National Climate Action Week
Welcome to the eighth annual National Climate Action Week, Ireland’s largest pop-up climate festival that’s filled to the brim with unmissable in-person and online events and special collaborations! When it comes to protecting our planet, education, people power, and taking action matters! Uniting together in our communities, organisations, colleges, schools, with our friends and in our homes, for Climate Action Week and beyond, means we will have an even greater chance to make a difference!
So, whether you fancy peddling to the beat of a Bike Disco, using your gamer skills to solve climate change, competing in a Thrifting Treasure Hunt or even planning your own unique climate event, there is something for everyone this Climate Action Week 2024!!
Who is invited?
EVERYONE!
There are strength numbers, and we want YOU to TAKE ACTION by TAKING PART! Check out our Climate Action Week calendar of events below for details of how to join in, sign up and have fun!
New to Climate Action? Our Top Tip:
Use Your Vibe to Find Your Tribe!
Think about what brings you joy! Maybe it’s your hobby or something you are good at, then seek out a climate action that matches! For example – if you have a fondness for food? Why not join our Sustainabili-Tea Tour! A love for nature? Then make sure you join our, highly popular, Biodiversity Webinar! Or perhaps you are a budding journalist… a great gamer or long to ‘Fix’ the fast fashion industry… we promise we’ve got an event for all! And the bonus is you’ll meet like-minded people, have fun, and make memories too!
Want to plan your own Climate Action Event?
YES PLEASE!
Talks, biodiversity walks, planting trees, climate chats and cups of teas, beach cleans, protecting bees, repair cafes… If you or a group have been looking for an excuse to host an event… then Climate Action Week October 14th – 20th is the week!
Get organising and make sure to send us the details of your upcoming event so we can help shout about it on socials and shine a light on your fantastic actions.
Let’s Connect for Climate Action on Social Media
Be part of something transformational and help us stay connected by using the hashtags #ClimateActionWeek #ClimateAmbassador
Get in on the Action this week
Primary Climate Ambassadors
When: Monday 14th October 10am
Where: online
The Primary Climate Ambassadors will kick off Ireland’s 8th National Climate Action Week on Monday the 14th of October from 10am to 11am, online via Zoom.
The programme celebrates the incredible accomplishments of Green-Schools that have proudly earned all 10 Green Flags. This event is open to everyone involved in PCA – students, teachers, and staff alike! We’ll guide you through the programme and officially launch our exciting Climate Action Week competition
Bike Disco
When: Monday 14th October 5-7pm
Where: Meeting at 5 Foster Place, D2
Saddle up with the Climate Ambassadors and kick-start your week with a fabulous bike disco on Monday 14th October from 5-7pm. Meet us at 5 Foster Place where we will gather and groove with thanks to Dublin Pedal Tours who are providing the banging sound system to get us in the mood.
Deck out your bike with lights, bells and whistles, wear whatever neon you have, and get ready to bop to the beat!
Let’s Fix Fashion
When: Tuesday 15th October 1-2pm
Where: online
This #ClimateActionWeek, the ClimateGreen-Schools Ireland are delighted to launch its Let’s Fix Fashion campaign for 2024. Watch ‘Inside the Shein Machine’ during #ClimateActionWeek and join our panel discussion on Fast Fashion hosted by Green-Schools and Lillian Gleave, Let’s Fix Fashion ambassador. Learn about our textile recycling in Ireland with our panellist from Clothespod and about the impact of fast fashion in Ireland and Kenya. Be inspired by past students of the campaign from Coláiste Muire, Ruaraka and Makini schools in Kenya.
Not Stopping Now! Webinar Series on Nature’s Resilience – Session 4: Dark Sky
When: Wednesday 16th October 1-2pm
Where: online
This #ClimateActionWeek, the Climate Ambassador Programme, in collaboration with The Heritage Council and the Biodiversity Network, is excited to bring you the finale of our webinar series designed to help you reconnect with nature. “Not Stopping Now: Nature’s Resilience” featured four engaging webinars, each focusing on a different aspect of our amazing biodiversity. These sessions showcased nature’s incredible ability to adapt and thrive, highlighting innovative conservation efforts, and exploring how we can all play a part in supporting these initiatives. In the fourth and final session, we will talk with Climate Ambassador Georgia MacMillan from Dark Sky Ireland.
Catch up on the previous biodiversity talks featuring Pollinators, Bats and Birds!
Young Reporters for the Environment
When: Thursday 17th October 1pm
Where: online
The YRE Programme is excited to bring you a series of lunchtime skills-based webinars designed to help you with your 2025 YRE competition entry. The theme of this years’ competition is ‘Ecosystem Restoration’. Each webinar will focus on the core categories of reporting from Written Article to Photography and Videography.
We are delighted to be joined by Helen Shaw, communications and storytelling consultant, for the launch this year. She holds a MSc in Climate Change and is a former print journalist and public broadcasting editor, having worked with BBC and RTÉ. She heads her own digital media company and is a muti-award winning documentary-maker.
YRE is a programme that gives a platform to young people to articulate their solutions to environmental issues through journalistic content – articles, photo reportage or video content.
For inspiration, please visit https://yreireland.exposure.co/
If you have any queries, please contact Claire at yre@eeu.antaisce.org
Climate Smart
Climate Smart uses free interactive workshops, quizzes, hands-on activities, and games to teach secondary-school students about climate adaptation planning.
Want to become a Climate Ambassador?
This is an opportunity to take meaningful action and make positive changes, with full support from our Climate Action Officers and your national network of inspiring individuals.
We want to hear from you!
Complete the Climate Action Tracker and let us know what your school did this #ClimateActionWeek!