Celebrating the Green-Schools Water Awards 2026
In May, we were delighted to celebrate students and schools from across Ireland at the Green-Schools Water Awards 2026 in Dublin, recognising the incredible work taking place to protect and conserve water. Across our primary and secondary ceremonies, Green-Schools Committees and Water Ambassador Teams showcased inspiring projects focused on water conservation, biodiversity, local waterways and community action. From reducing water use […]
Walk for Water Highlights 2026
This April, the Green-Schools Water team, in partnership with Uisce Éireann brought together hundreds of students and teachers to connect them with their local water and help them better understand how they can protect it. Read more about all our Walks for Water events below. Galway In Galway, 80 primary school pupils from Scoil an Linbh Íosa and Scoil Iognáid walked along a 3km route from the historic Claddagh to the Salthill promenade. The students learnt about the rich history and heritage of the Claddagh […]
Let’s Fix Fashion Final Catwalk Event 2026
Our final Catwalk Event of the 2025-26 school year Seven secondary schools from Cork, Clare, Cavan, and Dublin were selected as finalists for the Let’s Fix Fashion catwalk on April 16th in Brú Ború Heritage Centre, Cashel, Co. Tipperary in which 45 models showcased their sustainable ceations. Schools were selected based on completion of various […]
Winners and Highlights: Daily Swaps Challenge 2026
We were so impressed by the effort that the schools put into the first ever Daily Swaps Challenge. The Impact Stats were impressive! * Number of schools that signed up: 89 * Number of schools that submitted Impact Stories: 20 * Number of counties represented: 18 * Number of Green-School themes represented: 9 * […]
Walk for Water 2026
Walks for Water are an opportunity to connect with water in your local area this April. Taking place in the second half of the month (after Easter), these guided walks will be offered at 3–4 locations, depending on sign-ups. Designed especially for school groups, Walks for Water brings together students and teachers from several schools […]
Green-Schools Marine Spatial Planning Competition: The Winners!
Students from across the country were celebrated at a special awards ceremony in Dublin on Friday, 6th February, marking the announcement of the winners of this year’s Green-Schools Marine Spatial Planning Poster and Photography Competitions. The competitions were run by Green-Schools, in partnership with the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, and were open […]
Daily Swaps Challenge
Daily Swaps Challenge What? A week-long challenge where your Green-Schools Committee will organise and promote a school-wide campaign to make small daily swaps help save water and energy. Schools across Ireland will compete to see who can get the most people to make daily swaps and yes—there will be exciting prizes (including € for your team)! Why? Water and energy power our […]
Water Poster & Video Competition 2026
Green-Schools ‘Water and Me / Mise agus Uisce’ Poster and Video Competition 2025 is now closed. Well done to everyone who entered our ‘Water and Me / Mise agus Uisce’ Poster and Video Competition this year! We received so many wonderful entries for the poster competition and some really inspiring ones for the video competition from across the country. The quality and […]
5-Minute Shower Showdown
A big congratulations to the schools who took part in this year’s 5’ Shower Showdown. After an incredible week of teamwork, awareness-raising, and water-saving action across schools nationwide, together we logged 9,658 showers that were five minutes or less, saving a total of 482,900 litres of water! (This is nearly as much water as in a 20-meter swimming pool!) We are thrilled to announce […]
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 […]