From the Roots
@fromtheroots.bsky.social
Irish environmental news podcast by @somebogwitch.bsky.social
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Episode 10 on the budget and PfG is up now. I'm also starting in on research on the next episode on the national parks, and some of history of land management by the state in Ireland so any questions or thoughts welcome
January 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Episode 10 on the budget and PfG is up now. I'm also starting in on research on the next episode on the national parks, and some of history of land management by the state in Ireland so any questions or thoughts welcome
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We look forward to engaging with new Government Ministers and call for the reinstatement of a Minister of State for Nature.
After a very disapointing Programme for Government, this would be a welcome first step in showing leadership at tackling the climate and biodiversity crises
iwt.ie/20053-2/
After a very disapointing Programme for Government, this would be a welcome first step in showing leadership at tackling the climate and biodiversity crises
iwt.ie/20053-2/
Press Release: Irish Wildlife Trust calls on an Taoiseach, Michaél Martin, to show leadership for nature and treat the climate and biodiversity crises as the emergencies they are - Irish Wildlife Trus...
Press release Date: 23rd January 2025 Irish Wildlife Trust calls on an Taoiseach, Michaél Martin, to show leadership for nature and treat the climate and biodiversity crises as the emergencies th...
iwt.ie
January 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We look forward to engaging with new Government Ministers and call for the reinstatement of a Minister of State for Nature.
After a very disapointing Programme for Government, this would be a welcome first step in showing leadership at tackling the climate and biodiversity crises
iwt.ie/20053-2/
After a very disapointing Programme for Government, this would be a welcome first step in showing leadership at tackling the climate and biodiversity crises
iwt.ie/20053-2/
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Budget 2025 and the programme for government highlight how brazenly this next Dáil will invent fake emissions targets to lie about their climate action. Over a quarter of the allegedly ring-fenced carbon tax fed back into the exchequer between 2020-2023 while solar grants reduced?
Environmental Sign-Posts for the 34th Dáil (Episode 10)
For something that dominates a few days of news cycle every year, the national budget is not particularly well understood. Media coverage tends towards giving headline updates from the governing pa…
orlanidhuill.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Budget 2025 and the programme for government highlight how brazenly this next Dáil will invent fake emissions targets to lie about their climate action. Over a quarter of the allegedly ring-fenced carbon tax fed back into the exchequer between 2020-2023 while solar grants reduced?
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I've doing a lot of invasive species clearance this year so I was particularly motivated when putting together my podcast episode on the policy/legal situation on invasive species in Ireland.
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September 3, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I've doing a lot of invasive species clearance this year so I was particularly motivated when putting together my podcast episode on the policy/legal situation on invasive species in Ireland.
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“Ireland moves closer to becoming a digital landfill for useless waste data from all over the world. For much of data being held in data centres we host is garbage”.
A welcome antidote here to the legions of data centre boosters.
m.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
A welcome antidote here to the legions of data centre boosters.
m.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Ireland in danger of becoming a putrid digital landfill for world’s junk data
A few years back, China decided it had enough of being used as a dumping ground for so-called recyclables and told the rest of the world to clean up its own mess.
m.independent.ie
September 4, 2024 at 7:37 PM
“Ireland moves closer to becoming a digital landfill for useless waste data from all over the world. For much of data being held in data centres we host is garbage”.
A welcome antidote here to the legions of data centre boosters.
m.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
A welcome antidote here to the legions of data centre boosters.
m.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
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Episode 4 is a response to last week's flooding, offering some context to terms that you might see used in discussions of watercourse management in Ireland. Articles by Anthea Lacchia and @thinkorswim.bsky.social were particularly helpful in putting this week's episode together
Episode 4: Flooding and River Management
Each pore fights the river cold. Bones stiffen, locking my limbs. Feet on stones feel for ridges and ribs. A slide-shift to the one bit of sand And hurrah for me, I can stand! Hello, says the slow but...
