Irish Wildlife Trust
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 9: Bear Country + Epilogue
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rewilding provides hope that nature can recover if only we can give it the space and time it needs. But how far can we go? Can we bring bears back to ...
Episode 8: Shannon Wilderness Park
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The idea for a 'Shannon Wilderness Park' was born nearly 20 years, after it was clear that mining peat could not go on forever. While there are those ...
Episode 7: Pearl Valleys Farmland
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Farming is deeply embedded in Ireland's culture, society and economy. Yet it is under pressure from many directions, just like the critically endanger...
Episode 6: the Ulster Shark Coast
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The oceans around Ireland are vast and, not so long ago, they were bursting with fish and other sea life. Could a plan to create Ireland's first marin...
Episode 5: Natural Capital
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can cities like Dublin be part of the solution to the ecological crisis? Can we throw the doors open to nature so that we have urban forests, wetlands...
Episode 4: the Wild Atlantic Rain Forest
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland was once 80% temperate rainforest but today that figure stands at less than 2% and that is made up of tiny fragments which are widely scattere...
Episode 3: Restoring Connections
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have all the science we need in order to act on the climate and biodiversity emergency. We have signed up to enough laws and treaties that, if we w...
Episode 2: The Heart of the Matter
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How is that we have seen the destruction of nature as not only an unfortunate side effect of development but even a necessary prerequisite for maintai...
Episode 1: In the END
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 of Shaping New Mountains asks why, if all the birds were to vanish from Ireland tomorrow, would we not be more materially impacted? If all o...
Shaping New Mountains Introduction
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shaping New Mountains gets to the heart of our biodiversity emergency in Ireland by examining our values and the myth of our separation from nature. I...