Sustainable Skerries

Skerries is in the running for the title of Ireland's Greenest Place, showcasing community initiatives to promote sustainability. Local groups demonstrated various eco-friendly projects during a visit from judges of The...

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...

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...

Committee member Miriam Sweeney, who is the woman behind our Skerries Beach Toy Library, writes: On the lovely sunny morning of Sunday 7th July 2024, the Skerries Beach Toy Library was...

Looking for ideas for a “Net- Zero Skerries” Committee member Hans Zomer recently wrote the following article for Skerries News.Please consider subscribing to Skerries News We strongly suggest subscribing to 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...

The Post Carbon Institute based in California have just published this excellent article on security and resilience in a post carbon world. Although the article mainly discusses the issue from an American perspective,...

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...

Gardening was one of the topics that interested everyone at the recent Sustainable Skerries Transition Town public meeting. With that in mind, here is the latest installment from the Irish Times’...

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...