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 [...]
During an exciting virtual awards ceremony, Green-Schools awarded over 528 schools in Ireland for their success on the Green Flag programme during the 2020-2021 period. The online event was broadcast from an in-house studio, hosted by Green-Schools MCs including a sign language interpreter, and streamed live to 1080 attendees. Green-Schools wishes to congratulate the [...]
Take action on litter and waste in your school and local community and join thousands of other around the globe in the Litter Less Mini-Campaign this month! From October 18th – 12th November, we invite your school to engage in seven daily actions to help the planet! There will be video clips to watch, easy investigations and activities – like [...]
We are delighted to launch our exciting new project Green-Schools Let’s Fix Fashion. This project is open to secondary schools working on the Global Citizenship themes and deals new with a topic that is close to many teenagers' hearts: fashion. We want to raise awareness of the devastating impacts of the fashion industry and to encourage [...]
Welcome to the 2021/2022 Academic Year Seminars for Green-Schools. We are looking forward to meeting Green-Schools Coordinators from all around the country at our online seminars this term. To book into a seminar: Find your county/area from the list below Click on the link to register for your theme's seminar and take note of [...]
Welcome back to the new academic year. We hope that everyone is settling in well to the new school year. We are really looking forward to the year ahead and have some great initiates and events to share with you over the coming months. Application deadline If your school is due to renew their [...]
The Environmental Education Unit (EEU) of An Taisce is currently inviting applications for two positions within the Green-Schools Programme: Green-Schools Secondary Schools Development Officer Green-Schools Travel Officer (Maternity Cover / Monaghan, Cavan, Louth) 2 x Green-Schools Travel Officer (Dublin region and Midlands region) The EEU is the national operator of a number of highly successful [...]
Join Green-Schools, our #andshecycles Ambassadors and besties all over Ireland for a day of celebrating cycling on Thursday, July 22. We want everyone to celebrate the joys of cycling on July 22, especially teenage girls and young people. We will be joined by some of this year’s group of #andshecycles Ambassadors and members of the Green-Schools [...]
The Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce (EEU) is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person to administer and deliver a range of workshops and activities to schools. The EEU operates some of Ireland’s largest and most successful environmental programmes and campaigns in partnership with different stakeholders including; public departments and agencies, private sponsors, schools and [...]
