Sustainable Skerries

Fallen leaves after recent weather are beautiful, but they can pose hazards on paths and roads. Sustainable solutions include leaving leaves in gardens to enrich soil and collecting problematic leaves for...

Did you know that in Ireland, 110,000 tonnes of textiles are discarded every year? (Source: Textiles: National Attitudes & Behaviours Surveys | Environmental Protection Agency.) Re-using unwanted clothing, much of which is...

Recently, we asked on the “Chat for Sustainable Skerries” WhatsApp group for food-waste-reducing ideas, and this is what the group came up with! Watch an Eastern European peeling potatoes and the...

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...

Committee member Sarah-Jane, who pulled together the submission made on behalf of Sustainable Skerries in May 2022, writes: The overall draft plan as published appears to be a comprehensive and well...

Reduce. Refuse. Reuse. Recycle. In that order, pleas! The recent Government announcement that soft plastics can now also be put into the recycling bin is great – unless it means we...

Sustainable Skerries recently held their second Repair Café, and it was an even bigger success than the first. The venue was changed for this event; being held this time in the...