Tag Archives: Sustainability
Every little helps?
Had been planning to write about the power of the multiples for some time, but what finally pushed me over the edge was a report in The Ticket in last Friday’s Irish Times, to the effect that the DVD cover … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Irish Focus
Tagged censorship, Ireland, John Gibbons, Multiples, supermarket, Sustainability, Tesco, Tescopoly, Unicef
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Black, white – and green
Like most people whose musical influences were formed in the 1970s, I admired Michael Jackson as a musician, especially his 1979 solo album, Off the Wall. In the early to mid-1980s, he moved from pop star to icon, selling hundreds … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Sustainability
Tagged Amazon, deforestation, Jackson, music, Sustainability
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Spirit of Ireland – Divine wind or hot air?
Last week, something pretty unusual showed up in a number of national newspapers. This was a full-page advert under the title ‘Spirit of Ireland‘. This tied in with the launch of a website and a big PR push through the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Irish Focus, Nuclear, Sustainability
Tagged carbon, CO2, electricity, Energy, Ireland, John Gibbons, nuclear, Spirit of Ireland, Sustainability, Walton
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A grandfather’s appeal to Obama
Politicians worry about the next election; business people worry about the next quarter. Who does that leave to worry about the longer term future? One top scientific expert believes the people who really do think ahead are parents, more specifically … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Irish Focus, Sustainability
Tagged CO2, emissions, environment, EU, Ireland, Jim Hansen, John Gibbons, NASA, Obama, Sustainability
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Sustainability crisis no less critical than climate change
If self-immolation were somehow our collective goal, there is no surer way of expediting this outcome than to allow the rampant clearing of the world’s remaining forests. A critical place to start is in cracking down on imports of illegally … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Sustainability
Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, Dimas, Easter Island, EU, forestry, habitat loss, Maya, species loss, Sustainability, timber, WWF
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Only treehuggers need apply?
Once upon a time, the phrase ‘green’ implied wide-eyed extremism. You know the types, living in the trees in the Glen of the Downs or rolling in the mud at some bizarre eco hug-in festival in deepest rural Roscommon. Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Irish Focus, Sustainability
Tagged DDT, Gaia, green, Irish Times, John Gibbons, organic, science, Sustainability, UCC, William Reville
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The sweet smell of excess
‘Fused with idealism, heritage moulded to modernity, classicism reinterpreted through originality…inspired by a search for balance and harmony in a chaotic and contradictory world’ The above verbiage is taken verbatim from the current Aer Lingus Sky Shopping magazine. It’s describing … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Irish Focus, Sustainability
Tagged climate change, David Beckham, Kate Moss, marketing, perfume, Sustainability
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Ssssh, don’t mention the ‘E’ word
There’s an episode of the 1970s comedy, Fawlty Towers, in which German visitors come to stay in the hotel. Basil Fawlty goes to great lengths to avoid any references to World War 2 (it was then barely 30 years after … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Irish Focus, Sustainability
Tagged Basil Fawlty, climate change, collapse, extinction, Sustainability
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A vision of beauty
Nature is under relentless assault, entire ecosystems are being obliterated, an area of natural forest the size of Croke Park is burned or cleared every second. Around every 12 minutes, yet another species goes extinct. The news is, to put … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Sustainability
Tagged climate change, extinction, species loss, Sustainability
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Time to put a lid on bottled water
‘Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former’. That’s the view of no less an observer than Albert Einstein. Though his judgement may seem a little harsh, the strange story of … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Irish Focus, Sustainability
Tagged bottled water, carbon, environment, Perrier, plastic, pollution, Sustainability, Volvic
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Forget chocolate – 40 steps to cut carbon for Lent
The Tearfund is a UK-based development agency which has come up with a novel idea for this Lent. Instead of cutting down on treats, how about reducing your carbon instead? They are clearly placing the effects of climate change as … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Habitat/Species, Irish Focus, Sustainability
Tagged climate change, fair trade, Lent, Sustainability, Third World
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Flights of fancy on Irish emissions control
“The recent conference in Bali gave us hope that we can construct an effective, concerted response (to climate change) for nothing less will guarantee the safe future of all our children and our earth”. That’s how President Mary McAleese addressed … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Irish Focus, Sustainability
Tagged air travel, carbon, emissions, Kyoto, Sustainability, transport
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