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Good Energies Alliance Ireland (GEAI) is an environmental NGO founded in 2011 based in Leitrim. It wants a thriving and climate-resilient rural community, linking sustainability and well-being. It works to discuss the transition towards ecological sustainability, focusing on climate action and circular economy locally and nationally.
GEAI is also an European Solidarity Corps (ESC) coordinating organisation, hosting European volunteers in Ireland and acting as a supportive organisation for young Irish people who would like to volunteer abroad.
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Good Energies Alliance Ireland
Ballinaglera Community Hall
Ballinaglera, N41A2N8
County Leitrim
Press releases
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 […]
Anyone with knowledge of GEAI’s history knows that Public Submissions are an important part of the organization’s work. Participating in these consultations allows us to place the needs of rural communities on the political agenda, sheds light on our struggles, and uses our expertise to help drive sustainable transformation. This is not possible without involving […]
Wednesday June 15th is Global Wind Day. And to mark the importance of this day, Good Energies Alliance Ireland (GEAI) has published on its website its new Policy Statement on on-shore wind energy generation. As well as looking at wind generation benefits and concerns, the statement includes recommendations on the siting of on-shore windfarms and […]
Climate change is becoming more and more evident. The environment is suffering; our lifestyles are changing; forecasts for the future are dire if we continue to waste resources and let global warming continue. Action is essential! Good Energies Alliance Ireland (GEAI)’s volunteers delivered a programme of Climate Action sessions in May to the TY students […]
Everyone can take a part in appreciating and conserving our extraordinary biodiversity in County Leitrim! We have rivers and lakes, mountains and bogs, pasture and woodland – an amazing variation of habitats and a paradise for many of our native species of plants and animals. To celebrate our biodiversity and to raise awareness of it, […]
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 […]
Older Policy Submissions
Anyone with knowledge of GEAI’s history knows that Public Submissions are an important part of the organization’s work. Participating in these consultations allows us to place the needs of rural communities on the political agenda, sheds light on our struggles, and uses our expertise to help drive sustainable transformation. This is not possible without involving […]
Our recent submission to the NWRA concerning their Regional Spatial Strategy, has been hard-hitting concerning the report’s lack of emphasis of Climate Change and the urgency of responding to it. Once again, serious climate change commitments are lacking at regional as well as national levels. Climate change is real and is happening right now and […]
Last September a public consultation on the National Adaptation Framework on climate change was launched by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and we, at GEAI, submitted our opinion, making thirty-seven recommendations. The document gave a fairly comprehensive overview of the projected impacts of climate change in Ireland d illustrated the governance process […]
We at GEAI responded to the public consultation on the Design of a new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) launched the 04th of September 2017 by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. The consultation document contains an economic assessment of a new RESS in Ireland followed by an assessment on how to increase […]