Introduction         

Our day-to-day lives are chocoblock with work, bills, shopping, traffic jams, and little time for things like saving the planet.
This Green Guide makes it easy for you to take saving the environment in your stride!
Inside you'll find simple ideas that really make a difference to Ennis and beyond.

The purpose of this guide is to provide a reference for citizens of, and visitors to Ennis of environmental issues, nature resources, green community services, and green businesses in the Ennis area.

Included is a 'Green Map' of Ennis where you will find the locations of recycle points, art galleries, second-hand shops, bicycle shops, organic suppliers, museums, and much more!

Gluaiseacht has also made Green Guides for Limerick City, Drogheda, Portlaoise, Naas and Waterford City. You can find more guides at www.greenguide.ie, and a Dublin greenmap at www.sustainable.ie. International green guides can be found at at www.thegreenguide.org, or www.greenmap.org, or search the web.

Click on the links to the left and right to begin browsing through the Ennis green guide online.

Most of the books mentioned in each section can be ordered in your local bookshop, or on-line from www.walnutbooks.com or www.booksteps.ie

The viewpoints expressed in this guide are not necessarily held by Clare County Council or the businesses and organisations listed in the directory.