The Zero Waste Blog

global participation in climate change protests Nothing matters. Nothing really matters. Nil, nada, nothing, zero!. Zero Waste living within a circular economy is fundamental to tackling climate change and environmental degradation. So actions matter. Zero, ie. no Waste of our resources, our energy, our food and our time. Proper use of our planet’s resources will limit the wasteful excesses that have accumulated around us. We need to stop setting new goals, making new plans

EPA climate pollution data – the trend is going the wrong way. The latest climate warning, backed by data, from the EPA says in no uncertain terms that  Ireland will miss its 2020 climate pollution target by 19 percentage points.  This is the cumulative impact of over 20 years of lip service but inaction from successive Governments on our climate change mitigation obligations. We are in a serious deficit situation and without new policies (and urgent actions to put them into

Time to vent your thoughts on Climate Change? No one hears your thoughts on the environment unless you make them known. So now you have a chance to let the Government know, through the Citizens assembly. We’ve had too much green washing and too little action by Governments in Ireland over the past decade to help us fight climate change and this is a time to let them know how frustrated we are about it. The Citizens Assembly submissions process on “How the State can make Irela