UL Enviro Soc

National award winning society #MakingRealChange - Online Portfolio 2018/2019: - Email: [email protected]

[University Of Limerick @UL]

Up to 60% of our plastic waste is being exported, incinerated or dumped in landfill & as little as 33% of plastic packaging is recycled in Ireland

This is the subject of one of our Sustainability Challenge winners who are seeking to reduce plastic waste:
https://t.co/ntQIXiUvhU

[UL Enviro Soc @ULEnviroSoc]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/VgaWbsifRR

[Irish Wildlife Trust @Irishwildlife]

This Friday lunchtime we are holding a special webinar with representatives of the European Commission on the proposed Nature Restoration Law.

Registration is free:
https://t.co/JhJr4qg00T

[UL Enviro Soc @ULEnviroSoc]

Just posted a photo @ Kemmy Business School https://t.co/xwxWKM5O5n

[Karan Deep Singh @Karan_Singhs]

Something magical is happening in Nepal: Its “trees are coming back.”

Whoa, what? I promise to explain (and hopefully entertain) in this thread 🌳

https://t.co/JeHiWpOXg9

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

France is not fucking around

New legislation demands all *existing* carparks with 80 or more spaces must install a solar roof (in 3-5 years)

This could generate up to 11 gigawatts, which is the equivalent of 10 nuclear reactors

https://t.co/J1yrYFQxFU

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Marvelous #map shows the waterways of #Ireland. Love how they were made to look a bit like lighting to. Pretty map! Source: https://t.co/LYCd8p03EO

[Limk City Tidy Town @LmkTidyTown]

Huge thanks to the 70 plus team of volunteers from @Regeneron who litter-picked in the city this morning, especially those who tackled the Dock Road. Well done all! 👏👏

[UL Enviro Soc @ULEnviroSoc]

Powering the servers to hold each dusty email that you'll never read again costs .3G of carbon per email.

This is .03 KWH, equivalent energy to a high definition TV being left on for two hours.

[UL Enviro Soc @ULEnviroSoc]

KILL SPAM NOT TREES!

Reduce power consumption by deleting emails!

We'll be next to Starbucks tomorrow from 10-4 if you have any questions, with some goodies to sweeten the deal.

Prizes for one random lucky winner, AND our biggest deleter will get a 50€ one4all gift card!

[UL Enviro Soc @ULEnviroSoc]

#ul#ulcampus#psu#ulstudentlife#environmental#envirosoc#energy#cleanenergy
https://t.co/EgNUW6OKiJ

[Food Nature Climate @FNCDialogue]

🚨NEW #LandGapReport: Over-reliance on land based carbon removals could negatively impact ecosystems, land rights and #FoodSecurity. A new land area equivalent to 50% of the world’s croplands would be needed for current government climate plans.

https://t.co/hWd7uou9fC

#LGR2022

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Shenzen is the first city in the world to all its public transportation electric. 16,000 buses, 20,000 taxis all without combustion engines. Who's next?

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#Climate #Energy #Evs #renewables #GreenNewDeal

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and help fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki is taking his idea global.

We have so many solutions. Let's stop the delays and implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #forests #nature

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

"A cruise ship's emissions are the same as 1 million cars" - Just remember that the next time someone tells you they're going for a cruise Holiday.

[Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins]

Want a simple summary of the state of knowledge about our changing climate?

The @IPCC_CH has produced a ‘summary for all’ from one of their recent assessment reports.

https://t.co/JOdwnu1e69

[Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps]

South America more extreme than ever;the coldest ever seen in November in the tropics.
Paraguay set a new November national record low with 2.8C at Pozo Hondo. Asuncion 8.0C also new record.
In the Amazons,13C at Cobija Bolivia 11S, 17C at Iquitos in Peru near the equator.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

It's not just that many "compostable" bioplastics don't compost as they should. Most are likely to be more environmentally damaging than the fossil fuel plastics they replace.🧵

[UL Enviro Soc @ULEnviroSoc]

Our weekly meeting in KBG-13 is on tonight! Come down at 6pm and see what we're going to be doing this semester, join in, make a difference - and have a nice chat and some craic 😊✨️