Celebrating Water this March!
Let’s celebrate Water this March This March is an opportunity to celebrate water through a variety of different activities, events and webinars and also mark two very important days- International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14th and World Water Day on March 22nd! These international days celebrate rivers, lakes and other freshwater resources […]
Water Poster and Video Competition 2025
Green-Schools ‘Water Is Life’ Poster and Video Competition 2025 is now closed. Well done to everyone who entered our ‘Water is Life’ Poster and Video Competition this year! We received over 4,300 wonderful entries for the poster competition and some really inspiring ones for the video competition from across the country. The quality and creativity […]
Teachers Seminars 2024
Teachers’ Seminars for the 2024-25 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Water Poster & Video Competition 2024
The Green-Schools Uisce Éireann Poster & Video Competition 2024 is now closed. The theme of the competition is Water for Peace. This is the theme that the United Nations have chosen to mark World Water Day on March 22nd 2024. We have put together a fact sheet with information about this topic to help inspire students as they design their posters and storyboard their […]
Water Awards 2023
https://youtu.be/yb39Hw73WV0 On the 17th of May, 2023 we celebrated our Water Award Winners at a ceremony in Castleknock Hotel, Dublin. The event acknowledged the achievements of the Water Poster and Video Competition winners and runners up, Water Ambassadors and Water Schools of the Year. Poster and Video Competition Winners 2023 JUNIOR PRIMARY CATEGORY RUNNER […]
Water Conservation Photo Competition 2023
Green-Schools are excited to announce our 2023 “Water Conservation” photo competition in partnership with Uisce Eireann. DEADLINE EXTENDED to Friday 16th June! Water is our most valuable resource, but during the dryer summer months, water levels can often become low. Even when it rains again, it can take a long time for the water supply to […]
Water Poster & Video Competition 2023 – CLOSED
The Green-Schools Irish Water Poster & Video Competition 2023 has now CLOSED. Thank you to all who entered. Winning schools will be contacted by phone or email by Monday 8th May. Unsuccessful entrants will not be contacted, unfortunately we cannot return any artwork submitted. The theme for this year’s competition is “Local Water Actions for Global […]
BT Young Scientist and Tech Exhibition 2023
The Green Schools Communications team visited the BT Young Scientist and Tech Exhibition at the RDS last week on the hunt for climate and sustainability related projects. We did not have to look very far as there were so many great projects across all categories, from biology to tech. Green Habits- an app that helps […]