Given the targets and predicted growth in Cork and other cities through the National Development and the Southern Regional Assembly we also need to include biodiversity protection and restoration in our planning processes "At the city level, the solution comes down to better planning and management of our urban growth. We advocate in the report for the incorporation of information on biodiversity and the benefits nature provides into urban planning decisions, to create a comprehensive vision of how nature can co-exist with and support cities—a greenprint for urban growth" Cork City Council Cork City Public Participation Network CorkCityCentre

Great to see Donal Sheehan one of the winners of the Farming for Nature Award.

Commentary from "WeMakeDo" on the latest IPCC and the WWF Reports. The reaction by the majority is a bit like rabbits in the headlights, unable to react, this has to change radically. It's disheartening to have attended so many events over the past 20 years with the same facts presented, to largely speaking the same people, the only difference being the PPMs rising steadily from 368.13 in 2000 to the current 406.99. Do people really think that someone else with sort it with some magic solution, we are all the solution and our habits have to change but we need support both through visionary leadership and diversion of resources to where they are crucially needed to transition to a low carbon world. Business as usual for businesses, our Governments and for people is not a viable option, collectively all have a vital role to play and the sooner we collaborate the better chance we have of some future.

Market worth checking out this Sunday.

This is what we need more of, downtime over the holidays with friends and family. Not the pressure to consume.