A great summer and busy September!

What a really great and warm summer we had in Ireland! Yes, we enjoyed ourselves but climate action is never-ending and we were still active during the summer.
In July, we sent two young EVS volunteers from Leitrim to Greece for the month to work in a forest to try to keep it safe from forest fires. [...]

"Good Energies 2020" - main focus of the coming year

September brought a new start to “Good Energies 2020”, our Strategic EVS project funded by Erasmus+. This project will use the enthusiasm and skills of our EVS volunteers to contribute to our work in combating climate change, empowering young people to tackle climate change and to become climate leaders in their communities. [...]

Video summary of our Powerful Communities Conference

We are pleased to present a short video on the Powerful Communities Conference, held at IT Sligo last June 15th.
The video shows an overview of the speakers and their presentations, plus some scenes from the round tables. [...]

Celebrating the 17 Global SDGs

The United Nations General Assembly set the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (or SDGs) in 2015. These 17 goals are a universal plan of action for the world to achieve by 2030. They aim to fight against poverty, climate change, inequalities, hunger, water pollution, etc.

This event in Dublin celebrated the adoption of the SDGs and promoted the promise of “Leave No One Behind”. [...]

New GEAI Volunteer

Links to interesting reports

• 45 Inspiring Stories Celebrating Ireland's 45 Years of EU Membership (article about GEAI - p.10)
• Urban October - World Habitat Day - UN Event Tool Kit
• Renewables 2018 - Global Status Report
• Behavioural insights on energy efficiency in the residential sector
• Energy-Related CO2 Emissions in Ireland - 2018 Report
• Environmental Performance Index 2018
• Launch of the Report on Climate Change and Sustainability in the Agriculture and Food Sectors - 12 July 2018
• Coalition 2030 for Sustainable Development