“A Citizen Green Bond for Ireland is a green State Savings account that would empower Irish citizens to take action collectively and at scale, investing their savings in green projects that help meet Ireland’s decarbonisation targets while benefitting local communities.”

From a post by SustainabilityWorks

SustainabilityWorks is a sustainability consulting firm and SW Thinks is their thought leadership series that shares ideas, opinions and insights on how to create a more sustainable world.

SW have been actively advocating and discussing “A Citizen Green Bond for Ireland” with policymakers and State Agencies for the last two years

“A Citizen Green Bond for Ireland is a green State Savings account that would empower Irish citizens to take action collectively and at scale, investing their savings in green projects that help meet Ireland’s decarbonisation targets while benefitting local communities.”

Full details of the concept in this SustainabilityWorks short paper

A similar idea is being developed in the UK.  In his recent budget the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the launch of the UK Government’s Sovereign Green Bond

With banks currently charging interest on monies in deposit accounts, something that does not look like changing any time soon, A Citizen Green Bond is an ideal way for people and organisations to put their money where their “supporting the green agenda” mouth is and earn a return on that unproductive, surplus cash languishing in deposit accounts or gathering dust under the mattress.

Two calls to action needed
1. Government to get their act together
2. People to get involved

It really is a “Just do it” situation

Another “Just do it” is gathering up all that old IT equipment and getting in touch with Electronic Recycling to collect and recycle it