Inchicore Environmental Group

Hello all, 

Here is a run-down of bits of news, cleanups and other things that are happening over the next while. 

Harvest Fair Richmond Barracks,  Saturday Cleanup,

This is a lovely event happening next weekend. IEG will be doing a cleanup in advance of it, meeting 10am on Saturday morning at Richmond Barracks and we’ll fan out from there,depending on numbers. 

We’re also hoping to team up with Bluebell for a canal cleanup probably on October 8th.

Issues raised to DCC

• Neglect of the St Michael’s Parish Centre and HSE Eve Tuiscint while in limbo before the big development. In Progress – we hope to get these cleaned up soon
• Flooding of the canal towpath near the nursing home in Winter and heavy rain – DCC currently investigating a solution.
• Top of Goldenbridge Terrace, muddy area near carpark – this has been cleaned up by DCC with the intention it becomes a greenspace. 
• Grattan Crescent park – ongoing littering. As well as ongoing reporting and litter pickng we are compiling a list of incidents to forward to DCC to get more attention paid to rest of the park, following the excellent refurbishment of the playground. 

Citizen Scientist – water monitoring. We need you help!

As part of the FreshWater Watch Water Blitz 2022 – in conjunction with Earthwatch Europe 30th September – 3rd October 2022 . We are looking for people to be part of a water sampling project to check the quality of the water in the various waterways in our area. Reply if you’re interested. It’ll be about 2 hours work, you’ll learn about water sampling, take a first step in being a citizen Scientist and hopefully be part of an effort that improves the quality of the water in your area. 

The Circular Economy

MIchelle Licciardi  of the Dublin South City Partnership has been in touch with news of lots of initiatives in the area of the circular enconomy and social enterprise. She works at the Dublin South City Partnership who have lots of ongoing initiatives in this area looking at ways to share innovation, best practice and funding opportunities across all of the Dublin South City Partnership areas, Dublin 4, 6, 8 and 12.  so contact Michelle if you are interested. e.g. here are some very interesting links

• The 2022 Champion Changemakers Weekend Survey   
• http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/ 
• http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/education/stem-sustainability/#events 
• There are so many ways we can take action in our communities and we have invited  and to participate in the panel, as they have been delivering some fantastic initiatives and inspiring real change https://globalactionplan.ie/take-action/ Global Action Plan who will be showcasing at the Richmond Barracks Harvest Fair
•  https://www.mywaste.ie/ in particular https://www.mywaste.ie/the-circular-economy/ 
• Mending workshops!There’s one this Friday – more details here IMMA Outdoors: Mending Workshops – IMMA

Fixmy street is gone – Use Citizen Hub

Fixmystreet has been discontinued. I asked DCC and was sent to this. It’s where you report everything now.
A bit easier to navigate I think.  https://citizenhub.dublincity.ie/en

Regards 

Colm

here’s all the info you could want on the upcoming Harvest festival!

Hello, and thank you for being part of the Richmond Barracks Harvest Fair.

We would like to make it easy for you to tell people that you are part of it.

You can share

The link to our websitehttps://www.richmondbarracks.ie/whats-on/harvest-fair/ 

The link to our activities and workshops https://www.richmondbarracks.ie/whats-on/#harvest-fair 

On Twitter, you can retweet this tweet – https://twitter.com/RichBarracks/status/1568957280456003585

On Facebook you can join and share this event https://www.facebook.com/events/1783930741948328/

and you can share this video – https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1582127548869206

on Instagram you can like or share this to your stories https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiXkpgmjRGF/ 

You can download 

A video for your social media posts here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nTkhS6BBr8pVCImmkDPB_tf9OSWd2USB/view?usp=sharing

Images for your Facebook or Twitter from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1idub9StIrT0h12nwS2KfJ99hxTP8LBua?usp=sharing 

An image of our flyer at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nwqlTerpUrtUdpr_RJeG9gqdP6E4VLPm/view?usp=sharing

Details on our line-up on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FES5T4O3gzbhdhfVn0v38wRWa0Lec2z7/view?usp=sharing

Our flyer is available as a PDF on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j6D4yUK6iEOe63njXeql2I9MXjh0j3_8/view?usp=sharing 

We won three first prizes! Here they are! Among them this joint prize with Chapelizod Tidy Towns

Wish us luck! We are one of the groups representing the Dublin City Council area in the IPB Pride of Place Awards. Our judging presentation takes place on Tuesday the 23rd of August. Fingers crossed.

Hello all,

Our next canal clean-up is one with a difference! Afterwards, we have been invited to have our cup of tea – and maybe something stronger – and maybe a nibble of something at the newly opened Rascals Brewery in the Goldenbridge estate. They just opened a brewery and restaurant and event space.

