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...
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...
