Davie Philip

“Far from being a distraction from decarbonisation, strategic adaptation can act as a catalyst for it, transforming climate breakdown from an abstract threat to a lived and shared reality.”

🔴 URGENT message from UAWC
| Israeli Forces Attack UAWC’s Seed Bank Multiplication Unit in Hebron

Just moments ago, Israeli occupation forces launched a military assault on the Multiplication Unit of UAWC Seed Bank in the Hebron area, using bulldozers!

Irish sovereign wealth fund stops investing in two more companies linked to Israeli settlements However, it continued to invest in another four.

Useful info on the illegal settlements and Ireland's investments
www.thejournal.ie/ireland-weal...

Really enjoyed this conversation with Manda and Diarmuid

Incoming! An amazing crew for the Aida refugee camp Bethlehem - 37 folks - dancers, musicians, speakers and footballers - bringing a show around Ireland and ending in #cloughjordan. A special night! Book here - www.eventbrite.ie/e/palestinia... @ipsc.bsky.social

Renewable industry and environmental NGOs join forces to call for urgent Government action to align critical renewables roll-out with nature protection | Friends of the Earth Wind Energy Ireland and Solar Ireland, Ireland’s main renewable energy industry associations, have joined forces with Ireland’s leading environmental network, the Environmental Pillar, to call …

1/ Today, the Environmental Pillar, Solar Ireland & Wind Energy Ireland joined forces to call for urgent Govt action to align Ireland’s renewables roll-out with nature protection
@envpillar.bsky.social @solarireland.bsky.social @windenergyireland.bsky.social

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/renewab...

“Hard to escape the feeling that the world is rapidly descending into a new dark Age of Idiocracy – one dominated by deranged politicians, predatory corporations & billionaire narcissists who have disengaged from reality”

My take in today’s Business Post.

www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

So on the menu today we have BAU, a little more BAU or lots more BAU...

What will this do for our water quality, particularly nitrates pollution in the S and SE, caused primarily by dairy? How is this fair for all farmers? How is this in any way aligned with the environmental reality we face?

BREAKING 🇵🇸 Israeli occupation forces have illegally boarded the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian mission to Gaza, and kidnapped its crew, including Greta Thunberg, Rima Has and Thiago Avila.

Open for signature | UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW 12th May 2025 Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues...

Friends of the Earth International, alongside allies such as La Via Campesina, has signed this important unified call to confront famine in Gaza

Please add on your organisation’s signature and amplify
#DiplomaticConvoyNow

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Pruning the EU’s Farming Policy: Have CAP's Green Shoots Survived the Shears? | Agricultural and Rural Convention The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is once again being trimmed down to size, with the Commission reaching for the shears in an attempt to cut back what it sees as an overgrown subsidy programme...

🌱 Has the EU's farming policy lost its green edge?
✂️ As the #CAP gets pruned, are environmental goals being trimmed too?
@natashafoote.bsky.social digs into the details: What’s left of the #GreenDeal in the new CAP revisions?
🔗 www.arc2020.eu/pruning-the-...

#CAPStrategicPlans #CAPreform

EU to review its trade and cooperation with Israel over Gaza offensive A majority of the European Union's foreign ministers backed a Dutch proposal to review the bloc's ties with Israel over its actions in Gaza. #EuropeNews

"Nine member states — Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden — had publicly backed the Netherlands' proposal ahead of Tuesday's gathering of foreign ministers."

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Scohaboy Bog is shaping up very nicely after extensive rewetting. Close collaboration between state bodies Coillte and NPWS, and local landowners and community groups the key to its success.

@scohaboybog.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @greenpartyie.bsky.social

Interesting vacancy for a Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to the research project, “Tackling Climate Misinformation in Ireland: An Evidence Base and Novel Resources for Journalists and Communications Professionals (CLiME).“

universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Today the European Parliament will vote to strip the Wolf of its strict protection. This is a politically motivated U-turn away from science-based conservation. This undemocratic move sets a dangerous precedent by prioritising persecution over co-existence #SaveTheWolf #HandsOffNature

Session number 3 in our fab apple chats is on tomorrow at 1PM Irish time.
This one is really relevant for ppl interested in establishing community orchards and similar.
To book just email education@thevillage.ie
More info here:
www.thevillage.ie/ulla-dulra-a...

