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Today 23rd June CALL at the Community Market
Come and see us and find out about what we can do together in the community to save biodiversity and save energy. See you soon!
Event: School Uniform swap
Do you have any school uniforms in good shape that you’ll not need next year? If that’s the case, please give them a wash during…
Louisburgh’s Energy Master Plan
Louisburgh’s energy Master Plan was drafted in 2019. The plan was drafted by Louisburgh and Killeen Sustainable Energy Community, of which two CALL founders are…
Green table – Sharing local produce in our area
We’re starting something cool and green! A table with local produce at Louisburgh’s Community Market. The idea is for local growers to either donate or…
Testing a Geodesic Dome as a Greenhouse for a “very” windy area
We want to grow our own fruit and vegetables – but in a windy area without shelter? We live in a very windy area right…
Beehive
At the Callacoon Forest Project site in Louisburgh, a conservation log hive was set up last weekend. This will attract native honey bees to come…
Energy Event 23rd May in Castlebar 7pm.
Looking forward to learning more about energy opportunities. Hope to see you there. Please look us up.
Incoming event: seedling swap
We’re organizing a seedling swap event next weekend in the Community Garden. If you have too many seedlingsOr if you are in need of some…
Behind the numbers – Items rehomed
‘Louisburgh Free Market’, our WhatsApp group to rehome items for free, started the Monday 21st of March 2022. Within one week, ‘Louisburgh Free Market’ had…
Behind the numbers – Kw PV installed
Solar PV installation began with the three members of the Energy subgroup installing PV at their homes in our locality. Having our own PV experiences…
Behind the numbers – Trees and acres planted and habitat restored
Within CALL, we promote the idea of extensively planting mixed Irish tree species and habitat restoration. This has resulted in the planting of a total…
CALL position: Trees and woodlands on farms
Agriculture and forestry are often seen as two very different, separate and sometimes even conflicting land uses. But is this really the case? CALL believes…
CALL receives funding to survey local rivers
We’ve been approved for grant aid from the Community Waters Programme for the surveys and eco studies of Ballyhip and Carrowniskey rivers. The work will…
CALL is now a partner of the EU Shared Green Deal
Working closely with Mayo County Council, we were chosen as 1 of 24 local partners by the EU SHARED GREEN DEAL to keep working on sustainable…
Native honey bees in your forest
Check this interesting article by Paul Butler on native bees
2023 – sharing trees
We received about 50 little native trees from Native Woodland Trust that needed a new home today. They came without labels, but after some detective…
Incoming event: seed swap
We’re organizing a seed and pot swap event next weekend in the Community Polytunnel. If you have too much seed (because you gathered too much,…