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SpotlightDec. 2008Q102's "On the QT"December 18, 2008 Green DIY talks with Scott Williams at 18:35 GMT on Dublin's Q102 FM Clare FM with Paul MoriartyDecember 17, 2008 Green DIY talks with Paul Moriarty about your eco-Christmas at 13:45 GMT on Ireland's Clare FM Young Green Party, NUI MaynoothDecember 10, 2008 Climate Campaigner, Cara Augustenborg, talks to the Environmental Young Greens of NUI Maynooth at 21:00 in Lecture Theatre 2. Nov. 2008Deutch Welle's Ice BlogNovember 5, 2008 Headline: G'donya Cara!
The World Bank has been running a short film/video competition on the subject of the Social Dimensions of Climate Change. Cara Augustenborg from Ireland is in 9th place with a short film she made on the Inupiat in Barrow, Arctic Alaska. G'donya Cara! Full story World Bank Film ContestNovember 2, 2008 As part of the amazing Arctic expedition with Ben & Jerry's Climate Change College, I created a short movie entitled “Inupiat People of Barrow” documenting the effect of climate change on the eskimos of Barrow, Alaska. The micro-documentary was just voted 9th out of 83 films submitted to the World Bank's Film Contest for Climate Change and is on its way to an international panel of judges for final selection of winners. Stay tuned for results! Oct. 2008Ireland's Sunday TimesOctober 26, 2008 Batty about Eco-DIY “A new website lets users swap tips on going green and giving shelter to endangered noctornal animals.” Read the full story International Radio ContestOctober 25, 2008
Munster ExpressOctober 24, 2008 Headline: DIY fans aim to save cash along with planet. ”… As part of her campaign, [Cara] encouraged people to make a pledge to Green DIY their home. Nearly 40 percent of the pledgers planned to make changes that would save energy and in turn lower their electricity and gas bills…” Read the Full Story. Leinster ExpressOctober 22, 2008 Headline: Green DIY-ers want to save money, as well as the planet. “Ben & Jerry's Climate Change Ambassador, Dr. Cara Augustenborg, recently hit the streets with an eco learning house in a bid to show consumers how easy it is to make simple changes in their home that would save the planet… and money…” Read the full story. The MetroOctober 20, 2008 Headline: It can be easy going green
“Yvonne Gordon gets some green tips from the Ben & Jerry's Climate Change Ambassador…” Irish Daily StarOctober 4, 2008 Headline: Top Buys - Do your bit for planet earth and enjoy guilt free shopping too by investing in green products. ”…. Want to improve your home but not at the cost of the environment? Visit wwww.greendiy.ie…” Read the article. Sept. 2008Irish GazetteSeptember 28, 2008 Do your home improvements the green way. ”… Fully equipped to combat eco-challenges, the Green DIY Learning House includes solar energy panels, eco-textiles, eco friendly CFL and LED bulbs, along with other products and equipment all designed to lower carbon footprints and reduce the strain on the environment.” See the article. U MagazineSept 22, 2008 ”…[GreenDIY.ie] is packed with handy DIY ideas for every room in the house that will reduce your carbon footprint (and save you money)!” RTE 2's TTV with Liam FergesonSept 25, 2008
Aug. 2008Irish GazetteAugust 31, 2008 Website: Do your part and DIY the Green Way “DIY enthusiasts can now find out how to carry out home repairs the green way with the launch of greendiy.ie…” See the full story. Irish TimesAugust 30, 2008 EcoWebsite of the Week “Check out this new interactive website for handy eco-friendly solutions to DIY conundrums in your home, and offer your own DIY ideas as well.” See the full story. Tree Hugger.comAugust 20, 2008 Headline: Climate Change College Graduates: From Green DIY to Watering-Down the Food Chain(s) ”… One of this year's students, Cara Augustenborg, is starting a green DIY site for Irish homeowners and apartment residents. While Cara's Top Ten Tips are the kind of relatively simple stuff that many TreeHuggers are already doing, it's good to see up-and-coming entrepreneurs spreading the word worldwide…” Inishowen RadioDublin Country FMAugust 20, 2008 Electric News.netAugust 19, 2008 Ireland's only news broadcaster dedictated to IT News announces the launch of GreenDIY.ie Deutch Welle's Living PlanetAugust 15, 2008 Worldwide Radio Broadcast for International Youth Day - Climate Action! “Who says young people are not interested in becoming active to protect the environment? [Deutsche Welle's Living Planet] gives you the “Climate Change College” ambassadors who carry out projects all across Europe
June 2008Sunday WorldJune 29, 2008 Headline: Green DIY “Small changes at home can make a big impact globally.” Read the full story. Munster ExpressJune 27, 2008 Headline: Baked Alaska arrives in Ireland “www.GreenDIY.ie is the essential encyclopedia for green DIY in any room of the house and all the resources needed to do it…” See the full story. Irish Marketing JournalJune 17, 2008 Headline: Green is the New ”… [Cara] chose the project of setting up a website of her own which charts the progress of converting her newly bought home into an environmentally sustainable dwelling and is a space for exchanging green tips with others. As a result, a nice piece of authenticity and integrity surrounds the whole initiative…” Irish GazetteJune 15, 2008 Headline: Ice cream kings try to unbake Alaska ”… www.GreenDIY.ie is the essential encyclopedia for Green DIY in any room of your house and all the resources needed to do it. Check it out before you dive into doing your home this summer…” Read the full story. Sunday WorldJune 8, 2008 Alaska News ReaderJune 6, 2008 Ben & Jerry's studies climate change in Barrow? ”… Cara Augustenborg represented Ireland, according to the Irish regional newspaper Bray People. She and the others kept a nightly blog on their Alaska adventures, and she made a short video interviewing Barrow residents here. She described the people she met in Barrow as “tough and very dependent on their environment to get food.” Bray PeopleJune 5, 2008 Headline: Cara travels to Alaska to study climate change ”…Cara continues to work on her own campaign to encourage people to set up and run their own ideas on green DIY in their own homes. She has launched a website, www.greendiy.ie, and has already been encouraged by plenty of positive feedback and contributions to the site. It's all about getting the word out about the website and the information it contains,' said the post-doctoral researcher at UCD.” Read the Full Story Ben & Jerry's ice cream tour!June 2008 As part of an effort to help Unbake Alaska and combat climate change, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream company is promoting Green DIY through a competition to find the best Green DIY tip in Ireland! If your tip is selected as the best Tip overall you could win a weekend trip for four to London to the Ben & Jerry’s Sundae Music Festival in July! They'll also be awarding prizes for ‘Top Tip of the Week’. Text in your top Green DIY tip and be in with a chance to win one of Ben & Jerry's great prizes! Text ‘ALASKA’ followed by your green DIY tip and name to 51500. You can also enter online by Submitting a tip. Check out the Baked Alaska Website to find out when the Baked Alaska Sampling Tour and Green DIY experts are coming to a town near you!
