DCU Institute for Climate and Society
@dcuclimate.bsky.social
Institute for Climate and Society in @dublincityuni. We focus on the policy, media, political and education aspects of climate change.
To close off #DCUClimate2025, Institute for Climate & Society Co-Director Professor Pat Brereton offers some reflections on the day's events
April 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
To close off #DCUClimate2025, Institute for Climate & Society Co-Director Professor Pat Brereton offers some reflections on the day's events
The panelists discuss their experiences of reporting on the climate front lines, noting the intersection of climate change with the social, political and economic. If you just write about climate change “you’re not getting the full story” - @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The panelists discuss their experiences of reporting on the climate front lines, noting the intersection of climate change with the social, political and economic. If you just write about climate change “you’re not getting the full story” - @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025
Our final panel of #DCUClimate2025: Reporting from the climate front lines
April 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our final panel of #DCUClimate2025: Reporting from the climate front lines
On the theme of this year's conference - activism, storytelling and the arts - up next is a poetry reading by poet and writer, Grace Wilentz, Writer-in-Residence at Notre Dame, Dublin #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On the theme of this year's conference - activism, storytelling and the arts - up next is a poetry reading by poet and writer, Grace Wilentz, Writer-in-Residence at Notre Dame, Dublin #DCUClimate2025
AlanJames: the language used around climate issues “is devoid of any emotion” - let's think not of climate action but “climate love”
Trish: “it absolutely needs to be all hands on deck” - let's each of us think: "well what the hell can I do with my few skills?"
#DCUClimate2025
Trish: “it absolutely needs to be all hands on deck” - let's each of us think: "well what the hell can I do with my few skills?"
#DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
AlanJames: the language used around climate issues “is devoid of any emotion” - let's think not of climate action but “climate love”
Trish: “it absolutely needs to be all hands on deck” - let's each of us think: "well what the hell can I do with my few skills?"
#DCUClimate2025
Trish: “it absolutely needs to be all hands on deck” - let's each of us think: "well what the hell can I do with my few skills?"
#DCUClimate2025
Dr Eileen Hutton, Artist and Head of Art and Ecology, Burren College of Art, discusses "how we read the landscape" - how we can foster place-based responses to environmental challenges #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Dr Eileen Hutton, Artist and Head of Art and Ecology, Burren College of Art, discusses "how we read the landscape" - how we can foster place-based responses to environmental challenges #DCUClimate2025
Up next ▶️ our third panel of the day: Climate science, art and activism #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Up next ▶️ our third panel of the day: Climate science, art and activism #DCUClimate2025
“We want to live in community like the mosses do, like the trees do” - write Kerri Ní Dochartaigh at the #DCUClimate2025 annual conference
April 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“We want to live in community like the mosses do, like the trees do” - write Kerri Ní Dochartaigh at the #DCUClimate2025 annual conference
POV: writer Kerri Ní Dochartaigh asks us to close our eyes, root ourselves in the ground and think of the structures that support us - most of all, the earth. "Art is mother earth." #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
POV: writer Kerri Ní Dochartaigh asks us to close our eyes, root ourselves in the ground and think of the structures that support us - most of all, the earth. "Art is mother earth." #DCUClimate2025
@dhandprof.bsky.social opens our panel with some reflections on the role of art: “Art can give us a narrative around this crisis”, creating stories we can engage with #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@dhandprof.bsky.social opens our panel with some reflections on the role of art: “Art can give us a narrative around this crisis”, creating stories we can engage with #DCUClimate2025
Up next ▶️ our second panel of the day: The arts and the environment #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Up next ▶️ our second panel of the day: The arts and the environment #DCUClimate2025
Building on Sarah de Roure's response, Fidelma O'Kane from Save our Sperrins notes the importance of building international links.Through these links, Fidelma says, we can learn from others' local contexts #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Building on Sarah de Roure's response, Fidelma O'Kane from Save our Sperrins notes the importance of building international links.Through these links, Fidelma says, we can learn from others' local contexts #DCUClimate2025
Following on from our keynote from @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, our first panel of the day: Defending environmental human rights at home and abroad. We'll hear from speakers from @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social, @dundee.ac.uk, Save Our Sperrins and @dublincityuni.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Following on from our keynote from @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, our first panel of the day: Defending environmental human rights at home and abroad. We'll hear from speakers from @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social, @dundee.ac.uk, Save Our Sperrins and @dublincityuni.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025
On the consistent breach of climate targets by major corporations, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social notes: “This should be considered criminal, but it is those who oppose it who are criminalised” #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On the consistent breach of climate targets by major corporations, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social notes: “This should be considered criminal, but it is those who oppose it who are criminalised” #DCUClimate2025
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social addresses #DCUClimate2025 with a stark warning: the defence of private interests and status quo presents a “serious risk” to climate defenders.
But a glimmer of hope: "human rights defenders haven't given up"
But a glimmer of hope: "human rights defenders haven't given up"
April 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social addresses #DCUClimate2025 with a stark warning: the defence of private interests and status quo presents a “serious risk” to climate defenders.
But a glimmer of hope: "human rights defenders haven't given up"
But a glimmer of hope: "human rights defenders haven't given up"
Up next: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social will give a keynote address to #DCUClimate2025
April 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Up next: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social will give a keynote address to #DCUClimate2025
And we're off! #DCUClimate2025 kicks off this morning with a rousing performance by the DCU Campus Choir. Very on-brand for this year's conference: 'Dispatches from a changing climate: Engaging society through activism, storytelling and the arts'.
April 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
And we're off! #DCUClimate2025 kicks off this morning with a rousing performance by the DCU Campus Choir. Very on-brand for this year's conference: 'Dispatches from a changing climate: Engaging society through activism, storytelling and the arts'.
We're thrilled to be hosting a performance by the acclaimed Irish vocal quartet Landless next Tuesday @ 5pm on the DCU Glasnevin Campus.
All are warmly welcome to join. Please register here: bit.ly/3YFTl1Z
All are warmly welcome to join. Please register here: bit.ly/3YFTl1Z
April 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We're thrilled to be hosting a performance by the acclaimed Irish vocal quartet Landless next Tuesday @ 5pm on the DCU Glasnevin Campus.
All are warmly welcome to join. Please register here: bit.ly/3YFTl1Z
All are warmly welcome to join. Please register here: bit.ly/3YFTl1Z
📣 Join us for the @dcuclimate.bsky.social annual conference on Tuesday 29 April!
We'll be exploring the role of activism, storytelling & the arts in responding to the climate crisis.
Details and registration here: bit.ly/4cgGNUv
We'll be exploring the role of activism, storytelling & the arts in responding to the climate crisis.
Details and registration here: bit.ly/4cgGNUv
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📣 Join us for the @dcuclimate.bsky.social annual conference on Tuesday 29 April!
We'll be exploring the role of activism, storytelling & the arts in responding to the climate crisis.
Details and registration here: bit.ly/4cgGNUv
We'll be exploring the role of activism, storytelling & the arts in responding to the climate crisis.
Details and registration here: bit.ly/4cgGNUv
Hear from Institute member Dr Danny Marks and DCU colleagues at 'The Lived Environment' Futurology event tomorrow evening @ria.ie. Details and registration ⤵️
March 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hear from Institute member Dr Danny Marks and DCU colleagues at 'The Lived Environment' Futurology event tomorrow evening @ria.ie. Details and registration ⤵️