One of the major activities of the association is the Annual Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium which is held at the beginning of every year. These Colloquia have proved to be a tremendous success and are now the largest national scientific meetings in Ireland attracting around 400 delegates each year. This stems largely from the open format, encouraging a wide range of contributions from all areas of environmental activity. In order to help postgraduates become involved in publishing, in 2005 the ESAI began a new scheme to publish selected Environ colloquium papers. The papers undergo peer review and the process of acceptance is similar to that required by journals. Colloquium proceedings from Environ 2005 are now available in hard copy from our administrator (administrator@esaiweb.org). Proceedings from