The capitalist environmentalist and the price of nature

The bill for ignoring nature’s services may not be affordable if we don’t start paying now, says ‘total capitalist’ and environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev

‘THE BELIEF that private financial markets can solve all our problems is the witchcraft of our age

Full article – Irish Times / TEEB Website

Conference: Reviving Rural Rail

Sustainable Tourism > More visitors by train > More income for the local line and for local businesses > Better rail services in future

Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh, Co.Tipperary. Friday 17th – Sunday 19th June 2011.

More information.

CLAIMING OUR FUTURE – ‘Reducing Income Inequality’

A national discussion, NUI, Galway,  on 28th May 2011,  Registration 10.00 am. Registration & more information

MEPs back national freedom to ban GM crops

The European Parliament’s environment committee yesterday (12 April) backed proposals by the EU executive to give member states a choice of whether to ban cultivation of GM crops on their territory, adding environmental impacts to a list of grounds on which restrictions could be imposed. Read more

Seomra Bia Blog: cooking Tipperary food

Would you be interested in doing a cookery demonstration for a roomful of fellow food lovers? Tipperary Food Producers are planning a Totally Tipperary food festival for Cloughjordan over the last weekend of June (25/26). As part of this, Seomra Bia Blog will take place – and that’s where you come in.

For more information, see Seomra Bia Blog

Online Non-GMO Speaker Training Webinar

We invite to join us for our next Online Non-GMO Speaker Training Webinar with Jeffrey Smith.

June 14, 21, 28, & July 12th
8:00pm-10:00pm EST
Cost: $80 Individual / $140 Couple Early Discount Before May 20th $70/$120. Register Online
Partial scholarships are available please contact scholarships@responsibletechnology.org Read more »

Film showing: End of Suburbia

The Limerick Greens are showing the documentary End of Suburbia on Tuesday 10 May at 7.30pm, upstairs in the Locke Bar.  Anyone interested in sustainable living and peak oil is warmly in invited to attend.  We are planning to have a short discussion after the film and then adjourn to the bar for more informal chat.

Film website

Cap The Gene Spill

New video says GMO contamination of world is far worse than Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Annual Convention & 2nd Regather and Refocus: Advance notice

The Annual Convention to be held on Saturday, 11 June 2011, has been extended to a full day event at The Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2.


Regather and Refocus will now take place on the next day, Sunday, 12 June 2011.  The venue, which will also be a Dublin one, is to be confirmed

Green Limerick

Limerick City’s Sustainability Event

Monday April 18th from 2pm to 10pm

Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick

Green Limerick is a local initiative established to create a platform for all green and sustainable projects in Limerick City and its surrounding areas. The aim of Green Limerick is to encourage co-operation amongst local green businesses and initiatives to build community cohesion and establish Limerick City as Ireland’s sustainable capital. Read more »

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