Food production benefits from & affects natural capital, so we need more inclusive pathways to access finance & farming, even small-scale growing. Thanks to Sarah Prosser and the rest of the BioSEI team for such a wonderful event in Lismore, Co. Waterford!

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Ray reminded us of our duty to be good ancestors & better acknowledge the "untapped resource" of older people's experience ➡️ Local networks are more accessible to older people as hubs of change & food is a doable environmental action to engage more people.

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We also extend heartfelt congratulations to @president.ie Catherine Connolly, whom NCI had the pleasure of meeting at our @uniofgalway.bsky.social event on SDG Week 2024. As an Independent TD for Galway West at the time, Connolly joined us in discussing natural capital, education and collaboration 🌍

Absolutely! Congratulations on @bizbioirl.bsky.social's contributions at the European Business and Nature Summit too 👏

We also met Dylan Kelly McDonagh, Eco-Sustainability Lead at iSupply. Their pull-up banner prototype with Ulster University uses linen and Living Ink Technologies dye made of an algal waste residue from nutritional supplement production. This can reduce traditional petroleum-based black inks. 🧵3/3

Mary Fellowes, former Vogue Editor, gave an inspiring talk on technology, health & sustainability in fashion value chains. She was gifted a @projdandelion.bsky.social badge by Deirdre, given the intersection between climate action & gender equality in fashion. 🌻 www.projectdandelion.com/demand 🧵2/3

NCI Steering Committee members, Dr Noeleen Smyth & Owen Murphy, were recognised for an article on invasive plants in garden centres & mink eradication in the Breeding Waders EIP, respectively. Emer Ní Dhúill also mentioned natural capital in her talk on CSR's role in invasive species responses 🧵3/3

Unfortunately, inadequate budgets hinder invasive species management at scale. Environmental damage is also not yet accounted for on balance sheets. Tuesday's breakout groups discussed how monetarily valuing the economic impacts of invasive species could assist policymakers' decision-making. 🧵2/3

With @npwsireland.bsky.social's support, NCI will be researching gender equality relating to natural resource governance. Stay tuned! The Women in Agriculture Winter Webinar Series also starts this Thur, 16th Oct @ 7 pm with an overview of DAFM schemes: register.gotowebinar.com/register/452... 🧵2/2