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Featured Blog Posts – February 2014 Archive (8)

Open Day at Mud and Wood

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Added by marian farrell on February 17, 2014 at 8:02 — No Comments

Economic Growth is a substitute for Equality of Income!

We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. “Enough Is Enough” lays out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth—an economy where the goal is enough, not more.

http://www.positivemoney.org/2014/01/enough-enough-full-film/

Added by marian farrell on February 16, 2014 at 19:37 — No Comments

Biodiversity Events in February

Bat Box Event

Friday 14^th February 11:00

Ballyarnet Country Park

The NI Bat Group will install new bat homes at Ballyarnet Country Park, as part of a regional campaign across Northern Ireland, to provide habitats for this European Protected Species. For…

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Added by marian farrell on February 11, 2014 at 20:00 — No Comments

How Law Can Save the World: Eradicating Ecocide Talk by Polly Higgins in Belfast

How Law Can Save the World: Eradicating Ecocide by Polly Higgins

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

In 2010 Polly Higgins proposed to the United Nations a law that will create a legal duty of care on all nations to…

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Added by marian farrell on February 2, 2014 at 20:30 — No Comments

The beginning of fracking in NI?

If you are concerned about planning permission being granted for exploratory drilling around Lough Neagh, please sign the FOE petition below which calls on David Cameron to say NO to…

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Added by marian farrell on February 2, 2014 at 16:30 — No Comments

FOE Make it Better Campaign

http://foe.co.uk/what_we_do/make_it_better_about_37804.html

About Make It Better

The Make It Better campaign is all about improving the way that our products are made.

The products we love - from our smartphones to our perfect cup of tea - have devastating impacts all over the world.

With…

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Added by marian farrell on February 2, 2014 at 16:30 — No Comments

Prehen Woods Planning Appeal - support needed

Dear friends

Just to let you know that because the promised independent review of the Prehen Woods case has not yet been conducted, we have been lobbying to get the proposed Planning Appeals Commission appeal suspended or postponed. Initially there were some indications that this might happen, but as we have not yet had confirmation of a suspension or postponement of the appeal we think that it would be wise for everyone to prepare their statements in support of the revocation of…

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Added by marian farrell on February 2, 2014 at 16:24 — No Comments