Goal setting and impacts delivery
In the planning phase, the project aimed to address issues in all 3 key priority areas, but impacts were not delivered in all three key areas.
Please specify the achievements of the project goals
Climate action:
Raise public awareness of behaviours, lifestyle and cultural changes with mitigation potential: "There were many submissions to the recent Dublin Climate Change Action Plan public consultation that recommended promoting community initiatives around local food production. The urban farm at St Anne’s Park responds to that . . . I hope this will be a model for similar projects in other areas of the city" (Ref. 6); "On 16th February 2019, Dublin City Council held its main #Councils4ClimateAction public information event in the Round Room at the Mansion House from 12-5pm. Organised by Codema, the Dublin CARO and the Council’s climate action team, this event featured a range of public information stands, which corresponded to the five
action areas of the Climate Change Action Plan, so that citizens could engage with Council staff on the work that they are doing or planning to do in the areas of Energy and Buildings, Transport, Flood Resilience, Nature-Based Solutions and Resource Management. There were also a number of external stakeholders involved in this event, such as advice on grants and home upgrades from SEAI (Energy and Buildings), information on the GoCar scheme and electric car test drives from Hyundai (Transport) and advice on reducing your food waste from the EPA Master Composters programme (Resource Management)" (Ref. 2)
Social justice and community:
-Expected improved access to urban green space: "We believe every child and grown-up should have access to a garden and that everyone in the garden is equal. By providing a safe and open space for people to share what they know and learn from others, we strive to empower people through knowledge and creating" (Ref. 6)
-Increased opportunities for social interaction: "Teaching and for interaction between people, plants, animals and ecology." (Ref. 4)
-Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces: "Here, you can learn about environmentally friendly farming practices, growing food, cooking food, sustainable living and reconnecting with nature in an urban area." (Ref. 1)
-Increased sustainability of agriculture practices: "To involve and educate the young people in the Dublin urban area with the necessary skills to manage a farm or a small area of land for growing food and raising animals organically" (Ref. 1); "To inspire a transition within the Dublin region from intensely chemically grown food, to locally sourced organic vegetables and fruit."(Ref. 1)
-Promotion of cultural diversity: "Be accessible and inclusive to all." (Ref. 6)
-Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure: " has its roots set firmly in the past with the use of traditional breeds of farm animals and old native seeds." (Ref. 4)
-Increased support for education and scientific research: "A centre for knowledge, for teaching and for interaction between people, plants, animals and ecology." (Ref. 3)
-Expected increased knowledge of locals about local nature: "will give children and adults an opportunity to learn about raising animals, growing food and seeing other farm-based activities in an urban setting" (Ref. 6)
