Sustainable Skerries
For a Sustainable and Resilient Skerries
Fallen leaves after recent weather are beautiful, but they can pose hazards on paths and roads. Sustainable solutions include leaving leaves in gardens to enrich soil and collecting problematic leaves for...
The Skerries Wild Bee Festival, held from June 20-22, 2025, celebrated nature and community, bringing together biodiversity experts and residents. Organized by volunteers and supported by Fingal County Council, the festival...
Christine Mullan-Jensen's research explores how personal gardens can contribute to biodiversity and climate resilience. Despite societal barriers like judgment and confusion about gardening norms, Mullan-Jensen offers four strategies: engage with your...
The 2024 Skerries Eco Festival brought us together to promote environmental awareness and action. With engaging activities from workshops to talks, visitors learned about making impactful eco-friendly choices. The festival emphasized...
Sustainable Skerries made a strong impression at the Pride of Place competition, representing Fingal County Council in the Climate Action and Biodiversity category. They showcased their community initiatives and projects, emphasizing...
Evelyn Cottell, the committee member behind our extensive history of Sustainable Skerries, writes: Sustainable Skerries celebrated its 15th anniversary this summer. Former and current committee members met up over dinner, to...
How proud are Skerries people of Skerries? The answer is, of course: Very. So when Fingal County Council recently nominated us for the Climate Action and Biodiversity Award of the all-island...
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...
At our recent Skerries Eco Night: Biodiversity, we explored a number of questions related to biodiversity in our town. The small groups / tables reported back to the plenary session, and...
Attention Skerries residents, businesses, organizations, and clubs! Are you ready for an exciting and informative evening focused on biodiversity? Join us at Skerries Mills on Thursday, April 27th, 2023, starting at...
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