❄️💡 Want to save money on your winter energy bills or better understand the home energy grants available? Check out our events at the Raytown Energy Dock, located at the Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre! 🧵

This is happening tomorrow (Wednesday, 3rd December). Read contributions from some of the speakers in this month's themed issue on Ireland's energy transition. rundale.org

Tomorrow! Saturday 29th Nov, 11am-1pm. Hope to see you there!

Kate & Jenny chat with SEAI’s Stephen Farrell about traditional homes and the challenges of upgrading them. Plus, Kim visits a 200-year-old home in Tipperary that’s been beautifully renovated. Listen here: audioboom.com/posts/880725...

Delighted we’ll have a free energy-efficiency clinic with @cosybatter 11am-1pm Sat 29th November, An Síol, 19 Manor St, where you can chat to an expert about ways to make your home cosier & cheaper to run. We’ll also have a book swap - & you’re also very welcome just pop in for a cuppa & a chat.

🧵 Renters in Dublin want to take action on climate but feel unable to, according to the Your Voice, Dublin’s Energy Future Survey

Want to learn how to: 🧐Read & understand your #energy bill, 🔎Compare different suppliers & 💸Find ways to save money on your #costs? Come along to the Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre from 6-7pm on Thurs 27th Nov! ✍️Drop in on the day or sign up: www.eventbrite.ie/e/understand...

At the Business Post #ElectricVehicle Summit & Awards in the RDS today? Look out for Codema's Senior Engineer & Transport Lead, Eoin Ahern, joining the afternoon panel discussion at 2.20pm on how urban design can either accelerate or block the transition to #ElectricVehicles evsummit.ie/2025-agenda/

“It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Maximum grant for rooftop solar panels to remain at €1,800 www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

Any #speirgorm people interested in the impact of #climate on Iceland - award-winning Icelandic writer and documentary filmmaker @andrimagnason.bsky.social will be speaking in @tudublinsustain.bsky.social on Wednesday! Andri is known for his eulogy to the first glacier lost to climate change. Book 👇

‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution

Connecting Cabra will be attending this event on Saturday with our friends from Bohs Climate Cooperative. Hope to see you there. Let’s make some noise and get Climate back on the agenda! @leafybatter.bsky.social @nearfm.ie @cosybatter.bsky.social

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SEAI’s latest energy & emissions data for 2025 is out! See how Ireland is doing on its climate targets, full report available on SEAI website. Learn more: www.seai.ie/news-and-eve...

🚨 Dubliners are worried about their energy bills - and we need to talk about the impact this is having when discussing a just and fair transition away from fossil fuels

🎉 We are delighted to announce that the Raytown Energy Dock is now open! We're here today and every Thursday from 9:30-12:30 at the Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre for free, practical energy advice. Learn more and book your energy clinic slot now: bit.ly/3L5HDde

All welcome! We’re here till 12.30pm today (Saturday.) Bring a book, take a book or just come along for a chat 😊

Tomorrow! Saturday 25th October we’re doing our (currently monthly) book swap again in Stoneybatter, 11am-12.30pm, at An Síol at 19 Manor Street. All are very welcome to bring books, choose books or just come along for a chat!

Dr. Sarah Blake, who leads the Geothermal Programme at Geological Survey Ireland discussed at the #DecarbonisingDublin the potential of geothermal energy. It’s heat from beneath our feet and it can provide sustainable solutions as long as it’s matched with suitable end users🔋💡

“‘I’d be surprised if a chimney accounts for less than 10% heat loss. You need to close that off as far as you can.’ A chimney balloon, costing less than €50 will do the job. There are no structural works required & you can remove it if you want to light a fire.” www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...

Dublin City residents without secure bicycle parking can now register for BikeBunkers BikeBunkers, a service providing secure bicycle parking for Dublin City residents who lack access to secure bicycle storage, is now open to expressions of interest from the public, with the first units expected…

On today! Sunday 12th October, 12.30pm-3.30pm at the pond behind the Church of the Most Precious Blood, Cabra

We got solar panels installed about a month ago, and we’re running at about 75% energy independence. In autumn. In Ireland. This is not some unsolvable quantum physics problem for god’s sake 🤦

Oh lordy. No, these are not "heat pumps". They are *water* pumps installed in conventional fossil-fuel heating systems. 🤦‍♂️

The consultation on Ireland’s Second Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy is now open! Launched by Minister of State Alan Dillon, this consultation is your chance to shape Ireland’s circular future. Find out more here: gov.ie/en/departmen... @gov.ie

We have all been saying that government needs to move from X/Twitter to Bluesky, so give these people and other govt departments a follow! #Speirgorm

Tomorrow! Saturday 27th September, the 8th Stoneybatter book swap of 2025. Taking place at An Siol Manor St 11am-12.30pm, all are very welcome to come along & pick up a new (to you) book, swap, browse or just drop by for a chat.

