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Davie Philip

@sust-davie.bsky.social
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Community coach/ facilitator based in rural Ireland. Interested in cooperative and community-led responses to the mess we are in.

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Malcolm Noonan @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Conversations at #theploughing on regenerative farming and extending the basic income scheme for small scale producers and growers with @talamhbeo.bsky.social and Kitty Scully. We need to urgently strengthen our food security and resilience against climate related weather events.
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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you haven't already got it, you need to read this latest book from @irishrainforest.bsky.social The opening 2 paragraphs alone are going to be quoted for decades.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Astonishing attack on civil society and environmental justice by a government lacking either vision or basic competence. www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...
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Chambers claims climate law has been 'weaponised' by NGOs to halt infrastructure projects
Friends of the Earth have said disapplying climate laws sets ‘an alarming precedent’.
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is a dark day for the environmental movement. In one of most regressive moves I've seen by this Government, they are effectively shutting down the majority of environmental public interest litigation. Over 1400 people told them not to do this. Did they listen? Of course not.
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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ireland already knows how to deliver an ambitious plan, and it comes down to this: you fund it. A nature restoration plan without money is like a human without a heart. It will never work. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Ireland is trying to fund environmental protection on the cheap
Nature restoration isn’t a luxury. It’s one of the highest-return investments available to the State
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thanks to Denis Linehan of UCC for making sense of last week's CSO figures around urban and rural Ireland - this is such an important piece of work, it explains so much of the political discontent we are seeing. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Ireland's towns bear the brunt of the urban/rural divide
Independent urban towns are in a different level of social crisis to the rest of the country — unemployment at 5.9%, the highest of any area type, 17% at risk of poverty, and 20% of their households r...
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
"The idea of fuel rationing may sound drastic, but in reality, fuel is already rationed. All goods are. At present, they are just rationed according to price" A great piece and it's mind boggling why our government won't step in and address demand and waste throughout the fuel system
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 15/03/2026
Ireland doesn’t have time for wind farm battles
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Ireland doesn’t have time for wind farm battles
Ella McSweeney: A recent verdict showed climate law can’t fix what politics won’t
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#FeedingOurselves is back - 2026 version! This is our annual gathering in Cloughjordan, 4 days and 3 nights of farming food environment justice events and activities. We're really focusing on #foodSovereignty this year - it's time has come! Booking and info here: sustainable.ie/feeding-ours...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
*SO* thrilled yesterday to see the first screening of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, the film about my 17-year journey rewilding a West Cork farm. It went far and away beyond my hopes: a mesmerisingly lovely, immersive piece of work, almost dreamlike in parts, but grounded in ecology and daily life.
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Tina Leonard 🧡💙 @leonard3tina.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
-government intelligence report shows most worrying potential impacts of our loss of nature weren't disclosed to the public -only published after pressure from campaign groups, including an FOI -but published version leaves out some of the key points experts had found. youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8?...
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We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see
YouTube video by ITV News
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Recent talk recorded with slides. Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-... The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme... Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
'The proposed (LNG) project would be close to a €1bn investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure. This is completely inconsistent with Ireland's legal climate obligations.' Dr Aideen O'Dochartaigh appearing at recent Oireachtas Committee session on proposed 'Gas Bill' @aideenod.bsky.social
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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Nature and climate funding must now be articulated as infrastructure: as essential to food systems, public health, energy stability and geopolitical resilience. In security terms, biodiversity is not sentimental, it is strategic. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Environmental breakdown isn’t a distant possibility – it’s a threat to world stability
The message is clear: climate change should be prioritised as a security crisis, not just an environmental one
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Another excellent piece by Pádraic Fogarty. The Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review offer the government a real opportunity to address challenges like flooding head-on, but I have little faith they’ll take it. www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm...
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Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land
After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pádraic Fogarty.
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A periodic reminder that very little has been done to address the biodiversity crisis www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Third of Ireland’s wintering waterbirds vanish in just 30 years
Some species increased numbers but others have declined by more than 50%
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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I'm in a wonderful Wellbeing Economy Ireland meeting w Mark Garavan, recently retired from University of Cork and author of the book "Care" (Cork University Press) @corkup.bsky.social. Fascinating, succinct account of the collapse of our systems & values. www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205611...
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Care - Cork University Press
We are in a crisis of care, one that needs an immediate response. This crisis is experienced in both our everyday lived experiences and in our interactions w...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Mercosur delayed for years, which may mean it's scuppered altogether.
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What's the definition of 'public interest'? Is it leaving just the deep pocketed corporate players on the field, who make enough profit to pay their lawyers hundreds of thousands to defend their own economic interest, further stacking the deck against the environment in favour of corporate profit?
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
A must-listen piece that does an excellent job of teasing out the psychology, science, and politics of the Nitrates Derogation. As Dr. Elaine McGoff says, “We have a phosphorus solution to a nitrates problem.” Maybe it’s time we started working on the nitrates solution? @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh
Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
What do health and poverty, colonialism and climate change, farming and medicine have in common? Check out the film screening and then chat with myself and Rupa Marya after - Sunday 16th November in Cork (early start, 12.30) corkfilmfest.org/events/farmi...
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Check out this brilliant new short film from the #IncredibleEdible team - What if we had the Right to Grow?   www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6R5...
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What if we had the Right to Grow?
Up and down the country public land is being left unloved, costing our local authorities money to care for and giving nothing back to the community in return. Community groups like Incredible Edible…
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"The eyes of future generations are on [us], silently urging us to act bravely and quickly [...] to save them from a collapsed biosphere. Will we rise to the moment and earn the right to be regarded as 'good ancestors'?" Crucial question, crucial book. *Read it.*
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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🔥The Amazon is burning. The world’s lungs are on the brink of collapse. The EU wants to pour fuel on the fire with the EU-Mercosur trade deal — but we can still put a STOP on it! Tell your Minister & MEPs to reject the EU-Mercosur deal www.environmentalpillar.ie/stopeumercos... #StopEUMercosur
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Take action: Stop the climate-wrecking EU-Mercosur Trade Deal - The Environmental Pillar
