Join Dingle COP

Think up a tiny change your business, school, or group can make that will reduce emissions or increase biodiversity. Need ideas? There are lots here, including some that will reduce your bills! Please commit to making this change by November 2024.

To join Dingle COP, just fill in the secure form below and tell us what you'd like to pledge.

Our COP Ambassadors will also be calling into businesses and groups in Dingle to invite you to join and answer any questions you have.

Make your pledge

Complete the form below to join Dingle COP. If you'd like help with ideas or would prefer to pledge in person, please contact us at contactmymessage@iwindinglecop.ie and one of the Dingle COP volunteers will call in to visit.

Once we've received your pledge, we'll add you to the Pledges page and our social media within 24 hours, and deliver a free handmade Dingle COP sign to hang in your window shortly after that.

Name

Business/organisation

Email address

Pledge

I consent to Dingle COP featuring my business/organisation on this website and on the Dingle COP instagram account.

Dingle COP will never share personal data like your name and contact details with anyone else, and will act in full compliance with GDPR.

Calling all schools, artists, and crafters!

When a local business or group makes a pledge, we'll give them a Dingle COP sign that they can hang in the window to celebrate their participation in Dingle COP and help spread the word.

Our signs feature a handmade bird below a cardboard placard.

Our Dingle COP birds are made by volunteers of all ages, and we welcome anyone that wants to make a Dingle COP bird for us, which we’ll use in our signs to thank participants.

Please contact us at contactmymessage@iwindinglecop.ie if you’d like to make a Dingle COP bird.

On this page are the beautiful birds that have already been made!

Bird guidelines

You can make any kind of bird at all, but there are a few rules that we ask everyone to stick to:

Your bird must be around 10cm to 15cm in height and width so that they fit below the cardboard placard.
Your bird must be lightweight so that they can be hung up safely.
Your bird mustn’t be made of something that will shatter or hurt someone if it is dropped.
We want your bird to be kind to the environment, like real birds!

Please use only the following material for making your bird:

Material or yarn or buttons that you already have, like an old shirt, t-shirt, skirt, or jumper.
Clean cardboard, tissue paper, or paper waste.
Natural corks, matchsticks, little bits of wood.
Papier mache made with waste paper, flour, salt, and water.
Foraged natural materials such as clean wool, twigs, or pinecones (feathers seem to be quite hard to clean and sterilise so we'd ask you to avoid using them).
Poster paint (Also called Tempera paint) or pencils. Or you can even make your own paint from vegetable and fruit peelings!

Please don't use:

New material, yarn, buttons etc.
Please use what you already have
Plastic or glass
Plastic googly eyes
Plastic beads
Glitter
Foraged feathers (hard to disinfect)

You’ll get extra brownie points if your bird can be composted safely whenever the time comes. Natural materials like unbleached cardboard, paper, cotton, pure wool, or linen will compost safely.

Once we receive your bird, we'll attach a Dingle COP placard, and deliver it to a Dingle COP participant. The Dingle COP placards are printed onto recycled paper that's glued onto cardboard rectangles by the Dingle Cop team.

Look out for your birds around the town!