Sustainable Skerries

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...

The 2023 SkOOP Planting Season is over, and we did it: Dozens of volunteers, children and adults of pretty much all ages, planted 70 new apple, pear, plum, damson, and hazel...

This is a report of sorts of the first Skerries Eco Night, 22 November 2022. It has also a list of actions. Join us in doing something – yourself, in your...

We do it every day, usually several times – eat. And what we eat makes a difference. As you can see from a few examples below, based on the BBC Climate...

Sustainable Skerries Committee Member Brendan Muldoon writes: On a recent trip to the Ballygossan Park Playground in Skerries my eye was drawn to a rather barren-looking patch of ground in the...

Seasonal. Local. Organic. Waste-minimising. Ecosphere-enhancing. Regenerative= SLOWER Food! We braved the rain, saw the Community Gardens at Skerries Mills, welcomed platains, wholemeal sourdough bread, homemade popcorn, wonderful cake made by a...

If anyone here has kids in St Pat’s, they will probably know that some parents have taken the initiative to save torn, worn, and / or scruffy uniform items from the...

The Skerries Bee Map was the result of a collaboration between members of the biodiversity team of Sustainable Skerries and local artist/illustrator Kristina Keegan. The purpose of the map is to...

Join Charlie and Marion Heasman on this stroll through the Ballast Bit, starting at the Bottle Bank on Barnageeragh Road. We’ll explore the Ballast Pit looking not only at bumblebees but...

The climate crisis has been growing, but we can’t just sit there and let doom and gloom ruin our lives.We can do something! In the book “Regeneration – Ending the Climate...