The Safe Routes to School programme (SRTS) is helping students to cycle to school by providing bike parking spaces and shelters to 283 schools nationwide in 2022. Of the schools who will receive the new infrastructure, 46 schools are Round 1 on the SRTS programme. To celebrate, SRTS visited a diverse range of schools [...]
Bike Week is a celebration of active travel, sustainable transport and simply the joys of cycling a bike! In partnership with the National Transport Authority, this year Green-Schools will celebrate Bike Week in May on Saturday 14th and will run through to Sunday 22nd. National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesdays/Weekdays) will be held on [...]
The first ever Cycle Bus Network Event is an occasion to celebrate your achievements, connect with more groups, share experiences and have fun. Who is the event for? This networking event is for parents / guardians / community members and children who participate in cycle buses or would like to participate in cycle buses. What [...]
The second of the Green-Schools Public Webinar Series, 'Walkable Streets' stimulated much interest from the general public, school staff, Local Authority professionals, and active travel/public realm activists with free tickets for the live webinar selling out. If you would like to re-watch or stream the webinar, it is now available in full presentation on YouTube [...]
It's just two weeks until the schools return for the start of the 2020/2021 academic year. 2020 has been quite the 'journey' so far, to say the least, but that doesn't mean your daily journey to school needs to be anything less than fun, active and healthy! In July 2020, Green-Schools launched ‘Safe to School [...]
Cork City Join us on April 21, in Nano Nagle Place, Cork for the fifth stop on the #andshecycles Roadshow. 4.30pm: Photography exhibition and check-in 5-6pm: Panel discussion followed by Q&A Irish Examiner Journalist, Esther McCarthy, will lead the event as MC, along with panellists including, UCC student and Green-Campus Committee member, Aine Ni Dhalaigh, [...]
IT Carlow A Message from Green-Schools: Regrettably Green-Schools have found it in attendees best interests to postpone the below #andshecycles Roadshow event in Carlow IT and we hope to be able to announce a rescheduled date as soon as possible. For any queries or updates please contact travelevents@eeu.antaisce.org Kindest regards, Green-Schools Travel Team, Environmental Education [...]
Galway City A Message from Green-Schools: Regrettably Green-Schools have found it in attendees best interests to postpone the below #andshecycles Roadshow event in Galway and we hope to be able to announce a rescheduled date as soon as possible. For any queries or updates please contact travelevents@eeu.antaisce.org Kindest regards, Green-Schools Travel Team, Environmental Education Unit [...]
In Ireland, fewer than one in 250 girls cycle to school each day. In 2019 Green-Schools worked with teenage girls to develop the #andshecycles campaign to shine a light on the barriers currently reducing the rate of girls choosing to cycle. The greatest success from the campaign launch was that it stirred up many necessary [...]
Just one in every 250 teenage girls cycle to school every day... Green-Schools is finding out why. Green-Schools Travel has been working with teenage girls to develop a campaign that shines a light on barriers that are preventing them from cycling and start some necessary conversations. #andshecycles is a national campaign that wants to help girls [...]
