Biodiversity Week events in An Taisce's Booterstown Marsh Nature Reserve and The Grove Wildlife Sanctuary

Great selection of events to celebrate Biodiversity Week took place in two of An Taisce's Dublin properties-in-trust — Booterstown Marsh Nature Reserve and The Grove Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday 23rd of May. Read more

An Taisce's special Basic Bike Maintenance Workshop

Dr Damien Ó Tuama is National Cycling Coordinator of An Taisce and the Irish Cycling Campaign and he gave a great workshop as part of Culture Date with Dublin 8 in Tailors's Hall to put people in good stead for National Bike Week. Read more

(Environmental) Hands Across the Border

A journey northwards with our long-standing member Eric Conroy — he writes about his visit to an environmental conference in Newry organised by the Irish Council of Churches. The attendees came from all over the island of Ireland Read more

An Taisce webinar: Ponds for Nature Conservation with Aoife O'Rourke

Watch our special webinar on how ponds are not only vital supports for biodiversity and for the health and well being of people, they act as a valuable mechanism to help fight the climate crisis Read more

Household Life: sharing a greener approach to saving resources

An Taisce member Eric Conroy shares his approach to being environmentally aware in his home life: "I am constantly surprised at the amount of resources we all use in our daily lives – energy, water, food, etc.  Given climate change and the biodiversity crises, we need to do all we can to help the planet." Read more

Running to stand still

Eric Conroy shares how running has become a major part of his life. Not only does it help him keep mind, body and soul together but allows for a closer connection with nature in the city, especially along its watercourses Read more

Gen Z and Climate Anxiety

Celestine O'Reilly explores climate activism through the prism of Gen Z's climate anxiety, AI, collective contradictory behaviour and knowing what needs to be done Read more

Giving the gift of An Taisce membership for a sustainable Christmas

Now's the chance to buy an Individual Gift Membership this Christmas for someone special in your life. Giving the gift of membership is a present that not only lasts all year, but is also an important contribution towards protecting our natural and built heritage for current and future generations. Read more

2021-2025 All-Ireland Pollinator Plan Review and the Green Flag Pollinator Plan Award

An Taisce has worked as a strategic partner with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan since 2017, via the introduction of the Pollinator Plan Award for public green space amenities participating within the Green Flag Award for Parks Scheme Read more

Belém: COP30 ends — Professor John Sweeney on outcomes

COP30 ended, as expected with a whimper, with the wishes of the vast majority of the world’s countries’ desires being frustrated by opposition from the petrostates Read more

Reporting from the People’s Summit/Cupla dos Povos at COP30

Lynda Sullivan takes us behind the scenes at the People's summit: 'Full of colourful flags, costumes, music and powerful political statements. It had been five days of this energy, with seemingly random and spontaneous bursts of noise and movement ..Yet, however spontaneous it seemed, it was a deliberate space, the planning for which began over two years ago' Read more

Belém: the second week — Professor John Sweeney at COP30

'It is almost a foregone conclusion that by the middle of the second week, negotiations at COP reach a deadlock. Concessions are not on their agenda pending the arrival of their political masters' Read more