Environmental Awareness
The annual “Pride in our Community” awards are organised by Cork County Federation of Muintir na Tire in conjunction with Cork County and City Councils. Guests at the awards ceremony included County Mayor Cllr Gillian Coughlan, Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Tony Fitzgerald, Cork County Council CEO Mr Tim Lucey, National President Muintir na Tire Paddy Fitzpatrick, and representatives of Community and voluntary groups from all over the city and county. Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Tony Fitzgerald announced Ballincollig Tidy Towns as the overall winner of the Pride of Cork City Award. Their entry this year was a pollinator project which included the planting of pollinator plants throughout Ballincollig.
ReUse Month Programme
October was National Reuse Month. Cork City Council, in conjunction with Cork Environmental Forum, ran a programme of events called T(h)read Lightly to celebrate Reuse Month. The weeklong Programme included an exhibition of upcycled fashion that was created and curated by fashion students from St. Johns College Central College. The exhibition also included looks from local charity and vintage shops. The programme also included daily lunchtime talks and workshops on reuse, repair, and upcycling.
Revive Paint
Cork City Council and Cork County Council launched Revive Paint in North Side Community Enterprises, Farranferris. Revive is a high quality, affordable paint produced by two Cork based social enterprises using paint which they collect from local authority civic amenity sites. The social enterprises involved are Northside Community Enterprise (NCE) in Farranferris, Cork City and Cycle Sense based in Skibbereen. The project is funded by the EPA’s LAPN (Local Authority Prevention Programme).
Green Schools
Cork City Schools were awarded Green Flags in a series of online ceremonies in October 2021. In total 6 Secondary, 8 Primary and 1 Special School from Cork City received awards.
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