Sustainable Skerries

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...

There was high interest in Féidhlim Harty's online talk "Catch that raindrop!" on environmental water management. The recording is available on SustainableSkerries.com/water. Féidhlim will also speak at the Skerries Eco Festival...

Those who joined Sustainable Skerries last Sunday for Leo Carroll’s talk on insects and biodiversity were in turn mesmerised, fascinated, at times a bit shocked and overall very happy that they...

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...

Last Wednesday (18 May 2022), Dave Goulson, the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse, joined Sustainable Skerries online for a fascinating talk on insects. We...

Charlie Heasman; 10/10/2019   Skerries allotment holders have been focusing their attention a lot lately on issues of soil management and sustainability. First was a visit from Klaus Laitenberger during which...

The mass-produced electric car maybe a thing of the future, but the power struggle surrounding the vehicles of tomorrow is in full swing today. The ITN’s Lindsey Hilsum reports on the...

Bronagh sent on a link to the Story of Stuff today. It’s a 20 minute animated film that examines the underbelly of modern production and consumption and calls for a more...

Alex Steffen is cofounder and executive editor of WorldChanging.com. Part blog and part eco-activist street team, WorldChanging.com serves as a source of information and inspiration for anyone interested in increasing sustainability...