West Waterford Rewilders
@waterfordrewilders.bsky.social
New group (be nice) of enthusiastic environmentalists, looking to get involved with, assist with, rewilding projects. We can talk, dig, plant - whatever you want
Ok so another string: Councils around the country have lots of small pockets of land, awkward corners, fiddly bits, stretches cut off by new roads, etc,. Wouldn’t it be good if there were standing local rewilding groups (part of a national group) who would take those plots on, and rewind them?
November 26, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Ok so another string: Councils around the country have lots of small pockets of land, awkward corners, fiddly bits, stretches cut off by new roads, etc,. Wouldn’t it be good if there were standing local rewilding groups (part of a national group) who would take those plots on, and rewind them?
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Until there's a general acceptance that transforming an entire landscape from wild forests, bogs, and rivers into farmland, as we've done in Ireland, could have been *designed* to produce flooding, this will only keep getting worse.
(And that's without even mentioning climate breakdown.)
(And that's without even mentioning climate breakdown.)
My home town has been flooded. This has happened before. A local FG councillor has blamed a tree blocking a river. Imagine that being your takeaway from this, and not the lack of flood protection, river management, warning systems, etc. What a mess.
November 24, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Until there's a general acceptance that transforming an entire landscape from wild forests, bogs, and rivers into farmland, as we've done in Ireland, could have been *designed* to produce flooding, this will only keep getting worse.
(And that's without even mentioning climate breakdown.)
(And that's without even mentioning climate breakdown.)
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I'll be going to Costa Rica for a few weeks, primarily to see how they managed to bring their natural rainforests back as a model for Ireland. 🌎
So I have a request: if anyone has any eco contacts in CR they'd be willing to put me in touch with, or advice, I'd be very grateful.
So I have a request: if anyone has any eco contacts in CR they'd be willing to put me in touch with, or advice, I'd be very grateful.
November 23, 2024 at 7:58 AM
I'll be going to Costa Rica for a few weeks, primarily to see how they managed to bring their natural rainforests back as a model for Ireland. 🌎
So I have a request: if anyone has any eco contacts in CR they'd be willing to put me in touch with, or advice, I'd be very grateful.
So I have a request: if anyone has any eco contacts in CR they'd be willing to put me in touch with, or advice, I'd be very grateful.
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Imagine if your city did transformations like this. 2020 to 2024 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Think about how that neighbourhood would feel after that. How your neighbourhood would feel. HT @emmanuelspv.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Imagine if your city did transformations like this. 2020 to 2024 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Think about how that neighbourhood would feel after that. How your neighbourhood would feel. HT @emmanuelspv.bsky.social
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Want to know where the parties stand on environment and climate issues ahead of polling day next week?
We have sat down with reps from across the political spectrum on the #fivedegreesofchange podcast to have in-depth conversations about their policies.
www.businesspost.ie/article/list...
We have sat down with reps from across the political spectrum on the #fivedegreesofchange podcast to have in-depth conversations about their policies.
www.businesspost.ie/article/list...
Listen to the latest election special series of Five Degrees of Change, the energy and environment podcast
Five Degrees of Change is the Business Post’s energy and environment podcast, where guests choose three policy changes and two personal change for a greener world
www.businesspost.ie
November 21, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Want to know where the parties stand on environment and climate issues ahead of polling day next week?
We have sat down with reps from across the political spectrum on the #fivedegreesofchange podcast to have in-depth conversations about their policies.
www.businesspost.ie/article/list...
We have sat down with reps from across the political spectrum on the #fivedegreesofchange podcast to have in-depth conversations about their policies.
www.businesspost.ie/article/list...
I could spend weeks, reposting climate horror, but most here already know that? This feed has a different aim, to be a point around which we can meet/chat about issues related to rewilding in Ireland. Thoughts, ideas, plans, (fears, worries). Helps me sleep 🙁. So please feel free to start a chat…
November 21, 2024 at 8:09 AM
I could spend weeks, reposting climate horror, but most here already know that? This feed has a different aim, to be a point around which we can meet/chat about issues related to rewilding in Ireland. Thoughts, ideas, plans, (fears, worries). Helps me sleep 🙁. So please feel free to start a chat…
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What’s in the pipeline for Ireland’s climate… moving to where “nothing is fun or positive”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘This keeps me awake at night’: How will Ireland’s climate worsen over the next 20 years?
