Welcome to the Save Our Sperrins Podcast, where we explore the beauty, significance, and urgent challenges facing the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland . This podcast dives into the heart of the campaign to protect this stunning landscape from the threat of gold mining, offering insights, stories, and expert perspectives on why the Sperrins matter—not just to Ireland, but to the world.
Join us as we navigate the critical public inquiry process, unpack the environmental, cultural, and social stakes, and celebrate the people standing up for their communities and the planet. Each episode delivers powerful testimonies, actionable advice, and heartfelt stories that inspire hope and action.
Whether you’re a concerned local, an environmental advocate, or someone who simply loves nature, the Sperrins Podcast invites you to be part of this vital movement. Together, we can protect what truly matters.
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Welcome to the Save Our Sperrins Podcast, where we explore the beauty, significance, and urgent challenges facing the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland . This podcast dives into the heart of the campaign to protect this stunning landscape from the threat of gold mining, offering insights, stories, and expert perspectives on why the Sperrins matter—not just to Ireland, but to the world.
Join us as we navigate the critical public inquiry process, unpack the environmental, cultural, and social stakes, and celebrate the people standing up for their communities and the planet. Each episode delivers powerful testimonies, actionable advice, and heartfelt stories that inspire hope and action.
Whether you’re a concerned local, an environmental advocate, or someone who simply loves nature, the Sperrins Podcast invites you to be part of this vital movement. Together, we can protect what truly matters.
#No.20 From the Sperrins to COP 30: Dr Lorna Gold on Caring for Creation
The Sperrins Podcast
43 minutes
2 weeks ago
#No.20 From the Sperrins to COP 30: Dr Lorna Gold on Caring for Creation
In this episode, Marella speaks with Dr Lorna Gold, Executive Director of the Laudato Si’ Movement — a global network inspired by Pope Francis’s call to care for our common home. From her long experience in climate justice and faith-based environmental work, Lorna brings insight into how moral and spiritual leadership can shape our collective response to the ecological crisis.
As she prepares to travel to COP 30 in Brazil in November 2025 , Lorna reflects on the tensions between the drive for critical minerals and the urgent need to protect communities and ecosystems. Together, we explore how faith, conscience, and compassion can guide us through these times of profound change — and how local struggles, like the one here in the Sperrin Mountains, connect to a global movement for justice and renewal.
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LINKS FOR DR.LORNA GOLD INTERVIEW
Laudato Si website : https://laudatosimovement.org/
COP 30 website : https://cop30.br/en
Lorna's books : Climate Generation Awakening Our Children's Future
The Emergence of and Economy of Communion
SAVE OUR SPERRINS ( Social Media)
https://linktr.ee/saveoursperrins
LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES
http://caimnetwork.org/mining-in-ireland/
Mining in Ireland is a contentious issue, with 19% of the Republic of Ireland and 27% of Northern Ireland’s land area issued in prospecting licences. While mining companies claim to bring jobs and development, communities like those near Tara Mines and Gypsum Ltd have faced significant environmental and social impacts. Communities Against the Injustice of Mining (CAIM) is an all-island network resisting prospecting and extraction.
https://yestolifenotomining.org/
The Yes to Life, No to Mining website is a global hub for communities resisting destructive mining projects. It shares stories from the frontlines, practical resources for local campaigns, and research that exposes the true costs of extraction. The network connects people around the world who are protecting their land, water, and ways of life, and promotes alternatives grounded in care for nature and community wellbeing.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/after-the-goldrush-by-gerry-mcgovern/id1681123169
Do Irish people know that Ireland has been selected as a Green sacrifice song for the so-called green technology, renewable energy transition from the beautiful wilds of Clare, Wicklow and Leitrim to the outstanding natural beauty of the Sperrin mountains of Tyrone. Rural Ireland is on Big Mining's chopping block.
This podcast is about the power of community, about how communities of Ireland are organising to stop this disaster happening. For short term returns, the government wants to sell Ireland to mining interests as silently and quietly as possible. Let's make some noises. We will try to unravel why the Irish government is doing this
LINKS TO Greencastle People’s Office(GPO) Facebook Page - and the site of the GPO ( The GPO is a humble caravan which has become a hub for the campaign against the goldmine )
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063579042613&sk=about
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Cz7FHdUoi5ByxECz7?g_st=ipc
The Sperrins Podcast
Welcome to the Save Our Sperrins Podcast, where we explore the beauty, significance, and urgent challenges facing the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland . This podcast dives into the heart of the campaign to protect this stunning landscape from the threat of gold mining, offering insights, stories, and expert perspectives on why the Sperrins matter—not just to Ireland, but to the world.
Join us as we navigate the critical public inquiry process, unpack the environmental, cultural, and social stakes, and celebrate the people standing up for their communities and the planet. Each episode delivers powerful testimonies, actionable advice, and heartfelt stories that inspire hope and action.
Whether you’re a concerned local, an environmental advocate, or someone who simply loves nature, the Sperrins Podcast invites you to be part of this vital movement. Together, we can protect what truly matters.
