Sustainable Skerries
For a Sustainable and Resilient Skerries
We are delighted to announce that the Jim Quigley Volunteers of the Year 2024 here in Skerries are Charlie and Marion Heasman! Below a short explanation about the award, one picture...
While we conduct biodiversity walks on a regular basis through the summer months, yesterday’s was perhaps the nicest yet. For one thing we had a beautiful warm, sunny day; so warm...
Skerries group praised for its climate actions, coming 7th in a nationwide climate competition. Recently, we took part in the Climate Heroes event. Under the stewardship of committee member Miriam Sweeney,...
In our series of blog posts about the 2023 Skerries Eco Festival, Sustainable Skerries committee member Evelyn Cottell sums up the first three of our nine wonderful Sunday Afternoon Talks ....
Charlie writes: We are pleased to hold our first ever Bumblebee Walk on the Hamilton Hill Estate where we have a whole new area of pollinator habitat. Incorporated in the newly...
Sustainable Skerries made a submission to the draft Climate Action Plan (see below). The acknowledgement stated: “All submissions will be reviewed by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, and...
Committee Member Hans Zomer reminds us: Spring is an important period for our buzzing buddies, the bees. Bees and other pollinators rely on a variety of flowers for food from March to October,...
Are you a member of a neighbourhood network? A WhatsApp group just for your road? A Facebook group for your estate? A residents’ association even? Yes? Great! And do you get...
Would you like your garden to be more nature-friendly? Are you wondering what plants to get, and how to manage them? For many years now, Charlie and Marion Heasman have been...
Those who joined Sustainable Skerries last Sunday for Leo Carroll’s talk on insects and biodiversity were in turn mesmerised, fascinated, at times a bit shocked and overall very happy that they...
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