Stop the world I want to get off it.

Dropsy wrote on Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:45pm:

“Can I get a cut, blow-dry and a course in climate change  please?

That could be the request in Hairdressers across Ireland under a government scheme that aims to train hairdressers  to get conversations going with their clients about climate change oversee by University College Cork.

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No more " what do u think of the new series of the " Handmaid's Tail" or "how's your son getting on in Australia" . No it will b all about stopping cows farting and spending money u don't have on an E.V car.

Naturally,  this one is being funded by Irish taxpayers to the tune €63,000  allocated by Research Ireland to train hairdressers to talk to their customers about Climate Change. 

They really are never short of ideas on how to waste tax money

Dropsy wrote on Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:45pm:

“Can I get a cut, blow-dry and a course in climate change  please?

That could be the request in Hairdressers across Ireland under a government scheme that aims to train hairdressers  to get conversations going with their clients about climate change oversee by University College Cork.

Read more...

No more " what do u think of the new series of the " Handmaid's Tail" or "how's your son getting on in Australia" . No it will b all about stopping cows farting and spending money u don't have on an E.V car.

Naturally,  this one is being funded by Irish taxpayers to the tune €63,000  allocated by Research Ireland to train hairdressers to talk to their customers about Climate Change. 

They really are never short of ideas on how to waste tax money

L181SKY wrote on Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:11am:

I’m shocked,  I’ve Never heard anything so stupid in my 67 years !   The Government is telling Hairdressers What To Talk about.    Frightening too.    

Dropsy wrote on Thu Apr 10, 2025 1:52pm:

Only the tip of the iceberg my friend

L181SKY wrote on Thu Apr 10, 2025 2:56pm:

I know.   lol.    

jch wrote on Fri Apr 11, 2025 7:28pm:

some useful context:  this is an experiment in communication, to see if, and how, important community hubs like hairdressing/barbershops might be useful in helping get out crucially important messages about the unfolding climate catastrophe...to see if they could act something like focus gro...

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...ups that are used universally for communication planning, from adverts for beer to political manifestos. Four areas in Ireland that are predicted to be heavily impacted as the climate changes become more intense will be chosen, barbers/hairdressers in each area--who volunteer to participate--will learn ways to respond in conversations that include climate change, such as talking about how climate change is likely to upend life in those areas, and actions that could be undertaken to prevent the worst effects. They will then be asked to report back on what 'worked', or not, just like any focus group would.   The point is that--across Ireland as a whole--the cost of managing the catastrophic impacts of climate change will be in the many billions of euros range, and those huge costs can be vastly reduced if the population better understands the issues, and how to deal with them -- now rather then too late.  In this context spending 63k now, to save 63 billion later, is a wise investment.  The training will mostly involve educating the participants as to the reality of the climate crisis, as to causes, history, predicted impacts, and things that can be done to minimise the impact -- it is already much too late to prevent disruption.  And yes, those issues include farting cows because as silly as it sounds, it is a significant part of the problem--something like 15% of greenhouse gases come from cow farts (and belches, they do a lot of both), that can rather easily be reduced.   Gov is not instructing people what to say, but looking for ways to get this critically important information out there. There is literally nothing more important.

jch wrote on Fri Apr 11, 2025 7:28pm:

some useful context:  this is an experiment in communication, to see if, and how, important community hubs like hairdressing/barbershops might be useful in helping get out crucially important messages about the unfolding climate catastrophe...to see if they could act something like focus gro...

Read more...

...ups that are used universally for communication planning, from adverts for beer to political manifestos. Four areas in Ireland that are predicted to be heavily impacted as the climate changes become more intense will be chosen, barbers/hairdressers in each area--who volunteer to participate--will learn ways to respond in conversations that include climate change, such as talking about how climate change is likely to upend life in those areas, and actions that could be undertaken to prevent the worst effects. They will then be asked to report back on what 'worked', or not, just like any focus group would.   The point is that--across Ireland as a whole--the cost of managing the catastrophic impacts of climate change will be in the many billions of euros range, and those huge costs can be vastly reduced if the population better understands the issues, and how to deal with them -- now rather then too late.  In this context spending 63k now, to save 63 billion later, is a wise investment.  The training will mostly involve educating the participants as to the reality of the climate crisis, as to causes, history, predicted impacts, and things that can be done to minimise the impact -- it is already much too late to prevent disruption.  And yes, those issues include farting cows because as silly as it sounds, it is a significant part of the problem--something like 15% of greenhouse gases come from cow farts (and belches, they do a lot of both), that can rather easily be reduced.   Gov is not instructing people what to say, but looking for ways to get this critically important information out there. There is literally nothing more important.

Dropsy wrote on Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:20pm:

I asked a friend of mine who owns a hairdressers what she thought of this initiative 

 Her reply was 1 word beginning with B and ending in X.

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I notice in your very well put together post you make no mention of  China and their coal power stations or India's waste burning which makes our cows farts pale in2 insignificance.