The speed of decline in the ocean current system known as Amoc will determine whether Ireland can adapt or face catastrophic impacts
www.irishtimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
What’s in the pipeline for Ireland’s climate… moving to where “nothing is fun or positive”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Paris’ new 2024-2030 Climate Plan drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat…
Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees
The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Paris’ new 2024-2030 Climate Plan drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat…
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Wheat farm to native forest in 40 years.
An "accidentally rewilded" 377-acre UK farm is now home to many threatened species, including turtle doves, warblers, 11 bat species, orchids + butterflies.
Such examples prove how nature can recover when we let it, and that rewilding reverses nature loss. 🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Such examples prove how nature can recover when we let it, and that rewilding reverses nature loss. 🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A special place’: Guardian readers’ generosity helps to save rewilded farm
Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Wheat farm to native forest in 40 years.
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Here's one of the worst, blatant, dangerous climate deniers in the US, now on BlueSky. Please welcome him with a block.
November 18, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Here's one of the worst, blatant, dangerous climate deniers in the US, now on BlueSky. Please welcome him with a block.
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No, not Peru, Borneo, or Cameroon.
A magical, wild, Irish Atlantic rainforest. 🌍
A magical, wild, Irish Atlantic rainforest. 🌍
November 17, 2024 at 6:07 AM
No, not Peru, Borneo, or Cameroon.
A magical, wild, Irish Atlantic rainforest. 🌍
A magical, wild, Irish Atlantic rainforest. 🌍
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Listen, forget all those commercial 'wildflower seed' mixes. You'll have no idea where the seed is sourced, or whether it's even native.
If you want a REAL wildlife garden, usually the very best route is to just let wild plants seed themselves in naturally.
Trust in nature! 🌎
If you want a REAL wildlife garden, usually the very best route is to just let wild plants seed themselves in naturally.
Trust in nature! 🌎
August 21, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Listen, forget all those commercial 'wildflower seed' mixes. You'll have no idea where the seed is sourced, or whether it's even native.
If you want a REAL wildlife garden, usually the very best route is to just let wild plants seed themselves in naturally.
Trust in nature! 🌎
If you want a REAL wildlife garden, usually the very best route is to just let wild plants seed themselves in naturally.
Trust in nature! 🌎
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Etymology that's influential for my WIP rn:
The word for wilderness in Irish is fásach, stemming from fás, 'to grow'.
Add the prefix ua-, 'from', and you get uafás and uafásach. Horror and the horrible.
In Irish, there is something terrible about the things which come from unconstrained growth.
The word for wilderness in Irish is fásach, stemming from fás, 'to grow'.
Add the prefix ua-, 'from', and you get uafás and uafásach. Horror and the horrible.
In Irish, there is something terrible about the things which come from unconstrained growth.
November 16, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Etymology that's influential for my WIP rn:
The word for wilderness in Irish is fásach, stemming from fás, 'to grow'.
Add the prefix ua-, 'from', and you get uafás and uafásach. Horror and the horrible.
In Irish, there is something terrible about the things which come from unconstrained growth.
The word for wilderness in Irish is fásach, stemming from fás, 'to grow'.
Add the prefix ua-, 'from', and you get uafás and uafásach. Horror and the horrible.
In Irish, there is something terrible about the things which come from unconstrained growth.