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement will benefit a handful of big corporations while driving deforestation, the climate crisis and exposing small-scale farmers to unfair competition. Join our call and say...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Feeding Ourselves newsletter out now! Local Food Symposium Trinity Oct 30th School Food Coalition Global Green at Electric Picnic Talamh Beo at the Ploughing, the Picnic, Talamh Óg, methane matters & Palestine Solidarity Féile na Úll (applefest) Cloughjordan 20th Sept. mailchi.mp/83a5d40559e0...
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Almost 180,000 people have already stood up for the rights of nature & our collective right to a healthy environment in Europe. Can we get to 200,000 by end of today? 🙌
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Davie Philip @sust-davie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Really enjoyed this conversation. We need more voices like John @thinkorswim.bsky.social highlighting honestly where we are at, where we can go and how we might get there. His book The Lie Of The Land has just arrived today so looking forward to reading 👏👏👏 www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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John Gibbons on ‘The Lie of the Land’ | Newstalk
John Gibbons is an Environmental Journalist and Commentator who is releasing a book called ‘The...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Pod of today's extended interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on NewsTalk to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND is now online www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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John Gibbons on ‘The Lie of the Land’ | Newstalk
John Gibbons is an Environmental Journalist and Commentator who is releasing a book called ‘The...
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Davie Philip @sust-davie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Important - and easy to add your voice!
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Just a couple of days left to speak up for nature The European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections – and they’re asking for your opinion. Let them understand nature needs more help than ever #HandsOffNature Please send your message: swanireland.ie/take-action/...
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
New Banksy is fucking nail on the head 🔨 👏 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Great article from @hannahdaly.ie on the shameful proposal to lower Ireland's climate ambition www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Why ‘no additional warming’ is a dangerous climate loophole
Carbon budgets should be sent back to the climate council with clear instructions to reassess them against Paris commitments
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Davie Philip @sust-davie.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
“Far from being a distraction from decarbonisation, strategic adaptation can act as a catalyst for it, transforming climate breakdown from an abstract threat to a lived and shared reality.”
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Davie Philip @sust-davie.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🔴 URGENT message from UAWC | Israeli Forces Attack UAWC’s Seed Bank Multiplication Unit in Hebron Just moments ago, Israeli occupation forces launched a military assault on the Multiplication Unit of UAWC Seed Bank in the Hebron area, using bulldozers!
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Useful info on the illegal settlements and Ireland's investments www.thejournal.ie/ireland-weal...
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Irish sovereign wealth fund stops investing in two more companies linked to Israeli settlements
However, it continued to invest in another four.
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Davie Philip @sust-davie.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Really enjoyed this conversation with Manda and Diarmuid
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Incoming! An amazing crew for the Aida refugee camp Bethlehem - 37 folks - dancers, musicians, speakers and footballers - bringing a show around Ireland and ending in #cloughjordan. A special night! Book here - www.eventbrite.ie/e/palestinia... @ipsc.bsky.social
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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
1/ Today, the Environmental Pillar, Solar Ireland & Wind Energy Ireland joined forces to call for urgent Govt action to align Ireland’s renewables roll-out with nature protection @envpillar.bsky.social @solarireland.bsky.social @windenergyireland.bsky.social www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/renewab...
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Renewable industry and environmental NGOs join forces to call for urgent Government action to align critical renewables roll-out with nature protection | Friends of the Earth
Wind Energy Ireland and Solar Ireland, Ireland’s main renewable energy industry associations, have joined forces with Ireland’s leading environmental network, the Environmental Pillar, to call …
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
“Hard to escape the feeling that the world is rapidly descending into a new dark Age of Idiocracy – one dominated by deranged politicians, predatory corporations & billionaire narcissists who have disengaged from reality” My take in today’s Business Post. www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
So on the menu today we have BAU, a little more BAU or lots more BAU... What will this do for our water quality, particularly nitrates pollution in the S and SE, caused primarily by dairy? How is this fair for all farmers? How is this in any way aligned with the environmental reality we face?
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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
BREAKING 🇵🇸 Israeli occupation forces have illegally boarded the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian mission to Gaza, and kidnapped its crew, including Greta Thunberg, Rima Has and Thiago Avila.
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Friends of the Earth International @foeint.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Friends of the Earth International, alongside allies such as La Via Campesina, has signed this important unified call to confront famine in Gaza Please add on your organisation’s signature and amplify #DiplomaticConvoyNow bit.ly/4kfZQkA
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Open for signature | UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW
UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW 12th May 2025 Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues...
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ARC2020 @arc2020.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🌱 Has the EU's farming policy lost its green edge? ✂️ As the #CAP gets pruned, are environmental goals being trimmed too? @natashafoote.bsky.social digs into the details: What’s left of the #GreenDeal in the new CAP revisions? 🔗 www.arc2020.eu/pruning-the-... #CAPStrategicPlans #CAPreform
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Pruning the EU’s Farming Policy: Have CAP's Green Shoots Survived the Shears? | Agricultural and Rural Convention
The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is once again being trimmed down to size, with the Commission reaching for the shears in an attempt to cut back what it sees as an overgrown subsidy programme...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"Nine member states — Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden — had publicly backed the Netherlands' proposal ahead of Tuesday's gathering of foreign ministers." www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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EU to review its trade and cooperation with Israel over Gaza offensive
A majority of the European Union's foreign ministers backed a Dutch proposal to review the bloc's ties with Israel over its actions in Gaza. #EuropeNews
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Scohaboy Bog is shaping up very nicely after extensive rewetting. Close collaboration between state bodies Coillte and NPWS, and local landowners and community groups the key to its success. @scohaboybog.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social
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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Interesting vacancy for a Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to the research project, “Tackling Climate Misinformation in Ireland: An Evidence Base and Novel Resources for Journalists and Communications Professionals (CLiME).“ universityvacancies.com/university-g...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Policy Misinformation, College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies, 1FTE 011106 | University Vacancies IrelandUniversity Vacancies Logo
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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today the European Parliament will vote to strip the Wolf of its strict protection. This is a politically motivated U-turn away from science-based conservation. This undemocratic move sets a dangerous precedent by prioritising persecution over co-existence #SaveTheWolf #HandsOffNature
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Session number 3 in our fab apple chats is on tomorrow at 1PM Irish time. This one is really relevant for ppl interested in establishing community orchards and similar. To book just email education@thevillage.ie More info here: www.thevillage.ie/ulla-dulra-a...
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Cloughjordan Community Farm @cloughjordancommunityfarm.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2025
Celebrate biodiversity at the Cuan Beo area of Cloughjordan Community Farm during Biodiversity week 18th-25th May, with birdwatching, butterflies and children's nature crafting! BIRDWATCHING ON A DUSK CHORUS WALK - With Jemima Turner Cuan Beo 8pm - Tue 20th May […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]
Biodiversity week 18th-25th May
Events at the Cuan Beo area of Cloughjordan Community Farm

