As the summer months approach we are hoping to get families thinking more about water conservation so we have an exciting water conservation photo competition for families for a week in May. The idea is that students take water conservation activities at home and the parents of the students take a photo of it and [...]
We are happy to announce a launch of our new resource for Secondary Schools: the Ethics of Climate Change Toolkit. This toolkit aims to discuss moral problems related to climate change using critical, collaborative and creative thinking. (Click image on right to access the new resource) The resource links to our Travel theme and [...]
'By recording - and celebrating - all the different ways water benefits our lives, we can value water properly and safeguard it effectively for everyone.' - UN In the build up to World Water Day on Monday the 22nd of March, 2021. We're asking schools to join in on a UN international campaign for [...]
The deadline for the Video Competition has been extended to Friday, 23rd April. We are pleased to announce that in conjunction with our 8th annual Green-Schools Irish Water Poster Competition we will be again running our video competition category for secondary schools this year! This year's competition's theme is Valuing Water. More information [...]
The deadline for the Poster Competition has been extended to Friday, 23rd April. We are pleased to announce our 8th annual Green-Schools Irish Water Poster Competition! This year's competition's theme is Valuing Water. We are also continuing to hold a Secondary Schools Video Category this year. Details of the video competition can be [...]
Green-Schools moved its annual Water Awards ceremony online today, with a virtual ceremony shown on screens in 24 schools around the country. Postponed in May due to COVID-19 restrictions, the ceremony celebrates the winners of the annual Water School of the Year Awards; Water poster competition and Water Ambassador Programme. The Green-Schools Water theme is [...]
It’s World Rivers Day! Rivers are so important – they shape the land, provide us with water and are home to a huge variety of wildlife. Did you know that we have 70,000km of waterways in Ireland, home to 29 species of freshwater fish?! Some, like the salmon and the eel, only spend part [...]
Thank-you to all the people who took part in our water conservation photo competition. We got many fantastic entries and we'd like to say a big well done for all the great water conservation work that has and is being carried out through out the country by students and families. It all adds up [...]
This year's Green-Schools Irish Water Poster Competition focused on the message: "Let's take Climate Action for Water" which aligned with the theme for World Water Day 2020 while incorporating a positive message of action. This year we also added a new Secondary Schools Video Category. The poster competition encouraged students to investigate the relationship between water [...]
After reviewing the very high quality water ambassadors reports submitted this year 2019/20 ambassadors were chosen in each region to be awarded a tablet. Three water ambassadors have won a tablet for their work completed so far on the water ambassador programme 2019/20. The winners from each region are: West/North: Margaret Nnadi, 2nd year [...]
