Isabell
@isamia.bsky.social
Soil, Soul & Society
Lawyer stranded in Galway, roots in Frankfurt.
Earth Care | People Care | Fair Share
Lawyer stranded in Galway, roots in Frankfurt.
Earth Care | People Care | Fair Share
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Looks like we're still firmly in the grip of Rainbow season.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Looks like we're still firmly in the grip of Rainbow season.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Have your say by January 15 deadline.
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees
An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees
Heritage and environmental charity says Government’s proposal is a ‘significant attack on civil society and public accountability’
www.irishtimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Have your say by January 15 deadline.
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
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Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action 👇
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I had to re-read this a few times because it is hard to believe.
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
New data centres may need additional electricity supply close to Ireland’s peak demand
Expected new demand for data centres of 5.8GW would exceed Ireland’s 2030 offshore wind target of 5GW
www.irishtimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I had to re-read this a few times because it is hard to believe.
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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It was a great pleasure to have Isabella Tree from Knepp Estate as a guest in our lecture series "Naturnahe Beweidung im Fokus". Her talk ist now on Youtube.
Overly positive comments from the audience, e.g. "The best zoom event on conservation I ever experienced"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDT...
Overly positive comments from the audience, e.g. "The best zoom event on conservation I ever experienced"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDT...
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It was a great pleasure to have Isabella Tree from Knepp Estate as a guest in our lecture series "Naturnahe Beweidung im Fokus". Her talk ist now on Youtube.
Overly positive comments from the audience, e.g. "The best zoom event on conservation I ever experienced"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDT...
Overly positive comments from the audience, e.g. "The best zoom event on conservation I ever experienced"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDT...
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Met a truly remarkable landowner 3 wks ago. Farm tour of hedges surrounding his fields dedicated to wild bird cover crops.
He was kind enough to let me return, collect seed and observe it more closely.
Surrounded by conventional farming many traditional farm birds flock to feed in the winter 1/2
He was kind enough to let me return, collect seed and observe it more closely.
Surrounded by conventional farming many traditional farm birds flock to feed in the winter 1/2
September 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Met a truly remarkable landowner 3 wks ago. Farm tour of hedges surrounding his fields dedicated to wild bird cover crops.
He was kind enough to let me return, collect seed and observe it more closely.
Surrounded by conventional farming many traditional farm birds flock to feed in the winter 1/2
He was kind enough to let me return, collect seed and observe it more closely.
Surrounded by conventional farming many traditional farm birds flock to feed in the winter 1/2
Roots of Solidarity | Eco-Arts Festival
Loughrea, Co. Galway, 27/28 September 2025
Featuring dance, crafts, film, music, art, poetry, storytelling, walks, talks, nature trail activities and more.
Keynote address: Dr. Peter Doran, 'The Rights of Nature are the Rights of Ireland...'
#speirgorm
Loughrea, Co. Galway, 27/28 September 2025
Featuring dance, crafts, film, music, art, poetry, storytelling, walks, talks, nature trail activities and more.
Keynote address: Dr. Peter Doran, 'The Rights of Nature are the Rights of Ireland...'
#speirgorm
Roots of Solidarity, Eco-Arts Festival at Weekend in the Hills! | CELT
Eco Arts, Sustainable Living & Festival of Traditional Crafts ‘Weekend in the Hills’ & Palestinian Solidarity Event on Sept 27 & 28th
www.celtnet.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Roots of Solidarity | Eco-Arts Festival
Loughrea, Co. Galway, 27/28 September 2025
Featuring dance, crafts, film, music, art, poetry, storytelling, walks, talks, nature trail activities and more.
Keynote address: Dr. Peter Doran, 'The Rights of Nature are the Rights of Ireland...'
#speirgorm
Loughrea, Co. Galway, 27/28 September 2025
Featuring dance, crafts, film, music, art, poetry, storytelling, walks, talks, nature trail activities and more.
Keynote address: Dr. Peter Doran, 'The Rights of Nature are the Rights of Ireland...'
#speirgorm
Sustainable Living & Eco Arts Festival
Kylebrack, Loughrea, Co. Galway
27 Sept 2025 & 28 Sept 2025, 10:30 - 16:30
Kylebrack, Loughrea, Co. Galway
27 Sept 2025 & 28 Sept 2025, 10:30 - 16:30
Roots of Solidarity, Eco-Arts Festival at Weekend in the Hills at Slieve Aughty Centre - This is Galway
Celt are delighted to welcome you to a new family-friendly Sustainable Living & Eco Arts Festival event in the Slieve Aughty Centre
thisisgalway.ie
September 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sustainable Living & Eco Arts Festival
Kylebrack, Loughrea, Co. Galway
27 Sept 2025 & 28 Sept 2025, 10:30 - 16:30
Kylebrack, Loughrea, Co. Galway
27 Sept 2025 & 28 Sept 2025, 10:30 - 16:30
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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/...
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/...
September 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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/...
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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August 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Two years on from the finding in the European Court against Ireland for not implementing the Habitats Directive, what has changed for Ireland's network of protected areas for nature?
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Changing the conversation on Ireland’s Natura 2000 sites
‘If you live in a very special place, that should be a good thing and not a bad thing’
www.irishtimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Two years on from the finding in the European Court against Ireland for not implementing the Habitats Directive, what has changed for Ireland's network of protected areas for nature?
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
"If you love a place, don't go there. There's more than one way to love."
~ Stephen Jenkinson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWp...
~ Stephen Jenkinson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWp...
August 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"If you love a place, don't go there. There's more than one way to love."
~ Stephen Jenkinson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWp...
~ Stephen Jenkinson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWp...
