Happy World Curlew Day!
🌿 Today is World Curlew Day! Sadly, there has been a 98% decline in breeding pairs in Ireland since the 80s, due to habitat loss and fragmentation, highlighting the urgent need for increased peatland restoration and education. 🔊 Listen here to their iconic call: lnkd.in/d6YphsDd
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🌿 🙌 On 19 February 2026, the Peatlands and People Project held its annual #EPA Ireland researcher meeting, which brought together scientists from several EPA projects that inform the implementation & monitoring of Peatlands & People. Read the recap here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/annual-...
🙌 🌿 Meet the Climate Champions powering community action for healthier peatlands. For our new #ChampionsforChange campaign, we spoke to Ailbhe Gerrard, an organic farmer from the shores of Lough Derg, Tipperary: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/champio...
📢📽️The 'Mending the Blanket' booklet (2019) was followed up with a short film (2023), produced with another artist, pantea. We are excited to announce that for one week @katefoster.bsky.social and pantea have made the short film publicly available and it can be viewed here: vimeo.com/1161376258?s...
🌱For the Peatlands & Art series, we interviewed environmental artist @katefoster.bsky.social about her work on peatlands, in particular 'Mending the Blanket' (2019), and the value of finding community, both in-person and online. 🔗Read the full article here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...
📢 🌿After its first successful 2023 edition, the "Power to the Peatlands Conference" returns for its second time from 2-4 September 2026! 📍Congrescentrum 1931, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Registration is now open here: sites.google.com/view/power2p...
🌿 📢 We're back with the 2nd feature of our Company Spotlight Campaign, where we highlight some of the innovative #AccelerateGreen initiatives driving change in the Irish Midlands and beyond! This week, we interviewed Jeff Matthews, CEO & Co-founder of #Chefra: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/acceler...
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year from all of us at Peatlands and People Project!🎄
Last month we published a newsletter of highlights from across the year.🔗https://lnkd.in/ekvKaaFV
We look forward to building on this good work and making further progress in 2026!
📢 ✉️ The LIFE IP Peatlands and People 2025 Winter #Newsletter is out! As we approach the end of the year, we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on some of the milestones we have achieved this year. Read the full Newsletter here: mailchi.mp/0aa1013ba65d...
📢 🌿 An exciting #PhD opportunity is now open on modelling #CO2 fluxes of Irish Peatlands with the @epaireland.bsky.social funded #AIMINGPEAT project! It will be conducted at #ATU Sligo in collab with @tcddublin.bsky.social 👉 peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/new-phd...
🚨 Event Announcement – Save the Date! Join #BnM for the #AccelerateGreen Open Night at Dublin Chamber to understand more about the programme and its benefits to you.
📅 When? 4th November | 5.30pm – 8pm
📍Where? Dublin Chamber, 7 Clare St, Dublin 2
peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/acceler...
A wonderful time was had last month welcoming volunteers from @deloitteinsights.bsky.social to plant Sphagnum moss on BnM bogs as part of P&P and PalusDemos.
Some photos below, or check out our blog here ➡️ peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/sphagnu...
🌱 🎨 In our new #PeatlandsandArt feature, we travel across the world to faraway Siberia - a place covered in permafrost. This is where the #SoilART project originates, inspired by the surprising, often breathtaking beauty of soil shaped by permafrost: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...
🌿 For our Peatlands & Art series, we interviewed feltmaker Sharon Wells from Kerry, who takes her inspiration from the Irish natural landscape and scenery, with its vibrant colours of mountains, boglands, and the sea. Read the interview here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...
🌱 In celebration of #NationalHeritageWeek, the
@peatlandslife.bsky.social project hosted a guided ecology and heritage walk on the Ballyforan Bog, on Saturday (23rd August), attended by more than 20 people despite rainy conditions. ☔ peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/p-and-p...
