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Laura Costello

@lauracostello.bsky.social
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Stories & sustainability💚 Helping to drive the marketing/ad industry’s climate transition. linktr.ee/lauraevelync Purpose Disruptors & THINKHOUSE

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The health care for a fossil fuel advertising ban is obvious. The question is: will our government act? #BanFossilAds
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The health case for a fossil fuel advertising ban
Key points An estimated 8.7 million premature deaths occur globally each year from air pollution attributable to fossil fuel combustion alone.[1][1] Climate change, which is primarily caused by the bu...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Re-storying a world worth living in | shots
Sustainable transformation advisor Amelie Lambert discusses the ad industry’s ‘brainprint’ – the psychological and cultural impact of marketing on society, with a focus on how our industry can cultiva...
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Tony Holohan is absolutely right to point out the human health impacts of worsening pollution. Of it's all connected! www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Dr Tony Holohan claims public health ignored as Minister welcomes nitrates derogation
Former chief medical officer says opt-out from pollution restrictions is worrying for water quality
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned over green claims
The advertising watchdog said the retailers misled shoppers with their 'sustainability' claims.
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
adfreecities.org.uk/2025/11/usin...
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Using a billboard to power a Time Machine - Adfree Cities
Did you know that a digital advertising screen is an unusually powerful source of energy for time travel? We’ve found that Black Friday adverts are particularly ideal for harnessing energy to travel t...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
New work! Letters to the Future is a global project with GOAL NextGen inviting young people to write to the generations ahead, reflecting on the actions and values needed to build a fairer, brighter world for all. youtube.com/watch?v=ZfpjaBQAeRc&feature=youtu.be
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Letters to the Future- A NextGen Youth Project
YouTube video by GOAL Global
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I find this framing on 'stuff' particularly useful, and really stood out as worthy of sharing this week as Black Friday campaigns fill the feed....
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Listen to our chats on Black Friday & overconsumption here, from 13.40 mins in www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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Behind the Story: Re-thinking Black Friday spending
Irish people buy more clothing than most Europeans and spending accelerates as Black Friday approaches, according to sustainability expert Laura Costello.
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Spoke about Black Friday and fast fashion overconsumption with RTÉ this week www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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Behind the Story: Re-thinking Black Friday spending
Irish people buy more clothing than most Europeans and spending accelerates as Black Friday approaches, according to sustainability expert Laura Costello.
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Vogue is now saying 'we all need to buy less full stop.' www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-s...
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Am I Buying Too Many Second-Hand Clothes?
Vogue’s senior sustainability editor Emily Chan asks: how much is too much?
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
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I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What does it look like when ad campaigns champion connection over consumption? This time last year, to coincide with Black Friday, we launched our “Less Buying, More Being” campaign - part of our Good Life 2030 Ireland project. Read more about the work: www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/blog/good...
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Good Life 2030 Ireland: Visions for Deeper Connection to self, others & nature - Creative Ireland Programme
Good Life 2030 Ireland: Visions for Deeper Connection to self, others & nature
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
www.thedrum.com/opinion/adla...
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Adland is urgently pivoting for AI. We will have to do the same for climate
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 14/10/2025
What's holding up the publication of the critical land use review? According to former minister @eamonryan.bsky.social, who commissioned the report, "it is being held back for fear that those interested in preserving the status quo would explode... www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Eamon Ryan: Why is the Government delaying publication of the land use review?
Fears around the report are misplaced and it is long past time for it to be published
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"Consumption by the world’s wealthy – in both North and South – is pushing humanity beyond ecological safety limits, while billions remain below the minimum standards for a decent life." hotorcool.org/wp-content/u...
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Europe is losing the equivalent of 600 football pitches of natural and agricultural land every day. We are squandering what little nature we have left.
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Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 28/09/2025
Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds
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Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds
European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Slower days💚
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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US marketing companies are helping to rebrand the genocide in Gaza | Arwa Mahdawi
Reports say PR teams are busy rewriting history in real time – not that the American media needs the help
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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From Colombo to Kathmandu, the furious youth movements toppling entrenched elites
Talk of revolution in the coffee shops of Nepal increased after protest movements across south Asia
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Advice for Gen Beta From Jeremy Corbyn, Nan Goldin, Hasan Piker, Courtney Love, and More
Born in 2025? Gen Beta will inherit a scary world facing climate crises, forever-wars, and political unrest. Over two dozen global leaders have some advice, from Gillian Anderson to Sexxy Red. Get the...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘It’s dying in front of our eyes’: how the UK’s largest lake became an ecological disaster
Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh choked by toxic algae
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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
If you still care about “mother nature on the run”, this is your opportunity to make your voice count & state your opposition to the proposed weakening of environmental laws across Europe. Great piece by @miseanja.bsky.social on defending laws protecting nature www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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Hands off nature — vital to defend the laws protecting nature and people
Here's how to make your voice count and state your opposition to the proposed weakening of environmental laws across Europe — the European Commission has launched a consultation about the “simplificat...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
This weekend, at EARTH RISING @ IMMA www.eventbrite.ie/e/earth-risi...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
"the catastrophe highlights a systemic failure by the state bodies to protect our waterways...."
