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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:
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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

Meet the Team

Management Team

Green-Schools Travel Team Leaders

The Green-Schools Team

Job Vacancies

Current Vacancies with Green-Schools / Programmes within the EEU.
Feel free to contact us by phone or email. We look forward to hearing from you!

Green-Schools Office

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

Phone

01 400 2222

E-mail

info@greenschoolsireland.org

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