Green-Schools' inaugural Global Goals Week took place from May 9th to 13th through our ever-growing Global Classroom programme and was a huge success. Students from Ireland, Kenya, South Africa and Dubai interacted throughout the week and learnt about the SDG's from each other and what actions need to be taken by us all to [...]
The achievements of Ireland’s young water champions were celebrated this week at the annual Green-Schools Water Awards. Balbriggan Community College in Fingal (pictured above) was named the Secondary Water School of the Year, while St Brigid’s National School in Meath Hill, Navan, Co. Meath were the winners in the Primary category. Over the past school year, [...]
Students from 15 schools were honoured at an award ceremony on Wednesday, May 15, celebrating the winners of this year’s Green-Schools Marine Spatial Planning Competition: Our Ocean, Our Plan. Nine students were awarded for their posters depicting their vision for the future of Ireland’s seas and eight school groups won for their 3D models showing [...]
At a ceremony in Dublin 42 secondary school students were honoured as new #AndSheCycles Ambassadors by the Green-Schools Programme. The #AndSheCycles Ambassador Programme focuses on addressing the teenage cycling gender gap through supporting student leaders to take action to enable and empower their peers and friends to cycle to school. The 2021/2022 group of Ambassadors [...]
Comórtas Greannáin: Turas le mo Mheaisín Saoirse This year for Bike Week we want to hear all about your cycle to school through the medium of the comic strip! Bike Week 2022 takes place from Saturday May 14th to Sunday, May 22nd. National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesday) takes place on Wednesday, May [...]
Well done and thank you to the hundreds of schools and classrooms who joined us throughout #MarineWeek22! We hope everyone enjoyed the informative talks, activities and resources we shared each day. If you missed out on any activities you can catch up with the daily posts below and celebrate your own marine-themed week or [...]
The Environmental Education Unit (EEU) of An Taisce is currently inviting applications for three positions within the unit: 1 x Safe Routes to School Officer (Infrastructure), Safe Routes to School Programme (Kilkenny/Wexford/Waterford) - Deadline April 22nd, 2022 1 x Regional Climate Action Officer (Deadline: April 29th, 2022) 1 x Climate Communications Officer (Deadline: April [...]
Monday, April 4, 2022: The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan was the guest of honour today at a ceremony for 100 students from six Cork schools participating in the Global Children’s ‘Our Future Our Planet’ Designathon. Organised by the Green-Schools Programme, the six schools are the first schools in Ireland taking [...]
The deadline for schools to apply for the renewal of their Green Flag Award is Friday, April 1st, 2022. Following the award of your school’s first Green Flag, each subsequent application is a “Renewal”, so-called as you are “renewing” your Green Flag award under a new theme. Schools must submit renewal applications every two [...]
The Green-Schools Programme would like to wish Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny students Medha Trehan and Ruby Woods safe travels as they leave for the Youth Environmental Education Congress (YEEC), which is a side event of The 11th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), taking place in Prague from March 13-17. Ruby and Medha (pictured above and [...]
