Dr Tara Shine, of Change By Degrees, remarks on ‘New Horizons: A Future Perspective’ at the closing plenary of Ireland’s National Biodiversity Conference: New Horizons for Nature, which was held at Dublin Castle on 20 and 21 February. www.biodiversityconference.ie #biodcon19
“You can’t be what you can’t see” is a phrase used to explain in part why women are underrepresented in the Stem disciplines (science, technology, engineers and maths). Without female role models women and girls are less likely to pursue a Stem career.
Have you ever stopped to wonder how we got ourselves in this mess? Wrapped up in plastic, carbon emissions spiralling, a few rich people owning most of the world’s resources? Surely, there is a better way of doing things. A new way of living that is more compatible with the ability of planet Earth to provide the resources we need to live.
A KINSALE based environmental scientist is joining 80 women from around the world on an expedition to Antarctica.
Dr Tara Shine, co–founder of Plastic Free Kinsale and the award winning social enterprise Change by Degrees, left Ireland on the 27th of December to join the select group of female scientists from around the world on the leadership expedition to what’s one of the most ecologically sensitive places on earth.Tara, an advisor on climate change, is the first woman living in Ireland to be selected for the programme.
International Women’s Day 2019 at Mc Cann Fitzgerald.
Tara was asked by the Environmental Protection Agency to be Ambassador for The Story of Your Stuff Competition in 2019.
The Story of Your Stuff is an EPA competition for second level students aimed at highlighting sustainability, climate action and environmental protection. Second level students are invited to use their creative talents to visually tell a story about the environment, such as investigate the life cycle of their everyday ‘stuff’ which could be an object or an activity. Tara was pleased to be an Ambassador for the event and to meet the finalists at their showcase event.
The prospect of a polar plunge in the depths of Antarctica is enough to make anyone’s teeth chatter. But that’s how Cork environmental scientist and climate change consultant Dr Tara Shine celebrated the new year — for a good cause and as a personal challenge.
New 4-part Natural History Series for RTÉ 1. From wildlife to weather to the changing landscape, from farming cycles to nature’s ancient rhythms, each episode of A Wild Irish Year features the wild magic of one Irish season – three months of enormous transition sweeping across our island.
Tara spoke at The National Biodiversity Conference 2019 in Dublin Castle.
Waging a war against plastic in their town. When two concerned mums from Kinsale posted a video to social media in early February, discussing which items of common household plastic were suitable for recycling, the video went viral nationwide and generated more than 205,000 views.
