By Timothy Snyder. 19 September 2023 Thanking Ukrainians, For these ten things, from security to freedom Today the Ukrainian president visits to thank Americans for our support. The right kind of hospitality would be to thank […]
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After a busy Week 1 and a weekend of rest we were ready to jump straight back into Week 2. As we were more familiar with our facilities and the structure of our workshops we began […]
Over the last number of years, tonnes of ground-breaking documentaries have been released to teach us about how to look after our beautiful world in the midst of climate change and other world issues. From docu-series […]
Intro Wild salmon feature across multiple cultures over thousands of years. In Irish folklore and mythology we see the ‘Salmon of Knowledge’ and Native Nations of the Pacific Northwest define themselves as Salmon People. In our […]
There are many ways food impacts our planet, from its journey and the associated emissions to our food choices. Additionally, food waste is a major issue in virtually every country. According to Our World in Data, food […]
Did you know that you can recycle one of the most consumed polluting products? I first heard about this campaign 2 years ago at an eco-friendly event in Argentina. The idea started with a group of […]
10 easy ways to make your Garden Biodiversity Friendly Before we get into the many ways you can make your garden more biodiversity friendly, let’s discuss what biodiversity actually is. Biodiversity essentially refers to the variety […]
Keeping in touch has always been upper most on our minds when our lived ones have been far away for periods of time and when we are not in a position to meet up with them […]
We are watching our planet be continuously wounded. The effects of climate change are no secret. Droughts, bushfires, storms, floods and other various weather events are well known. We see them on the news, social media […]
The latest victims of the Covid 19 pandemic are innocent animals, Mink in Denmark. Scientists recently discovered a mutated form of the virus in Mink on several farms. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen delared that the mutated […]
Are dams a good or bad idea? Dams continue to be built in areas of Asia, Africa and South America. Yet, they are being torn down in other parts of the world like in western Europe […]
Climate change has already displaced thousands of individuals. It is no surprise that the coming decades could see a vast increase in the number of people who are forced out of their homes as a result […]
What are ecobricks? Have you ever heard of ecobricks? I hadn’t until I was listening to the Climate Queens podcast in the episode ‘Good news only’. I would highly recommend this if you are looking for […]
The Reef Mauritius lies in the Indian Ocean about 500 miles off the East coast of Madagascar. It is volcanic in origin and is almost completely surrounded by beautiful coral reefs and mangroves along the shoreline. […]
Parabens, petrolatum, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) & Coal Tar are common harmful ingredients added to our everyday products.
There’s a dark side beyond your favourite chocolate, child slavery. Children are forced to work for 12 hours in cruel conditions and danger..
Bats hold so much importance for our lives through insect pest predation, pollination, and the potential for immortality!
Try and buy less, focus more on DIY products, always ask questions when you shop for sustainable products and find out more about the company
What does a quieter world mean for wildlife? As life for many of us across the globe slowed down due to lockdowns as a result of Covid 19, it makes us wonder how was our environment […]
Sustainable fashion brands in Ireland: Lucy and Yak, Pact, Eileen Fisher, Bogman Beanies, Fresh Cuts Clothing...
Bees pollinate 30% of the world’s crops and 90% of the world’s wild plants! We rely so heavily on bees that if they were to go extinct, we would soon follow.
The calamity happened after a huge fire lit up the skies at the Port of Beirut, which lies on the capital's northern coast of the Mediterranean sea.
In this article, we are going to talk about how you can be more sustainable with your wardrobe and one way to do that is to purchase fabrics & materials that are sustainable.
With all that is currently going on and covid-19 restrictions, we cannot follow through with our usual summer plans of going far away for a couple weeks.
The Covid-19 pandemic has provided fresh impetus to land grabbers felling large parts of the forests while lockdowns have been keeping law enforcement officers in their homes.
Human emissions are a significant contributor to this warming and as the ice-rich permafrost starts to melt and collapse not only in Newtok but all over the Artic, billions of tons of methane and carbon dioxide are being released into the atmosphere which were once locked in the ice.
According to Dog Control Statistics, in Ireland, the figure of dogs being destroyed in pounds decreased from 916 in 2017 to 725 in 2018.
Now more than ever we need to start asking the question of what can WE do? We ALL can do something starting with changing things up a little, just one day a week.
