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Radical tree planting eco-restoration programme in Erris begins![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Positive long-term responses to corporate theft and environmental despoliation! Over the last week/ten days, local people in what Shell and the government like to style as the 'receiving communities' of Rossport, Glenamoy and Pullathomas (as if a dirty big refinery, a dangerous experimental pipeline and a gombeen-facilitated Gas Robbery were gifts beyond price!) joined with solidarity activists from elsewhere in Ireland to pursue a project more sustaining and sustainable than Corrib - the gradual re-afforestation of magnificent beautiful Erris with appropriate species of trees! Over the last few days, after inclusive consultation with the Local Community and the Ancient Guardian Spirits of the Landscape the first trees have been planted in the Erris section of the Great Hibernian Forest Restoration Programme. This is an action taken in solidarity with all beings involved in the ongoing struggle against Shell Oil’s plans for the area. Trees have been planted in several secret and not so secret locations around the Sruwaddacon Estuary with the intention of restoring the natural balance in the area and building an economy of cooperation that replenishes Social and Natural Resources rather than depleting them. |
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