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The Skerries Eco Festival on September 27-29 will feature talks, workshops, music, an eco fair, and a comedy show. Activities include a children’s workshop, art collaboration, photo competition, and opportunities to volunteer. The festival aims to promote collaboration, raise awareness of the environment, and encourage community involvement. For more details, visit SustainableSkerries.com/festival
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 launched. It is located on Skerries South Strand, on the beach, at the bottom of the path between the main public toilets and the lifeguard’s hut. A small sign on the fence at the footpath points the way. Beach toy libraries… Read More
In our series of blog posts about the 2023 Skerries Eco Festival, Sustainable Skerries committee member Evelyn Cottell sums up talks number four to six of our nine wonderful Sunday Afternoon Talks . She writes: The ECO Talks session took place on Sunday 3rd September 2023 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… Read More
Skerries group praised for its climate actions, coming 7th in a nationwide climate competition. Recently, we took part in the Climate Heroes event. Under the stewardship of committee member Miriam Sweeney, we came 7th out of 59 teams in total! Committee member Hans Zomer writes: Along with volunteers from community groups in 17 counties across Ireland, the members of “Sustainable Skerries” teamed up to combat consumption and take small steps to change their lives,… Read More
Planting for pollinators, planting apple trees, leaving the dandelions on our existing green spaces are all part of greening our town, but something else is happening underfoot … Hans Zomer draws our eyes to more concrete facts. He writes: Did you know that there is also another quiet revolution happening in our town? More and more people in Skerries are calling for “depaving” — rolling back the tendency to cover our gardens… Read More
Sustainable Skerries made a submission to the draft Climate Action Plan (see below). The acknowledgement stated: “All submissions will be reviewed by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, and may inform updates to the final version of this year’s Plan.” Let’s hope it will make a difference! Here is our submission: Sustainable Skerries, a committee of the Skerries Community Association, based in North County Dublin, welcomes the opportunity to comment… Read More
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