After our guest speaker event, we will be watching a documentary and enjoying a pizza party to say farewell to our international visitors. It's sure to be an evening of fun and friendship! Come along and celebrate the end of a successful autumn semester.

The head of UL Student Sustainability, Elisa Minoue, is coming in to speak to us about her work on campus and to discuss future collaborations with the Environmental Society. Come along and learn more about sustainability on campus!

We will be taking part in the UL Geography Soc table quiz at 7 p.m. in Scholars. The quiz is free to enter. We could win a prize!

This week's meeting will be held at 6 p.m..in GL2-14 (second floor of the Glucksman library). We will be debriefing the semester so far and discussing plans for weeks 10-12.

From James Organ in the WhatsApp group: 

"If anyone going to the bird walk has binoculars make sure to bring them. We will start at 7:40 near PESS and walk along the southern shore of the Shannon all the way past Dromroe Village towards the Boat House before looping back round and finishing up at the Living Bridge for roughly 9am. We will look for scarce species such as Otter, Kingfisher, Dipper, Yellow-Browed Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap aswell as all the common species. We’ll have a good chat and a bit of craic along the way too ofc! The path might be a bit mucky so don’t wear you new white shoes! Also try not to wear any really bright coloured tops like red or blue as it might scare the birds off. No stress it thats all you have. See ye then!"

Continuation of our Open Day outreach planting acorns for visiting schools children. Come along and get involved!!

Trip to the drop-in at the Citizen Innovation Lab to get information on the planned redevelopment of Arthurs Quay. The attending members will then report back to the society next week with their findings.

We will be running an acorn-planting stall for the open days. Visiting secondary-school students will get their own acorn to take home!

On Thursday the 10th of October, we're going to the Escape Rooms at 7 p.m.! The escape experience itself starts at 7.15, but please get there a few minutes early. Afterwards, we will go to LANA on O'Connell Street for dinner. Bring about 20 euro if you are interested in going to LANA (dinners cost from around 13.50 to 17.50).

We are having a pizza party tonight in KBG-13 to celebrate the end of a successful semester! Be sure to come along!

IT'S HERE! The event you've been waiting for: the competitive UL bioblitz! We've been planning it all year, and it promises to be an action-packed day. Trinity and TU Dublin will arrive at 11 a.m. There will be a workshop at 11.30 a.m. on the basics of surveying and on-campus health and safety, followed by lunch at Stables at 1 p.m. The bioblitz begins at 2 p.m. and goes on until half-past four. We will convene in Scholars at 6 p.m. for supper, the announcement of the winners, and the prize-giving! Come along for biodiversity, friendship, and fun!

The esteemed ecologist Pádraig Fogarty will be joining EnviroSoc on Monday the 15th of April to talk about his work and environmental activism at 6 p.m. in KBG-13. Refreshments will be provided. Come along for what promises to be an evening of stimulating discussion on all things biodiversity!

We are meeting in KBG-13 at 6 pm with Liz Gabbett to discuss the upcoming bioblitz! We will be signing people up for roles on the day, such as guiding attendees to their habitats and partaking in the bioblitz on the UL team. See you there!

EnviroSoc is hosting a swap shop with MEP Grace O'Sullivan's team in the common room! Bring old clothes, books, and CDs to swap!

EnviroSoc is holding a bake sale to fundraise for the society! Come along and sample our baked goods and buy some plants!

On Tuesday the 27th of February,  the EU passed a key piece of Green Deal legislation into law. The Nature Restoration Law mandates the restoration of up to 90% of ecosystems across the bloc. The law has been beset by controversy, much of it manufactured by the EPP, which announced that it would not vote for the law shortly before the plenary, despite negotiating its contents for six months. Remarkably, almost all the Irish MEPs voted to pass this vital law. 

To discuss this happy development, and to follow on from our meeting with MEP Grace O'Sullivan last semester, EnviroSoc will be holding a roundtable with a couple of the political societies. Refreshments and drinks will be provided.

We are going to be tie-dying t-shirts!! Bring an old t-shirt you'd like to jazz up. See you there tomorrow!

We will be meeting in KBG-13 at 6 pm this evening to discuss our submissions for the Clubs and Socs awards. We will also be discussing the planned bioblitz in April. Sweets will be provided!

