Monday, May 13: National WOW Day, the midpoint of Green-Schools National Walk to School Week, will be celebrated in schools across the country today. Walk to School Week is the annual celebration of sustainability on the school run. At a time when climate change has entered the national conversation through student action, children have been [...]
Dublin Course Outline: Green-Schools and the Global Goals This year we have updated the Green-Schools Teacher Training Course to include the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The course will help participants to understand the Global Goals and the link between them and the Green-Schools programme. The course covers all themes of the programme and provides [...]
In advance of Walk to School Week 2019 and to celebrate the launch of the new Global Citizenship Travel theme, Green-Schools Travel, together with the Irish Film Institute, are hosting screenings of the beautifully observed documentary, On the Way to School. The film illustrates the lives of four young people in very different parts of [...]
Wednesday, 1 May 2019: Students from across Ireland were honoured for their efforts promoting water conservation and awareness at an award ceremony in Dublin today. Two schools, Ballaghkeene National School (Wexford) and St. Louis’ Secondary School (Dundalk) were named Ireland’s Water Schools of the Year for their hard work on the Green-Schools Water theme, which [...]
The Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce is currently recruiting for the following role: Green-Schools Biodiversity Officer (Maternity Cover). Please download the job spec below for further information. The application form to apply is also available to download. Job specifications: Green-Schools Biodiversity Officer (Maternity Cover) Click to download Application Form Closing date: 5pm, Friday, May [...]
The Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce is recruiting a full time GREEN-SCHOOLS TRAVEL (GST) PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATION OFFICER to work in their Dublin office. Download job description: click here Download application form: click here Closing date: Friday, April 19th
The National Manager of the Green-Schools Travel Programme, Jane Hackett, travelled to Corella, Spain in late March as part of the Erasmus + Project entitled Sustainable Mobility : Sustainable Communities. The project focuses on: youth empowerment, sustainable mobility, community engagement and cultural exchange. Cyclist.ie contacted Green-Schools in early 2018 with a view to becoming an [...]
Thursday, April 11 2019: St. Peter’s National School from Dromiskin in Louth was today named ‘Ireland’s Travel School of the Year’ at a ceremony in Dublin Zoo. Green-Schools presented the school with their award at the event honouring the winners of this year’s Green-Schools Big Travel Challenge 2019. Ten other schools were also awarded on the day for their efforts promoting sustainable and [...]
Wednesday, March 27: The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton T.D. announced that a new Climate Action teacher resource will be available to all post primary schools from today. Announcing the new resource, Minister Bruton said, “This resource, developed by the Green-Schools team, will help ‘bring climate action into the classroom’, providing [...]
In 2019, Eco-Schools celebrates 25 years of excellence in the field of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development. This campaign aims to involve each and every actor within the Eco-Schools global network – students, teachers, school and University administration, school staff, volunteers, other organisations, and our institutional and corporate partners – to voice a [...]