The reality is that the livestock industry produces more greenhouse gas emissions than cars, planes, trains and ships combined.
I’m sure we all do our quarterly clean out of our wardrobes and discover we have quite a few clothes we no longer wear. They probably go into a large bin bag for either charity shop donation or to the bin. Fast fashion has a huge impact on our environment.
There are rats being trained by an organisation called APOPO which is based in Tanzania that are saving the lives of many. They are Hero Rats.
The first thing we think of when trying to be more sustainable regarding coffee is our trusty re-usable coffee cup. Yes, this is important, but there is so much more to consider about your delicious caffeinated drink than just the cup it is contained in.
It is estimated that one million pangolins have been hunted in the last decade. Their meat is considered a delicacy and their scales are expensive to purchase therefore are a status symbol that only the wealthy can afford. These shy creatures’ main threat is illegal poaching and trafficking.
The world of cruelty-free products can be a daunting one to enter as it is not always easy to tell off first glance which brands are and are not cruelty-free. Not every brand will have it […]
Are you on the journey to reduce your environmental impact? Here are some simple buys to make your home more Eco friendly:
The Moringa tree, widely used in the Philippines is a small, scraggly tree with the most amazing nutritional and medicinal benefits. It grows well in arid, sub-tropical areas and has multiple uses in cooking, cosmetics and […]
A singular church bell tolls as a lonely warning in the small village of Eyam in the northern Derbyshire dales, warning of the arrival of an unwelcome guest. The year was 1665 and a flea-infested bundle of […]
The purpose of a compost is to nourish the soil in order to grow plants and food more efficiently. The modern gardens after the 2nd World War have been losing nutrients due to the simple structure […]
Eighty years ago, the world faced the greatest war of all time and it is somewhat similar to our situation today. Yes, these are unusual times we are living in. Although viruses have come and gone […]
In January 2020, I was lucky enough to start the year off volunteering for the month in the Seychelles. I spent this time on Cousin Island which is a Special Nature Reserve. Here I took part […]
The food we eat every day has a high cost on our environment, as the soil gets depleted by highly controlled non-stop agriculture trying to supply food for billions of people and livestock. The main crops […]
Ever felt vulnerable, subjugated, unable to act, anxious almost all the time? Now ask yourself how does that feel? All of a sudden you are spat into a game of life you have little or no […]
I recently arrived back in the Old Sod to find a changed set of circumstances. It seemed like everyone and their Mother were on full alert for the expected and imminent arrival of the indiscriminant and […]
The Corona Virus is causing untold misery, sickness, death and isolation in every country on the planet. And the worst is yet to come. This is the clearest, starkest message to date that not all is […]
The rich and the poor, the leaders and the ordinary people, the powerful and the weak, those with influence and those that speak quietly, the entitled and the trodden; the gulf is widening and it’s not in a positive direction
A dry, cold Sunday morning and the Southside Sunday Strollers assembled at the Garden of Remembrance at the top of O’Connell Street. Our tour guide, Eoin Sheehan took us through the streets of Dublin, sharing so […]
We are delighted and proud that World Snooker Champion Ken Doherty has joined Ripplezoo as a Brand Ambassador for Our Beautiful World cause, something close to his heart, and so important to promote, given the challenges […]
By Enrico Granara, Italian Senior Official, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) On October 10th in Barcelona, at a meeting of the Regional Forum of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Union of the Mediterranean, a report […]
Why do we cut our grass? The short answer is that we think it makes our gardens look neat and respectable. What would the neighbours think if our grass was long and full of weeds? What […]
Plastics are the most common man-made objects sighted at sea, with 18,000 pieces of plastic litter floating on every square kilometre of the world’s oceans! Six million tonnes of debris enters the world’s oceans every year, […]
At least 8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans each year. That’s similar to emptying a garbage truck of plastic into an ocean every minute. We went on our weekly Beach Cleanup to help reduce […]
Shoppers worldwide are using approximately 500 billion single-use plastic bags per year. This translates to about a million bags every minute across the globe, or 150 bags a year for every person on earth. And the […]
First Published in the UCD College Tribune Humans have an incredibly extensive waste problem. Right now, most of that waste is sent to landfills where it takes up space for thousands of years, leaching harmful chemicals and […]
