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Promoting long-term, whole-school action for the environment Green-Schools is a student-led programme with involvement from the wider community.

About the Programme

Leading environmental management and education programme for schools

Promoting long-term, whole-school action for the environment Green-Schools is a student-led programme with involvement from the wider community. The programme is operated and coordinated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce (FEE member for Ireland). Have a question? Check out our FAQs!

Green-Schools’ mission is to protect planet Earth – our shared home to which we all belong – and we want everyone involved! We warmly welcome participants of all backgrounds, cultures, races and ethnicities, religions and belief systems, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. Equity, diversity and social justice are fundamental to our values – so whoever you are, we can’t wait to have YOU involved!

Green-Schools, known internationally as Eco-Schools, is coordinated by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). FEE’s programmes include: Eco-Schools, Young Reporters for the Environment, Learning About Forests (LEAF), Blue Flag and Green Key.

Eco-Schools is a fundamental initiative which encourages young people to engage in their environment by allowing them the opportunity to actively protect it. It starts in the classroom, it expands to the school and eventually fosters change in the community at large. Eco-Schools is currently operating in 62 countries worldwide with over 16 million students taking part.

An Taisce works to preserve and protect Ireland’s natural and built heritage. An Taisce is an independent charitable voice for the environment and for heritage issues.

Our work is focused in three areas:

Education: Our Environmental Education Unit is responsible for some of Ireland’s most popular and successful environmental programmes, including Green-Schools, Green-Campus, Clean Coasts, National Spring Clean, Neat Streets, Green Communities, Learning about Forests and the Blue Flag award.
Advocacy: The Advocacy Unit is dedicated to promoting the conservation of Ireland’s nature and biodiversity as well as its built heritage.
Properties: An Taisce own a range of heritage properties in trust, including historic buildings and nature reserves.

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Our Vision & Mission

An Ireland where our environment, natural and built, is actively prioritised and a lasting legacy of sustainability and resilience is ensured. We aim to equip students and teachers with the knowledge and skills to support this.

Awards & Recognition

Green-Schools was named an SDG Champion in 2023, and now serves as an SDG Ambassador. Eco-Schools is the largest, most successful environmental education programme in the world, with over 59,000 schools participating.

Our People

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Management Team

Cathy Baxter

Director, Environmental Education Unit
Phone: 01-4002222

cbaxter@eeu.antaisce.org

Allison Phillips

Manager, Green-Schools Travel

aphillips@eeu.antaisce.org

Joanne Scott

Manager, Green-Schools

jscott@eeu.antaisce.org

Green-Schools Travel Team Leaders

Lukasz Krzywon

Green-Schools Travel Officer / Team Leader: West

lkrzywon@eeu.antaisce.org

Jennifer Muscheidt

Green-Schools Travel Officer / Team Leader: Dublin

jmuscheidt@eeu.antaisce.org

Angela Wall

Green-Schools Travel Officer / Team Leader: Munster

awall@eeu.antaisce.org

Chiara Hanrahan

Green-Schools Travel Officer / Team Leader: Leinster

chanrahan@eeu.antaisce.org

The Green-Schools Team

Aengus Kennedy

Senior Green-Schools Travel Officer

akennedy@eeu.antaisce.org

Aidan Gray

Green-Schools Officer

agray@eeu.antaisce.org

Birgit O'Driscoll

Senior Green-Schools Coordinator Global Citizenship

bodriscoll@eeu.antaisce.org

Caoimhe O'Brien Moran

Green-Schools Marine Theme Coordinator

cobrienmoran@eeu.antaisce.org

Catherine Russell

Senior Green-Schools Travel Officer

crussell@eeu.antaisce.org

Chloe Devlin

Senior Green-Schools Marine Officer

cdevlin@eeu.antaisce.org

Ciara O'Sullivan

Green-Schools Administrator

cosullivan@eeu.antaisce.org

Ciarán Hussey

Green-Schools Travel Officer

chussey@eeu.antaisce.org

Claire McDonald

Senior Green-Schools Coordinator

cmcdonald@eeu.antaisce.org

Clare Patten

Green-Schools Biodiversity Theme Coordinator

cpatten@eeu.antaisce.org

David MacIlwraith

Green-Schools Officer

dmacilwraith@eeu.antaisce.org

Edwina Coman

Green-Schools Travel Officer

ecoman@eeu.antaisce.org

Dolores McWeeney

Green-Schools Travel Officer

dmcweeney@eeu.antaisce.org

Ellen Kissane

Green-Schools Travel Officer

ekissane@eeu.antaisce.org

Aoife Buckley

Senior Green-Schools Administrator

abuckley@eeu.antaisce.org

Ellen O'Sullivan

Senior Green-Schools Travel Officer

eosullivan@eeu.antaisce.org

Gerard Brendan O'Callaghan

Green-Schools Travel Officer

gbocallaghan@eeu.antaisce.org

Hans Van De Ven

Green-Schools Education Officer

hvandeven@eeu.antaisce.org

Jennifer Cooney

Green-Schools Water Officer

jcooney@eeu.antaisce.org

Lorraine Flanagan

Senior Green-Schools Travel Officer

lflanagan@eeu.antaisce.org

Laura Tannian

Green-Schools Travel Officer

ltannian@eeu.antaisce.org.

Lisa O'Grady

Senior Green-Schools Travel Officer

logrady@eeu.antaisce.org

Lorraine Farrell

Green-Schools Travel Officer

lfarrell@eeu.antaisce.org

Friederike Eimer

Green-Schools Marine Officer

feimer@eeu.antaisce.org

Lucy Murphy

Green-Schools Travel Officer

lmurphy@eeu.antaisce.org

Julianne Pickard

Green-Schools Travel Officer

jpickard@eeu.antaisce.org

Michèle Castiaux

Green-Schools Travel Officer

mcastiaux@eeu.antaisce.org

Paula Carroll

Green-Schools Travel Officer

pcarroll@eeu.antaisce.org

Orla Patton

Green-Schools Travel Officer

opatton@eeu.antaisce.org

Rachel Mackarel

Green-Schools Travel Officer

rmackarel@eeu.antaisce.org

Rishibha Anand

Green-Schools Communications Officer

ranand@eeu.antaisce.org

Roisin O'Connor Flanagan

Green-Schools Officer

roconnorflanagan@eeu.antaisce.org

Robert Nelson

Green-Schools Officer

rnelson@eeu.antaisce.org

Sabrina Moore

Green-Schools Water Theme Coordinator

smoore@eeu.antaisce.org

Sarah Hegarty

Green-Schools Travel Officer

shegarty@eeu.antaisce.org

Sheila McCormack-Cooney

Green-Schools Comms/ Admin Co-ordinator, Team Lead

smccormackcooney@eeu.antaisce.org

Siobhán Hughes

Green-Schools Global Citizenship Education Officer

shughes@eeu.antaisce.org

Stephanie Ajayi

Green-Schools Travel Events & Admin Officer

sajayi@eeu.antaisce.org

Tom Hegarty

Green-Schools Travel Officer

thegarty@eeu.antaisce.org

Úna Bhreathnach

Green-Schools Irish Language Officer

ubhreathnach@eeu.antaisce.org

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Environmental Education Unit, 5 Foster Place, Dublin 2, D02V0P9.

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