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Green Foundation Ireland hosted a talk on the theme "Managing Common Invasive Species" which took place online on 19 March 2025. Our guest speaker was ORLA NÍ DHÚILL, a writer and environmentalist from Dublin, based on Achill Island in County Mayo.

After the screening of "This is Your River" and "The Forest Midwife", Green Foundation Ireland, in association with TU Dublin Green Week, hosted an afternoon in-person discussion in TU Dublin Bolton Street on 11 March 2025 with BETA BAJGART (Film-maker, "The Forest Midwife"), OLIVE LEAVY (National Co-Ordinator of Irish Forest Owners) and JOHN GORMLEY (Film-maker, "This is Your River"). Chaired by PAT BRERETON of Green Foundation Ireland, they tell the story of people who are working to rewild and restore nature in Ireland.

Green Foundation Ireland, in association with TU Dublin Green Week, hosted a talk on "Reviving the Irish Atlantic Rainforest" which took place in TU Dublin Bolton Street on 11 March 2025. Our guest speaker was EOGHAN DALTUN, who talked about his work to rewild his farm on the Beara Peninsula and what can be learned from the process.

Green Foundation Ireland hosted a talk on "Digital photography as a non-invasive method of sampling Atlantic puffin chick diet at multiple Irish colonies" which took place online on 5 March 2025. Our guest speaker was JAMES CORCORAN HODGINS who, after developing a keen interest in climate and biodiversity policy during as an undergraduate in International Relations in Dublin City University, has been involved in the green movement since 2014.

Green Foundation Ireland hosted a talk on "Water, Technology, and Society: from Rogerstown to the Rhine" which took place online on 19 February 2025. Our guest speaker was DANIEL O'BRIEN, an applied environmentalist who is currently studying International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Green Foundation Ireland hosted a talk on "A Crisis of Communication: What Media Gets Wrong About the Climate Crisis, and How to Set it Right" which took place online on 12 February 2025. Our guest speaker was FIONN BOWES-FITZPATRICK, a long-time environmental advocate, emerging documentarian and storyteller.

Green European Foundation, with the support of Green Foundation Ireland, held an evening in-person Book Launch and Panel Discussion in the Teachers' Club, Dublin on 8 Dec 2024. In early 2024 Green European Foundation released "ENOUGH: Thriving Societies Beyond Growth", which sought to spotlight many of the ideas that the foundation has been exploring on post-growth and a just green and social deal, presenting them in an accessible and inspiring booklet. As well as our guest speaker, co-author DIRK HOLEMANS, our panel included JOHN GORMLEY, DAVID DONOGHUE, ANNE B. RYAN and Cllr JANET HORNER.

Green Foundation Ireland, in collaboration with University College Dublin, hosted an afternoon Hybrid Seminar (in-person and online) "THE IRISH SEA: Ecological, Sociocultural and Economic Insights" which took place in UCD Belfield and online on 11 November 2024. 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? Our guest speakers ASHLEY CAHILLANE, DOROTA KOŁBUK, TOMAS BUITENDIJK and VALENTINA Di GENNARO, researchers from Horizon-EU funded projects MARBEFES and Blue4All, discuss methods of ecological, sociocultural, and economic valuation of the Irish Sea.

Green Foundation Ireland, along with Dublin Community TV and TU Dublin, Grangegorman, hosted an all-day in-person seminar "Ensuring a Sustainable Future for Content Creators in the Community" in TU Dublin, Grangegorman on 29 October 2024.

Green Foundation Ireland hosted a talk on "Bumblebee Conservation in Ireland" which took place online on 27 August 2024. Our guest speaker ORLA NÍ DHÚILL is a writer and environmentalist from Dublin, based on Achill Island in County Mayo. Our talk included an overview of bumblebees in Ireland, the threats facing them, what is being done to protect them, and how people can get involved.