climate – Forest Friends Ireland

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Household Heating & Cooling

All about how to maximize the heating energy efficiency of your household and practical ways you can cut down on your energy bills and carbon footprint…

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Preamble

The term ‘Carbon Footprint’ was first coined in the early 2000’s by oil company British Petroleum in a fiendishly deceptive marketing campaign designed to…

Green Bee Bus Stop Roof Project

The green Bee Bus Stop Shelter project aims to protect and support biodiversity in all aspects. This is because it creates many additional opportunities to bring green spaces into the city. Unused areas are now being put to good use…

The Carbon Footprint

The carbon footprint is the amount of gas emissions released into the atmosphere with a direct impact on the Earth’s climate; these emissions are caused by human activity…

Heatwaves: Causes, Hazards, and Mitigation

With heatwaves occurring all across Europe this Summer, here at Forest Friends Ireland we thought we would dive into the causes and hazards of heatwaves, a brainstorm of possible mitigation strategies for current and future heatwaves, and a bevy of tips to keep in mind in order to stay cool this Summer…