Gairdín Aeráide
Climate Garden
Raising Awareness of Climate Change
This little garden is filled with exotic plants signifying the changes being seen in nature as temperatures rise due to Climate Change. The Corten Steel flame sculpture symbolises the oppressive heat that many countries are suffering.
The flame could equally be a wave, and through the hole in the middle, the viewer can watch the rising tides!
Plants here include Musa basjoo (Banana), Canna lillies, Eucomis (Pineapple lilly), Hemerocallis (Day lilly) and Alstromeria (Peruvian lilly). We intended to move them in the winter to protect from frost – but we have stopped getting frost in the winter!
Climate Change
Human activities over the last 70 years have caused the earth to heat up. It’s happening too fast for animals (including people) to catch up and we’re seeing mass extinctions of plants and animals and mass migrations of people. The next 200 years for anything trying to live on this planet, is going to be tough. At the moment we’re still adding to the problem. The sooner we change our ways, the shorter the period of suffering for the inhabitants of the planet.
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Climate Change is dividing the world into two, half the world will be impossible to live in.
An Irish perspective
Below are some great books written by Irish Authors, sharing some thoughts on Climate Change and Biodiversity loss in Ireland.
