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This March, GEAI brought Climate Action Days to schools in Carrick-on-Shannon and Drumshanbo, helping students explore the climate crisis in a way that felt practical and fun. The programme unfolded over three sessions: two classroom workshops and a field trip to Tommy Early’s Farm. Along the way, students tackled big topics like fast fashion, food […]
Hi, it is Liv again, the German volunteer of GEAI, reporting live from the mural project we launched in the past few months. Initiated was the project by our former director Mary and it was about designing a mural for the Transition Year of the Lough Allen College in Drumkeeran and building it reusing plastic […]
In our recent series of sessions with the Transition Year class from Carrick-on-Shannon Community School, we embarked on a transformative journey through the intricate landscapes of climate change, energy, and biodiversity. It was an enlightening exploration filled with curiosity, discovery, and a shared commitment to environmental stewardship. Here’s a glimpse into our enriching experience: Session […]
Over the past months, our organisation has had the privilege of embarking on a transformative journey with a group of Transition Year students from Lough Allen College, exploring the interconnected issues of climate change, water quality, and environmental stewardship. From lively discussions to hands-on experiences, each session offered a unique opportunity to delve deeper into […]
Montbretia in Ireland: Troublesome Beauty Montbretia (Crocosmia X crocosmiflora) is an invasive perennial plant originating from underground corms. It is a horticultural hybrid developed in France during the 1880s by crossing two South African Crocosmia species for ornamental purposes. Since its creation, Montbretia has escaped into the wild and rapidly spread throughout Europe in the […]
On May 25th we hosted a very successful Biodiversity Day in our community hall in Ballinaglera to raise awareness on the state of biodiversity in Leitrim. One of the main purposes of this event was to share the results of the study conducted by ecologist Heather Bothwell on the biodiversity found in the nearby high […]
One of the most important activities that we as an organisation commit to is spreading climate change awareness among the younger generations, this is fundamental in order to improve their understanding of an issue that will have major impacts on their lives in the future, and for which, in order to tackle it, they will […]
Nick, our Climate Ambassador and Cróga man, gave a Climate Ambassador talk reporting on GEAI Cróga grassroots initiative. Nick was offcially appointed An Taisce Climate Ambassador at the start of 2020, when he was still part of our Erasmus+ team, and is still carrying on his mission nowadays as GEAI’s Development & Research Officer. Climate […]
A perspective from Leitrim Premise: the Cróga initiative In December 2019, Good Energies Alliance Ireland published the first county-based carbon inventory report of its kind, choosing County Leitrim as the setting. This was the result of six months of work by a team of young European researchers, all volunteers. The study coincides with Phase 1 […]
That was the question a team of young European researchers hosted by Good Energies Alliance Ireland (GEAI) spent six months working to answer. In December, the team produced the first Irish county-based carbon inventory report of its kind, the Leitrim Cróga Report. (Cróga means “brave”) “The answer to that question is – it’s complicated!” said […]
How can Leitrim reduce its emissions to become carbon neutral by 2030? This question will be discussed at the Leitrim Cróga Climate Dialogue Session in the Bush Hotel on Thursday 20th February at 7pm. The GEAI Cróga report launched last December looked at how much an area such as Leitrim emits carbon dioxide and other […]