We are making clay endangered animals in n Red Raisins! Come and join us!!!! This is a beginner-friendly event.

Recruitment fair for Semester 2. Come along and help out! Let's sign up new people! Go Environmental Society!!

EnviroSoc is going to Dublin! On the Saturday of Week 1, 3rd February, we'll be taking a start-of-semester trip to Phoenix Park. We will be taking the 8.55 a.m. train to Heuston from Colbert Station and returning at around 7 p.m. You must book your own train tickets for this trip: 08:55 outbound to Heuston, 16:25 return to Colbert. Tickets can be booked at irishrail.ie. When booking on Wolves, please indicate if you have booked a ticket. We will reimburse all ticket costs after the trip. It will be a very cold day on Saturday, so dress warmly, and bring sensible footwear. See you then!

We will be having a quiz night, with pizza to follow, on Monday of Week 1! It'll be a great way to ease into the new semester. Come along, compete, have fun, and enjoy a delicious pizza supper! 

EnviroSoc is going to Dublin! On the Saturday of Week 13, 9th December, we're taking an end-of-semester trip to Phoenix Park. We will be taking the 9.55 a.m. train to Heuston from Colbert Station and returning at around 7 p.m. You must book your own train tickets for this trip: 09:55 outbound to Heuston, 17:00 return to Colbert. Tickets can be booked at irishrail.ie When booking on Wolves, please indicate if you have booked a ticket. It will be a very cold day on Saturday, so dress warmly, and bring sensible footwear. See you then!

EnviroSoc will be sitting down to a potluck with a difference on the Monday of Week 13! To celebrate the end of a successful semester, we will be having a make-your-own-fajita dinner in Red Raisins at 6 p.m. Everyone can bring something different to the table! We will need the following:

- Tortillas

- Basic fillings: lettuce, rice, onion, peppers, sweetcorn, cheese

- Fancy fillings: spiced meat (shredded chicken/pork/beef), jalapeños, refried beans, guacamole, sour cream

- Drinks (water, soft drinks)

- A tablecloth

- Paper plates and cups

- Desserts

When you book, let us know if you have any allergies, if you are able to bring something and, if so, what you will bring.

This evening, we will continue our work on our Christmas tree sculpture for Socsmas on the 4th of December. Come along and help ou

This evening, we will be following Nishant's instructions to create a plastic bottle tree for our Socsmas showcase in December. Materials will be provided - all you need bring is yourself!

Tonight we will host guest speaker Grace O'Sullivan, to give a talk on her work on nature restoration law. Grace O'Sullivan is a European Member of Parliament and a former Greenpeace activist. The event takes place in KBG-13 in Kemmy Business School at 6pm this evening (Wednesday 15th of November). Tea and coffee will be served afterwards.

Tonight we will host guest speaker Grace O'Sullivan, to give a talk on her work on nature restoration law. Grace O'Sullivan is a European Member of Parliament and a former Greenpeace activist. The event takes place in KBG-13 in Kemmy Business School at 6pm this evening (Wednesday 15th of November). Tea and coffee will be served afterwards.

We are going to the Escape Rooms this Saturday at 5 pm! The rooms are located at 14/15 Nicholas St., Limerick City. We will also be heading for dinner at LANA afterwards - bring 15-20 euro for the meal. See you then!

We are gauging interest in going to the escape rooms behind St. Mary's Cathedral next Thursday at 6 pm. We will be going to LANA afterwards for dinner. Sign up here if you are interested in going! This will help us figure out how much to charge per person.

Tonight is documentary night! We will be watching a documentary on the environment in Kemmy Business School (room KBG-13).

We're making endangered animals out of clay in Red Raisins!! Come along and have a go! Equipment provided.

We are going kayaking on 7 October at 11.30 a.m.! Arrive 10-15 mins beforehand to get set up.

Because the company needs to be paid in full five days before the event, sign-ups will close on Tuesday.

To bring:

A wetsuit (if you have one; the kayaking company rents them for 5 euro)

Alternatively: old clothes you don't mind getting wet - shorts/leggings, t-shirt, hoody, windbreaker

Old runners/wetsuit booties

Meeting-point: the Nevsail hut in the back garden of the Hunt Museum, Limerick city.

