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
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 [...]
The Green-Schools Programme is excited to launch its newest poster competition: the Green-Schools Marine Spatial Planning Competition 'Our Seas Our Future' 2019. The competition is open to schools who are currently working on, or have been awarded the Green Flag for, the Global Citizenship Marine Environment theme. This is the first year of the competition [...]
Our third annual Green-Schools Marine Environment Conference began in Galway on Tuesday, January 29th. Taking place over two days in Salthill, the conference is supported by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. 21 schools attended the conference which focuses on our marine environment and the threatening effects pollution is having on biodiversity. In [...]
Welcome back to the second part of the 2018/19 academic year. The staff here at Green-Schools are well rested after the Christmas break and ready for the new calendar of exciting events and programmes. January often comes with great promise of ‘a fresh start’. We put high expectations on ourselves to be healthier, achieve more [...]
The Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce is currently recruiting for the following two positions: Clean Coasts Campaign Officer (maternity cover) Clean Coasts Campaign Officer - job spec - Dublin Clean Coasts Campaign Officer - job spec - Dublin Programmes Communications Officer Programme Communications Role - Job Spec Programme Communications Role - Job Spec
You might have seen a lot of activity on our social media accounts towards the end of November promoting a very special event in Cork.During three days in November, Green-Schools Ireland played host to the annual Eco-Schools National Operator Meeting 2018. The Green-Schools programme (known globally as Eco-Schools) is operated in Ireland by An Taisce and is the [...]
Now in its second year, Green-Schools’ Climate Action Week 2018 takes place from October 15th to 19th in schools across the country. The annual awareness campaign on climate action highlights how climate change is impacting Ireland. The week long initiative encourages students, teachers and the wider community to talk about climate change and get involved in local [...]
One of the best weeks during the Green-Schools Summer term is the Teacher Training course. Teachers and Green-Schools Coordinators have an opportunity to immerse themselves in a week long workshop programme, which covers each of the Green-Schools An Taisce themes. Some teachers are new to Green-Schools, taking the course to gain an insight into [...]