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October 27, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Episode 4 is a response to last week's flooding, offering some context to terms that you might see used in discussions of watercourse management in Ireland. Articles by Anthea Lacchia and @thinkorswim.bsky.social were particularly helpful in putting this week's episode together
Episode 4 is a response to last week's flooding, offering some context to terms that you might see used in discussions of watercourse management in Ireland. Articles by Anthea Lacchia and @thinkorswim.bsky.social were particularly helpful in putting this week's episode together
Episode 4: Flooding and River Management
Each pore fights the river cold. Bones stiffen, locking my limbs. Feet on stones feel for ridges and ribs. A slide-shift to the one bit of sand And hurrah for me, I can stand! Hello, says the slow but...
fromtherootspod.com
October 27, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Episode 4 is a response to last week's flooding, offering some context to terms that you might see used in discussions of watercourse management in Ireland. Articles by Anthea Lacchia and @thinkorswim.bsky.social were particularly helpful in putting this week's episode together
In the wake of the current situation in Gaza, episode 4 is getting delayed a week.
October 19, 2023 at 9:00 PM
In the wake of the current situation in Gaza, episode 4 is getting delayed a week.
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Really enjoying @fromtheroots.bsky.social, @somebogwitch.bsky.social's new podcast on the state of biodiversity, woodland, and the environment in Ireland. Episodes are short, informative, contextualized: fromtherootspod.com
October 17, 2023 at 11:14 AM
Really enjoying @fromtheroots.bsky.social, @somebogwitch.bsky.social's new podcast on the state of biodiversity, woodland, and the environment in Ireland. Episodes are short, informative, contextualized: fromtherootspod.com
Ep3: why don't we just plant more trees? works through the issues which makse tree planting a simple answer but not always the ecological sound one. It is up now wherever you listen to podcasts.
You can read all the scripts as blog posts and find the sources for each episode on fromtherootspod.com
You can read all the scripts as blog posts and find the sources for each episode on fromtherootspod.com
October 13, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Ep3: why don't we just plant more trees? works through the issues which makse tree planting a simple answer but not always the ecological sound one. It is up now wherever you listen to podcasts.
You can read all the scripts as blog posts and find the sources for each episode on fromtherootspod.com
You can read all the scripts as blog posts and find the sources for each episode on fromtherootspod.com
Episode 2: Brief History of the Irish Environment
An overview of the development of the Irish landscape and the factors environmental and human that influenced it.
(One day I'll be able to embed the episode video trailers)
An overview of the development of the Irish landscape and the factors environmental and human that influenced it.
(One day I'll be able to embed the episode video trailers)
October 6, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Episode 2: Brief History of the Irish Environment
An overview of the development of the Irish landscape and the factors environmental and human that influenced it.
(One day I'll be able to embed the episode video trailers)
An overview of the development of the Irish landscape and the factors environmental and human that influenced it.
(One day I'll be able to embed the episode video trailers)
Episode 1: Forty Shades of Green? is now up where podcasts are found and gives an overview of where Ireland stands and where the jargon you might hear comes from
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September 29, 2023 at 6:46 PM
Episode 1: Forty Shades of Green? is now up where podcasts are found and gives an overview of where Ireland stands and where the jargon you might hear comes from
From the Roots is an upcoming environmental podcast discussing Ireland's biodiversity, natural history and climate action (or inaction) in fifteen minutes or less, helping give you the context for Irish environmental news headlines. Our first episodes will be published on September 29th.
September 23, 2023 at 6:37 PM
From the Roots is an upcoming environmental podcast discussing Ireland's biodiversity, natural history and climate action (or inaction) in fifteen minutes or less, helping give you the context for Irish environmental news headlines. Our first episodes will be published on September 29th.
Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) are an environmental NGO taking the government to court over their Climate Action plan being insufficient to meet Ireland's emission targets. Some background to this case will be discussed in From the Roots first episode on September 25th.
Irish environmental group takes legal action against Government over climate plan
Friends of the Irish Environment has been granted leave by the High Court to to take the case.
t.co
September 5, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) are an environmental NGO taking the government to court over their Climate Action plan being insufficient to meet Ireland's emission targets. Some background to this case will be discussed in From the Roots first episode on September 25th.
