Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
ireland, Tag
- Ballymoney-based sustainable architecture firm 2020 Architects has completed a new contemporary and low-energy home that offers a refreshing and sustainable take on the typical rural architecture found across Northern Ireland...
- Coastal flooding and peat bogs | Letters Thu, 29 Nov 18, 4:34amMore than 15,000 buildings were built in coastal areas at significant risk of coastal flooding in the UK between 2005 and 2014, write Tom Spencer and Gerd Masselink...
- End of an era as Ireland closes its peat bogs 'to fight climate change' Tue, 27 Nov 18, 4:00pmShift to renewables is too late say campaigners as peatlands will still emit greenhouse gases
- Blood coal: Ireland’s dirty secret | Noel Healy Thu, 25 Oct 18, 9:00pmBurning coal is the single largest contributor to global climate breakdown. Human rights violations at the sites of fossil fuel extraction are often hidden.
- No-deal Brexit could result in Northern Ireland blackouts, leaks reveal Thu, 27 Sep 18, 9:18pmResidents face drastic price rises and being cut off from Irish Republic’s electricity supplies, documents show
- Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels Fri, 13 Jul 18, 1:12amBill passed by parliament means more than €300m shares in coal, oil, peat and gas will be sold ‘as soon as practicable’
- Sleep beneath the Milky Way in these amazing Bubble Domes in Ireland Sat, 7 Apr 18, 2:00amWant to wake up in the great Irish outdoors without compromising comfort? These luxurious Bubble Domes at Finn Lough promise a cozy night beneath the stars with luxurious touches to boot...
- Sleep beneath the Milky Way in Bubble Domes in Ireland Fri, 6 Apr 18, 4:43pmWant to wake up in the great Irish outdoors without compromising comfort? These luxurious Bubble Domes at Finn Lough promise a cozy night beneath the stars with luxurious touches to boot...
- "This is unprecedented": Irish Minister of State for Flood Relief on tropical storm Ophelia Mon, 16 Oct 17, 11:14pmWhen you hear the word 'hurricane,' you probably don't think about Ireland. But Tropical Storm Ophelia, which has been downgraded from its status as a hurricane, is on a path towards the country, with warnings of high seas,...
- Researchers turn recycled aluminum foil into cheaper, eco-friendlier biofuels Tue, 1 Aug 17, 9:50pmDon't toss your bagel wrapper in the trash just yet; scientists at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland say they have discovered a way to turn used aluminum foil into a catalyst to create cheaper, eco-friendlier...
- Ireland set to ban fracking after both houses of Parliament pass bill Mon, 3 Jul 17, 11:38pmIreland is one signature away from banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. After the country's House of Representatives, the Dáil Éireann, passed a fracking ban the end of May, Ireland's Senate, the Seanad Éireann,...
- 2,000-year-old butter found in Irish bog is still edible Mon, 20 Jun 16, 11:56pmLong before the invention of refrigerators, ancient people found creative ways to keep their dairy products fresh. In parts of Ireland and Scotland, that sometimes involved burying mounds of butter in local bogs, where the...
- This tiny Irish pub on wheels wins St. Patrick’s Day Fri, 18 Mar 16, 4:21amMeet the next addition to your St. Patrick’s Day festivities – the cutest pub ever that gets around on wheels. The Shebeen started in Ireland in 2014, yet after popularity skyrocketed, one was brought to the United States,...
- Australia a bad neighbour to Pacific islands on climate, says former Irish president Wed, 16 Mar 16, 5:57pmMary Robinson says Australia must abandon fossil fuel-driven growth and contribute to poor countries’ development
- Irish government in row over passivhaus eco building regulations Wed, 17 Jun 15, 11:52pmLocal authority pushes for standard with high levels of insulation and ventilation, but Irish government says measure would slow construction of new homes