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Planting 90,000 trees in partnership with AIB
May 20th 2021
Despite a challenging year, we've been busy! We're delighted to be able to announce a new partnership with AIB to plant 90,000 native Irish trees, representing one tree for each new student account that is opened over the next three years. This planting will be done in partnership with Coillte Nature, our partners in The Nature Trust. We're grateful to AIB for putting their trust in us...
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21.5 Acres of New Native Woodland Planted in Longford for Earth Day
April 22nd 2021
As we finalise our launch plans for The Nature Trust, our hugely ambitious national partnership to reforest 1% of the land area of Ireland by bringing together all the major forestry organisations in Ireland, work continues on tree planting too! We've just completed planting 21.5 acres of new native woodland on a beautiful site in County Longford, and we'll be sharing photos and a video of the...
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An exciting announcement on our birthday!
November 5th 2020
Some interesting things have happened on 5th November over the years. Guy Fawkes was arrested in 1605, the Flux Capacitor was invented in 1955, and GoCarbonNeutral.ie was launched in 2019. Now in 2020, there’s something else, and we’re pretty excited about it. This day last year we gathered near the ‘Hungry Tree’ in King’s Inns, Dublin to launch our initiative that was the first of...
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Climate breakdown training: personalised webinars now available
September 23rd 2020
Our plans for interactive onsite training on how climate breakdown is impacting Ireland, and what we can each do about it, have like many things this year, been severely disrupted by the covid-19 pandemic and associated work-from-home policies and limitations on social interaction. In response, we've updated our training to make it shorter and more focused, while still being fun, interactive...
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The Go Carbon Neutral Member Portal is now live!
July 14th 2020
The last few months have brought a lot of disruption to our planting schedule for the year, but you know what they say about the best laid plans! Being in lockdown has meant we've had more time to work on other vital parts of our infrastructure and operational capability to help us scale and sustain ourselves for the ultra-long-term however, and we're delighted to announce that our fancy new...
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You’ve created 40 Acres of Native Woodland in Roscommon
May 20th 2020
On World Bee Day, we feel it's appropriate to share an update on our progress. Despite the upheaval from the Covid-19 pandemic, we are continuing to advance our native woodland planting with the support of our fantastic foresters and partners. This beautiful site is located in Killultagh in County Roscommon, adjoining counties Mayo and Galway. You can see a Google Street View and map of the...
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Our first emissions calculator app has launched!
February 10th 2020
We're excited to announce that after months of hard work we have launched our first GoCarbonNeutral.ie mobile app for both iOS and Android devices! The app is a calculator to help you understand the emissions you are responsible for when you take a flight. Some of the features include: enter origin and destination to instantly see the distance and emissions from your flight keep a...
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Partnership with TechIreland announced
January 22nd 2020
We're delighted to be able to announce our partnership with TechIreland, a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to promote Irish and Ireland-based innovation in the tech sector to the world. TechIreland supports Irish startups in many ways, such as by showcasing and providing profiles on their platform, blogs, podcasts, videos, and through research content. They also provide curated...
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‘Irish Tech Goes Carbon Neutral 2020’ Launches Today
November 5th 2019
I'm delighted to announce the official launch of Irish Tech Goes Carbon Neutral 2020! This is our first year, and we have ambitious targets to help at least 250 companies to offset their carbon emissions. As of today we already have over 30 companies committed to offsetting their emissions, including iCabbi, Soapbox Labs, Phorest and Zarion among many others. Thank you to everyone who helped...
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Irish Tech Goes Carbon Neutral prepares for official launch
October 22nd 2019
Irish Tech Goes Carbon Neutral, an initiative by Irish social enterprise Forestry Partners, is in the final stages of launch preparation after almost 12 months of tireless work by a team dedicated to helping Ireland achieve challenging targets that we committed to as part of the Paris Agreement in 2015. We will unveil the official campaign on 5th November at 9am. Please contact us with any...
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