Green Team spread the word at the Electric Picnic

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Monday September 08, 2008 01:09

by Pynchon

activists handed out nuts to advertise elections

Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan joined the Green Team, a group of Green Party activists at the Electric Picnic recently to hand out postcards advertising the party.

They also gave thousands of nuts to raise awareness about the upcoming local and European elections.

photo attribution: Green Party Ireland. Must not be altered. Subsequent use under creative commons licence must carry note on attribution and bar on alteration.

The Green Team hope people will plant the nuts to grow hazel trees, which it is hoped will help mitigate the effects of the earth warming up through fossil fuel use and the severe changes that will inevitably ensue.

Some critics of the Green Party in Ireland have found it difficult to take seriously the party's statements of concern about climate change while they are part of a government which is overseeing the construction of a large motorway in Meath, airport expansion in Dublin, a huge natural gas refinery in Mayo, and many other projects around the country which will have a negative effect on Ireland's carbon footprint.

Nevertheless, the Minister for Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan of the Green Party, is on record as saying that climate change is the most serious issue the country has ever had to deal with in its history.

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Comments (14 of 14)

Grenn? yellow ya mean

by Tara Tara Tara

Mon Sep 08, 2008 08:29

You're havin a laugh! Nuts is right- and they aint Hazel, quite appropriate to represent the party themselves. I do hope he was confronted on his partie's loony policies already mentioned above. I know there was a strong Tara contingent there- would be nice to hear from them!

False promises

by Rubberducky

Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:49

Gormley and his Greens walked the land with the people of Rossport prior to the elections and promised they would stop the work there and preserve the area if they were elected into Govt. You know the rest!

You have to love the conditions on the photo

by Andrew

Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:59

The GP must be really running scared to put those sort of re-use conditions on the photo.

What sort of speech bubbles (for instance) are they worried about being added to it. "I must be nuts to think I can get away with this sort of greenwash when I'm a minister in a government that's deploying the Irish Navy against environmental protesters at Rossport" for instance.

Nuts?

by lulu

Mon Sep 08, 2008 17:21

Nuts, eh? We thought he maybe had some, before the election. Now ex-Green supporters are nutsed off with the lot of 'em.

Green Office Cat

by Jerry Cornelius

Mon Sep 08, 2008 18:16

To show his continuing opposition to GM Mr Ryan introduces his new office cat.

Good point JC

by The Man who sold the World

Mon Sep 08, 2008 19:11

Their opposition to GM food will no doubt be the next GP "Core Principle" to be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency!

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Mon Sep 08, 2008 19:14

by yarrr me hearty

Mon Sep 08, 2008 19:28

Electric Picnic/Galway Races

by picnicker

Tue Sep 09, 2008 14:18

Anyone else see the similarity between the massive Green canvassing machine present at the EP (Ryan, Sargent, staffers and various hangers-on) and the Fianna Fail operation every year at the Galway Races?

mc cheesy

by lol

Tue Sep 09, 2008 21:37

Cork have seen the light

by Billy Idle

Tue Sep 09, 2008 22:19

To follow on from Erris's post people may be interested to know that members of Cork CC have proposed a no confindence motion in John Gormley over he's continuing inept handling of the Hawboline toxic dump site. Despite empty promises from his Dept nothing has been done over the summer to clean up or even secure the site and with autumn/winter coming down the tracks this will make any ameliration much harder.

Personally I think Gormley has performed better than Ryan since the GP joined government - Which is saying something!!!!!!!

Press Release

by Tara Solidarity Vigil Camp

Wed Sep 10, 2008 15:49

Tara Campaigners at the Electric Picnic:

Tara Campaigners presented their display Inside the Paddy Mirage, a wonderful recreation of Newgrange Passage Tomb at the Electric Picnic last weekend. Inside, The Wall of Truth was illustrated with images of the archaeology dug up along the path of the M3 Double Toll Road and various Campaign Info was available and distributed to raise awareness of the ongoing situation.

Musicians and performers from the Save Tara album 'The Mighty Gather In' entertained the crowds on Saturday. The Walls did a secret gig in the Mirage that afternoon followed by a talk on the Meath Master Plan ( transport solution to the Tara/M3 disaster ) by one of its co creators Brian Guckian. See www.meathmasterplan.com

We even had the pleasure of the company of John Vaughan a Seanachai from Co. Tipperary who mesmerised the crowd with his amazing tales.

Over 2000 signatures for the Reburials Petition were collected over the weekend . Details at www. tarapixie.net

We would like to thank everyone who showed their support especially all those who signed the petition or donated their ears or their coffers. Our special thanks to all the artists, performers and the Paddy Mirage Crew who made the weekend a huge success.

Finally, a big thank you to Mr David Best the artist behind the 'Temple of Truth' which was burned in aid of 'Suicide Ireland' on the Sunday night.

See you all at Samhain,
Tara Campaigners.

Ps: The Vigil camp is still at Belper Farm and welcoming visitors at the Longhouse.