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The Ferrymen of #Dungarvan, Paddy Kennneally and 'Lord' Duggan (Cunnigar Ferrymen) In the background #Abbeyside Church in all its beauty taken 1950s by photographer Tom Tobin. Features in a new book I have been working on for a long while with Eddie Cantwell to be launched early December 2024 😊
November 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM
The Ferrymen of #Dungarvan, Paddy Kennneally and 'Lord' Duggan (Cunnigar Ferrymen) In the background #Abbeyside Church in all its beauty taken 1950s by photographer Tom Tobin. Features in a new book I have been working on for a long while with Eddie Cantwell to be launched early December 2024 😊
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I'll be participating in this discussion on Tuesday evening at 7pm along with some great people, if you're interested in learning more about rewilding, and our brand new book on the subject: 'Great Misconceptions'. 🌏
Open invite to all interested in #Rewilding
I & some of the contributors are having a live webinar on Tuesday 19th Nov at 7pm hosted by Wild Portishead discussing our book Great Misconceptions, please watch & feel free to ask questions! On facebook.com/WildPortishead & YouTube
@WildPortishead
I & some of the contributors are having a live webinar on Tuesday 19th Nov at 7pm hosted by Wild Portishead discussing our book Great Misconceptions, please watch & feel free to ask questions! On facebook.com/WildPortishead & YouTube
@WildPortishead
November 16, 2024 at 2:48 PM
I'll be participating in this discussion on Tuesday evening at 7pm along with some great people, if you're interested in learning more about rewilding, and our brand new book on the subject: 'Great Misconceptions'. 🌏
Ok seems there’s momentum towards Bluesky, away from SpaceGobshite’s House of Circlejerking. Thus ends my TedTalk on social media.
This account is intended, for now, to be no more than a campfire around which we can talk about rewilding. Let ideas come, be discussed, and see what happens
This account is intended, for now, to be no more than a campfire around which we can talk about rewilding. Let ideas come, be discussed, and see what happens
November 17, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Ok seems there’s momentum towards Bluesky, away from SpaceGobshite’s House of Circlejerking. Thus ends my TedTalk on social media.
This account is intended, for now, to be no more than a campfire around which we can talk about rewilding. Let ideas come, be discussed, and see what happens
This account is intended, for now, to be no more than a campfire around which we can talk about rewilding. Let ideas come, be discussed, and see what happens
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Brilliant new video about the incredible total exponential dominance of ultra cheap solar power.
By economist Joeri Scasfoort on his channel Money & Macro. As he says “Goodbye oil”.
Good riddance! 🤩🤩🤩
By economist Joeri Scasfoort on his channel Money & Macro. As he says “Goodbye oil”.
Good riddance! 🤩🤩🤩
Why solar will soon dominate & what that means for the world
YouTube video by Money & Macro
youtu.be
October 22, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Brilliant new video about the incredible total exponential dominance of ultra cheap solar power.
By economist Joeri Scasfoort on his channel Money & Macro. As he says “Goodbye oil”.
Good riddance! 🤩🤩🤩
By economist Joeri Scasfoort on his channel Money & Macro. As he says “Goodbye oil”.
Good riddance! 🤩🤩🤩
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Restoring trees takes up carbon but also alters the albedo of the land surface. A new study finds that, around the world, this effect is reducing the climate benefits of existing tree restoration projects by about 20%. The good news, tho, is that 84% of projects DO have net positive climate effects.
Guest post: Mapping where tree-planting has the greatest climate benefit - Carbon Brief
A new study maps albedo change from restoring tree cover and shows carbon-only estimates of the global climate benefits of tree-planting.
www.carbonbrief.org
March 26, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Restoring trees takes up carbon but also alters the albedo of the land surface. A new study finds that, around the world, this effect is reducing the climate benefits of existing tree restoration projects by about 20%. The good news, tho, is that 84% of projects DO have net positive climate effects.
Hi. Set up this account here rather than in the flaming portaloo of twitter. We are a new group of enthusiastic and eager environmentalists looking to help with and get involved with rewilding projects in Co Waterford. More news here in time. Fáilte isteach.
November 17, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Hi. Set up this account here rather than in the flaming portaloo of twitter. We are a new group of enthusiastic and eager environmentalists looking to help with and get involved with rewilding projects in Co Waterford. More news here in time. Fáilte isteach.