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It's the 1 year anniversary of the Nature Restoration Law entering into force🎉💚
Citizens from across Europe demanded action to #RestoreNature & now it's up to our national governments to consult, draft, fund & implement ambitious Nature Restoration Plans 🫂✍️💰🌱 #RestoreNature
Citizens from across Europe demanded action to #RestoreNature & now it's up to our national governments to consult, draft, fund & implement ambitious Nature Restoration Plans 🫂✍️💰🌱 #RestoreNature
August 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's the 1 year anniversary of the Nature Restoration Law entering into force🎉💚
Citizens from across Europe demanded action to #RestoreNature & now it's up to our national governments to consult, draft, fund & implement ambitious Nature Restoration Plans 🫂✍️💰🌱 #RestoreNature
Citizens from across Europe demanded action to #RestoreNature & now it's up to our national governments to consult, draft, fund & implement ambitious Nature Restoration Plans 🫂✍️💰🌱 #RestoreNature
Talk & discussion with Starhawk on permaculture & social change
Slieve Aughty Centre, Kylebrack, near Loughrea, Co. Galway
20 August 2025, 8pm - 9:30pm
Slieve Aughty Centre, Kylebrack, near Loughrea, Co. Galway
20 August 2025, 8pm - 9:30pm
August 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Talk & discussion with Starhawk on permaculture & social change
Slieve Aughty Centre, Kylebrack, near Loughrea, Co. Galway
20 August 2025, 8pm - 9:30pm
Slieve Aughty Centre, Kylebrack, near Loughrea, Co. Galway
20 August 2025, 8pm - 9:30pm
“Just as we divorce ourselves from the natural world and destroy it, we do something extraordinary – we create staged-managed versions of the very thing that we’re losing. It offers us reassurance, a collective self-delusion, a mask to what we’re really doing”
National Parks in Glass Cases: Zed Nelson photographs the illusions at the heart of the Anthropocene - 1854 Photography
Shot over six years across four continents, ‘The Anthropocene Illusion’ is a disturbing insight into a world in which the natural world is replaced by spectacle
www.1854.photography
August 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“Just as we divorce ourselves from the natural world and destroy it, we do something extraordinary – we create staged-managed versions of the very thing that we’re losing. It offers us reassurance, a collective self-delusion, a mask to what we’re really doing”
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Environmental Pillar endorses Talamh Beo statement on destruction of UAWC seed storage facilities at Hebron environmentalpillar.ie/environmenta...
Environmental Pillar endorses Talamh Beo statement on destruction of UAWC seed storage facilities at Hebron – Environmental Pillar
environmentalpillar.ie
August 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Environmental Pillar endorses Talamh Beo statement on destruction of UAWC seed storage facilities at Hebron environmentalpillar.ie/environmenta...
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10 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
10 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland
With the rise of virtual stores, mobile-friendly subscriptions and Kindles, these stalwarts maintain that the proof is in the pages.
www.rte.ie
July 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
10 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Alfred Decker, together with Starhawk and Davie Philip, will be back teaching in Ireland (near Loughrea, Co. Galway) in August 2025.
#permaculture #socialpermaculture
#permaculture #socialpermaculture
July 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Alfred Decker, together with Starhawk and Davie Philip, will be back teaching in Ireland (near Loughrea, Co. Galway) in August 2025.
#permaculture #socialpermaculture
#permaculture #socialpermaculture
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PermaTalks Vol 5 sessions now free to watch. Alfred Decker's lecture about the social microclimate has been published - watch it at permapuheet.fi/alfred-decke...
#permatalks #permaculture #education #community #network #sustainbility #socialpermaculture #eupn
#permatalks #permaculture #education #community #network #sustainbility #socialpermaculture #eupn
Alfred Decker - The Social Microclimate
Permaculture is a holistic design system that works on social as well as the ecological structures. It is like a pair of glasses that allow you to see previously unseen possibilities: that rubble-fill...
permapuheet.fi
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
PermaTalks Vol 5 sessions now free to watch. Alfred Decker's lecture about the social microclimate has been published - watch it at permapuheet.fi/alfred-decke...
#permatalks #permaculture #education #community #network #sustainbility #socialpermaculture #eupn
#permatalks #permaculture #education #community #network #sustainbility #socialpermaculture #eupn
Figure out how “...to be of service not knowing if you are a hospice worker or a midwife”
https://workthatreconnects.org/joanna-macy-in-memoriam/
https://workthatreconnects.org/joanna-macy-in-memoriam/
Joanna Macy #RestInPower
She was an amazing thinker, teacher and activist. I often quote her advice about what to do in the face of our collapsing biosphere:
Figure out how “...to be of service not knowing if you are a hospice worker or a midwife”
workthatreconnects.org/joanna-macy-...
She was an amazing thinker, teacher and activist. I often quote her advice about what to do in the face of our collapsing biosphere:
Figure out how “...to be of service not knowing if you are a hospice worker or a midwife”
workthatreconnects.org/joanna-macy-...
July 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Figure out how “...to be of service not knowing if you are a hospice worker or a midwife”
https://workthatreconnects.org/joanna-macy-in-memoriam/
https://workthatreconnects.org/joanna-macy-in-memoriam/
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Our Editor @susanresurgence.bsky.social introduces 'Ocean Glories II' – a deep dive into the world's most imperilled habitat. And whilst we celebrate the many wonderful #ocean creatures, we cannot continue to ignore the threats to this fragile #ecosystem > www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...
#Sea 💙
#Sea 💙
It's time to protect our oceans
We cannot continue to ignore the mounting threats to this fragile ecosystem
www.resurgence.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Our Editor @susanresurgence.bsky.social introduces 'Ocean Glories II' – a deep dive into the world's most imperilled habitat. And whilst we celebrate the many wonderful #ocean creatures, we cannot continue to ignore the threats to this fragile #ecosystem > www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...
#Sea 💙
#Sea 💙