May 2008The Arctic SounderMay 22, 2008 ”… Meanwhile, the students were flooding the blog universe with glowing reports of the warm reception in Barrow and lots of learning experiences. According to Irish student Cara Augustenborg, some of the highlights included the launch of a weather balloon at the U.S. Weather Service in Barrow…Augustenborg mentioned a presentation by local scientist Anne Jensen about the 2000-year-old burial site near Point Barrow, which is endangered by increased erosion…” Evening HeraldMay 18, 2008 Headline: Ten Ways to Save the World This Summer Tri-City Herald, USAMay 18, 2008 Green DIY reaches international audiences in Washington State's Tri-City Herald! ”…Green DIY, an interactive website of do-it-yourself ideas to help Irish homeowners make their homes greener. 'I really want to make my home environmentally friendly,' [Green DIY founder, Cara Augustenborg] said. 'This is something I really enjoy working on. I know exactly how I want to do my house now.' The website also encourages users to add their own tips and tricks, she said. Eventually she'd like Green DIY to become a self-sustaining site as more people start to use it…” RTE Afternoon ShowMay 12, 2008 Green DIY founder, Cara Augustenborg, will be appearing on RTE's Afternoon Show on Wednesday, May 14 to discuss her Arctic experiences and Top Ten Tips for Green DIY. The Sun UKMay 12, 2008 Headline: Cli-mates Ready for Change!
“If Ben & Jerry's could create a recipe for saving the world, they probably would. As the ice cream makers' Climate Change College came to an end on Friday - an epic ten-day trip to the Alaskan Arctic - their seven intrepid 'ambassadors' on board came away ready to take on the world. After entering a competition to create a project to battle climate change, ambassadors from Holland, Sweden, Ireland, Spain, the UK, Portugal and France were sent to the Arctic Ocean in Alaska to see the effects first-hand. They then travelled south, looking at a series of climate change issues including the melting of Alaska's glaciers. And the trip had a big effect on them…” Read on Bray PeopleMay 1, 2008 Headline: Cara gets Green tips from Jerome “Bray resident and Irish Ben & Jerry's Climate Change Ambassador Cara Augustenborg has kick-started her preparations for her forthcoming unique mission against the melt in Alaska by swapping green DIY tips with Soldier Soldier's Jerome Flynn, a well known green enthusiast.Cara bounced green DIY ideas around with the better half of Robson and Jerome, as he is currently undertaking a green overhaul on his home. Cara, who is travelling to Alaska as part of the Climate Change College will investigate the rapid melting of permafrost in the region which is both a result and cause of the greenhouse effect. On her return from the fact finding mission she will launch a Green DIY campaign to encourage consumers to make changes in their homes to lower their carbon footprint. Follow the journey of the Climate Change College and find out what you can do to help unbake Alaska. Apr. 2008Bray PeopleApril 3, 2008 Ben and Jerry choose Cara for climate change project ”… Augustenborg's Green DIY campaign aims to encourage Irish homeowners to take action against climate change and lower their carbon footprint by undertaking simple DIY projects in their homes. Cara will develop and implement her campaign over the coming year through the Ben & Jerry's Climate Change College. I am so excited to be selected,' said Cara. For me, it's an opportunity to generate more awareness on what we can do here in Ireland to have a positive impact on the global environment.'She added that she had met many inspiring people through the college who are passionate about the climate change problem and is looking forward to working with them on her Arctic expedition. Working with a team of experts including Polar Explorer Marc Cornelissen and the WWF, Cara will learn all the skills required to become an active campaigner…” Read On! Jan. 2008Irish TribuneJanuary 20, 2008 "Irish prove to be cream of the crop on climate change." ”…Augustenborg's project is a Green DIY campaign aiming to encourage Irish homeowners to lower their carbon footprint by undertaking simple DIY projects in their homes. Augustenborg was judged by an international panel of business and sustainability experts to win a place on the scheme during a selection event in Rotterdam. Students from France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, UK, Denmark, and Sweden competed in a series of challenges, including outdoor physical logic tests, media interviews, writing, and presentation tasks. “While most of us are aware of a few ways by which we can improve our household environmental efficiency or carbon footprint, we feel quite isolated in our efforts and unsure of all the options that are feasible for Ireland's unique circumstances, ” Augustenborg said. “The campaign will encourage individuals to be part of a community and take control of climate change by doing large and small remodeling projects in their homes to achieve significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.” Her campaign will be officially launched this summer.” Dec. 2007Irish Daily StarDecember, 2007 Headline: Hammer Out a Green Solution "If you're going to do it yourself, go green..." |
