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Peace Forest Project: Biodiversity Center

For various fuel categories, petrol, diesel, or electric, public transport vehicles are more environment-friendly alternatives compared to personal vehicles. If we consider a bus and a personal car, we will notice that per capita CO2 emission is much higher in the latter’s case. A BEIS (UK) report from 2019 shows that an average local bus emits 82g of CO2 whereas a petrol-driven car emits 180g per kilometer. Now if we add the number of people that the bus carries in contrast with that of multiple cars, the difference becomes astronomical…

Join the Fight Against Climate Change by Using Public Transport

For various fuel categories, petrol, diesel, or electric, public transport vehicles are more environment-friendly alternatives compared to personal vehicles. If we consider a bus and a personal car, we will notice that per capita CO2 emission is much higher in the latter’s case. A BEIS (UK) report from 2019 shows that an average local bus emits 82g of CO2 whereas a petrol-driven car emits 180g per kilometer. Now if we add the number of people that the bus carries in contrast with that of multiple cars, the difference becomes astronomical…

Alternatives to Oil: Overview

As we know, oil has an extremely harmful effect on the environment. Oil is an extremely destructive source of energy and in 2010, it was responsible for 36% of CO2 emissions. There are many alternatives to using oil as a source of energy, such as solar power, nuclear power, wind, water, and geothermal energy…

Glasnevin: Ireland’s National Cemetery

by Niamh Duffy 13/10/2021 Glasnevin Cemetery, located in the heart of County Dublin, has long been known as Ireland’s ‘National Cemetery’. The result of a campaign by Daniel O’Connell (‘The Liberator’), it was opened in 1832 in response to the restrictions imposed by the Penal Laws. Introduced in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries – butContinue reading “Glasnevin: Ireland’s National Cemetery”

Ogham: Ireland’s Written Past

Ogham – otherwise known as one of the earliest forms of written Irish – dates as far back as the fourth century, though some scholars believe it to be even older. Most examples of Ogham that have survived until the present day can be found inscribed into large standing stones (or ‘monoliths’), but it was also written down in manuscripts, particularly after the 6 the century AD…