PLEASE NOTE
Bookings for this event open to the general public on Thursday 18 September 2025.
However, you can secure your ticket in advance of this by using the Promo Code GREEN2025.
IN-PERSON CONVERSATION
in partnership with Dublin Book Festival and TU Dublin
As part of the Dublin Book Festival Sustainability Here and Now, we invite you to join us with with environmental journalist and commentator John Gibbons (thinkorswim.ie) in conversation with Green Foundation Ireland’s Chair Pat Brereton as they explore where we have fallen down, and how we can now step up as we prepare for the new realities of the climate crisis.
THE LIE OF THE LAND
WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2025 – 12:30 to 13:45 (Irish time)
(registration starts at 12:15)
Venue:
Room EQ-002, East Quad, TU Dublin,
Grangegorman, Dublin, D07 XFF2.
About Our Guest Speaker
JOHN GIBBONS
John Gibbons is an environmental journalist and commentator who has been speaking about climate change in Ireland for over a decade. The Lie of the Land (Sandycove/Penguin, 2025) is his first book.
GETTING THERE
Room EQ-002, East Quad is situated in TU Dublin Grangegorman and here is a map to help you locate it.
Please note that parking is limited. There is some on-street parking available but please use the excellent public transport links if possible.
As always at our events,
an important part will be the
Q&A session
which will allow full
participation by those attending.
TICKET DETAILS
While admission is FREE to this event, registration is REQUIRED.
Please secure your place by booking here.
THEME
The Lie of the Land (Sandycove/Penguin, 2025) is a call to action for Ireland around addressing climate change, and how reimaging the way we use our land is a key step we can take. John Gibbons, who grew up on an arable farm, shows how we can embrace a low-emissions farming model while preserving farmers’ livelihoods, making the countryside a better place to live, and delivering something Ireland conspicuously lacks: food security.
This event is part of Dublin Book Festival 2025.