Coronavirus: Birdsong seems louder and the ravens are more relaxed
Lockdown enabling people to engage with ‘calm and quiet’ natural world
‘Reality must take precedence over public relations for nature cannot be fooled’
The next election is likely to be the greenest yet, with the Irish electorate demanding solutions to environmental crises
Climate change is being talked about in pubs. Is a shift occurring?
Extinction Rebellion isn’t trying to save the planet, it’s trying to save the people
Conservation can kill our melancholia for dying species
Cartoonised owls no replacement for creatures more vital to ecosystem than we know
Searching for carbon-neutral heaven in a world hellbent on waste
We feel guilty about the environment while governments shamelessly ignore the signs
Money for taking care of the environment does not grow on trees
The amount the Government is currently spending on maintaining nature is pitiful
Ireland’s biodiversity needs intensive care
Earth’s organs are showing signs of failure and the prognosis could not be more serious
Normality in the Anthropocene
If abnormal change in current geological era is human-driven, is it natural?
Small is beautiful: Let’s hear it for insects
They pollinate our crops and break down waste but we have very little data on them
Explaining environmentalism to a taxi driver, in three miles or less
Environmentalists are often accused of being anti-progress or anti-development
Murmurations of starlings can give us all a lift in dark January
As the natural world declines in parts, evening displays of flocking birds can make hearts sing
Grim times: Don’t expect science to save the planet
Cynics might rename WWF's Living Planet Report the Dying Planet Report
The sound of climate change is silent inaction
We evolved to respond to fast-moving threats, not quantitative slow boils
Are we worried about the wrong plastic?
Microplastics from terrestrial environments could comprise up to 30% of ocean plastics
The importance of a good hedgerow
The growing public interest in the ecological health of our landscapes is cause for hope
What is sustainable, anyway?
A term bandied about with alarming regularity, but its meaning is less than clear
Biodiversity loss: the biggest crisis you’ve probably never heard of
Biodiversity has met our needs in such an artful and apparently subtle way that we haven’t really noticed the true extent of our dependence
If we need plants, and plants need pollinators, we need pollinators too
75 per cent of food crop species need pollination to maximise output
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