Ireland Against Ecocide

Ecocide is criminalized human activity that violates the principles of environmental justice, by substantially damaging or destroying ecosystems.

[Ireland Against Ecocide @IEcocide]

Rialtas na hÉireann: The Government of Ireland: Ireland should support the recognition of Ecocide as an International Crime at the ICC - Please Sign the Petition! https://t.co/AXhoTnWVBf via @Change

[Ireland Against Ecocide @IEcocide]

@cecas_ie https://t.co/qRZw2v2gdf

[Ireland Against Ecocide @IEcocide]

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[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

Looking forward to the politicians in favour of turf burning ("sure it's only a few aul sods") now taking responsibility for heart disease, respiratory illness, diabetes, dementia, Parkinson’s & asthma it exacerbates

Yeah, right.

https://t.co/VYL44MqtfI

[Ireland Against Ecocide @IEcocide]

@brianmlucey @whittledaway Brian you should read Padraig’s book “whittled Away” . He has been fighting this corner for eons!

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

This article contains the names and photos of people openly breaking the law by mining turf in Special Areas of Conservation. And Mouds Bog is not unique. The state has shown no willingness to act on this.

https://t.co/J3SkUjRxbV

[Katie Holten | Language of Trees🌳 | CRISIS 🇵🇸 @katieholten]

Thank you to everyone who joined our zoom on #RightsofNature on the island of Ireland. Special thanks to our speakers @ValerieCabanes, @JamesAOrr, Oscar Mooney & Melina Sharp. The response was overwhelming. We will speak for the trees & bogs!
WATCH here: https://t.co/979rBLg0Zk

[Ireland Against Ecocide @IEcocide]

World's Freshwater Ecosystems Contaminated With Salt Pollution Despite Government Guidelines - EcoWatch https://t.co/EUGyFgZppj

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[Green European Journal @GreenEUJournal]

A ground-breaking movement is calling for the recognition of the inherent rights of nature and non-human species. 🌱

Here's what the movement entails and why we need to rethink our relationship with the planet and those we share it with. 👇🏼

In full: https://t.co/Wt1qLNXfOx

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

These brilliant threads, from Eoghan Daltun @IrishRainforest on the @IrelandsFarmers twitter account are essential reading for anyone who cares about the past, present & future of our precious native landscapes.

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

This year will mark 60 years since the publication of Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring', 50 years since the publication of 'The Limits to Growth' and 30 years since the Rio Earth Summit ⏰

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

What exactly is logic of building a new city in the Dublin docklands when sea level rise will see entire area flooded & eventually submerged this century?

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

Bad news on the TB front as herd incidence rates are once again rising. TB now heavily associated with dairy expansion. Cost to taxpayer in 2021 = €105 million.

Farming reps only want to talk about wildlife despite decades of culling. This position is no longer tenable. 1/2

[Paddy Woodworth @PaddyWoodworth]

Up on the ridge, I stood mesmerised for many minutes while dozens of big raptors weaved in and out of the tree tops, perching, taking off, perching again. I was very happy, as much because of the love local people feel for our wildlife as because of the birds themselves

[Paddy Woodworth @PaddyWoodworth]

To get there, I needed to ask if I could park outside a small workshop and, over hammering and banging, a mechanic's eyes lit up when I explained why I was there. 'Aren't they fabulous?' he said of the kites. 'Go on, park and go while you have the light with you.'

[Paddy Woodworth @PaddyWoodworth]

Yesterday a farmer I didn't know found me on his land, and said immediately I was welcome to look for a new (to me) kite roost. He had seen 70 settle down in his trees, he told me with pride. He suggested a better route, also across his land.

[Ireland Against Ecocide @IEcocide]

@think_or_swim This is ecocide really. May not look like it, nor currently be unlawful but it is ‘wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts’

[Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway]

Staggering really that over €100 million of public money is spent annually on a TB industry (more than the budget of the EPA) that cruelly slaughters thousands of badgers - you'd imagine there'd be more of an outcry

[Climate Central @ClimateCentral]

“We don't get couple of inches of snow; we get 18 inches all at once and then it's 70 degrees again. We don't get couple of inches of rain; we get 12-inch downpour in 24 hours. That's devastating to a vegetable farm.” https://t.co/JkMJlR88sS @stlpublicradio #ClimateCentral