Blogs & Ecology

The EU's plan to finalize an Association Agreement with Ukraine in 2009 was made public at the EU-Ukraine Summit in Paris on Sept. 9. The media and bloggers greeted it with mixed reactions.

As I had mentioned back in August, YouTube and The Pulitzer Center have launched Project: Report, a contest for aspiring journalists and now the full rules and instructions are up. The contest and awards are limited to participants who are legal residents of countries where YouTube is officially launched: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, Spain, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), and the fifty United States and District of Columbia.

Protester Risks Life to Stop Pipeline
TreeHugger has asked before how far people should go when protesting - from tree sitters to naked bike riders, folks are often willing to go to extremes to make sure the...

Imagine you're drunk. Toasted. No way you're driving home. Too far to walk. No cash in your pocket, and the ATM card's back at home. Then you see it. This little green bug of a vehicle, pulling up to you, and someone says, "Need a lift? We don't charge."

"Who are these people and what do they want?" you think. Or did you say that out loud? They proceed to tell you that they're from Eco Cabs, a company that is providing these emissions free cabs, for free, courtesy the sponsor enveloping their vehicle, 7UP in this case.

photos courtesy of Marine Current Turbines

We’ve reported a couple of times on the progress of SeaGen tidal power turbine project in Northern Ireland, most recently on the project’s installation.

Tuath Na Mara (Longhouse), Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal, Ireland. MacGabhann Architects

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Two projects from this Irish designer. First above the Nunan House addition. More under the fold.

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BBC's Mark Mardell writes about the fate of the Lisbon Treaty - and “Plan ‘B'” that's currently “kept under wraps in Prague.”

Chris de Burgh,famous Irish singer, has performed a song with Aryan band from Iran.

Michael Kelly is an Irishman looking for what really matters. Trading Paces follows his path from a high paid job in IT sales, to a low paid job in freelance writing. Along the way, he finds himself falling in love with a life filled with vegetables, hens, pigs, and a leaky roof cottage out in the country. Realizing you don't need to be a voracious consumer to be happy, Kelly artfully recounts his ongoing adventure in making the transition to a more sustainable, thoughtful way of living.

Kelly's style is conversational, thoughtful, and always lighthearted. If you enjoy <...

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