Green Foundation Ireland
OUR NEXT EVENT:
FILM SCREENING
“This is Your River”
Thurs 5 Dec 2024 – 19:00 (Irish time)
VENUE:
Bailieborough Library, Market House, Bailieborough, County Cavan, A82 RH73.
ABOUT THE FILM:
This is Your River is a film commissioned by Dodder Action about the history and biodiversity of the River Dodder. It is directed by Green Foundation Ireland’s Communications Manager JOHN GORMLEY, and features broadcaster and environmentalist DUNCAN STEWART who is Patron of GFI. After the film screening, we hope that a member of Dodder Action will join us to talk about their work.
ABOUT DODDER ACTION:
Dodder Action is an umbrella group of volunteers who want to maximise the potential of the River Dodder as an amenity for the people of Dublin. You can find out more about Dodder Action here.
You can check out more details, including how to book, here
OUR MOST RECENT EVENTS:
HYBRID SEMINAR (in-person and online)
“THE IRISH SEA: Ecological, Sociocultural and Economic Insights”
Mon 11 Nov 2024 – 14:00 to 16:00 (Irish time)
VENUE – for those who wish to attend in-person:
Room F106, Charles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8.
BY ZOOM – for those who wish to attend online:
Log-on details will be issued nearer the time to those who register.
THEME:
What is a “value” of a marine ecosystem, and what tools and approaches can be used to measure it? And how does the marine environment translate into benefits for humans?
In this afternoon’s seminar, in collaboration with University College Dublin, researchers from Horizon-EU funded projects MARBEFES and Blue4All will discuss methods of ecological, sociocultural, and economic valuation of the Irish Sea.
OUR GUEST SPEAKERS:
Dr ASHLEY CAHILLANE
UCD Earth Institute and UCD School of English, Drama and Film
Dr DOROTA KOŁBUK
UCD Earth Institute and UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science
Dr TOMAS BUITENDIJK
iCRAG and UCD School of Business
Dr VALENTINA Di GENNARO
School of Environmental Sciences and Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), both at the University of East Anglia in the UK
You can check out more details here
FILM SHOW
“Wilding”
Mon 4 Nov 2024 – 19:30 (Irish time)
Venue: Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, County Meath
Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.
English | UK | 75mins | 2023 | Cert: G | Dir: David Allen
You can check out more details here
IN-PERSON SEMINAR
“Ensuring a Sustainable Future for
Content Creators in the Community”
Tues 29 Oct 2024 – 10:00 to 16:00 (Irish time)
Venue: School of Media, East Quad, TU Dublin, Grangegorman, D07 XFF2.
This all-day in-person seminar, co-hosted with Dublin Community TV and TU Dublin, Grangegorman, will comprise speakers, presentations and panel discussions about the future of media and the role of sustainability in the sector.
Our PROGRAMME – last updated on 28 Oct 2024 – is available here.
You can check out more details here
ONLINE TALK
“Bumblebee Conservation in Ireland”
Tues 27 Aug 2024 – 19:00 (Irish time)
By Zoom (log-on details will be issued nearer the time to those who register)
Our talk will include an overview of bumblebees in Ireland, the threats facing them, what is being done to protect them, and how people can get involved.
The focus is mostly on the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and all the different groups that have been trying to implement its recommendations, as well as how citizen science can help monitor bumblebee populations.
OUR GUEST SPEAKER:
Orla Ní Dhúill is a writer and environmentalist from Dublin, based on Achill Island in County Mayo. Her work focuses on biodiversity communications, public engagement with nature, in particular regarding pollinators, invasive species, and woodlands.
You can check out more details here
UPDATES:
CLIMATE CHANGE PODCAST SERIES
Code Red
Code Red is a climate change podcast from the Centre for Climate and Society at Dublin City University. The Code Red series looks at how the worlds of policy, politics, the media, the arts, and other sectors have responded to climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. Code Red features an interesting and diverse mix of guests from academia, policy, the cultural industries and civil society.
HONORARY FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
Awarded to: Duncan Stewart and Greta Thunberg
On 21 June 2023, two environmental activists – DUNCAN STEWART and GRETA THUNBERG – were awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin, the highest honour that can be bestowed by Dublin City.
Duncan, Patron of Green Foundation Ireland, has been a leading Irish advocate for environmental issues for over 40 years. A champion for environmental issues, sustainable energy and architectural conservation since his student days, for the past two decades Duncan has also been a popular television personality in Ireland. Duncan’s Eco Eye series was driven by his interests in the protection of Ireland’s environment and enhancement of biodiversity. It was Ireland’s longest running environmental series and one of the most popular shows on Irish television – there were twenty-one series in total and all available episodes can be found on our website, courtesy of Duncan.
Greta, from Sweden, is the world’s most prominent global climate campaigner of our time. She has worked to address the problem of climate change and, at the age of 15 in 2018, founded the movement known as Fridays for Future (also called School Strike for Climate), which gained worldwide attention and inspired school students across the globe to participate.
You can view our video here
CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY ON BIODIVERSITY LOSS
Submission by Green Foundation Ireland
In September 2022 Green Foundation Ireland made a submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on the topic “How the State can improve its response to the issue of biodiversity loss”.
The Citizens’ Assembly is a body comprising the Chairperson and 99 citizens, randomly selected to be broadly representative of the Irish electorate, established to consider some of the most important issues facing Ireland’s future.
We would like to thank COLIN STAFFORD-JOHNSON and FIONN KEELEY for allowing us to use their videos as part of our submission.
You can read our submission here
WHAT WE DO
Green Foundation Ireland hosts seminars, workshops and conferences to demonstrate how practical action can create systems change in both education for sustainability, and work towards a green economy and society.
We work on local and Island of Ireland projects and with partners in Scotland, England and Wales, and the European mainland.
RESOURCES FOR ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
In association with Green European Foundation, GFI publishes eco literature, both online and hardcopy, and circulates the European Green Journal. All available episodes of the Eco Eye programmes, hosted by GFI’s Patron Duncan Stewart, are available courtesy of Duncan.
All of the above can be found in the Resources Section of our website.
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VALUES AND VISION
GFI has a vision of ecology that values the life of all creatures on our planetary home and is embodied in practical action for a sustainable life for all.
We encourage participation by people and communities in finding practical local responses to intractable problems.
We tell stories of resilience and change in the face of adversity, based on good science and community action.
MEMBERSHIPS and AFFILIATIONS
GFI is a member of the Irish Environmental Network – www.ien.ie
GFI is a member of the Environmental Pillar – www.environmentalpillar.ie
GFI is affiliated to the Green European Foundation – www.gef.eu
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GFI thanks the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications for the funding it receives through the Irish Environmental Network.
GFI also acknowledges the support of the European Parliament through funding for projects agreed with Green European Foundation.
