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Game Changers
‘Biodiversity is not just about planting trees and having flowers for the bees. It’s about fresh water, food, fibre, tech’
Game Changers: Bioscientist and entrepreneur Lucy Gaffney is leading an initiative aimed at helping businesses become nature positive
Building a better future with materials rescued from the scrap heap
Game Changers: Habitat ReStore chain of shops carefully dismantles old kitchens to be reused elsewhere
How to make supermarket chains account for their environmental impact
Game Changers: New rules will put our food system under a harsh spotlight that no amount of pictures of lush fields and smiling people leaning on farm gates will blur
Support barn owls, donate a tree, rescue wild animals: last-minute presents for nature lovers
Game Changers: These Christmas gifts to nature can be bought at the tap of a button
We’re proud of our dairy heritage, so why is our organic butter shipped in from Germany?
Game Changers: Transitioning to organic dairy could reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the average farm by 40%
Growing vegetables is a dying art in Ireland. This man has a solution
Game Changers: Peadar Lynch’s Cherry Orchard garden salads are an example of how healthy food can be grown locally, organically and sustainably
Birdsong is being lost to noise pollution. We must fight for the few sanctuaries left
Game Changers: Ceding Lime Avenue to traffic in a climate and biodiversity emergency is a backward step
How green are city trees? Not as green as you think
Game Changers: The average tree newly arrived in a city takes 16 years to absorb its own carbon footprint
How to make farms more climate resilient? The solution is simple: trees
Game Changers: The monoculture farm that only produces one thing is a model that suits food businesses, not farming ones
The Burren provides one of the world’s most profound lessons
Game Changers: Winterage weekend highlights a way of farming more in harmony with our place in the natural world
The Liffey is filthy, but can you imagine if it was clean enough to swim in?
Game Changers: Making the Liffey swimmable could be life-changing for communities who don’t live in wealthy seaside neighbourhoods
Nowadays, we recognise car logos more easily than we can identify trees
Game Changers: A 15-year-old climate activist who presents RTÉ Junior’s Ecolution, a brilliant podcast reconnecting children with the natural world
An ingenious plan to turn hospital aprons and food waste into compost
Game Changers: The HaPPE compostable apron and biodigester system can be used to create relaxing gardens for patients and staff
A sustainable new Irish wetsuit made from oyster shells and sugar cane
Game Changers: The vast majority of wetsuits are made from neoprene, a synthetic rubber created from petroleum
Childhood friends aim to put the wild things back in our hearts
Game Changers: Hannah Gallagher and Laura Buchanan’s new book Wild Things draws on the importance of connecting with nature
A simple way to save money and cut the carbon cost of your clothes washing
Game Changers: It dries the clothes using a combination of solar and wind power - it’s your washing line
Building for the future: no more suburban sprawl, no more loss of green space
Game Changers: The Irish Green Building Council is attempting to rebalance the relationship between nature and buildings
A simple solution to climate problems faced by cities: soil and plants
Game Changers: Native trees and shrubs are vital to our urban landscapes
Restoring the great woods of Aughty ‘reminds us of the profound importance of our ancient forests’
Game Changers: The Woodland League in Clare explore a future where forests can be managed according to a deeper wisdom
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