If we had lynx back in Ireland, they’d be working away 24-7 to control deer numbers and behaviour. Eoghan Daltun: "We need to talk about a missing native Irish species — the lynx"
Eoghan Daltun: We need to talk about a missing native Irish species — the lynx
If we had lynx back in Ireland, they’d be working away 24-7 to control deer numbers and behaviour
www.irishexaminer.com
August 29, 2023 at 10:48 PM
If we had lynx back in Ireland, they’d be working away 24-7 to control deer numbers and behaviour. Eoghan Daltun: "We need to talk about a missing native Irish species — the lynx"
The idea that trees can't grow in the uplands is often used as an argument against natural restoration and excluding grazing there in Ireland as well.
Trees discovered at record-breaking altitudes highlight why we should restore Scotland's mountain wo...
Native trees have been found at new heights in the Scottish Highlands, demonstrating how mountain woodland could recover from deforestation – benefiting humans, wildlife and climate issues.
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August 24, 2023 at 1:29 PM
The idea that trees can't grow in the uplands is often used as an argument against natural restoration and excluding grazing there in Ireland as well.
The first breeding pair of opsreys in Ireland for over 200 years have produced two, possibly three chicks, according the the Ulster Wildlife Trust. The pair restablished naturally in Fermanagh two years ago.
Ospreys: First breeding pair in Ireland for centuries
Ulster Wildlife says naturally-established osprey chicks have been discovered in County Fermanagh.
www.bbc.com
August 24, 2023 at 9:22 AM
The first breeding pair of opsreys in Ireland for over 200 years have produced two, possibly three chicks, according the the Ulster Wildlife Trust. The pair restablished naturally in Fermanagh two years ago.
Existing vested interests and power structures are holding the Irish biodiversity back.
Pádraic Fogarty: Society has a ‘values crisis’ when it comes to Nature
What happens when nature comes up against the stubborn power of vested interests, asks ecologist Pádraic Fogarty
www.irishexaminer.com
August 22, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Existing vested interests and power structures are holding the Irish biodiversity back.
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Brilliant BBC animated report by ecologist David Goulson on the vital role of insects in our ecosystems and the real threats of declining populations
Why insects are so crucial to life on Earth - BBC Ideas
Watch the "Why insects are so crucial to life on Earth" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Nature and us" playlist.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 4, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Brilliant BBC animated report by ecologist David Goulson on the vital role of insects in our ecosystems and the real threats of declining populations
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Reading this report that government "wants to buy Conor Pass, but will not pay €10m" a once off payment for 1400 acres (5.6 km2) of iconic natural heritage and thinking about how horse racing received €76.8m in 2021 and €70.4m in 2022...
interesting priorities as always.
interesting priorities as always.
Taoiseach: Government wants to buy Conor Pass, but will not pay €10m
Speaking in Louth on Friday afternoon, Leo Varadkar said he wanted to see Ireland expand its national parks, but will only pay a 'reasonable price'
www.irishexaminer.com
August 4, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Reading this report that government "wants to buy Conor Pass, but will not pay €10m" a once off payment for 1400 acres (5.6 km2) of iconic natural heritage and thinking about how horse racing received €76.8m in 2021 and €70.4m in 2022...
interesting priorities as always.
interesting priorities as always.
The common crane is thought to have gone regionally extinct in Ireland when the species stopped visiting to breed in Irish wetlands. The chick hatched on a former commercial bog is only the second to fledge here since the project began.
Rare common crane chick confirmed on rewetted peatlands
Bord na Móna has confirmed the fledging of a rare common crane chick on rewetted peatlands for the second consecutive year.
www.agriland.ie
August 22, 2023 at 8:41 PM
The common crane is thought to have gone regionally extinct in Ireland when the species stopped visiting to breed in Irish wetlands. The chick hatched on a former commercial bog is only the second to fledge here since the project began.
From the Roots is an upcoming environmental podcast discussing Ireland's biodiversity, natural history and climate action (or inaction) in fifteen minutes or less, helping give you the context for Irish environmental news headlines. Our first episodes will be published on September 23rd.
August 22, 2023 at 8:27 PM
From the Roots is an upcoming environmental podcast discussing Ireland's biodiversity, natural history and climate action (or inaction) in fifteen minutes or less, helping give you the context for Irish environmental news headlines. Our first episodes will be published on September 23rd.