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February 2024
Global Goals Week usually takes place in February, but those dates are not confirmed yet. Be sure to check back here for more information over the coming months!
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November 2023
Follow along with the Green-Schools Global Goals advent calendar this season! From the 27th of November to the 19th of December, a resource that focuses on a different Global Goal will be released each day! Learn about the Global Goal, then have students make a pledge on how they will support that goal and add [...]
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October 2023
Huge congratulations to all the winners of our Global Goals Book Club SDG Slogan Competition! We received so many great entries, which made it very hard to choose. The winners will receive a complete set of our Global Goals Book Club books - a fabulous prize! And the winners are... 1st – 6th [...]
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October 2023
We at Green-Schools celebrated Ireland’s second Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Week this year from 23 September - 1 October. This was part of the wider European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW), which runs from 18 September - 8 October 2023. As a National SDG Champion for Ireland, Green-Schools embraced the opportunity to showcase our projects [...]
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September 2023
It's SDG Week and our Green-Schools Travel Officers would like to draw your attention to how your work with the Travel theme aligns with the SDGs. Did you know that by supporting sustainable and active travel, you will be addressing each of the 17 SDGs? Read on and see how. [...]
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August 2023
DEADLINE EXTENDED - DON'T MISS OUT! Our Global Goals Book Club are running a competition to mark SDG week! The challenge: We would like primary schools to create a powerful slogan that links the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the inspiring work they are doing as part of the Green-Schools programme. This is open [...]
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August 2023
To celebrate International Day of Indigenous People, we are excited to showcase a book that amplifies Indigenous voices- 'We are Water Protectors' by Carole Lindstrom, with stunning illustrations by Michaela Goade. This book is accompanied by interesting videos and a fun activity, encouraging students to explore climate action through the distinctive lens of Indigenous [...]
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July 2023
The Green-Schools Summer Course, entitled “Green-Schools and the Global Goals” is happy to announce that we are running the course in person (face-to-face) this year from July 3rd-7th, 2023. The course will run from 9.30am to 2.30pm daily. Each day focuses on a Green-Schools theme and an overarching Global Goal. By the end of the week the [...]
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February 2023
Monday: Introduction to Global Goals (Ireland) Global Goals Week kicked off on the right foot with the dynamic duo of Jessica Gill and David Giles, the United National Youth delegates from Ireland! These inspiring leaders shared their unique perspectives on the Global Goals, as well as their exciting journey as delegates at the United [...]
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May 2022
Green-Schools' inaugural Global Goals Week took place from May 9th to 13th through our ever-growing Global Classroom programme and was a huge success. Students from Ireland, Kenya, South Africa and Dubai interacted throughout the week and learnt about the SDG's from each other and what actions need to be taken by us all to [...]