Use the 304/304A to travel into the city from the college campus. Allow plenty of time - the buses can be slow.

This coming Monday, 2 October, we're meeting at Brown Thomas at the earliest time of 5.30 for a biodiversity walk around campus! Bring sturdy shoes or wellies.

Fast fashion hurts our planet. Buying less is the easiest way to curb your impact, but what if what you already have is getting worn out?

Come along to KBG-10 (different room than usual!) and learn how to mend your own clothes. Sewing experience not required, materials will be provided. We'll teach you how to hem, patch and darn, as well as reinforcing fading fabric and answer any questions you have on how to care for your clothes.

See you soon!

Taking Place in the Red Raisins cafeteria (1st floor of the main building).

We will be crafting models of endangered animals in collaboration with the U.L craft society

Did you know? Every email sitting in your inbox is stored in a data centre which generates carbon, .3g per email!

To fight this, enviro soc are in Red Raisins with some sweets and some stats. Come on up and get rewarded for spring cleaning, every students dream. One lucky participant will win some UL Wolves Merch, and our biggest deleter will win a 50€ One4All gift voucher!

Welcome to our yearly Mending Workshop! In association with UL Crafts, we want to teach you how to care for your clothes. Fast fashion hauls are fun, but if you take care of them, you'll find your clothes last for years! Learn how to darn, hem, and add buttons with friends old and new.

Note: book for this event via either UL Crafts or UL Environmental, not both. If you miss out this time, don't worry! We'll be running the event again in semester two.

Welcome to Enviro Soc! Every Monday, we get together to talk about important issues facing our planet and what we as students can do to tackle them - as well as to chat and have fun! 

This week, we're in the Schumann Building making clay animals. This not only raises awareness of important organisms in our ecosystem (did you know otters are endangered?) but, critically, will be super fun. Come along!

A meeting for students on climate change will be held in UL on Monday with Brian Leddin TD. 
The meeting is open to all students and can be attended by members of the Environmental Society and other societies.

Hi All!

We are very lucky to have been in contact with XR Clare who are coming to visit us as part of a joint event between PBP UL and Envirosoc!

We will be hosting the Climate Caravan on campus from 4 O' Clock on the 20th of April meeting at Brown Thomas for the Caravans trip across campus. Afterwards they will be speaking in the Room 3 of the Student Centre.

Cheers,

Eoghan

Hi all! Tonight will be a fun meet up opportunity to relieve any mid-term stress! We will be meeting at 7:30 in stables to play a game or two of pool and discuss upcoming environmental issues.

See ye there!

Eoghan, Interm-Vice President 

Just a heads up that this week we will not be holding our traditional Monday night event and instead will be going to visit the UL Rooftop garden on Thursday (10th of March)! 

We will be meeting at Brown Thomas in the main plaza at 12:55 pm on Thursday and we will head into the main building to visit the garden. This is the first of two garden visits we will complete as a society!

As this event is in person, If you could let me know if you are coming to the garden or not, by texting the groupchat so I can let the owners know the numbers to allow for.

Join us for our biodiversity walking tour of the campus on Friday the 25th February at 11am. Our resident expert on all things ecology Rachel Beck is looking forward to showing you natural wonders which exist around us hidden in plain sight. ? Meet up at Brown Thomas statue, bring water and wear runners.?

Clothes Repair Café

Event set up in collaboration with Crafts Soc - for members only.

Bring along any clothes you would like repaired, and learn a bit along the way.

Supplies will be on hand, including equipment & fabrics.

Welcome back to a new semester folks!

With restrictions easing, we are going to make the most of it.

We are having our introduction gathering on Thursday the 27th of January!

Important: PIZZA WILL BE THERE!!!

The plan is to leave at 7:30 pm to head to scholars, for those who wish to join!

Cannot wait to see you there!

Diarmaíd

Society President

We are going to be setting up a thrift shop in the courtyard.

You will be able to buy whatever stock we have available or barter for clothes, without the exchange of any monies.

The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of sustainable fashion, and how easy it is to buy clothes without any damage to our environment.

Any stock left over will go towards helping us run a catwalk in the next semester.

Hello All!