Biodiversity week 18th-25th May Events at the Cuan Beo area of Cloughjordan Community Farm BIRDWATCHING ON A DUSK CHORUS WALK - With Jemima Turner Cuan Beo* at 8:00pm - Tuesday 20th May Immerse yourself in the evening sounds of nature on a Birdwatching Dusk Chorus Walk led by Jemima Turner. This experience combines an introductory session on birdwatching with a peaceful walk through Cloughjordan Ecovillage, focusing on listening to and identifying the birds' beautiful chorus. MEET THE BUTTERFLIES - With Rachel Vaughan and Brendan Sheehan Cuan Beo* at 2:30pm - Thursday 22nd May Learn about Ireland's Butterfly Monitoring Scheme and the butterflies you might spot around Cloughjordan. Rachel Vaughan and Brendan Sheehan will begin with an introductory talk before leading a walk through Cloughjordan Ecovillage (weather permitting) to find and identify them. FAMILY FUN: EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY WITH NATURE CRAFTING Cuan Beo* at 2:00pm - Sunday 25th May Nature Crafting Fun (Ages 6-10, Siblings Welcome): Inspired by forest school techniques, children and their accompanying adults will explore the natural world through hands-on crafting and take home their unique creations. * Cuan Beo - Enter the Ecovillage at the back entrance on the Step Road, walk straight ahead through the gate, Cuan Beo is on your right. Children must be accompanied by adults to all events.

Celebrate biodiversity at the Cuan Beo area of Cloughjordan Community Farm during Biodiversity week 18th-25th May, with birdwatching, butterflies and children's nature crafting!

BIRDWATCHING ON A DUSK CHORUS WALK - With Jemima Turner
Cuan Beo 8pm - Tue 20th May […]

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A European Land Observatory - What’s In Sight? | Agricultural and Rural Convention Despite moves towards simplification, a Land Observatory is coming this summer. What’s more, there is broad consensus from both the Commission and farming organisations on the need for some more harmo...

Despite moves towards simplification, a Land Observatory is coming this summer 👀 @olliemoore.bsky.social takes us through the terrain 🧐
www.arc2020.eu/a-european-l...
@saoirsemc.bsky.social @ @eurovia.org

Don't forget what really scares them - being held to account and seeing young people across the world stand against genocide and apartheid 👇

GRMA for all the support in recent days a chairde Gael 💚🤍🧡🖤❤️

@mandascott.bsky.social thanks for this. Love Accidental Gods - I just shared this and realised you have tagged the wrong Nick Weir - he is here bsky.app/profile/nick...

Excellent - well worth a listen. 👏👏 @nickweir.bsky.social Open food Network is in Ireland as well openfoodnetwork.ie
A brilliant community run platform that enables stronger local food economies - but needs way more users.

“Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another.”
— Laudato Si’, 42

Rest in Peace Pope Francis’ / Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Join our Team!

The IEN has two new vacancies:

• Membership & Network Assistant
• Finance and Reporting Assistant

More information at: ien.ie/the-ien-is-h...

Send your CV and covering letter by email to: jobs@ien.ie.

Deadline for applications: 5 PM Wednesday, 30 April 2025

This coming friday at 1pm, another lovely chat all about apples.

How can our apple heritage build food sovereignty and local food economies?

Simplicity in a world gone madder.

You can even just put on your headphones and listen in the sun.

Email education@thevillage.ie to book.

We had a session - including a live link to UAWC folks in Ramallah - on practical support people can give to farmers in Palestine, at #feedingourselves in Cloughjordan this year...so we gathered outside to send a message to our comrades in occupied Palestine after.

Gaza's farmers return to find scorched trees, toxic soil Northern Gaza’s farms were the hardest hit by Israeli attacks.

Israel's US backed genocide of the Palestinian people is ongoing and includes destruction of the natural environment and means to sustain a population ..

..nearly 70 percent of Gaza’s croplands have been destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces..

#bds

electronicintifada.net/content/gaza...

1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵

YouTube video by Cloughjordan Ecovillage Úlla, Dúlra agus Pobal - Session 1

Our apple history webinar is now on youtube - check it out!
Regina Sexton
Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire
Rod Calder-Potts
and
@sust-davie.bsky.social
Via Cloughjordan Ecovillage and thanks to the IEN for support!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGq...

Questions raised as Coillte quietly shuts down its non-profit Nature branch State forestry company Coillte has ­quietly shut down Coillte Nature, the not-for-profit branch it set up on nature restoration projects.

With the Green Party out of the way, Coillte can now stop pretending to care about nature and focus on their first love 💰

www.independent.ie/irish-news/q...

Four news headlines which say that Germany, Britain, Finland and Denmark have all issued travel warning for any of their citizens going to the United States. There is also a story of a Canada MP issuing a “fire warning” for people not to travel to the US.

Pariah state.