SUSTAINABLE CLON BUSY OVER SUMMER

SUSTAINABLE CLON BUSY OVER SUMMER

Despite taking a break from pubic meetings, over the summer the various Sustainable Clonakilty subcommittees, or Special Interest Groups as they are now called, were active. The Local Food Group, was busy liaising with landowners, with the aim of encouraging the development of allotments, and in the future, community supported agriculture. Additionally they are monitoring the new community gardens they have helped establish in Clonakilty, in preparation for judging on October 10th.

The Energy Working Group whose members drive the Clonergy 2020 project worked on publicity for the project, presented in the form of a new town map, and kept the energy audit of town businesses and non residential premises running smoothly. They are now liaising with schools in the hope that pupils will be encouraged to work with their parents on checking the energy consumption of their own homes.

The Promotion and Special Events Committee supported the successful Sustainable Homes Fair on July 4th and on the 23rd prepared a display for the Entente Florale judging visit. The group is now planning the next public meeting of Sustainable Clonakilty on October 8th. As Sustainable Clonakilty approaches it's third birthday, this meeting will be an open forum to give current and prospective members a chance to voice their opinions on where we are now, and where we should be going.

We are very grateful to our solicitor John McCarthy of McCarthy & Co who has been most generous with his time to ensure Sustainable Clonakilty is now a Company limited by guarantee, and since June, also a registered charity. If you would like to contribute to the work of Sustainable Clonakilty, but have no time for regular committee work, perhaps you would like to assist us by being on a register of helpers. We need extra helpers at the various public events we hold.

Or maybe you have a special skill in an area like graphical arts, data analysis, accounting or information technology, that we could call on from time to time? Please email us at sustainableclon@gmail.com or phone Alison on 023 883 5241 to volunteer. www.sustainableclon.com

Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin, P.R.O.