With more than 150 million tonnes of plastic estimated to be in the world’s oceans right now, we here at RippleZoo have recently started our weekly Beach Clean Up campaign. This week our friend Finola, joined […]
Two RippleZoo members, Kamila and James, visited Sandymount beach in Dublin, in order to begin our new initiative: a beach clean up! Did you know that about 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the sea every […]
Bali ranks as the second in the world (after China) for dumping plastic into the sea. From 8 million tons of plastic that is being thrown into oceans worldwide each year, 16 percent comes from Indonesia. […]
When we think of endangered animals we tend to think of larger animals such as the giant panda or the tiger, but there is one small and vulnerable animal which is often overlooked in this regard; […]
Albanian police rescued malnourished and sick animals from the “zoo-hell” in Fier, southwest of the country just a day after Daily Mail reported on their plight. Pictures taken anonymously by a photographer showed a skinny-looking lion […]
Delhi authorities are beginning an “emergency plan of action” to tackle the growing air pollution, reports NDTV. According to the data, the air quality in the capital showed a significant decline over the past week. Moreover, […]
Aizhana Danabekova | 10 Oct 2018, 12:00 pm The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that if global warming continues at its current rate, the global temperature can rise by 1.5 C between 2030 and […]
In New Zealand, a man has been jailed for 14 days and fined $2,500 for poisoning 406 eagles. Murray James Silvester, a 59-years-old farm worker, admitted that he killed the birds from October 2016 to April […]
The environment in which we live has a significant impact on our general health, studies have shown, and with increased levels of both waste and air pollution within Europe and indeed, throughout the world, it is […]
This week Ikea showed its last plastic straw in a display at London Design Museum after it refused to sell the items in any of its UK and Ireland stores, restaurants and bistros. The company wants […]
The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,200. However, Joko Widodo, the head of state cannot give the exact number of the dead. […]
According to an analysis of satellite imagery, the Chinese government is building hundreds of new coal-fired plants. The pictures have been compared and overlooked by green campaigners CoalSwarm. In the study, it was used satellite photos […]
Aizhana Danabekova | 20 Sep 2018, 07:00 am Orca or killer whales are now in trouble due to toxic chemical pollution in the environment. According to a new study, in spite of that 40 years ago, […]
In Chernobyl, an elk was pulled from a radioactive lake, the Kyiv police reports. According to the report, the animal was in a contaminated reservoir between the fourth and fifth power units of the Chernobyl Nuclear […]
In South Africa, two lion cubs were born via non-surgical artificial insemination, using fresh semen collected from an adult male lion. These are the first ever lion cubs to be born using artificial insemination. The lion […]
Tami, the oldest hippopotamus in captivity, passed away last week at the age of 59 in her sleep at Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo, announced the zoo. She died at advanced age, surrounded by lots of love and […]
The European Union can be seen to be one of the largest producers of factory farmed fur in the world as fur is farmed, designed, manufactured and sold throughout Europe. Although fur farms continuously claim that […]
Jakarta, one of the largest cities on the planet and the capital of Indonesia, goes underwater at a speed of 20-25 cm per year – faster than any other city in the world. For comparison, Venice […]
Scientists are warning that even if all the conditions of the Paris Agreement on Climate are met, the average temperature of the Earth would be higher than pre-industrial level. As a result, the Planet may lead […]
The officially protected dunes, near the Scottish city of Aberdeen, have been partially destroyed during the construction of the current US President Donald Trump’s golf club, reports AP news. It is also informed in the Scottish […]
The European cosmetics and personal care market was valued at 77.6 billion euros in retail sales in 2017, making it the largest in the world. This industry provides over 2 million jobs across Europe, but just […]
Havalur Hf, an Icelandic whaling company, started haunting whales and killed a rare blue hybrid. This was reported by animal rights campaigners Hard To Port who also published photos of the whale being landed and cut […]
Today, the largest coffee company states that it will refuse to use disposable plastic tubing in more than 28,000 coffee shops by making lids without tubes. This step will allow abandoning the use of more than […]
A team of scientists discovered a hybrid animal off the coast of Hawaii. A new report by Cascadia Research Collective confirms that they did, and the new marine creature is the result of the merger of […]