Sustainable Skerries

Hans Zomer’s article on why the no-mow-people of Sustainable Skerries were actually out cutting the grass, and how to help the pollinators also appeared in the 11 November 2023 edition of...

Continuing our series of blogs about individual events at the recent Skerries Eco Festival, Dara Mac Domhnaill, himself actively protecting the biodiversity and water quality of the Mill Stream as part...

Low Tide Walk & Talk, Southern End of Skerries South Beach by Cathal Copeland (BirdWatch Ireland) This report by Evelyn Cottell, Sustainable Skerries, continues our series of blog posts about our...

You may be aware of the Draft Fingal Climate Action Plan 2024-2029 – below is a summary of its main points. We encourage everyone to have a look at the Fingal...

In another instance of the series of blogposts about our 2023 Skerries Eco Festival, Eithne O’Connell writes about the folk singing session hosted by Dónal Kearney and Sara Dennedy of the Skerries...

When the sirens called, you did not want to hear it. If their song caught your ear, it lured you to your doom. There was no way to avoid catastrophe once...

Send in your best water pics! Water in all its facets is the theme of this year’s Skerries Eco Festival (1-3 September), and Sustainable Skerries are inviting everyone in Skerries to...

It’s that time of year, Tidy Towns judges are visiting everywhere in Ireland. And as you probably know already, “Tidy Towns” is not about towns being extremely tidy (though an absence...

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...