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3 Feb 2021

Watch back : Climate Action and Sustainability Webinar 2021

by admin | posted in: Events, Latest |

DONATE NOW TO SUPPORT A NEW CLIMATE ACTION CENTRE

On 1^st February 2021, Green Skibbereen hosted an online Conference on Climate Action and Sustainability in West Cork.

Green Skibbereen is developing proposals in consultation with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSH) for the development of a Climate Action Centre based at Myross Wood House and grounds, at Leap, Co. Cork, currently in the ownership of the Order. The Centre of Excellence for Climate Action and Sustainability at Myross House will be developed with inputs from the local community and other stakeholders.

You can watch the webinar in full below or click one of these links to go to specific presentation on our Youtube Channel.

00:00:00 Welcome with Ana Ospina

00:00:33 Introduction with Jim O’Donnell

00:05:17 Promoting Climate Action & Sustainability in West Cork with Noel Casserly

00:14:55 The Vision for Myross Wood House with Angela Brady, Brady Mallalieu Architects

00:24:58 Resources & Funding with Brendan McCormack

00:35:28 Supports for Energy Retrofits with Caitriona Courtney, NCE Energy Hub

00:43:48 Q & A with Trish Lavelle

00:59:40 Holly Cairns TD

01:02:38 Next Steps & Conclusion with Jose Ospina

You can watch back now :

Green Skibbereen secured funding from West Cork Leader Funding in 2020 to undertake a feasibility study for the project. The study will identify the physical requirements of the proposed activities for the upgrade of the property, in terms of repair, refurbishment, and any additional development (Brady Mallalieu Architects – BMA). The study, will also develop the business plan, and proposals for new uses of the house consistent with the overall philosophy of the MSH and having regard to best practice examples of such developments elsewhere (Exodea Consultants).

Thanks to Cliona Kearney, Energy-Hub Administrator & Communications Co-ordinator at Energy Pathfinder for her extensive report on our webinar.

You can read about it on their blog here :

Report on Green Skibbereen’s Conference on Climate Action & Sustainability for West Cork.

Or access a full pdf version here : Energy Pathfinder Report : Report on Green Skibbereen’s Conference on Climate Action & Sustainability for West Cork

If you would like to know more about our guest presenters – click these links for more information :

Caitriona Courtney, Energy Hub & NCE Insulation

Angela Brady OBE PPRIBA PDSA, Brady Mallalieu Architects

For all enquiries about this project – please email us at info@greenskibbereen.ie

23 Dec 2020

Green Skibbereen – A new centre for climate action in West Cork

by admin | posted in: Press |

Green Skibbereen CLG has announced plans to launch a major initiative in early 2021 for climate action and sustainability in West Cork when the group will announce it’s proposal for a new Centre of Excellence for Climate Action Sustainability in West Cork. The group are currently pursuing EU H2020 funding for upgrading the facility and are working with prospective educational and community partners in Cork. The launch will take place online at a public webinar on February 1^st, 2020 at 7pm. A membership scheme and donor programme for the new centre will also be launched at this event.

“As we emerge from the Covid 19 pandemic, with hopeful news on the development and roll out of vaccines we feel that 2021 also offers the opportunity to build back better on sustainability and climate action,” said the group’s chairperson, Jim O’Donnell.

Director, Ana Ospina said, “There is so much more we hope to achieve in the pursuit of a greener future for West Cork. Our event on 1st February, which is Imbolc, or the Feast of St Brigid, marks the first day of Spring, and a new beginning. We feel this is the appropriate time to launch our exciting programme of activities for the coming year and beyond”.

‘Green Skibbereen was established following a public meeting in the West Cork Hotel in November 2019. This event inspired a small group of local people with a shared passion for sustainability and a vision to come together to promote climate action in West Cork Hotel and to work with other interested groups and individuals. A not for profit company was established comprising founding members of the group – Jim O’Donnell (O’Donnell Furniture) & Noel Casserly (Smart Earth) and new co-directors Jose Ospina (Carbery Housing Association). Trish Lavelle (Project Manager and Educator) and Brendan McCormack (Business and Marketing Consultant), formerly of the Save Our Skibbereen (SOS) campaign, and Ana Ospina (Operations Manager of Carbery Housing Association and Creative Producer).

Green Skibbereen announce climate action plans for 2021

by admin | posted in: Press |

GREEN Skibbereen CLG has announced plans to launch a major initiative in early 2021 for climate action and sustainability in West Cork when the group will announce it’s proposal for a new Centre of Excellence for Climate Action Sustainability in West Cork.

The group are currently pursuing EU H2020 funding for upgrading the facility and are working with prospective educational and community partners in Cork. The launch will take place online at a public webinar on February 1, at 7pm. A membership scheme and donor programme for the new centre will also be launched at this event.

Green Skibbereen working towards making West Cork more sustainable

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A SKIBBEREEN business has successfully applied for funding to remove 40 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

Award-winning O’Donnell Furniture intends to replace all the lighting in their factory with energy efficient LED units and will also deploy solar panels on the factory roof to power their operations. They made the application to the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI), and it’s now hoped that other local businesses will follow their lead.

The initiative is one of the many positives delivered as part of ‘Green Skibbereen’ which held its first public meeting in November 2019. From initial boardroom meetings at O’Donnell Furniture, the group has been working weekly via Zoom since March.

Noel Casserly, founding director, said: ‘We have been meeting to complete funding applications for projects we think will contribute to a Green future for West Cork. Our team is made up of Jim O’Donnell, Jose Ospina, Trish Lavelle, and Brendan McCormack, who bring together a vast experience of enterprise, sustainable development, education and marketing.’