November 1-29, 2008

All through November, EcoShop are hosting free Saturday seminars in their new store in Greystones, Co.Wicklow. They've organised Green experts in a wide-range of earth friendly topics.

See the schedule

Saturday, Sept. 27 2008

Green DIY was outside the entrance of Dundrum Town Centre all day on Saturday, September 27 to introduce folks to our Learning House

The Learning House features lots of cool ideas to help make our homes Green with DIY projects, such as…

• Eco-friendly lighting by Willie Duggan Lighting
• Green Decorating by OEcoTextiles
• Ecological Home Heating with EcoStoves
• Solar energy by Solar Ireland
• Food Composting with Green Cone Ireland
• Natural Insulation with Sheep's Wool Insulation.ie
• Wildlife Conservation with Bat Conservation Ireland
• Carbon Calculators with Change.ie
• Smart shopping with EcoShop
• Inspirational Photoraphy of local sea life by Marine Dimensions
• And much much more!

We also gave away vouchers for Free Ben & Jerry's ice cream and other great prizes to those pledged to do some Green DIY in their homes. Check out the projects our Green DIY pledgers plan to do this year!

Got an event that Green DIY enthusiasts should know about?? E-mail us at info@greendiy.ie and we'll post it here.

June 2008

Ben & Jerry's is on the road this month sampling their latest flavour - Baked Alaska! You can get your free taste at any of their Sampling Events

As an extra special treat, Ben & Jerry's is promoting the Green DIY concept through a competition to find the best Green DIY tip in Ireland! If your tip is selected as the best Tip overall you could win a weekend trip for four to London to the Ben & Jerry’s Sundae Music Festival in July! They'll also be awarding prizes for ‘Top Tip of the Week’.

Text in your top Green DIY tip and be in with a chance to win one of Ben & Jerry's great prizes! Text ‘ALASKA’ followed by your green DIY tip and name to 51500. You can also enter online by Submitting a tip. Check out the Baked Alaska Website for more details to help Unbake Alaska!

June 5, 2008

Want to learn more about EV's and what makes them tick, GreenAer has just launched monthly workshops which let you take a peek inside the REVAi. For anyone who has an interest in the EV world its a great chance to keep upto date on future technologies and chat with other like minded folks! Workshops will be held monthly in their Cookstown Workshop by their chief engineer Simon (for directions go to the GreenAer contact page).

To sign up just ring 01 6588825.

EV Workshop 1 : Thursday June 5th @ 6.30pm

For more information on the Reva, check out our info on Electric Vehicles.

May 24, 2008

Walk/exploration of nature in the Liberties starting at old St James Graveyard, behind Lighting World showroomin (in old church in James Street (No.121-122). 11 am Saturday 24th. Led by ornithologist Tom Cooney. Wear sturdy shoes. Useful for anyone interested in local biodiversity, wanting a look at the biodiversity “hot spot” or learning about encouraging nature into the garden. For more Biodiversity Week Events, go to Dublin City Council

For Green DIY tips on encouraging nature in the garden, see our Gardening and Wildlife sections.

April 28 2008

We're off to Arctic Alaska this month with the Ben & Jerry's Climate Change College! Keep up with us at the Climate Change College, where we'll be reporting our adventures daily in our blog. We'll be back mid-May with some great footage and tales from the Arctic to inspire you to keep up with those great Green DIY projects!