Climate Heroes: Join Ireland's only national community climate challenge! - Galway Civic Trust

From the 15th to the 26th April, community groups across the country will be competing to reduce their carbon footprint by the largest amount. By logging daily climate-friendly actions on our specialised platform, they will instantly be able to see the impact of their individual and collective actions and compare their achievements with others nationwide. A series of global citizenship education workshops prior to the competition will frame the themes of food, consumption, energy and travel from a justice perspective, creating space for groups to connect, share and imagine new ways to tackle our collective problems.

This competition is fun, it’s positive, it’s habit-forming, and it’s a conversation-starter. Most importantly, it’s free for all community groups to join as it’s supported by Irish Aid’s GCE funding. Last year, 525 participants in 68 teams reduced a total of 36,855 kg of CO2 equivalent, and we’re aiming to make this year more impactful than ever! Participants can sign up at climateheroes.ie.

Register for Climate Heroes 2024

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Galway Civic Trust / Dúchas na Gaillimhe is a member of the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice National Network

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice is a campaign for climate justice that reflects feminist and community work values. The project will develop a feminist and community work analysis, deliver an accredited training programme, establish a Communities for Climate Justice Network, and develop resources and campaigns. This partnership between the National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland amplifies the voices of women and marginalised communities that are most impacted by climate breakdown, building momentum in communities to engage, understand and influence climate policies.

View our two-pager project summary
Project Resources can be found here
To learn more about the project or to get involved, sign up here to get campaign updates
You can also get in touch with the Project Team at collettemce@nwci.ie and vanessac@nwci.ie

Groups / Coalitions that we are part of: We, the project as part of the National Women’s Council, are members of Coalition 2030, Climate Justice Coalition Ireland and Stop Climate Chaos.

Feminist Communities for Climate Justice is a part of the Community Climate Action Programme: Climate Education, Capacity Building and Learning by Doing (Strand 2) and is funded by the Government of Ireland through the Department of Environment Climate and Communications