To expand the learnings for #CargobikeSharingBETA, there is now a public, electric, cargobike in #Stoneybatter. @bleeperactive.bsky.social have registration info here bleeperactive.com/pages/shared... We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions if you use it, and please spread the word! 🙏

If you’re on or near any of the play streets in Dublin today and have any pictures of street play that you’re happy to share, use #25playstreets or #d7playstreets here so we can find them and build the case for doing 100 play streets next year!! (or tag @d7playstreets on instagram).

Cargo bicycle share trial expands to Dublin’s northside with new hub in Stoneybatter A cargo bike share scheme, which is being run as a pilot project by bike hire company Bleeper for Dublin City Council's Beta Projects, has been expanded to Stoneybatter. The new location in Stoneybatter is on…

Today’s a banner day for D7 Play Streets! From Third Space café in Smithfield in 2023 to a Play Street initiative for the entire city in 2025. In 2023, myself and my friend, Sean Shanagher, organised a public meeting to see if people were interested in doing "play streets” across Dublin 7...

With start-ups, a Phibsboro climate co-op is looking at ways to keep wealth within the neighbourhood. Imagine a network of local enterprises that plan for the future and are owned by the people, says Sean McCabe, the head of Climate Justice and Sustainability at Bohemians FC.

🌞 On the rooftops of Aldgate, Rachel Blake MP & Mete Coban show how #CommunityEnergy is powering London’s future. Solar panels on the Middlesex Street estate are proof that when power is put back in the hands of communities, change happens: cleaner, greener, fairer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFi1...

the neighbours and i insulated our house, work finished mid spring 2024 calculated yesterday for heating fuel costs/repayments, LOOK at the difference 2023: €1155 2024: €616 2025: €150 (so far, but still!) why are governments/the EU wasting money on more gas?? insulation cuts bills AND pollution

Next stop France! Really pleased to see work start on an electricity cable linking Ireland to France, a small step towards a European #Supergrid that will lower bills, and emissions. #CelticInterconnector www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

The latest on plans for the junction area outside D7 Educate Together, Grangegorman. “The works aim to permanently improve safety around the current road layout for the school, while also creating a welcoming new public space that the whole community can enjoy.” ggda.ie/junction-wor...

Reminder: This Wednesday! Want to learn more about energy grants or the Warmer Homes Scheme? Come chat with us – we’ll be sharing all the details and answering your questions. ⚡⚡⚡⚡

Date for the diary! Phibsboro’s BuzzFest will take place this year on Saturday 4th October, based round the Panama Scout Hall & Villa Bank Garden, with workshops, talks, street food, music and a repair cafe. More as we get it!

It all kicks off tomorrow. Join us at the Cabra Festival starting with a Bat Walk on Saturday at 9pm. And lots of events throughout next week with Family Fun Day on the 16th. See you there! 🦇

"It's really beautiful to imagine relying on a power source that you can't hoard." If you feel yourself slipping into climate doomerism like I have lately, I implore you to read/listen to this convo with @billmckibben.bsky.social. It genuinely helped me see a path forward

An energy revolution is underway in this century, though it’s unfolded in ways slow enough and technical enough for most people not to notice (and I assume it’s nowhere near finished). It is astonishing – a powerful solution to the climate crisis... [Wrote it a while ago; came out yesterday.]

🌞 Want to dive into the secrets of community energy? Summer can be a perfect time for learning! 🦋 📚 The EUCENA Citizen Energy Academy offers free online courses to help you discover the ABCs of energy communities. energycommunityplatform.eu/resources/eu...

Event “Climate Crisis & What You Can Do About It” taking place at The Sanctuary, Stanhope St, Dublin 7, 7pm Thursday August 7th

Want a warmer home and lower bills? Join us at the Cabra Warmer Homes Project Info Evening! Learn about retrofitting & insulation Discover grants and details on FREE upgrades Hear from local homeowners Get help with grant forms #CabraWarmerHomes #RetrofitIreland #SustainableLiving #ConnectingCabra

July book swap kicking off! Here today till noon Saturday 26th July, outside An Siol 19 Manor Street

We have a Super Sustainable Stoneybatter Saturday coming up! From 11am-noon 26th June, the now monthly Stoneybatter book swap will be on at An Siol, 19 Manor St. All welcome to bring or take a book, or just come along to browse or chat. AND…

Have you noticed climate action happening in your area? ⚡We want to hear about the energy solutions that matter the most to you. Take our survey and get the chance to win a Home Energy Saving Kit for your home or community 👉 bit.ly/3SuDLTs

Even on an overcast, damp day, the new solar panels are providing over 5.5x more electricity than we're consuming. The excess is all going into the national grid. Can't wait to see what the ratio will be when the sun shines! 🌞