We will be setting up a clothes collection point on Wednesday and Thursday from 10:30 to 16:30, for any students who wish to get rid of any unwanted clothes, and free up some space.

The aim is to run a Thrift and Barter Shop the week after to promote sustainable fashion as well as raise funds for the society.

You will be able to buy second-hand clothes or barter/swap for any clothes they see and like in Week 9.

See you there!

Join Liz Gabbett of the Maigue River Trust o the 18th of October 2021 in KBS-013 to learn more about our rivers and how we can protect them! Come and discover about the macroinvertebrates that tell us how healthy a river is. 

Our Semi-Annual Pizza night will take place Thursday the 7th of October at 7 pm, with a capacity of 30 members.

Booking is required to attend.

Booking is free, and food will be provided by the society.

Can't wait to see you all there!!!

We will be running a recycling awareness competition called the "12 days of Christmas" where we raise awareness of what you can and cannot recycle, ending with an online quiz, open to everyone who is following one of our social medias. The quiz will be 12 questions related to recycling or disposing of waste properly. There will be 3 winners chosen at random from the people who answered all questions correctly. Prizes are a refurbished ipad and two Christmas hampers.

We will all be logging into to have a night of carving pumpkins and just having a bit of fun chatting. Hope to see you there!

We will attend the first ever Green campus online webinar which is run by An Taisce. The speakers are Carina Mutschele from UN Environment Programme will introduce the recently published Little Book of Green Nudges. https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/publication/little-book-green-nudges This is a book on how to nedge people/groups/organisations to enact green initiatives. Next, Samantha Fahy from Dublin City University will present on Carbon Footprinting taking place in Dublin City University. To conclude, Dermot O’Donovan from GMIT Letterfrack will present on Trees fighting climate change - revaluing our natural resources.

We will be watching the latest documentary from Sir David Attenborough on Netflix using the google chrome extension Netflix party. We will have a short discussion about it afterwards. I'll post the link closer to the time. See you then!

Please join the Environmental Society once again on the 29th of November for the Fridays For Future march! We will be meeting in the student life courtyard at 11:30 and then leave at the UL bus stop at 12:15 so that we can be in the city center for 1:00!

Join the Environmental Society today for a talk today which will be given by a member of the Extinction Rebellion group.

The Environmental Society along with Smarter Travel UL will be giving out free bike lights this Thursday to cyclists! We will be there from approximately 5:30 to 6:30. Hope to see you there!

To leave or not to leave, that is the question. Come and watch the Environmental Society and the Astronomy Society debate each other whether we should stay on earth or leave!

The Environmental Society will be going on a trip to visit a eco-friendly village which is located in Cloughjordan in Ireland.

You know that pair of jeans you love but never wear because they ripped at the seams? Or that shirt with the funny print that got a little hole in it? Don't toss them away! Bring them to us at the repair café next Tuesday and we'll try to save your clothes! Or if you have a pile of clothes that you never wear, why not donate them? Just bring them to us and we'll handle the rest!

Have you missed the last couple of protests? Well, now there's another chance! This time there will be a protest this Saturday as part of extinction rebellion week. Hope to see you there!

Hi all! We will be meeting at the bus stop in front of Stables this Saturday at 1:00! This is to protest against the EPA's decision to allow the burning of waste into our air! We hope that ye will come and support our non-support of this horrible disicion. We cannot allow this to happen!

To celebrate the start of Fall/The Halloween Season/The beginning of October the Environmental Society will be having a bake sale on the 1st of October from 9:00am to 6:00pm. We hope to see you there! (Vegan options will be available)

We're going to be building birdhouses on Monday at 6:00! And once they're built, you can take them home with you! Hope to see you there!

We're going on a bike ride, rain or shine, to see the nature and other sites that Limerick has to offer in order to showcase show the biodiversity that Limerick has to offer.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in last week's march! The Environmental Society will also be participating in this Friday For Future march as well! It will be the last one that we will be doing for awhile. It definitely won't be the last one so keep out on the lookout for when we do the next one! We'll be meeting at the Stables bus stop at 12:15 so that we can make it to Arthur's Quay Park for 1:00. Hope to see you there!

A climate change talk by the former Green Party leader/Minister for the Environment, John Gormley.