Due to the school closures, all Green-Schools events and renewal visits are postponed. We have extended our Green-Flag application deadline for schools who would usually be submitting their application online at this time. We would like to sincerely thank all those who have continued to submit their applications to us during this time- it’s been wonderful [...]
Calling all Primary and Secondary school teachers! The Green-Schools Summer Course is back, running from July 6th-10th in Dublin and 1st-7th in Cork City. €75 for the week Lunch included 3 EPV days approved Places are limited! Dublin Course details Cork Course details Green-Schools and the Global Goals Following increased interest from coordinators to [...]
The Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) Litter Less competition for 2020 is now open! We are inviting Green-Schools secondary schools to investigate and report on local litter and waste issues in your schools and communities and produce an article, video or photograph for the competition. This year, the competition is linked to SDG 12 [...]
The Environmental Education Unit (EEU) of An Taisce is the national operator of a number of highly successful environmental education and management programmes such as Green-Schools, Blue Flag, National Spring Clean, Clean Coasts, Neat Streets and GLOBE. GLOBE is an international science and education programme that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity [...]
Following the national and international Climate Strikes in September, the Green-Schools programme has been heartened and encouraged by a significant increase in student awareness and participation in climate issues. This has been particularly the case in Green-Schools initiatives like the Water Ambassador Programme and the Climate Ambassador Programme. Both of these programmes have large numbers [...]
Thursday, October 17: Students from five primary schools and one secondary school gathered in the stunning Visitor Centre of Wild Nephin Ballycroy National Park as part of Green-Schools' Climate Action Week, the third annual weeklong celebration of climate solutions in schools across Ireland. Climate Action Week is all about encouraging students, teachers and the wider [...]
Monday, October 14: Students from seven Dublin secondary schools gathered in the IFI Cinema today to launch Green-Schools' Climate Action Week, the third annual weeklong celebration of climate solutions in schools across Ireland. During Climate Action Week, Green-Schools hope to encourage students, teachers and the wider community to have climate conversations and get involved in [...]
It's Climate Action Week next week! Every Green-Schools theme helps to either mitigate or adapt to climate change in some way and here's some ideas on how your school can get involved... Litter & Waste Zero Waste Lunch Create posters, deliver intercom announcements and present sustainable alternatives to single use plastic at your school assembly [...]
The Environmental Education Unit (EEU) of An Taisce is the national operator of a number of highly successful environmental education and management programmes such as Green-Schools, Blue Flag, National Spring Clean, Clean Coasts and Neat Streets. The Green-Schools Travel programme operates on a national basis and encourages sustainable travel to school and is the largest programme operated [...]
Welcome back to the new Green-Schools year! Every year, in partnership with local authorities, we host seminars for teachers in locations across the country. These one-hour seminars are focused on introducing teachers to new Green-Schools themes and are a great place to meet Green-Schools and local authority staff; get information on the theme you're beginning [...]
