Sustainable Skerries

Just a quick note about the official opening of the allotments which was scheduled to take place on Monday 16th August. Unfortunatly this has been defferred because the work needed in...

Community Supported Agriculture or CSA is a concept which has really grown in popularity in the USA in the past 10 years. However I know of only one in Ireland. It’s in the...

Wednesday 6th of January saw the first event in the Sustainable Skerries public awareness campaign which will run for the next few months. The awareness meeting was held in St Patricks...

The Guardian has published an interactive guide to making a greener home. Their schematic allows you to navigate through a typical home (give or take a few floors) to maximise the...

Wondering what this whole transition town thing is all about? You’re not the only one. Thankfully, Transition Towns Ireland is here to help. It’s a site for sharing information amongst all...

The Parents’ Council of Scoil Réalt na Mara will hold their annual secondhand book sale on Sunday, June 14 at the main entrance to St. Patrick’s Church, Strand Street, after 9am...

The Sustainable Skerries Transition Town Initiative held its first public meeting in the Old School House on Wednesday, June 3. We’d like to thank everyone who attended for coming along and...

Skerries News has come up with an innovative idea to keep Skerries’ beaches clean, safe and looking great. Stretches of the beach, from the Rugby Club all the way round to...

A suburb of the German city of Freiburg is actively discouraging driving to create a car free, or at least, car reduced community. 70% of families in the town of Vauban...

Codema, a sustainable energy agency that advises local authorities and individuals, has launched a new website aimed at anyone who wants to join with their neighbours to improve the energy efficiency...