Cork Community Bikes has scooped the Circular Economy Award, focusing on people having access to an affordable means of active, healthy, sustainable transport by enabling them to start cycling (with low cost bicycles) and through learning maintenance skills to more easily carry on cycling.

Congratulations @queershedsclare.bsky.social the recipient of a Commendation in the Community & Voluntary Category. Their aim is not only social but environmental, skill sharing & promoting low impact activities with an emphasis on promoting environmentalism & teaching people traditional skills.

Community & Voluntary Award winner the Nature Explorer for Schools programme, developed by @gapireland.bsky.social to reconnect primary school children with the natural world and equip them with the skills, curiosity and confidence to protect it. Well done & congrats @globalactionplan.bsky.social

Congratulations to the Winner in our Business and Commercial category @deloitteinsights.bsky.social for their contribution to the innovative Hot Spot restoration initiative at Ballaghurt Bog, County Offaly in partnership with @leavenotrace.bsky.social NPWS & Bord na Mona @offalylive.bsky.social

Next up our Public Sector Award with John O'Connor, Section Head of the Regional Capital Office at Kerry County Council being the worthy recipient. Congratulations to John who has proactively championed the development of nature-based solutions through Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICWs)

Dolf D'hondt is the well deserving recipient of a Commendation under the Outstanding Individual Category. Recognising Dolf's unwavering commitment to safeguarding the local marine environment in West Cork from campaigns to creating awareness in the community of the diversity beneath the waves.

Details and link to the nomination form here - environmentalforum.ie/2025/09/05/a...