Ireland's "first sustainable park" launched
Fr Collins Park in Donaghmede, north Dublin - billed as Ireland's "first wholly sustainable park" by Dublin City Council - was opened yesterday by Lord Mayor Eibhlin Byrne.
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Fr Collins Park in Donaghmede, north Dublin - billed as Ireland's "first wholly sustainable park" by Dublin City Council - was opened yesterday by Lord Mayor Eibhlin Byrne.
200m community owned wind farm to power County Clare
A wind energy development co-operative in County Clare today announced plans to construct one of Ireland’s largest wind farms.
Subsequent to obtaining planning approval and permission for grid connection, West Clare Renewable Energy Ltd. (WCRE) says it hopes to construct 30 3MW wind turbines on the slopes of Mount Callan, a 391-metre high mountain located between Ennis and Miltown Malbay.
Green Party's cycling plan for Dublin
The Green Party has published its ten point cycling plan for Dublin. Among the key points are:
Greens to push for climate change legislation
The Green Party is to demand the introduction of climate change legislation as its price for continuing in government with Fianna Fáil.
Climate change summit hijacked by biggest polluters
A vital meeting in Copenhagen this weekend that will help shape the agenda for the most important climate change talks since the Kyoto protocol has been hijacked by some of the biggest polluters in the world, critics claimed today.
Sustainable economics conference, June 10 to 12
Feasta - the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability - will host
a weekend conference titled 'The New Emergency: Managing Risk and
Building Resilience in a Resource Constrained World' on the weekend of
June 10 - 12 in All Hallows College, Dublin. The greenest city in the world?
Writing on the BBC Website, Mark Mardell profiles Freiburg, perhaps the world's greenest city. Mardell writes:
What is missing is the constant low thrum of traffic in the background. It's not that cars are completely banned from the city, but most of the centre, rather than the odd street, is a pedestrian zone. You pedal or walk to trams or trains. Freiburg can lay claim to being the greenest city in the world, and it's all rather pleasant.
Insulation from agricultural waste
A group of students from the University of Michigan has won the $200,000 MIT Clean Energy grand prize for developing insulation panels from agricultural waste.
Green roofs feature in National Geographic
The May issue of National Geographic magazine features an in-depth article on green roofs. The full article can be read online here.
Sustainable social housing to be launched next Monday
The redeveloped low-energy social housing at York Street in Dublin's south inner city will be officially opened next Monday, May 25.
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Wind Energy Direct launches pioneering wind power project
Wind Energy Direct, an Irish owned renewable energy company, today
launched an innovative wind energy installation that will deliver power
directly to the Munster Joinery plant in Ballydesmond, Co Cork.
Government announces task force on green economy
Tánaiste Mary Coughlan and energy minister Eamon Ryan today announced the establishment of a high level action group on the green economy.
Examining the Spirit of Ireland proposals
Spirit of Ireland have been getting a lot of publicity over the last month - check out the group's news page for a list of recent media articles. If you haven't heard, the group's proposals essentially involve storing wind energy in the form of pumped storage reservoirs along the coast.
The wave power anaconda
Check out this video of the Anaconda wave power generator.