In Autumn 2021 a sustainable energy community (SEC) was established in Skibbereen, called Net Zero Skibbereen. In the year that followed, this small community group, supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, focussed on the development of an energy master plan (EMP) for Skibbereen, published in September 2022. This report is now available onlineContinue reading “Skibbereen Energy Master Plan”
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Skibbereen Community Orchard – a design proposal
This blog post was researched and authored by Honey Jancauskaite and Nikole Lekaviciute, Fourth Year students at Skibbereen Community School during Social Placement Week, 2023. Table of Contents 1. Preserving Our Community’s Orchard 2. A Collection of Our Concepts and Knowledge a) Low Maintenance Fruit Treesb) Addressing Neglect, Safety Hazards, and Aesthetic Concernsc) Design Conceptsd)Continue reading “Skibbereen Community Orchard – a design proposal”
Skibbereen taking on Food Waste – how it’s going (2023)
“It is wonderful to see you are collaborating with outside organizations to address the major problem of food waste through organizing food waste awareness events” National Tidy Towns competition adjudicator, October 2022. Readers could be forgiven for wondering if the Skibbereen Tidy Towns group undertakes any projects other than food waste, given the volume ofContinue reading “Skibbereen taking on Food Waste – how it’s going (2023)”
The (Windmill) Rock project… how it started
In 2022 we included the (Windmill) Rock project in our entry for the National Tidy Towns competition for the first time. This is a multi-year project by ‘Friends of the Rock’, a sub-committee of Skibbereen Tidy Towns. A chronology of key milestones is presented as follows:
Skibbereen Tidy Towns 