Article by Richard Tol in the Irish Times suggests that household self-installation of water meters is a preferable option over government installed meters outside private properties…. THE GOVERNMENT aims to create a national water utility to in…
Survey shows 69% say it’s likely scientists have falsified global warming research according to a recent US poll. Not sure how much Irish public opinion would reflect these findings but I suspect we’ve a long way to go to build trust in the robust…
Interesting iphone application developed by IBM to enable public to monitor quality of their water bodies. One example of the potential of social media and phone applications to harness people power in the collection of environmental data and to e…
I suspect today’s kids are too savvy to be interested in the ‘hoot’ character in this video…interesting to see how approaches to marketing good environmental behaviour have changed over time!
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Photoessay documenting the difficulty of accessing water for the Turkanas in Kenya due to climate change http://gu.com/p/2at3v
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Dublin City Council has warned that water levels are now below optimum and is appealing to families to conserve water. more The amount of water currently in Poulaphouca, the city’s largest reservoir, is enough for 114 days, as opposed to 154 days …
In keeping with the broad theme of water issues, the ‘Silent Evolution’ is an inspired underwater installation…The people in “The Silent Evolution” were created from live casts of a wide sample of people, most of them locals—including Lucky, a M…
Mr Phil Hogan TD, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, has announced the publication of the first review of the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012. The €350m investment (EU co-funded under the BMW Regional OP 20…
