Every year, the United Nations organises a 'Conference Of the Parties' (COP) that brings the world's countries together in a united effort to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.
At COP, each country commits to making changes that will keep our world habitable - for us and for future generations.
Dingle COP invites the 'parties' of Dingle: businesses, schools, and local organisations, to do the same - by each committing to make one small change that increases biodiversity or reduces emissions.
Dingle COP at Lá na bPáistí
The Dingle COP volunteers are hosting another nature-based art tent at Lá na bPáistí for Féile Na Bealtaine. 1:30pm Dé Sathairn, 3ú Bealtaine 2025, Páirc an Daingin. See you there!
NEW! Stay YNA
have pledged to transition to eco-friendly toilet paper in all of their Irish holiday homes. Our first pledge of 2025! Look out for our Dingle COP sign in their office in Dingle.
Dingle COP Exhibition Week 4
Week 4 of our mini-exhibition starts on Thurs 5 December and presents our Stocaí Nollag Inbhuanaithe, which is our gift guide listing some of the locally-made and ethical gifts you can buy right here in Corca Dhuibhne. We also celebrate our Liosta Saintí do na “Dea Dhaoine”, which features all of the businesses, schools, and festivals that achieved their pledge in 2024 - congratulations and thank you to all of you. Nollaig shona dhaoibh!
Dingle COP Exhibition Week 3
Week 3 of our mini-exhibition starts on Thurs 28 Nov and is all about our new Clean The Cloud campaign that we are running in partnership with Dingle Bookshop. This campaign asks everybody to reduce their digital carbon footprint by deleting unwanted emails, photos, and files from iCloud, Samsung Cloud, Dropbox, and other online storage locations. We'll be launching a logo competition for this campaign in schools in 2025.
Dingle COP Exhibition Week 2
Week 2 of our mini-exhibition starts on Thurs 21 Nov and features upcycled fabric versions of the wonderful birds drawn by kids at our art & poetry Féile na Bealtaine workshop. Match them up with the original bird drawings here. Did your child draw one of these birds? Let us know (contact@dinglecop.ie) and we'll give you the fabric version to say thank you.
Dingle COP Exhibition
We're running a 4 week mini-exhibition in the window on Green St opposite Gáirdín Mhuire to celebrate the businesses, groups, volunteers, and artists that have supported Dingle COP this year. Week 1 introduces our Dingle COP project. Check it out!
NEW! Dingle Lit
Dingle Literary Festival (15th - 17th November 2024) have pledged to print 40% fewer festival brochures for 2024 and reduce the pages in the brochure by introducing each of the winning entries in their inaugural short story competition alongside a QR code that readers will scan to read the story online. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in the festival office.
NEW! Dingle Surf
have pledged to replace all of their petroleum-based neoprene wetsuits with plant-based natural rubber wetsuits in a phased transition starting with their top-end wetsuits in November. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in their shop!
NEW! Ventry PO Siopa Uí Lúing
have pledged to reduce their food waste and have identified new, alternative ways to dispose of waste ethically and sustainably, for example, coffee grounds will now go to a neighbour for their garden. We'll deliver their Dingle COP sign this week!
NEW! Dingle Goldsmith
have pledged to reduce their energy consumption by measuring out the water they boil in the kettle so that they boil only what they need. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in their shop.
NEW! Comhar Chreidmheasa Cara Chorca Dhuibhne
have pledged to reduce the waste in their green bin by using washable lunch containers instead of single-use wrappers, and Siún will personally take home all suitable food waste and compost it for use in her vegetable garden. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in the Corca Dhuibhne branch.
Call out for volunteers at the Dingle Food Festival
This year, Dingle Food Festival will be a Zero-Waste-To-Landfill festival. This is a fantastic new policy driven by our friends at Transition Corca Dhuibhne. There will be no disposable tableware at the festival, not even compostables - instead, bring your own plate / cutlery / cup, or you can buy/rent them at the Festival Office. There will be rinse stations for washing your tableware throughout the town. To volunteer to supervise a rinse station from 12-3pm or 3-6pm on sat or sunday, please complete this form.
Dingle Food Festival Wildlife Art Drop-in Space
Dingle COP invites kids ages 5-12 to visit our quiet art tent at the Dingle Food Festival on Saturday and Sunday. Learn more here.
Dingle COP is delighted to support Dingle Food Festival, which this year will be a Zero-Waste-To-Landfill festival!
NEW! Dingle Bookshop
have pledged to partner with Dingle COP to run a Clean The Cloud campaign to reduce energy consumption and emissions from cloud services. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in the shop on Green Street.
Castlegregory Summer Festival workshop
Thank you to all the young artists that attended our
Bird Workshop at Family Fun Day!
NEW! Vincent's
have pledged to run a Why buy pre-loved? campaign in September to promote clothing reuse. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in the shop on Orchard Lane.
