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    Where Should the Woodlands Go?

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Posted on December 16, 2019July 2, 2020

Without Legal Definitions we are Doomed to Greenwashed Marketing Nonsense

Without legally enforceable definitions of terms like “recyclable”, “eco-friendly”, and “biodegradable” we will see a never ending stream of greenwashing advertising selling us the exact same product they have always…

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Posted on November 11, 2019

Where Should the Woodlands Go?

For a few years now I’ve been half-begun on a project to help identify key strategic locations for woodland restoration. I’ve spoken about native Irish woodlands, their tiny fragmented remains,…

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Posted on October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Redefining Recovery for #WorldMentalHealthDay

Today is World Mental Health Day and this is a blog post I first wrote most of on this day two years ago and then deleted, feeling that it was…

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Posted on September 3, 2019September 6, 2019

Less Loveable Lifeforms Like Me

Celebrate saving the less charismatic Write odes to plankton, snail and flies, Our love of birds and mammals may be automatic, But we struggle to value lichen in our lives.…

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Posted on August 24, 2019June 17, 2020

Do Fantasy Writers Think Irish is Discount Elvish?

A popular cousin of the “terrible English accent by an American actor in a fantasy movie” is the “this elvish thing is kinda Irish but only whatever I remember about…

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Posted on August 24, 2019September 3, 2019

An gCeapann Údair Fantaisíocht Nach Bhfuil sa Ghaeilge ach “Elvish” Lascainithe

Tá gaol gairid idir an t-aisteoir Meiriceánach a chuireann blas Sasanach air féin i scannán fantaisíochta agus an scríbhneoir a deir leis féin “is Gaeilge de shaghas éigin í an…

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Posted on August 22, 2019July 14, 2020

Watch It Burn

I have always watched fires burn. As a child, playing with matches Older, piling the wood in the grate better than my dad Later as a circus performer until my…

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Posted on July 2, 2019July 14, 2020

Advice for Girls Burnt as Witches in Past Lives

Advice for girls who wake up smelling smoke: the fire isn’t lit yet, And if they come to take you to the pyre scratch every bit of them you can…

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