Water Saving Week
Let’s be smart and save water this summer! Join us in celebrating Water Saving Week! Designed in collaboration with Design For Good, the campaign features short-form videos with actionable tips to conserve water this summer. The videos share water conservation tips across four different areas and can be utilised by schools in any way they […]
Seakeepers Project, Lahinch Beach
Limerick School Project SeaKeepers explore the rocky shore at Lahinch! 1st class at Limerick School Project were the lucky winners of this year’s SeaKeepers Project and Green-Schools Marine team were delighted to welcome them to Lahinch beach in Co. Clare last week for their prize of a free SeaKeepers Beach Exploration Workshop! Twenty-four girls and […]
World Ocean Day: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate!
It’s nearly World Ocean Day A day to celebrate and acknowledge the importance of the ocean, its incredible biodiversity and its importance for the climate and weather. Although our oceans are currently facing threats like marine litter and ocean acidification, there are also a multitude individuals, schools and organisations out there who work towards healthier […]
Green-Schools Marine Awards 2024
Green-Schools hosts first ever Green-Schools Marine Environment Awards Earlier this month, Green-Schools Marine team were delighted to host the first ever Green Schools Marine Environment Awards at the Hyatt Centric hotel in Dublin. This event celebrated the outstanding achievements by schools on the Global Citizenship Marine Environment theme, which is proudly supported by the Marine […]
Green-Schools Water Awards 2024
At a ceremony in Hyatt Centric Hotel, Dublin on Wednesday, 15th May, the Green-Schools Water Theme celebrated the efforts of students following their participation in different competitions and programmes this year. The event acknowledged the achievements of the Water Poster and Video Competition winners, Water Ambassadors Regional winners and runners up and Regional Water Schools of […]
Biodiversity Week 2024
Welcome to Biodiversity Week 2024! We are delighted to be celebrating Irish Wildlife with you! This year we are focussing on all of the different ways we can protect and conserve Irish plants and animals. We will hear about different projects which are working in different ways to help biodiversity. We will also give you […]
An Taisce Summer Courses 2024
An Taisce’s popular summer courses are back! Green-Schools & the Global Goals Summer Course *No longer accepting applications* The Green-Schools Summer Course, entitled “Green-Schools and the Global Goals” is happy to announce that we are running the course in person (face-to-face) this year from July 1st – 5th 9.30am to 2.30pm daily. Each day focuses on […]
Earth Day Clean Up 2024
In 2024, our fellow Environmental Education Unit programme, National Spring Clean, are celebrating their 25th birthday! National Spring Clean is the biggest and longest-running anti-litter campaign in Ireland, established in 1999. Did you know that over the past 25 years, volunteers who joined the campaign removed an estimated 47,500 tonnes of litter collected? That’s approximately […]
Global Goals Week 2024
Join us for Global Goals Week as we discuss a different Sustainable Development Goal each day of the week. Schools from Ireland, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Dubai will meet online to hear different perspectives on the goals as students offer their own insight and opinions on the importance of the Global Goals. Registration is now […]
Green-Schools January News
Here is all your January news!