Sustainability Success Stories
Learning from others’ experiences is a great way to start your sustainability journey. We are collecting stories from individuals and communities that will tell you what they did and how they went about it.
Our latest Community Stories
Aran Islands’ Energy Co-operative
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...
Use Your Mug Galway City
This was a campaign that lasted for 3 months in Galway City. During this time 9 cafes in the city did not sell coffee in paper cups. Instead you had to bring your own keep cup. The campaign was talked about all over the city and it helped get people into the habit of...
Creative Climate Action: Art and Sustainability in Westside
Westside Resource Centre’s community-led projects bring creativity and climate action together to engage residents in meaningful ways. Projects like "Painting the Planet" and "The Air We Share" use art and science to make sustainability understandable, start...
Just three of our latest Personal Stories
Aoife, Cork, decided that if she wanted to spend money in town she would cycle and not drive
Last year I got a bike from the cycle-to-work scheme. I decided that if I wanted to spend money in town I would cycle in and not drive.Location Wilton, Co. Cork Name Aoife Useful Links Department of Transport: Why your journey counts. Potential...
Tommy: had a sustainablility dream, and went for it.
I set up a 2.5 acre sustainable market garden. What started off as hobby gardening is now scaled up to about 2.5 acres in producing fruit and vegetables. I wondered if it was possible to produce food in a sustainable way, both environmentally and...
Avril, Sligo, “Don’t make it a one time thing, make it a habit”
I Upgraded to reusable water bottles and tea cups, and started buying second hand clothes. Location Sligo Name Avril Impact: Over it's typical lifetime a re-useable coffee cup saves approximately 10kg of CO2 equivalent. What inspired you to do...