NEW! Dingle Skellig Hotel
has pledged to launch a new drinks menu that highlights locally-sourced drinks, and they are launching it tomorrow! They are planning more pledges too so watch this space. We'll deliver their Dingle COP sign this weekend!
Féile Na Bealtaine workshop
Thank you to the young poets and artists that attended our
Art and Poetry Workshop at Lá na bPáisti. View your bird designs here!
NEW! La Boheme boutique
have pledged to introduce a dedicated "Sustainable Clothing" rail in the shop, update their website to advise customers how to wash and care for clothing to prolong its life, reduce water consumption, and reduce water pollution, and will aim to increase the percentage of Irish-made clothing to 10% of their stock. We'll deliver their Dingle COP sign this weekend.
NEW! Clinic Cois Abhann
have pledged to enforce stricter segregation of their waste so that more of it can be recycled/composted successfully, and reduce carbon emissions by fully-transitioning to LED bulbs, switching off devices instead of leaving them on standby, reducing outdoor lighting, and installing solar panels. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in the clinic.
NEW! Coláiste Íde
have pledged to boost local biodiversity by gathering and planting plant plugs in their grounds, sowing native wildflower seeds, and changing their grass-mowing regime. We'll deliver their Dingle COP sign this week.
NEW! Dingle Artworks
have pledged to switch from plastic bags to paper holders for their cards. Thanks for joining Dingle COP!
Dingle COP at Féile Na Bealtaine
Dingle COP will be running a free children's poetry and art workshop with local poet Melanie Joy at Lá na bPáistí from 2-4pm on Saturday May 4th. Reserve your kid's place here.
NEW! Seed and Soul
have pledged to offer 2GoCups and 2GoBowls, that allow customers to pay a deposit on takeaway cups and bowls, and return them after use to get their deposit back or get a replacement cup or bowl. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in their cafe!
NEW! LilyMais
have just launched a new range of cushions and have pledged to fill them with locally sourced natural wool, a biodegradable material that is abundant in Corca Dhuibhne. Look out for our Dingle COP sign in their new store on the Marina.
NEW! Dingle Printing
already use paper produced in the EU from FSC certified resources or Euro Eco label for most of their work, and have pledged to increase this to 95% of their paper projects by November. They'll also further reduce electricity usage by turning off equipment when not in use. They'll get their Dingle COP sign this week!
NEW! Dingle Dentist
have pledged to use only compostable/recyclable paper cups, commit to suppliers that use compostable/recyclable packaging only, reduce/omit the use of single-use plastics where possible and source sustainable alternatives, and plant native wild flowers in rear garden. We'll deliver their Dingle COP sign this week.
NEW! Dingle Sea Salt
have pledged to add more nest boxes and expand their native hedgerow and wildflower area at their off-grid evaporation tunnel. They'll also aim to use a fully electric vehicle for all their local deliveries in Dingle. Their Dingle COP sign will be delivered this week!
NEW! Tig Feirme Gleann Loic B&B
have pledged to plant native trees and conserve wildflower areas on their land. They'll receive their Dingle COP sign this week.
Now on Instagram!
Each of the businesses and groups that have joined Dingle COP will be featured on our Instagram, plus we'll regularly post useful info to show how easy it is to make small changes for the better and help you save money by making them.
NEW! Dick Macks Pub and Brewery
have pledged to install solar panels, switch to eco-friendly cleaning products, and plant a native hedgerow in the garden to the rear of the pub. See their window for our Dingle COP sign.
Follow us on Facebook
We'll be adding useful tips and links to our Facebook page and we'll also feature some great stories about how people have supported Dingle COP.
NEW! Kathleen McAuliffe Millinery and Jewellery
have pledged to offer discount on coffee if you bring a reusable cup, plant wildflowers in their cafe garden, and look into solar power. See their shop window for our Dingle COP sign.
NEW! Dingle Oceanworld
have pledged to switch even more of their energy usage to solar by installing more solar panels, and they'll also stop providing paper straws, which will cut carbon emissions from manufacture and transportation. See their window for our Dingle COP sign.
NEW! Grá Dingle Healthfoods
have pledged to harvest and sow wildflowers to boost local biodiversity. See their shop window for our Dingle COP sign.
Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne
Transition Year students at PCD have joined our team and will be trained as ambassadors and coordinators for Dingle COP.
Castlegregory COP launched
Transition year students at Mean Scoil An Leith Truig, Castlegregory have already started working on their local COP and will partner with Dingle COP.
Take part in just 3 easy steps!
Think of a small change you can make that will increase biodiversity or reduce emissions.
Pledge to make the change by November 2024 - either in person with one of our COP Ambassadors or by filling in this form.
When you've accomplished the change that you've pledged, email us at achieved@dinglecop.ie.
Feeling crafty?
Each Dingle COP sign features a little, handmade bird that is 100% unique.
If you, your school, or your craft group would like to make some Dingle COP birds that will be used in our signs, read more here.
