Fingal County Council’s Environmental Educational Officer works on Environmental Awareness Programmes in Fingal. These include Biodiversity, Green Schools, Support to Tidy Towns and community initiatives, the Anti-Litter and Anti-Graffiti Fund, Litter, Green Dog Walker and Adopt a Patch, Stop Food Waste, Community Leaf-Mould Composting and the Fingal Instruments Project (Waste Prevention). Climate Change engagement is also part of the Environmental Awareness Programme
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Anti-Litter Anti-Graffiti Grant 2024
This grant funds projects to address litter and graffiti in Fingal
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Instruments Project
The Fingal Instruments Project demonstrates Waste Prevention and ReUse whereby we clean and repair musical instruments presented at our Recycling Centres (Swords Estuary and Coolmine).
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Programmes for Schools
Click here to view the Environmental Awareness programmes for Fingal schools
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Dublin Clean Up
Get involved in this years Dublin Community Clean-Up on Saturday April 22nd, Earth Day.
Please register as a group or individual for this group effort to keep our spaces litter free. Visit https://dublincommunitycleanup.ie/ for detail. This is a coordinated response to litter by the Dublin Local Authorities, An Taisce Clean Coasts, Dodder Action Group and the Local Authorities Water Program Office #CleanCoasts #Fingal
For more info Visit www.dublincommunitycleanup.ie
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Birdwatch Ireland Video
Ricky Whelan, Urban Birds Project Officer from Birdwatch Ireland (BWI), presents information on what actions communities can take to assist bird populations in Fingal
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Composting Initiative
As a part of our climate action initiatives, Fingal County Council regularly supports a variety of community composting projects throughout the year.
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Sustainable Living
See some sustainable living tips here for ideas on how you can be a better friend to your environment.
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Litter and Dog Fouling Campaign Resources
We have produced a media pack containing images, video and an animated GIF on how you can be a better friend to your environment.
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Greener Communities
View information and material for environmental awareness in your community
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Nature Activity Competition
Whether you fancy getting outdoors or drawing your favourite native Irish mammal there’s an activity in here for everyone!
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ReUse Month 2022
October is National ReUse Month, a time to highlight the options for ReUse in our transition to a more sustainable society.
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