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Sustainable Skerries organized a week-long Forest School this August, supported by Fingal County Council. Twenty children explored nature through play, learning games, foraging, and crafting. The final day focused on local biodiversity initiatives. The experience emphasized the joy of outdoor learning and the importance of community involvement and sustainability.
In Skerries, a project funded by LAWPRO focuses on improving water quality and biodiversity. Environmental consultant Féidhlim Harty’s report suggests nature-based solutions for flooding and biodiversity enhancement. Initiatives include water refill stations and a Beach Toy Library to reduce plastic pollution. Recognition includes winning the Greenest Place competition.
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 emphasized small actions to support pollinators. Keynote speaker Professor Jane Stout highlighted Skerries’ role in community-led biodiversity efforts.
Christine Mullan-Jensen’s research explores how personal gardens can contribute to biodiversity and climate resilience. Despite societal barriers like judgment and confusion about gardening norms, Mullan-Jensen offers four strategies: engage with your garden, adopt personal styles, share knowledge, and view gardens as a collective ecosystem. Embracing these can enhance Ireland’s biodiversity.
We are delighted to announce that the Jim Quigley Volunteers of the Year 2024 here in Skerries are Charlie and Marion Heasman! Below a short explanation about the award, one picture of the awards ceremony, and the nomination received by the judges. Jim Quigley was a champion of community development; a larger than life personality who was a dreamer and a doer; an idealist and an activist. 1970, Jim married Brigid Carolan and… Read More
While we conduct biodiversity walks on a regular basis through the summer months, yesterday’s was perhaps the nicest yet. For one thing we had a beautiful warm, sunny day; so warm in fact that quite a few of those people booked went to the beach instead. This meant that we had a relatively small group of some dozen or 15 people. That’s actually okay in a way; smaller groups are both more… Read More
In our series of blog posts about the 2023 Skerries Eco Festival, Sustainable Skerries committee member Evelyn Cottell sums up the first three of our nine wonderful Sunday Afternoon Talks . She writes: The Eco Talks session took place on Sunday 3rd September, in The Little Theatre. In the nearby Old Schoolhouse, ECO Fair stalls were in full swing, facilitating a flow of people in and out of the two events,… Read More
Charlie writes: We are pleased to hold our first ever Bumblebee Walk on the Hamilton Hill Estate where we have a whole new area of pollinator habitat. Incorporated in the newly completed Multi Use Games Area is a large wildflower meadow which will flower for the first time this year. Our recorders regularly spot the Large Carder Bee in the locality and it is hoped that the area will become a stronghold for this… Read More
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