Keep updated with, and share the latest news from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Ireland.
The environmental campaigners fighting against data centres, BBC News (Nov 04, 2024) - ‘Because secondhand is feckin’ grand’: how clothes swapping became huge in Ireland, theguardian.com (Oct 03, 2024)
- Ireland could give nature constitutional rights, BBC News (Dec 16, 2023)
- Boy tells TDs and senators: 'We need more trains now', rte.ie (Nov 21, 2023)
- Land use plan needed to combat climate change on ‘different scale’ - Taoiseach, irishtimes.com (Oct 25, 2023)
- Inside the world’s first native bee sanctuary (plus, how to really save bees), Positive News (May 19, 2023)
- Ireland has lost almost all of its native forests – here’s how to bring them back, The Conversation (Feb 24, 2023)
2021-2022[edit | edit source]
- The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance now has 10 core members (Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Greenland, Ireland, Portugal, Quebec, Sweden, Wales, and Washington State), two associate members (California and New Zealand), and five "friends of BOGA" (Chile, Fiji, Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg)., beyondoilandgasalliance.org (Nov 16, 2022) — BOGA is an international alliance of governments and stakeholders working together to facilitate the managed phase-out of oil and gas production, led by the governments of Denmark and Costa Rica
- Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out, The Guardian (Oct 17, 2021) — Features activists from Philippines, Australia, India, US, Uganda, Pakistan, Peru, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Kenya and Canada
2017-2019[edit | edit source]
- New scheme to help community groups generate electricity, Dec 2, 2019...[1]
Climate change: Irish Youth Assembly demands action, Nov 16, 2019...[2]
- Government still not tackling climate change? So sue them, Jan 12, 2019...[3]
- Bill proposing ban to fossil fuel exploration clears first hurdle in Dáil, Feb 7, 2018...[4]
- Campaigners want greenway beside "Velorail" project in Co Mayo, Apr 9, 2017...[5]
- Over 2,000 back petition for Galway Greenway, Mar 15, 2017...[6]
- Irish Parliament supports historic fossil fuel divestment bill, Jan 26, 2017...[7]
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2016[edit | edit source]
- Do you think a basic income for all should replace social welfare? Nov 22, 2016[1]
- Opening of new Greenway marked by day of celebration in Dromahair, Nov 6, 2016[2]
- Ireland votes to ban fracking, Oct 27, 2016[3]
- Galway City bike scheme to expand further, Oct 5, 2016[4]
- Galway is 2017 European Green Leaf! Jun 22, 2016[5]
- Transition Galway's '2030 Vision' report: "there's no limit to what we could do", Mar 24, 2016[6]
- A snapshot of Transition in... Ireland, Mar 14, 2016[7]
- Issues concerning sustainable communities in Ireland, Feb 29, 2016[8]
- An Taisce calls for Department of Climate Action, January 22, 2016[9]
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2009-2015[edit | edit source]
- Launch of 'A Vision for Galway 2030', November 19, 2015...[1]
- FreeTrade Ireland finds new homes for 100,000 items, August 5, 2015...[2]
- Ireland's first 'wilderness area' to be launched in Ballycroy, July 31, 2015...[3]
New climate council to oversee Ireland's transition to low carbon society, June 10, 2015...[4]
- Galway bikes go live, November 24, 2014...[5]
- Abandoned railways to be reopened for walking and cycling, August 8, 2013...[6]
- Irish waste strategy to reject incineration,[7] June 5, 2009.
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