July 2020
Online Summer Course: Climate Change, Science & Action
Green-Schools Online Summer Course is back! Last summer we ran our first online course with teachers from 18 counties and following it's great success, we will run the same course this summer. ‘Climate Change, Science & Action for Primary Teachers’ will run from Monday July 6th to Friday July 31st inclusive. The 20-hour course will [...]
Find out more »August 2020
Public webinar – Walkable Streets: Theory, Possibility & Practice
Experts working in the field of walkability in Ireland present a variety of rich perspectives on the theme of ‘Walkable Streets’ Are you a school, parent, national authority professional, or active travel activist interested in the promotion and realisation of walkable streets? This Public Webinar on the development of walkable streets is for you. Register [...]
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Climate Ambassador Webinar Series
The Climate Ambassador Team would like to invite you to our special public webinar series in the lead up to Culture Night 2020. The 4-part series will host an array of exciting guest speakers and demonstrations circling the themes of food, fashion, biodiversity and culminating in a climactic night to remember! Food - 7pm Thursday [...]
Find out more »September 2020
European Mobility Week
This year's EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK theme is ‘Zero-emission mobility for all’. The theme reflects the ambitious targets of a carbon-neutral continent by 2050, as laid out by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, when presenting the European Green Deal. It also aims to highlight the importance of accessibility to zero-emission transport and promote an [...]
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Park(ing) Day
Today is #Parkingday, and no, that doesn't celebrate the parking of vehicles.😆 Park(ing) Day invites citizens, businesses and @LAsIreland to commandeer a parking space and create your own PARK and reclaim your town or urban space. What's happening in your city or town? Dublin Cork
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Bike Week 2020
Bike Week 2020, which traditionally falls mid-June, has been rescheduled to 19th – 27th September 2020. Bike Week is a celebration of the bicycle as a fun, healthy and eco-friendly mode of travel, and throughout the week promotional events and activities will be arranged by schools, Local Authorities, community groups and cycling groups. Check out [...]
Find out more »The World’s Largest Lesson
Calling all Green-Schools Global Citizenship schools! Watch this inspiring video of young people around the Globe fighting for change in their communities and working towards achieving the Global Goals by 2030. We only have a decade of action left to achieve the 17 Global Goals, so will you get involved? The Global Goals', World's Largest [...]
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International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
#FLWDay (International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste) #NoFoodLossWaste
Find out more »October 2020
National Tree Day
Check out our activities and resources for celebrating National Tree Day on our News Blog Get them quick! The Tree Council of Ireland are giving out a free Scots Pine tree for Tetrapack Tree day which takes place on October 1st. The Scots Pine is a coniferous tree with cones that provide pine seeds which are [...]
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World Teachers’ Day
Its #WorldTeachersDay and we would like to thank ALL the amazing teaching staff in schools nationwide! #SDG4 on education recognises teachers as key to the achievement of the Education 2030 agenda. Today is an occasion to mark progress and reflect on ways to overcome remaining challenges.
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2020 theme: “My Voice, Our Equal Future”
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Climate Action Week
Ireland’s fourth Climate Action Week will run from October 12th to 18th, 2020, so please mark it in your school calendars now and download your poster, pledge and other resources below. Head over to our News section to find out how your school can get involved.
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Climate Action Week Secondary – 2040 Screening
Join us for a #ClimateActionWeek screening of the award-winning climate documentary 2040! Green-Schools are delighted to present our #ClimateActionWeek event for secondary students! If you are a secondary teacher, register for your free screening ticket now and watch '2040' with your class any time from 9am Monday 12th October to 11am Wednesday 14th October. After the screening [...]
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Climate Action Week Primary – Storytime – We Want Our Park Back
Green-Schools is delighted to present our debut storybook, ‘We Want Our Park Back’, written and illustrated by Oisín McGann for ages 5 to 8. Green-Schools is delighted to present our debut storybook, ‘We Want Our Park Back’, written and illustrated by Oisín McGann for ages 5 to 8. Register for this free event and we [...]
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Teacher Training Seminar – Cork City and Kerry
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Cork City and Kerry teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Dublin City
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Dublin City teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction with [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Carlow, Waterford, Kilkenny
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Carlow, Waterford, Kilkenny teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Galway and Mayo
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Galway and Mayo teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
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National Secondary School Teacher Training – Travel Year 1
As part of our series of Teacher Training Seminars, we will be hosting a National Secondary School Year 1 Travel Teacher Training event for participating schools. This will take place on Tuesday, October the 20th from 5pm – 6pm as a ZOOM meeting hosted by Secondary Schools Development Officer, Robbie Egan. If you have registered for [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – South Dublin and Fingal
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools South Dublin and Fingal teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in [...]
