by Lugh@climateconnected | Aug 19, 2025 | Community Stories, Galway, Social Enterprise, Waste
Achursáil Áran is managed by Comharchumann Forbartha Inis Mór – a community member owned co-operative of the Aran Islands. The key to the project was the islanders deciding they no longer wanted to dump household and commercial waste to landfill on the island....
by Lugh@climateconnected | Aug 14, 2025 | Community Stories, Sligo
Sligo’s community and the town’s largest businesses and employers are working together to reduce energy use and carbon emissions across Sligo and Leitrim. This group, called Sligo Sustainable Energy Community (SEC), was set up in 2016 by local organisations and...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Aug 8, 2025 | Community Stories, Waste
The Aran Islands ‘Keep Cup Campaign’ was launched in June 2025 by the Aran Islands Energy Co-op (Comharchumann Fuinnimh Oileáin Árann Teo, CFOAT), in collaboration with thirteen local businesses across the three Islands. Ten businesses on Inis Mór, one business on...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Jul 8, 2025 | Building Energy Use, Case Studies, Committee Tools, Community Energy, Energy at Home, Galway, Governance and Leadership, Organizational Development
We are a community owned energy cooperative representing the 3 Aran Islands. Lifetime membership is open to everyone who lives on the Islands for a fee of just €100. The cooperative is non-profit with all of the benefits going back into the community. The co-op shows...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Jul 8, 2025 | Building Energy Use, Case Studies, Community Energy, Galway, Home Energy
We are a community owned energy cooperative representing the 3 Aran Islands. Lifetime membership is open to everyone who lives on the Islands for a fee of just €100. The cooperative is non-profit with all of the benefits going back into the community. The co-op shows...
