Tag: environment
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Building an Energy Baseline for Malahide: A Practical Step Towards Community Climate Action
At a recent meeting between the Malahide Chamber of Commerce Sustainability Group and ORS, our partners in developing the Energy Master Plan for Malahide, we took an important step towards establishing an energy baseline for the town. This baseline will allow us to better understand how energy is currently used across Malahide and where opportunities…
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Enabling Sustainable Coastal Futures: Reflections from the Explore Fingal Roadshow in Malahide
Tourism plays a significant role in many coastal communities across Ireland. Yet the challenge is increasingly clear: how can we ensure that tourism growth strengthens local economies while also protecting the natural environments and community life that make these places special? This question was raised during the Explore Fingal Roadshow at the Grand Hotel in…
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From Information Providers to Sustainability Partners: A Practical Model for Helping SMEs Take Climate Action
Small and medium enterprises repeatedly say the same thing: they’re not short of sustainability information — they’re short of the capacity to use it in real business settings. National supports tend to flood SMEs with webinars and PDFs, but rarely offer the hands-on, relationship-centred help required to turn climate knowledge into meaningful action. To close…
Dr. Katrin Dreyer-Gibney 