Nov 4, 2022 | Call to action, Climate Crisis, GEAI Volunteers, Good practices
Agrivoltaics – Integrating solar panels in active farms In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in agrivoltaics, or the integration of solar panels on active farms. This strategy aims to address competition for land by integrating solar panels on...
May 6, 2022 | News, Uncategorised
Plant diversity and climate change Conserving and promoting plant diversity plays an important role in limiting global warming. Global climate change is mediated from a precious resource: the soil organic carbon. Plant diversity generally increases the absorbtion of...
Apr 29, 2022 | GEAI Volunteers, Local news, News
GEAI is based in a particular rural region of Ireland, with an extensive agriculture sector. On Tuesday, 12th of April, Bridget Murphy, one of GEAI’s director presented at the Ballinaglera Community Hall a workshop on Agroecology and its’ role in climate action....
Jun 11, 2021 | GEAI Volunteers, Good practices, News
There has been a lot of interest in the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) for a whole year now. The discussion involves politicians and academics, and also activists of the #WithdrawTheCAP movement. These activists have raised more than 71.000 signatures with a...
Jun 3, 2021 | Good practices, News
As I’m continuing my research on peatlands and their restoration, I had an opportunity to have a conversation with Niall O’Brolchain. He is a researcher from NUI, also involved with the policy development of paludiculture in Europe. We have already unpacked the...
