This midsummer newsletter is part 2 of 2 for 2023 that summarises some highlights from the final 4 of 8 competition categories during the judging year that ran from June 2022 to May 2023. The 4 categories are: Sustainability – Doing more with less, Tidiness and Litter Control, Residential streets and housing areas, Approach roads, streets and lanes. To catch up on part 1 of the newsletter please click here. We hope you enjoy reading and do remember that all progress in the national competition is for the town of Skibbereen rather than Skibbereen Tidy Towns.
Continue reading “Midsummer newsletter part 2 of 2 – July 2023”Midsummer newsletter part 1 of 2 – July 2023
The entry for this year’s competition was submitted to the Tidy Towns Unit of the Department of Rural and Community Development in May. A competition adjudicator uses the entry to guide their visit to the town that can take place any time between June and August. In recent years, the visit has taken place in mid-July, however since it is unannounced, we have no way of knowing until after the event when the competition results are announced in the autumn and the reports made publicly available. This newsletter summarises the entry highlights in the first four of the eight competition categories for Skibbereen during the judging year that ran from June 2022 to May 2023.
Continue reading “Midsummer newsletter part 1 of 2 – July 2023”Skibbereen Energy Master Plan
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 online to view by interested parties at the following link: https://online.fliphtml5.com/alcuf/ckpa/
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 Trees b) Addressing Neglect, Safety Hazards, and Aesthetic Concerns c) Design Concepts d) Low Maintenance Companion Plants |
| 3. What can You Do? | A Step-by-Step Guide to bringing life back to the trees |
| 4. References |
Skibbereen Tidy Towns 