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☀️ It's been Sunny in Leitrim today, but do you know where it is sunnier : in Greece! 🇬🇷 We are excited to share this wonderful opportunity with you! ✨ This summer we will be sending young people abroad! And we want you you ! 🫵🏼 Email us at: goodenergiesalliance@gmail.com

It’s been quiet here, but never quiet at the office! ☘️ With 3 new ESC volunteers on our team, exciting work is ahead - empowering local students and collaborating with policymakers on the LNG debate. 🌍

Nature Restoration Law Congratulations to all our MEPs who voted for this Law and got it over the line! Thank you for supporting environmental protection and Europe’s path to addressing the climate crisis. @EUClimateAction @EU_ENV @VOICE_Ireland

Hi @EamonRyan @MichealMartinTD @LeoVaradkar It's time to address the elephant in the room at #COP28  - i.e. fossil fuels and the corrupt influence of fossil fuel companies Please work for a fast & fair phase out of fossil fuels at #COP28 and back home #EndFossilFuels

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I’ve just emailed my MEPs asking them to support an EU law to #RestoreNature. Will you do the same? Polling shows that 71% of Irish people want their MEPs to vote in favour of this law! @MariaWalshEU @ColmMarkey @SeanKellyMEP friendsoftheearth.ie/act/act-now-to…

📢URGENT CALL for Two ESC Volunteers📢 Do you want to : 👉🏻Go for an adventure abroad? 👉🏼Improve your English and meet with international young people? 👉🏾Discover Irish cullture and nature? 👉🏿Fight Climate Change and act for environmental protection? ✅goodenergies@geai.ie

📷URGENT Call For One ESC Volunteer📷 We're looking for an ESC volunteer to start in June 2023. 📷Interested in fighting climate change and environmental preservation? Send us your CV to goodenergies@geai.ie or visit our page on the ESC Portal youth.europa.eu/solidarity/pla…

📅 Mark your calendar for the Ballinaglera Biodiversity Day on May 25th! Join us at Ballinaglera Community Hall for our event on Biodiversity- in person or online! From 9:30am to 4pm. ➡️For details of Zoom link, please call: 071 9643117 or email: goodenergies@geai.ie

Japan, abolish fossil fuels now! Our demands are simple: clean air, safety, and protection from eviction. Achieving these requires Japan to stop funding all fossil fuels, everywhere. act.350.org/s/2341101.G_ZU…

Fact: #forests mitigate #climatechange by taking up #carbon while growing and storing carbon in living #trees, bushes, and other #plants, dead #wood and soil🌲🌿 bit.ly/3o4VPaX Via @UNECEForests

About 80% of wild plants rely on #insects for #pollination 🦗 “If insects continue to decline, expect some pretty dire consequences for ecosystems generally — & for people.” @DaveGoulson Some mind-blowing visuals to help make sense of a lot of numbers 👇 Via @Buzz_dont_tweet

#ClimateChange & #BiodiversityLoss = interlinked planetary crises. @ipbes & @ipcc_ch focus on assessing knowledge and evidence to better inform decision-makers on these crises. 💡Read more w/ @ipbes & @ipcc_ch #BiodiversityClimateScience workshop report ipbes.net/events/ipbes-i…

One of our volunteers is from Ireland, and at today's #StPatricksDay2023, we wanted to make her feel at home. At our end-of-the-week coffee break, we ate #green, #white, and #orange snacks!

The EU will systematically promote and call for a global move towards energy systems free of unabated fossil fuels well ahead of 2050! #PhaseOutFossilFuels #EndAllFossilFuels #COP28 euractiv.com/section/energy…

According to @fao, the top 5️⃣ drivers of soil #biodiversity loss are: 🏘 Land use change 🦟 #InvasiveSpecies 🚜 Unsustainable soil management practices 🏭 Pollution 🏢 Soil sealing and urbanization Learn more #ForNature ➡️ bit.ly/3l2N9KX

🥦Today is National Stop Food Waste Day! 🚮In Ireland, every year, on average a household produces about 130 kg of food waste or 48 kg per person (that’s nearly half the weight of a full brown bin).

Save money on #StopFoodWasteDay The average Irish household loses €700 a year from throwing out food like bread, fruit & veg. ​ ​Starting today, write down all the food you throw out for the next 7 days. Take note of what goes out & then use that to review your shopping list!

New research shows how a #CircularEconomy could help the world recover from #COVID19 while also combatting #ClimateChange & safeguarding #nature. @wef spotlights 1️⃣0️⃣ circular investment opportunities for a resilient & #GreenRecovery. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/36hncD6