🌱 💧 Peatlands play a key role in water resource management. Continuing our #PeatlandLiteracy campaign, today we are spotlighting the role of peatlands for water quality! 🔗 Learn more about @epaireland.bsky.social funded #WETPEAT project: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...
🌱 🙌 Just 10 more days to go! Join @peatlandslife.bsky.social for a guided ecology and heritage walk to celebrate #NationalHeritageWeek on the Ballyforan Bog on Saturday, the 23rd of August 2025. www.eventbrite.ie/e/1472493681...
🤝🌍Today, we're spotlighting how peatlands can help fight climate change in continuation of our #PeatlandLiteracy campaign for #InternationalBogDay! 🔗 More information on the @epaireland.bsky.social #CO2PEAT project here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/updates...
🤝🌱In collaboration with #LeaveNoTrace Ireland, Peatlands and People offers corporate days that bring employees outdoors for hands-on environmental action, including #Sphagnum planting on #BnM sites! Learn more about the #ESG Impact Days & how to get involved: peatlandsandpeople.ie/get-involved...
🌍💧#InternationalBogDay 2025 was celebrated on Sunday! To keep the momentum going, we're launching a #PeatlandLiteracy campaign—sharing powerful facts about how peatlands help fight climate change, protect water quality & support biodiversity. peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/world-p...
🙌Don't miss our guided ecology and heritage walk to celebrate #NationalHeritageWeek on the Ballyforan Bog on Saturday, the 23rd of August 2025. 📅 23 August 2025, 11:00 - 14:00 📍 Ballyforan Bog, Co. Roscommon 🚶➡️Ballyforan Greenway Car park at 11 am
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🌱🙌To celebrate #NationalHeritageWeek, we are hosting a guided ecology and heritage walk on the Ballyforan Bog on Saturday, 23rd of August 2025.
📅 23.08.2025, 11:00 - 14:00
📍 Ballyforan Bog, Co. Roscommon
Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/guided-eco...
🌱 On Wednesday, Peatlands and People held its annual #EPAIreland researcher meeting! The meeting brought together scientists from several #EPA projects, which inform the implementation, impacts and monitoring of the project. Key insights here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/event-r...
📢In celebration of the upcoming #InternationalBogDay, #Tóchar Wetlands Restoration is organising a special event with five panel speakers at the "Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again Exhibition" @nlireland.bsky.social on 26th July 2025. More info here: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
📢 🙌 Aligning with #EUGreenWeek we are organising a targeted event to celebrate the #restoration and rehabilitation work of the project tomorrow (10 June 2025) at the #BnM visitor centre in Boora, Offaly! More info: green-week.event.europa.eu/partner-even...
🌱 In celebration of #WorldPeatlandsDay 2025, we are highlighting some recent updates, results and upcoming plans of the BnM #Sphagnum Planting Campaign to restore former industrial peat extraction sites! Read here: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/world-p...
Our Steering Committee had a great day out in the field yesterday, planting #sphagnum moss plugs on the Kilaranny bog for the #BnM peatland revegetation campaign. It was linked to a meeting in BnM's Boora Office providing the steering committee with key updates: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...
🌿 For our latest #Peatlands & #Art article, we interviewed photographer Shane Hynan. His work from the series ‘Beneath | Beofhód’ is currently exhibited in #EskerArts as part of the #BogSkin Exhibition. Read the interview: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...
📅 📢 #AccelerateGreen 2025 is taking place this Thursday, 15th May 2025! The conference organised by #BnM and Resolve Partners will explore topics such as #Energy and #Policy post COP29 & Ireland’s new government and position on Climate Action. Register: accelerategreen.ie/accelerate-g...
🌱 A major exhibition titled #BogSkin, which examines the relationship of Irish art to the boglands over the past 50 years, is coming to the Croghan Gallery at #EskerArts in Tullamore, Offaly this Summer.
📅 Official opening: Saturday, May 10th 3 p.m: peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/peatlan...