BIRDWATCHING ON A DUSK CHORUS WALK - With Jemima Turner
Cuan Beo* at 8:00pm - Tuesday 20th May 
Immerse yourself in the evening sounds of nature on a Birdwatching Dusk Chorus Walk led by Jemima Turner. This experience combines an introductory session on birdwatching with a peaceful walk through Cloughjordan Ecovillage, focusing on listening to and identifying the birds' beautiful chorus.

MEET THE BUTTERFLIES - With Rachel Vaughan and Brendan Sheehan
Cuan Beo* at 2:30pm - Thursday 22nd May 
Learn about Ireland's Butterfly Monitoring Scheme and the butterflies you might spot around Cloughjordan. Rachel Vaughan and Brendan Sheehan will begin with an introductory talk before leading a walk through Cloughjordan Ecovillage (weather permitting) to find and identify them.
 
FAMILY FUN: EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY WITH NATURE CRAFTING
Cuan Beo* at 2:00pm - Sunday 25th May 
Nature Crafting Fun (Ages 6-10, Siblings Welcome): Inspired by forest school techniques, children and their accompanying adults will explore the natural world through hands-on crafting and take home their unique creations.
 
* Cuan Beo - Enter the Ecovillage at the back entrance on the Step Road, walk straight ahead through the gate, Cuan Beo is on your right. Children must be accompanied by adults to all events.
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