Food Waste in your School
What is Food Waste? Food waste is when good food gets thrown away instead of being eaten. This can happen when: We take more than we can eat Food goes bad before it’s used Stores or farms throw away food that doesn’t look perfect Wasting food also wastes all the water, energy, and work […]
Mascot Design Competition
Mascot Design Competition Students across Ireland were challenged to design a mascot that represents what it means to be a global citizen. We were blown away by the creativity, imagination and passion for the Global Goals shown in every entry (and we received almost 350!). Congratulations to Caoimhe Herity who created the wonderful Perry, and Anna Lombard […]
Teachers’ Seminars for the 2025-26 school year
Join us online as we take you through your Green-Schools theme for the year. This seminar is aimed at primary schools, as support for Green-Schools Coordinators. To find out all you need to know about your new theme and how to get started, please join us for one of our online teacher training seminars, where we will explain […]
Green Flag Awards 2025
Congratulations to the 733 schools that received their Green Flag in May! These schools came from each county in Ireland and received Green Flags at ceremonies all over the country during the month of May: There were ceremonies in Kilkenny, Mayo, Cork, Dublin, Louth, Athlone, Galway, Kerry and in Donegal. The flags included: […]
Urlingford N.S. SeaKeepers explore the rocky shore at Tramore Beach
Out of the ninety classes who took part in the SeaKeepers Project this year, 2nd class at Urlingford N.S., Co. Kilkenny, were the lucky winners of this year’s SeaKeepers Beach Exploration Workshop! Green-Schools Marine team were delighted to welcome them to Tramore beach, Co. Waterford, last week for a fun-filled day exploring the rocky seashore […]
Water Awards 2025
Congratulations to all our amazing Water Schools Green-Schools, with sponsorship from Uisce Eireann, had the pleasure to recognize the outstanding work by Green-Schools Committees at the Primary and Secondary School Water Awards in May. Water Ambassadors and the regional winners of the ‘Water is Life’ Poster and Video competitions were also celebrated. From water saving […]
Green-Schools Marine wins at the MakeEUBlue Awards!
Green-Schools Marine Environment wins 3rd prize at the MakeEUBlue Awards! Green-Schools Global Citizenship Marine Environment was recently awarded third place in the MakeEUBlue awards! This competition, which is organised by the EU4Ocean coalition and supported by the European Commission, aims to raise awareness about the importance of the ocean and encourage ocean literacy initiatives with […]
Green-Schools celebrates Word Ocean Day!
This weekend marks an important celebration – UN World Ocean Day 2025, will take place on Sunday, 8th June. This day is dedicated to celebrating the ocean and raising awareness about the importance of marine ecosystems for humanity and nature. The theme for this year’s World Ocean Day is “WONDER” – the wonder of the […]
Biodiversity Week 2025
Welcome to Biodiversity Week 2025. Green Schools are delighted to be celebrating all things nature with you! Fáilte chuig Seachtain na Bithéagsúlachta 2025! Tá ríméad ar Chlár na Scoileanna Glasa Fiadhúlra na hÉireann a cheiliúradh libh! We know that this is a particularly busy time of the year in schools so we have designed our week to be full of short, fun activities that you can try at any stage of the […]
Getting to the Green Flag Awards Ceremony 2025
Congratulations to the hundreds of schools around the country who received their Green Flag award notification – we can’t wait to meet you at our award ceremonies in May. This year Green-Schools are hosting 12 ceremonies in eight locations around Ireland for 4,000 attendees! If you are travelling to a ceremony we would ask you […]