Gluaiseacht for Global Justice
@gluaiseacht.bsky.social
Gluaiseacht is a non-hierarchical environmental and social justice movement bringing together grassroots organisations, concerned individuals and groups from all over Ireland to raise awareness and take non-violent direct action on environmental issues.
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This week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM coming up after 5.30 today. We’ll be discussing sprat overfishing, Dieselgate death toll & insect population collapse.
June 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM coming up after 5.30 today. We’ll be discussing sprat overfishing, Dieselgate death toll & insect population collapse.
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Industrial scale trawling threatens the complete collapse of sprat populations on which the incredibly rich marine ecosystem of Bantry Bay depends.
SAVE OUR SPRAT is campaigning for a moratorium on all such activity until the species recovers.
Please join or support us!!
www.saveoursprat.ie
SAVE OUR SPRAT is campaigning for a moratorium on all such activity until the species recovers.
Please join or support us!!
www.saveoursprat.ie
We here at Save Our Sprat want to stop the indiscriminate fishing of Sprat in Bantry Bay to ensure its future as a key link in the food chain on which our marine life and the people around the Bay are dependent on.
www.saveoursprat.ie
May 31, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Industrial scale trawling threatens the complete collapse of sprat populations on which the incredibly rich marine ecosystem of Bantry Bay depends.
SAVE OUR SPRAT is campaigning for a moratorium on all such activity until the species recovers.
Please join or support us!!
www.saveoursprat.ie
SAVE OUR SPRAT is campaigning for a moratorium on all such activity until the species recovers.
Please join or support us!!
www.saveoursprat.ie
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Short piece on Ireland's historic energy transition.
'At a time when Ireland is doubling down on its dependence on US fossil fuels with Shannon LNG, we should remember our historic struggle for energy sovereignty against Western imperial powers.'
www.irishexaminer.com/special-repo...
'At a time when Ireland is doubling down on its dependence on US fossil fuels with Shannon LNG, we should remember our historic struggle for energy sovereignty against Western imperial powers.'
www.irishexaminer.com/special-repo...
Ireland on a journey from solid fuel to clean and green
Patrick Bresnihan, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University, reflects on Ireland's ongoing evolution towards renewable energy
www.irishexaminer.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Short piece on Ireland's historic energy transition.
'At a time when Ireland is doubling down on its dependence on US fossil fuels with Shannon LNG, we should remember our historic struggle for energy sovereignty against Western imperial powers.'
www.irishexaminer.com/special-repo...
'At a time when Ireland is doubling down on its dependence on US fossil fuels with Shannon LNG, we should remember our historic struggle for energy sovereignty against Western imperial powers.'
www.irishexaminer.com/special-repo...
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Making the connections between energy, decolonisation and anti-imperialism are more important than ever.
This online conversation between @socialrightsirl.bsky.social
and Eoghan Harris is today at 4pm.
This online conversation between @socialrightsirl.bsky.social
and Eoghan Harris is today at 4pm.
May 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Making the connections between energy, decolonisation and anti-imperialism are more important than ever.
This online conversation between @socialrightsirl.bsky.social
and Eoghan Harris is today at 4pm.
This online conversation between @socialrightsirl.bsky.social
and Eoghan Harris is today at 4pm.
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"Seas off Cork a 'marine desert' due to overfishing of sprat, says owner of whale-watching business."
Sprat, the basis of entire ecosystems, is being hoovered out to turn into fishmeal, an *insanely* wasteful process.
Who or what gives them the right???
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Sprat, the basis of entire ecosystems, is being hoovered out to turn into fishmeal, an *insanely* wasteful process.
Who or what gives them the right???
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Seas off Cork a 'marine desert' due to overfishing of sprat, says owner of whale-watching business
Skipper Colin Barnes said the whales have left his search area of ocean off Cork because the sprat they feed on has been fished to near extinction
www.irishexaminer.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"Seas off Cork a 'marine desert' due to overfishing of sprat, says owner of whale-watching business."
Sprat, the basis of entire ecosystems, is being hoovered out to turn into fishmeal, an *insanely* wasteful process.
Who or what gives them the right???
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Sprat, the basis of entire ecosystems, is being hoovered out to turn into fishmeal, an *insanely* wasteful process.
Who or what gives them the right???
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
As Ryanair drops its carbon offset option on its flights due to a lack of uptake, it's important to remember that trying to buy our way out of the crisis is not the meaningful radical change that we need.
#climate #ireland
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
#climate #ireland
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ryanair quietly drops carbon offset option for passengers on its flights
Carbon calculator for flight emissions also withdrawn as airline says ‘there was very little interest or uptake from passengers’
www.irishtimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As Ryanair drops its carbon offset option on its flights due to a lack of uptake, it's important to remember that trying to buy our way out of the crisis is not the meaningful radical change that we need.
#climate #ireland
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
#climate #ireland
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Shocking rise in power consumption in just a few very recent years by big tech is indicative of the serious problem of data centres and their exponential growth. Buying carbon offsets is plugging a dam with your finger.
#datacentres #bigtech #climate
#datacentres #bigtech #climate
hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
May 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Shocking rise in power consumption in just a few very recent years by big tech is indicative of the serious problem of data centres and their exponential growth. Buying carbon offsets is plugging a dam with your finger.
#datacentres #bigtech #climate
#datacentres #bigtech #climate
Blanket bog restoration to go ahead in Conamara. This is welcome news with over 300 hectares of land involved which also includes the removal of conifer and pine trees and replanting of native species.
#biodiversity #bogland #wetland #Ireland
www.rte.ie/news/connach...
#biodiversity #bogland #wetland #Ireland
www.rte.ie/news/connach...
Council approves 'crucial' Conamara restoration project
Galway County Council has approved plans by Coillte to carry out an environmental restoration project in Conamara.
www.rte.ie
May 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Blanket bog restoration to go ahead in Conamara. This is welcome news with over 300 hectares of land involved which also includes the removal of conifer and pine trees and replanting of native species.
#biodiversity #bogland #wetland #Ireland
www.rte.ie/news/connach...
#biodiversity #bogland #wetland #Ireland
www.rte.ie/news/connach...
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One huge problem with the big focus on tree planting is that a forest is not just trees - its a community of interacting plants and animals
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Drivers and impacts of global seed disperser decline - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Many plants rely on animals to disperse their seeds, but some groups of these seed-dispersing animals are facing severe declines. This Review summarizes evidence of seed disperser declines and discuss...
www.nature.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
One huge problem with the big focus on tree planting is that a forest is not just trees - its a community of interacting plants and animals
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Most trees depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but seed dispersers are dying out everywhere
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
gluaiseacht.ie/data-centres-in-ireland/
The problems with data centres and our government's grá for them
The problems with data centres and our government's grá for them
Data Centres in Ireland - Gluaiseacht
The development of a robust and well-integrated information technology sector has been an important part of Ireland’s economic strategy for many decades now – the country’s prodigious development seen...
gluaiseacht.ie
May 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
gluaiseacht.ie/data-centres-in-ireland/
The problems with data centres and our government's grá for them
The problems with data centres and our government's grá for them