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 [...]
Green-Schools had its Poster and Video Competition Awards online today, with a virtual ceremony shown on screens in winning schools and homes all around the country. Participants were also treated this year with a presentation from the award-winning Cartoon Saloon. The popular competition focuses every year on a theme around water sustainability and is [...]
The deadline for all schools to apply for the Green Flag award for the 2020/2021 academic year is this Friday, June 25th. Schools can use our new application system to apply if they have not yet started on an application form, or if your school has already started working on the forms on our website [...]
170 schools have today been notified that they have been selected for inclusion in the first round of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme to support walking and cycling infrastructure for primary and post-primary schools. The scheme was announced in March of this year, with 932 schools (representing almost one in four schools in [...]
Green-Schools celebrated the first International Linking Event with our colleagues and friends in Eco-Schools Kenya and Kenya Organisation for Environmental Education (KOEE) today, June 17, 2021. Project The project began in late 2020 with the aim of the co-creation of five workshops on five Global Goals: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption [...]
Well done to twenty-two schools who recently completed the Litter Less Campaign! Litter Less is a one-year optional campaign for primary schools working on Litter and Waste or Global Citizenship: Litter and Waste. Participating schools carried out extra litter and waste monitoring, took part in Litter Less Home Challenges and the #LitterLessTogether competition. Students carried out litter [...]
All schools are invited to the Green-Schools SEAI Energy Webinar which will take place online, on 16th June from 11.15am-12.30pm. During the event we will speak with SEAI Emerging Sustainable Energy Champion Jessica Kelly, a fifth-year student in Loreto Abbey, Dalkey, Co. Dublin & Climate SOS adventure storybook illustrator Alan Nolan will deliver a [...]
