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! 🌞

Very exciting things happening on the shed roofs today! We're finally going solar!! 🌞

“A single kite is currently capable of amassing up to 30 kilowatts of free electricity per hour that can be stored and used later.Kitepower says kites are twice as efficient as conventional wind turbines at capturing wind energy.” www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

EV charger designed to sit into kerb could answer urban charging challenge

Great news with lots of clothes swaps coming up locally! In the ILAC Centre Library they have a clothes swap Saturday July 12th from 10.15am – 2pm. Email [email protected] to book your place

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

Congrats to GEMINI partner @tudublinsustain.bsky.social for top 100 placing in THE Impact Rankings 2025 for sustainability www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou... Read about the island of Ireland’s first deep geothermal exploratory borehole at Grangegorman campus 👉 geminigeothermal.com/grangegorman/

Central Library, ILAC Centre is back with another clothes swap, Saturday July 12, from 10.15am – 2pm. Full information including drop off details can be found here: www.dublincity.ie/events/centr... #sustainablefashion #clothesswap

Book swap today! Saturday 28th June, An Siol, Manor St, Stoneybatter, 11am-12.30pm. We have fiction, non-fiction & kids’ books, plus tea, coffee & biscuits. Come along to swap, browse & chat.

So pleased to see Gabriel’s National School going solar! WHAT a roof!!! Thanks & congratulations to everyone involved stgabrielsns.ie

We’ll be Book Swapping again at the end of June - this time with free smoke alarms from An Siol & Culture Underground maps from Stoneybatter Festival! - along with the usual tea, coffee, biscuits & chats. 11am-12.30pm Saturday 28th June An Siol, 19 Manor St - after Stoneybatter’s monthly Clean Up.

Third Space in Smithfield are asking: “We are starting a Take One, Leave One cup wall & we need your help! Have you any spare keep cups that you don't use? Would you be happy to donate them to us to reuse? They would need to have a lid, & be fit for use. 🙏 “

The Eirgrid dashboard now shows daily solar generation. Four years ago, this would have been a flat line. This doesn't even include rooftop solar which reduces the demand on the grid.

Delighted that @monthlycycles.bsky.social will be joining us for the Stoneybatter Festival this weekend! Bike Bopping with @ibike.ie on Friday evening, 6pm rendezvous at Grangegorman Central Quad & Bike Repair Station Saturday 2pm-5pm at the Scout Hall Ben Edair Rd. stoneybatterfestival.ie

“Under the plan EasyGo will supply and install a free charger to homes with homeowners then able to share access through EasyGo’s platform.” The scheme will initially be available to homeowners in the Stoneybatter, Cabra and Phibsborough areas of Dublin. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Woohoo! A fab line-up of events for this year’s Stoneybatter Festival 13-15 June - incl sharing, swapping & bike-bopping. On the Saturday afternoon we’ll have TWO “sharing spaces” with a Clothes + Books + Games Swap; Food Sustainability; Bike Repair; a Home Energy Clinic, a Cocktail Forage & more

A pilot “shared charging” scheme happening in our area - Stoneybatter/Cabra/Phibsboro - for those who actually have private car parking space. You can apply to find out more here: sharedcharging.easygo.ie/shared-charg...

It was the greenest May month yet for Irish electricity. Find out more in our free newsletter, now available to all on our website. www.greencollective.io/post/monthly...

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we’re delighted to announce our SUPER SWAP! Update your wardrobe, refresh your shelves, or up your games game for FREE all while helping the environment. 2pm-5pm Saturday 14th June at The Scout Hall, Ben Edair Rd as part of the Stoneybatter Festival.

Looking at this again and EirGrid's figures now show April 24 peaked at 824MW: just ~2% off the then-record. Not sure why we later revised so low; it could be the significant mid-day storage/battery charging. Whatever the case, a nice little vindication for our real-time solar estimate, RIP! 🎯

So honoured to have been at this extraordinary Town Hall with special guests Senator Bernie Sanders & Mary Robinson, exploring how community wealth building can help drive both local development & climate action, with Bohs’ Climate Cooperative The Spark.

🏆TU Dublin Ranked 1st in Europe for Sustainability in Higher Education 🌍Fantastic news! We've been awarded the highly prestigious Gold accreditation from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

What’s on this weekend? Here’s some local events from our friends and partners - @connectingcabra.bsky.social have a Biodiversity Festival this Saturday 1pm-4pm

🌏As Dublin Climate Action Week kicks off, we're delighted to launch our Your Voice, Dublin’s Energy Future survey. 💬This is your chance to have your say on: 🛢️How we move Dublin away from #FossilFuels 🌲How we make Dublin a healthy & sustainable county 👉Take the survey now @ bit.ly/3SuDLTs #DCAW25

All new homes in England to have solar panels by 2027. Calculations by The Times indicate households with panels could save up to £1000 a year on electricity bills. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW Solar panels to be mandated on vast majority of new homes in England Currently about 40% of new builds have solar; new rules should push that to about 99% Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...