Join us for Biodiversity Week, bring your own coffee on Tuesday at 11! A Walk through Shankill; https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-walk-through-shankill-a-template-for-tidy-towns-groups-tickets-154698702985

Many thanks to MU Green Campus, @MUWe are delighted to have received over 1000 Irish native trees from Easy Treesie project🌱🌳🌲 The trees will be planted around the campus in the coming months . https://twitter.com/GreenCampus_MU/status/1380451359116394499?s=20

Its theme; “Grow your share of fresh air – plant a tree!” A Climate Action was held with a very informal filmed tree planting event at Shankhill’s, Stonebridge Park prior to the current COVID 19 restrictions. The Tidy Towns Team with the Science Foundation of Ireland and the Easy Treesie – Crann Project and friends,Continue reading "The first-ever Shankill Patagonia “Power Plant” challenge was captured on a prizewinning film."

If any school has a swimming pool, make sure it is retained. The school pool around the corner was sold for luxury apartments and a car park, I should have chained myself to the railings in a bikini but my son was a pupil there. The Clontarf baths has re-opened but not to the public,Continue reading "Pools"

Preserve all school playing grounds from developers. Ban their sale. And reverse the sale of any sold in the last ten years, e.g. St. Paul's Raheny sports grounds in St. Anne's Park. How to afford it? What is the cost for children who cannot play to their health, obesity etc. ? There is a lotContinue reading "Preserve school playing grounds"

Our challenge; make a tree trail. How; identify a tree. You can check out our Irish Tree Trail movie to find the names of our 28 native trees and of course we have lots of other trees growing here too you can add. Now identify another one. And now maybe a third? Now you haveContinue reading "Film Friday"

Challenge 4 on Active School Week; Since trees cannot absorb all the carbon being emitted on their own, cutting transport carbon is a vital issue. Even good-value bicycles are an expense most people have to think about - we relied in our house on Santa for our children's early bikes. I've enjoyed 2 bike-to-work schemeContinue reading "Sorting Bicycle Theft; a Public Purse Issue"

About ten years ago, my husband's workplace brought in a policy where neckties and jackets were no longer considered required dress unless one was meeting with outside clients. It wasn't a "Dress Down Friday". It was a "Dress Up on Red Letter days". In practice this meant hanging a suit or a jacket and tieContinue reading "Let’s Chill; Challenge for Active School Week"

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/education/ridiculous-ban-kids-running-school-13311177 Active School week is looking for daily challenges. Here is a challenge! What are the results of the survey to which the Dept. of Education and Science committed in 2018 regarding running in school yards and what action has the Minister taken in respect of Insurance companies who continue to insist on this damagingContinue reading "Challenge; Run in the Playground?"