Monday, April 4, 2022: The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Gillian Coughlan was the guest of honour today at a ceremony for 100 students from six Cork schools participating in the Global Children’s ‘Our Future Our Planet’ Designathon. Organised by the Green-Schools Programme, the six schools are the first schools in Ireland taking [...]
The deadline for schools to apply for the renewal of their Green Flag Award is Friday, April 1st, 2022. Following the award of your school’s first Green Flag, each subsequent application is a “Renewal”, so-called as you are “renewing” your Green Flag award under a new theme. Schools must submit renewal applications every two [...]
The Green-Schools Programme would like to wish Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny students Medha Trehan and Ruby Woods safe travels as they leave for the Youth Environmental Education Congress (YEEC), which is a side event of The 11th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), taking place in Prague from March 13-17. Ruby and Medha (pictured above and [...]
Tá Scoileanna Glasa ag tabhairt cuireadh do ghach dalta, tuismitheoir agus múinteoir sa chlár Scoileanna Glasa dul ar siúlóid nádúir an Earraigh chun Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh ó 1ú do 17ú de Mhárta. Ar an siúlóid seo ba mhaith linn go ndéanfá Tóraíocht Taisce an Earraigh. Ansin tóg grianghraf den Chomhartha Earraigh agus cuir suas [...]
We at Green-Schools Ireland are very exciting to be able to take part in the annual Global Children’s Designathon (GCD) for the first time with six of our primary schools in Cork County. The annual Global Children’s Designathon (GCD) is dedicated to celebrating what the world could be like when children are put in charge [...]
Every year schools from all across the country work towards their Green-Flag for the Global Citizenship: Marine Environment theme. However, not all schools live beside the coast, and we are often asked how the Marine theme can be made relevant to inland schools. With this in mind, we are excited to share “When the [...]
The Green-Schools office will close from December 22nd, 2021 to January 3rd, 2022 inclusive. At the end of what has been another difficult year, we want to take this opportunity to extend our gratitude and best wishes to the teachers, students, principals, parents, SNAs, caretakers, administrative staff and the wider community of every Green-School [...]
Welcome to the Global Goals Advent Calendar! With the festive season fast approaching Green-Schools wanted to take the opportunity to introduce the Global Goals through both fun and engaging activities themed around the advent season! These activities were specifically curated to take minimal time and preparation. We hope you enjoy, and do not forget [...]
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 11TH, 2022 We are pleased to invite eligible schools* around Ireland to take part in the Green-Schools Irish Water Poster & Video Competition 2022. This is the eighth year of this competition for schools and there are some great prizes to be won. This year’s theme is Groundwater: Our Hidden [...]
An Taisce’s Environmental Education Unit announced twelve Climate Ambassador Awards for Outstanding Achievement on Thursday 25th November, 2021. The awards are an annual opportunity for Climate Ambassadors to connect and reflect, as we recognise and celebrate their fantastic achievements. Initially due to take place in Dublin, the ceremony shifted online due to current covid [...]
