by Lugh@climateconnected | Sep 23, 2025 | Biodiversity, Community Stories, Sligo
Born from a shared idea, SCCG was created to give a welcoming outdoor space where children and families can connect with nature. They can learn about sustainability, and bring about a sense of community. The garden is in the heart of Sligo, and it is a place where...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Sep 10, 2025 | Community Stories, Engagement and Communication, Home Energy
The Warm Home Hub, in the Westside Community of Galway City, gave a free-of-charge advice service that helps local residents by sustainably upgrading and retrofitting their homes, to make them into energy-efficient, sustainable, more comfortable and healthier homes....
by Lugh@climateconnected | Sep 8, 2025 | Building Energy Use, Case Studies, Committee Tools, Community Energy, Home Energy, Mayo
GreenPlan Mulranny turned a volunteer-run tourist office into a public “green hub” for the whole village—swapping bulbs, cutting bills, refilling water bottles, charging e-bikes from solar, and showing live energy on a screen. Those visible, low-cost actions grew into...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Sep 5, 2025 | Biodiversity, Case Studies, Mayo
Once a pass-through village on the Wild Atlantic Way, Mulranny has reinvented itself as a hub for climate action and participatory governance. Building on its Decarbonising Zone plan and a decade of community-led innovation, the village is now aiming for its boldest...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Sep 3, 2025 | Case Studies, Committee Tools, Environmental and Sustainability Initiatives, Mayo, Travel/Commuting
A Scottish-style, household-led consultation gave Mulranny a clear, shared brief: footpaths, safer crossings, and a seafront civic space. With a Village Design Statement (2012) to turn that mandate into drawings, the community and council delivered continuous...
