Haulbowline Island. At a meeting on the island before Christmas with the European Commission, Cork County Council, and the Department of the Environment, FIE was told that the proposed licensce will be limited to the 9 hectares of the East Tip [...]
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Minister promises Heads of Bill in 2012 and full climate legislation later in 2013
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the publication of a detailed “Roadmap for Climate Policy and Legislation” by Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, but criticised the unnecessarily slow timeline. The Irish Times has a summary of reactions today. Commenting, Friends of the Earth Director, Oisin Coghlan, said “The roadmap provides welcome clarity about the Government’s commitment to passing a climate law and outlines the opportunities for public participation in its development. It sets out [...]
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