desireland’s mission is to ‘Connect nature, people and place to source simple solutions to complex problems.’ We have been doing this in many different ways over the years,…
desireland has a new home in the heart of Stoneybatter, the hippest up and coming neighbourhood in Dublin. We are now making & selling Bí THERAPY, our natural skincare…
This special course will bring Refugees & Asylum Seekers together with members the community to explore the basics of Honeybee keeping. Our community based approach to the curriculum…
The first global assessment of pollinators by the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) urgently calls for global action: EQUALITY for ALL POLLINATORS! Number…
We spent 2014 wondering how best to launch the Lifeline, our ten year ‘ground up’ strategy for greening Dublin’s Northwest City (NWIC). In the end we felt bees,…
2015 has been a super busy year for the desireland team. We have had our heads down designing and devising a 10 year strategy for the Lifeline and…
“What else can we plant in addition to lavender to attract bees to our garden?” “What are the different varieties of bees in Ireland?” “What is the point of a…
In 2015 Bí workshops transformed Equality Referendum campaign posters into emergency housing for refugee bees. This certainly was a clever and sustainable way to recycle the many posters…
Is there an alternative to Round Up? Many countries think there is, including France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Sri Lanka who have banned or…
Join Bí for a family workshop promoting the use of waste materials (kitchen cast offs and discarded referendum posters) to create nutrient rich foraging and temporary housing for…