Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge we have ever faced. We all contribute to it and are all affected by it, but we can also work together within our communities to combat it, today. Our leaflet outlines what steps communities and individuals can take to combat climate change. Click link below to read our [...]
VOICE welcomes the UK Government’s pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2025, based on a comparison with 1990 levels. Below is an article from today’s Guardian, which claims this move represents “the most ambitious targets on greenhouse gases of any developed country”. We hope that the Irish government will soon follow suit, and make [...]
Currently working its way through the Irish legislative system is an Irish Climate Change Bill that has the potential to be one of the strongest of its kind in the world. The importance of such a bill cannot be understated, the sooner real change is cemented into law, the sooner Ireland can lead the way [...]
Brussels, 8th June, 2010. A new report by Seas At Risk highlights a number of ways that fisheries across Europe can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously reducing their damaging impact on the marine environment. The report – titled ‘Moving Towards Low Impact Fisheries in Europe: Policy Hurdles & Actions’, undertaken by the independent [...]
The 15th Convergence Festival started yesterday May 26th and runs until Tuesday the 1st of June. It is run by The Village Project in Cloughjordan, Cultivate, Transition Ireland and many more and it features talks, conferences, workshops and world café discussions on how urban and rural communities can adapt and thrive in these uncertain times. [...]
Eating Oil and Water : The Farm Stage Intensive animal rearing plays a major role in the impact food has on climate change and also accounts for massive water usage. It has been estimated that the agriculture sector alone accounts for about 26% of Ireland’s total greenhouse gas emissions.[1] Beef is a particular challenge to [...]
Foods, once grown, picked and packaged are then flown all around the world. Different methods of transport vary greatly in their use of energy and subsequently the amounts of CO2 emitted. Air-freight, train and cargo ship are the most common ways to transport foods. Planes emit more greenhouse gases per mile than any other mode [...]