So the plan is: meet as normal at the BERA hall 9.45 and then work up towards the other end of the canal and then around 11.30-11.45 or so head down to Rascals just down Tyrconnell Road.

https://rascalsbrewing.com/

Other news:

Our last cleanup

We had a great clean-up joint effort with our colleagues in Kilmainham Environmental Group. It started at the Dublin bikes and people soon spread out in all directions up into the Bulfin Estate, up Emmet Road and  and into Kilmainham. The group were treated very well by the staff at the Patriot’s Inn. Thanks to all who took  part. Some photos attached which show Inchicore and Kilmainham locations!

Climate change and IEG

We got a great response to our proposed Climate Change community of interest. A mail will be going out shortly to those who replied and hopefully we’ll have a few things to share with you over the coming months.

BERA Hall has a Christmas Fair on November 25^th

See attached poster!

Putting Inchicore on the Cultural Map – please reply to us if you are interested in attending a workshop

See below from Kate Chandler about organising a quick workshop to Inchicore on a cultural map of Dublin

I’m emailing you from the Dublin City Council Culture Company to invite the Inchicore Environmental Group to get involved with a project called ‘Heart of the Village’ – a chance to literally put your neighbourhood on the map!

 The aim of Heart of the Village is to gather statements from different groups across Dublin that summarises what lies at the heart of your neighbourhood.

 The plan is for these statements to be shared on an online cultural map of Dublin, to show visitors to the website what your community is all about.

 If possible, I would love to organise a Heart of the Village workshop with the Inchicore Environmental Group.

Typically the session is about forty minutes of chat, and we work together to create a statement that best reflects your community. We come to you, help facilitate the chat, and in the end we have a statement on what’s at the heart of your village.

Let me know if this is something you would be interested in, or if you have any questions. 

Below is a link to our website which will give you further information about the Cultural map, and the other projects we are working on throughout the city including Dublin’s Culture Connects, Culture Club and The National Neighbourhood.

Many thanks, and best wishes,

Kate Chandler

Engagement Coordinator

Dublin City Council Culture Company

www.dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie

Hard Graft – see below – contact them if you are interested

HARD/GRAFT coming soon on November 15^th

Come and meet the artist, Seoidin O’Sullivan and find out more about HARD/GRAFT and about how you can get involved.

At 7pm on Thursday November 15^th in Richmond Barracks Common Ground will present the project HARD / GRAFT with artist Seoidin O’Sullivan and a panel of speakers that include Professor Gerald Mills and Mary Forrest from UCD.

WHAT IS HARD/GRAFT? A sustainable community orchard proposed for community sites across Dublin 8 that is in tune with the seasons.  Seoidin O’Sullivan, began HARD/GRAFT in 2017 while she was based in studio 468, St Andrew’s Community Centre, Rialto Dublin 8 as part of the studio’s CITIZEN ARTIST awards.  During her time in the studio Seoidin worked with local groups and residents resulting in 80 grafted heritage apple trees from UCD Lamb-Clarke Collection. These trees are currently housed in local community gardens in Rialto for planting across future Dublin 8 orchard sites including Dolphin House Flats Complex.

To register your interest please email:  info@commonground.ie – free tickets will be available from Eventbrite from Friday Nov 2^nd.

Good news for eating and drinking in the area:

–          The Green Door Market has moved from Newmarket Square to Bluebell Business Park opposite Brooks. They are here a while but no harm in reminding you where they are. Find out more about them here and on Facebook here.

–          The Dublin Food Coop is also moving in. They’ll be opposite Kilmainham Gaol from November. You can find out more about their plans here and on Facebook here

–          Rascals Brewing will be opening a new brewery, tap room, pizzeria, and event space in the Goldenbridge Industrial Estate hopefully also in November. They are on Facebook here

This is being set up by Kilmainham Inchicore Network (KIN) to get the views of residents about the proposed redevelopment of the St Michael’s Estate or what is now being called the DCC Emmet Road site now.

There is a proposal published here. This forum is one way to allow the community and representative groups to have their say. There are spaces for representative associations and other local groups. IEG hope to have a rep on the forum.

Yes, it seems like such a huge topic for a small area to consider but with the grim report this week and the budget doing nothing about it, it’s timely to start thinking.

So the first step is gathering a group of people who are interested can exchange information about what steps can ordinary people do to reduce their own impact on climate change, especially with a local emphasis, e.g. getting information on locals supports to reducing plastic pollution and increasing reuse, how to facilitate shopping more locally, maybe small campaigns to encourage local shops to use less disposables, sharing of ideas and tips to reduce environmental impact of our lives.

Our October clean-up is next Saturday week October 20^th and it’s another neighbourly collaboration.

We are giving Kilmainham Environmental (kilmainhamenvironmental@gmail.com) a ‘dig out’ on their very first cleanup. Meeting at 9.45am near the Dublin Bikes on Emmet Road/SCR/4 star pizza. We’ll split up with groups heading off in all directions, depending on numbers. It would be great to spread the word and give our neighbours a nice start.

Afterwards the Patriot’s Inn up the road have very kindly offered us tea and coffee for all, and probably the odd biscuit too.