Going Green: The Irish Guide to Living a Greener Life is a must-have guide to some of the major green issues facing Ireland - and the world - today. It both educates the reader on the issues themselves, and offers the practical ways we as individuals can help to save the environment.
As words like 'climate change', 'green economy' and 'Copenhagen' hang on the lips of people across the country, this practical guide by Tony O'Brien balances informing the reader of the issues at hand and giving hard, practical advice on what we can (and should) all do to help save our planet in an uniquely Irish context.
From alternative energy, greenhouse gas emissions, government lip-service and the cycle-to-work scheme to biodiversity and farmer's markets and the importance of local, seasonal foods, Going Green: The Irish Guide to Living a Greener Life offers expert advice and information on the major environmental issues facing us today.
About the author: As the former award-winning Environment Correspondent of the Irish Independent, Tony O'Brien's experience of environmental issues is broad: he has inspected waste incinerators in Copenhagen, talked with Norweigan whale fishermen above the Arctic circle, visited the controversial Sellafield nuclear plant and ridden the trams in Lyon and Manchester before the arrival of Dublin's Luas.
He has more than twenty years experience in national and local journalism and more than ten years in public and media relations. He has reported on all of the major environment-related issues including transport, planning, wind energy, nuclear power, local government, waste and recycling. He established his own PR consultancy - Tony O'Brien Communications - in 2000. See www.tonyobrien.ie for more information.
ISBN: 9781905483938
