Could it possibly be time to reform our chronically dysfunctional farming model to another that *isn't* utterly disastrous for nature, the climate, and consumers?

This is already demonstrably incorrect. And Wright isn't even dead yet.

everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"

Narrated by Mother Earth reads like a punch directed to middle of the stomach of any person that cares about nature… an encoded middle finger to all.

@irishrainforest.bsky.social Liveline talking about that Sitka book.

You don’t need the Department of Education‘s permission to send stuff to schools, they get pitched stuff all the time. Healy-Rae’s involvement seems dodgy though.

a blue recycling bin full of sticky notes ALT: a blue recycling bin full of sticky notes

Hopefully the principals in same schools knew where to file them

The Irish Dept. of Education must have given permission to send the video and books to all primary schools throughout Ireland, though.

In that sense, it very much is involved.

Is the department of Education involved in this? It's disgraceful.

As a children's book author and illustrator, I'm dying to get my hands on one of these. What I've seen of it suggests it's AI slop on top of everything else. Absolutely not something that a minister (as he was then) should be endorsing.

Sitka Spruce the Amazing Timber Tree This is "Sitka Spruce the Amazing Timber Tree" by iPLANiT Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

This video, and 2 copies of the matching book, have been sent to **every primary school in Ireland**.

It's possibly THE most outrageous industry propaganda I've ever seen. The descriptions of Sitka deadzones are so totally false, it's hard to know where to even start.
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The magic of an Irish rainforest
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Did Nazi Germany have a right to defend itself when it invaded most of its neighbours and kept people from a specific religion in concentration camps?

Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

If you read one thing today ...
An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
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It feels like yesterday that online-engineers-of-a-certain-age were saying that heavy freight could never be electrified. To quote William Gibson, "The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet." Fossil fuel interests want to keep it that way.

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"Just as we make ourselves more energy-secure by switching from fossil fuels to renewables, we make ourselves more food-secure by switching from animals to plants." - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Every spring/summer on our mountain commonage, wild native tree seedlings like this rowan pop up, the seed carried by birds or wind. The baby trees always soon disappear, eaten by sheep.

Trees mostly don't need to be planted, just given a chance to grow.

Are we hearing this message, Ireland???

We could well be in *very* deep trouble if we don't.

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It's the opposite of his intention, but the Idiot Emperor is forcing the world off fossil fuels. This week's column.
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Another sun sets on an Irish Atlantic rainforest.

Just heard my first cuckoo here in the Burren. Wren serenading from nearby. Nice one today!

Screenshot of Merlin app with list of local birds

Right now 10am in south west Kerry, about 100m from the shore 🐦🐦‍⬛ The best "radio station" in the world! 🤗

Dawn chorus this morning from an Irish Atlantic rainforest.
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Eyeries, Beara.

In how many places can you enjoy a pint of the black stuff with a view like this?

Now over 260,000 members of UK Green Party - about to overtake Labour. That’s a sign of growing support.
Voters want change from normal 2 parties, and Green message of Hope is attracting a lot of young members ready to volunteer their time!

This particular tree is in Co. Wicklow, which has a very severe problem with invasive sika deer. So here, a high seat is fixed to the base for shooting out across the adjacent open field.

We need *far* more of this if our natural forest ecosystems are to have any chance of recovering.

#Rewilding

Little can rival an old Scots pine for sheer force of personality and presence.

One of the earlier tree species to colonise Ireland after the last Ice Age, pine was thought to have completely died out due to deforestation, until a small residual population was confirmed in the Burren, Co. Clare.

Bottom trawling catches thousands of fish species, including those most at-risk From seahorses to sharks, over 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including many at risk of extinction, according to a new global inventory.

From seahorses to sharks, more than 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including many at risk of extinction -new research

They are depleting the ocean of life and if they are not stopped we will soon have a dead lifeless ocean
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