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Roscommon Town is the decarbonisation zone (dz) for Roscommon County Council . The community and climate action team there are doing some amazing work across lots of sustainability projects. In just one example of this, the Galway and Roscommon ETB, in association with the council, have run an innovative self-build Wind Turbine course to help people discover the possibilities of local energy. See our full profile of the Roscommon Town dz here: https://climateconnected.ie/2026/01/21/roscommon-town-decarbonising-zone-dz/

The Presentation Sisters owned a 20 acre bog in Lixnaw. Taking on the costs of rewilding themselves. they've helped it to return to nature. At the same time they made sure to talk to the local people who had access to the bog and keep them on board. Long absent species of bog plants and animals were given a chance to return to what became a wetter bog and therefore a healthier bog. Check out the full story and see how you can follow this amazing example: https://climateconnected.ie/2025/11/06/the-lixnaw-bog-conservation-project/

This community garden in Togher in Cork has made a habitat for nature so that biodiversity has increased in this space so close to the city of Cork. But at the same time it is clear that Mandie, Marie, and everyone else in the project sees how important it is to include as many people and groups. "...It was important to include the kids and teenagers that hung around the park ask them to help out so they felt involved too.” – Mandie. See More: https://climateconnected.ie/2025/11/11/togher-community-garden/

Climate Connected delighted to be attending this event organised by to discuss synergies between the community and the commercial sector in upscaling sustainability actions. You can register for the event here: https://www.sustainablebusinessnetwork.ie/sustainability-networking-events/

West Kerry Dairy Farmers set up a Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) in 2020 to cut electricity use and carbon emissions in the dairy sector in the area. Led by local farmer Dinny Galvin, supported by a small steering committee they went on to run a collective solar PV meitheal . They combined a collective tender for solar, and farmer-to-farmer learning to get very competitively priced quotes . Credibility was important from the beginning. A trusted, local farming champion (Dinny) kept momentum and converted scepticism into action. The group looked for visible outcomes: rooftop solar is easy to see — it signalled success, encouraged neighbours, and accelerated peer copying. INTERESTED IN YOUR OWN MEITHEAL? FIND OUT MORE: https://climateconnected.ie/2025/11/03/west-kerry-dairy-farmers-sustainable-energy-community/

Boomtreebees For tiny things, this is a big result.

They provide semi‑natural nesting opportunities for honeybees in the form of log hives which are taken up by the bees. They also conduct research and education to share what they have found out about how to help bring back the Irish honey bee in the wild. So far, they have provided over 600 log hives across Ireland. FIND OUT MORE https://climateconnected.ie