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Have your say: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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Climate Conversations 2025 Consultation
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
How can we craft the next chapter in advertising’s story to be one of resilience, that works in harmony with our natural world? Join us for 'Reimagining Advertising Dublin'. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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Can Advertising Solve Our Fast Fashion Problem?
The clothes on our backs are unravelling our ecosystems. From the forests felled for viscose to the rivers running blue with dye, fashion’s footprint stretches far beyond shop windows…
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Roisin Markham @creativedynamix.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Can’t wait to use these and begin incorporating them into workshops well done Laura, Melaine & the whole team that worked on these
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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We once loved pigeons. We might not remember that, but they do | Joseph Earp
The gentle, beautiful curiosity of humans led to the discovery that these birds are able to differentiate between paintings by Monet and Picasso
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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GOAL NextGen Launches Powerful Storytelling Game ‘Cards for Humanity' | LBBOnline
Little Black Book, Co-created with GOAL’s newly established Connection Council, a collective of cultural innovators, artists, and activists, and THINKHOUSE, the game represents a fresh model of co-cre...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
New project with GOAL NextGen - Cards for Humanity! It's a powerful new storytelling game designed to spark meaningful conversations and build deeper connections between people from every walk of life. Check it out: www.goalglobal.org/xchange/card... youtu.be/V1eGdbmp1PE
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GOAL Next Gen launches the Cards for Humanity, a party game for people who care about the future
YouTube video by GOAL Global
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds
Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
‘I’d like to believe we can do advertising differently, choosing connection over consumption’... Our Good Life 2030 Ireland work in the Irish Independent Magazine at the weekend 💚
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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The EPA has published Ireland’s 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, highlighting that 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. www.epa.ie/publications...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Postcard from @hometreecharity.bsky.social Changing Landscapes conference 2025. Rethinking our relationships with each other, the land and the incredible species around us on this island we call home. Not simple conversations - but motivating & essential to keep having.
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
www.desmog.com/2025/05/22/h...
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Health Groups Shun Advertising Agencies Working for Fossil Fuel Companies
More than 30 medical organisations representing 12 million health professionals worldwide have pledged to boycott advertising and public relations agencies that work with the fossil fuel industry, cit...
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Morning meetings
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The "abundance of life has vanished - largely through overexploitation" The government must get on and pass legislation for Marine Protected Areas asap jrnl.ie/6699476
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Opinion: David Attenborough's new film delivers a stark message about the world's oceans
David Attenborough’s new film about the oceans has been released as he turns 99 — Jack O’Donovan Trá looks at the message it brings.
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Highly recommend getting up at 4am for a hike 💚
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Lucky to be among all of this
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
How do we craft narratives that help us make sense of a world in peril? Great to be at #DCUClimate2025 annual conference today to hear discussions on engaging society through activism, storytelling & the arts.
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
“We are told that GDP must go up to ensure high living standards, despite those two measurements decoupling over a decade ago.” www.dezeen.com/2025/04/28/c...
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"We are collectively suffering through a crisis of imagination"
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
On inspiration and hope for yesterday’s ST CLIMATE piece 🌎
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
'Every step of the fossil fuel cycle is harming our health' @irishdocsenv.bsky.social & Climate and Health Alliance ask government to get tough on fossil fuel advertising www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
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Doctors plea for ban on fossil fuel ads on grounds they are a public health danger
Doctors and other health experts are taking to the streets with a hard-hitting billboard campaign to try to convince the Government to put an end to fossil fuel advertising.
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Remember, it’s nesting season! Nobody should be brutalizing the land by digging up trees or cutting them down.
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My letter in the @irishtimes.com today
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I love this so much. This time of year horses lose their fluffy winter coats. Loads of hair falls away when you brush them. Then the sparrows fly down to collect it to make cosy nests. 🪺
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Laura Costello @lauracostello.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
"I would like to see us build our economic policy out from a sense of who we are and what we want as people rather than have it form ambiently as an emergent property of abstract geopolitics." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Patrick Freyne: Here’s what I see when I see Irish people at their best
We are hospitable and irreverent, but also cynical and parochial. When things get difficult, who do we want to be?
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