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National Secondary School Teacher Training – Global Citizenship Travel Year 1
As part of our series of Teacher Training Seminars, we will be hosting a National Secondary School Year 1 Global Citizenship Travel Teacher Training event for participating schools. This will take place on Wednesday, October the 21st from 5pm – 6pm as a ZOOM meeting hosted by Secondary Schools Development Officer, Robbie Egan. If you have [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – DLR & Wicklow
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools DLR & Wicklow teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
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World Cities Day
31 October is World Cities Day, there is an overarching theme of Better City, Better Life, and Each year a different sub-theme is selected, to either promote successes of urbanisation, or address specific challenges resulting from urbanisation. The aim of the day is to focus the international community’s attention on urbanisation as a central issue for [...]
Find out more »November 2020
Teacher Training Seminar – Cavan & Monaghan
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Cavan and Monaghan teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Limerick & Tipperary
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Limerick & Tipperary teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
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Teacher Training Seminar – Clare
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Clare teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction with our [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Louth & Meath
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Louth and Meath teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Roscommon, Leitrim & Longford
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Donegal & Sligo
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Donegal and Sligo teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Cork County South
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Cork County South teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Cork County West
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Cork County West teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Cork County North
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Cork County North teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar – Wexford
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Wexford teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with individual thematic seminars to give specific guidance for each Green-Schools theme. Each seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction with our [...]
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Green-Schools Travel Conference
Calling all Green-Schools register for our free online sustainable travel conferences, which will take place on November 18th. The theme of the conference is Ireland’s 2040 Vision and students have an opportunity to learn about sustainable travel, the Sustainable Development Goals, air quality and many more topics. There are two conferences taking place on the [...]
Find out more »Teacher Training Seminar: Energy Theme
Registrations are now open for Green-Schools Energy Theme teacher training seminars! The seminar will be hosted online through Zoom, with specific guidance for the Energy theme. The seminar will include a theme presentation and Q&A session and will last approximately 1 hour. Green-Schools delivers our seminar series in conjunction with our Local Authority partners. To [...]
Find out more »World Toilet Day – Global Citizenship
What is World Toilet Day all About? Toilets save lives, because human waste spreads killer diseases. World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. World Toilet Day is celebrated on 19th November every year. It’s all about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and help achieve Sustainable Development [...]
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Clean Air Week 2020 & Poetry Competition
CLEAN AIR WEEK COMPETITION UPDATE: We will be publishing names of the winning poets in the New Year, owing to a large volume of entries. Thank you to all of the schools that entered the competition; there are a lot of talented poets out there! Green-Schools Travel are delighted to announce the second annual Clean [...]
Find out more »December 2020
World Soil Day
World Soil Day is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources. https://youtu.be/MSbbl5lpmik
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First screening of the Marine Film Club!
Exciting times: Green-Schools is pleased to launch its first screening of the Marine Film Club! This great initiative is open to all Secondary Schools working on the Global Citizenship Marine Environment theme. The film club’s debut screening will be of A Plastic Ocean: a powerful, very informative and incredibly eye-opening documentary on the state of [...]
Find out more »March 2021
Walk for Water 2021 / World Water Day
Monday March 22nd is World Water Day. World Water Day became a UN observance day in 1993. It seeks to focus attention on the global water crisis. On 22 March every year, people and organizations mark World Water Day by taking action to tackle the water crisis. World Water Day 2021 has the theme, [...]
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Scoot to School Week 2021
Scoot to School Week will run from March 22 to 26, 2021 and National SOW Day (Scoot on Wednesdays/Weekdays) will be held on Wednesday March 24. Green-Schools would like to invite all primary schools currently on Travel and Global Citizenship Travel to participate in National Scoot to School Week - either at school or [...]
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National Tree Week: Green-Schools Biodiversity & LEAF Ireland
Green-Schools Biodiversity are teaming up with LEAF Ireland to bring you some fun ideas and activities for getting your students outdoors and celebrating National Tree Week, next week. National Tree Week runs March 21st – 27th 2021. To mark this, we have put together a selection of simple resources for teachers to use with class groups, for some guided and focused learning on the school campus or in a local green space. Click the links in [...]
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