Do you want to Bring Bees & Butterflies into your garden this summer by sowing wildflowers in your garden?

Then, why not try our One Little Thing this week & create a small wildflower patch in your garden.

Each week on our One Little Thing Series, we will have one small action which any individual can take to fight Climate Change, which when done collectively in our community (and beyond) can make a big difference!

This week we will be discussing how simply switching to LED light can have a significant reduction in lighting-related energy demand and emissions for individuals & businesses. 

Want to take action on climate but don't know where to start? Look at our amazing community...

It’s been just over a month since our beautiful Native Irish Honey Bees (apis mellifera mellifera) first arrived at our new Voluntary Conservation Area at our Cloudforest One site in Lahinch, Co. Clare. We are the first private enterprise to undertake the role of a Voluntary Conservation Area & we are very excited to go down to visit them next week and see how they are developing. 

However, the past month has not only been a big month in our Native Honey Bee conservation efforts. It’s been a big month for all of us concerned with the apis mellifera mellifera & its future.

The Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 (Protection Bill) will go through its 2nd stage in the Seanad this Thursday. 

This bill would put a ban on imports of non-native bees, and is scheduled for debate in the Seanad on Thursday with support from all parties.

Want to make a transition to renewable energy? Why not make the switch with one of our CoolPartners! This is the first in a series of blogs all about how you can reduce your carbon footprint with the help & support of our CoolPartners.

Phantom forests are forests which have either failed to come to fruition either because they have died or they have been lost through deforestation. The Philippine's National Greening Programme, which we spoke about earlier, is a prime example of a phantom forest, which was doomed to fail from the beginning. 

One of our incredible CoolPartners Enerpower (CoolPartner 032) and Tricel Killarney announced the installation of Ireland’s largest combined Solar PV and heat-pump system.

According to the SEAI, at the end of 2021 – there were 45,000 electric vehicles in Ireland. As well as this, new electric cars registration has tripled in the last three years (8,646 in 2021 compared to 4,013 in 2020 and 3,444 in 2019).

In January 2022, New electric car registrations reached their highest month on record with 2,714 registered in January 2022, which is an +178% increase from January 2021. This move towards electric vehicles has been in the pipeline for many years as individuals & businesses have sought ways to reduce their carbon footprint in the face of the major climate crisis we face. 

Climate projections for the next century indicate changes in wind speeds and storm tracks; increased likelihood of river and coastal flooding; changes in the distribution of plant and animal species and in the timing of lifecycle events of native species; water stress for crops, pressure on water supply and adverse impacts on water quality and negative impacts on human health and wellbeing.

There is no doubt about it; forestry is an underutilized weapon in the fight against Carbon Emissions, especially in Ireland. This point has recently been underlined by Forest Industries Ireland (FII), who have said forestry could potentially provide over 300 million tonnes of additional carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration by 2050