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Do we know the real price of cheap flights? air travel air travel carbon air travel tax aviation carbon footprint carbon tax environment flight tax Jul 29, 2019

The second most polluting industry in Ireland, according to the Climate Action Plan released a few weeks ago, is transport. The plan is aggressive in it’s targets to face out diesel and petrol cars, and my mind always goes to those that can not afford and electric car.

How will higher fuel tax affe...

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Green Marketing, no green washing, align your business! environment environmental green business green hospitality green hotel green news green training green wave Jul 22, 2019

Yesterday I saw and add on telly for Mout Cider. The add simply highlighted three things: A fully recyclable glass bottle, a cider that is vegan, and that the company are allied to the World Wildlife Fund that protects endangered species.  I was sitting on the couch and I instantly thought “Well tha...

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An update on the #SaucyChallenge campaign! local business saucy challenge single use plastic Jul 01, 2019

Hi Guys! 

In this week’s thought of the week I wanted to give you a quick update on the #SaucyChallenge, number 4 & 6 are my favourite updates!!

1. Keep your photos coming

So many people have sent us photos of their local pubs, restaurants and cafes that are not using individually wrapped sauces....

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Why did our Climate Action Plan not include Seaweed? climate action plan seaweed Jun 23, 2019

This week's thought of the week could be no other than the new Climate Action Plan announced by our government recently. While I welcome the plan and it’s ambitious targets of Carbon reduction, I feel this plan is going to hurt those that have less incomes expenditure and benefit those that already ...

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When Did Plastic Become The New Normal? packaging plastic pollution single use plastic Jun 10, 2019

Last week I had a radio interview with NearFM about the #SaucyChallenge, and one of the questions Sabrina asked me was "When did all these single packaging starter?" and that got me thinking...

Shopping Frustrations

I don’t know about you but I am quite often absolutely shocked about the way shops...

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Green your Hospitality Business with Online Training green hospitality hospitality courses hospitality training Jun 03, 2019

So the very first thing to say is: apologies for the egotistical blog! This one is about me and the Online training courses I have created to help Green Hospitality Businesses. 

Raquel Noboa: My Story

My name is Raquel. I'm originally from Spain but I have lived in Ireland for the last 20 years wo...

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The #GreenWave, a time for reflection green news green politics green wave May 27, 2019

The days after an election are times for reflection. I am so proud of the Irish, I have always loved this country, but now I can also say I love it’s modern society. A society that is inclusive and caring of all, it’s people and it’s place.

The media and social platforms keep talking about the #Gre...

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#SaucyChallenge In the Hospitality Industry food waste green hospitality individually wrapped condiments May 19, 2019

After last week’s Thought of the week and after discovering that Tourism could possibly be the most polluting Industry in the world in the future I have decided to take action, but I need your help!

My mission, is to Green the Hospitality Industry one step at the time. The big dream is to run an in...

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Starting the Environmental Conversation carbon footprint green hotel green living May 02, 2019

Today I looked at the definition of a “Green Hotel” and here is what google sent back to me from Wikipedia:

“An eco-hotel, or a green hotel, is an environmentally sustainable hotel or accommodation that has made important environmental improvements to its structure in order to minimise its impact o...

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