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February 2018
The Green-Schools Office will close on Friday, 9th February 2018 to facilitate essential works. Staff will be available by email and the office will reopen on Monday, February 12th as normal. Thank you for your patience.
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February 2018
The Green-Schools Expo is a little over a fortnight away and we can't wait! This year's Expo will feature an expanded EPA Eco-Talks zone, with 19 speakers spread across our four time-slots. We're thrilled to have such a great selection of amazing speakers, from lots of different areas connected to climate change, sustainability, our environment [...]
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February 2018
Friday, March 16th is the deadline for schools to apply to renew the Green Flag award under our various themes. If you are unsure if your school is due to renew please contact us as soon as possible to find out, to avoid a delay. Before submitting your application form you must arrange a renewal [...]
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January 2018
The Green-Schools Travel team is inviting your school to take part in the BIG TRAVEL Challenge this February by promoting a sustainable mode of transport of your choice for 10 days during the month. This is the fourth year of the BIG TRAVEL Challenge; last year Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow, Co. Cork won the overall prize and were named Ireland’s [...]
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January 2018
As many of us already know, cycling is a great form of exercise; an efficient form of travel; and a useful way to wake up and gear up for the day ahead. If you received a new bike for Christmas or have set a resolution to cycle to school this year, beginning to cycle for [...]
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December 2017
The Green-Schools team would like to wish you and yours a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Our offices close on Friday, December 22nd and will reopen on Tuesday, January 2nd at 9.15am. We're looking forward to 2018 and working with the amazing students and teachers who have made the past year so [...]
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December 2017
Students from 15 schools celebrated Ireland's marine environment and drove awareness of the challenges it faces at two recent Green-Schools Marine Environment Conferences in Limerick on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 5 and 6. Picking up where this year's Late Late Toy Show left off, 455 students and teachers who have been working on the Green-Schools Marine Environment [...]
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November 2017
The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) (which operates Eco-Schools/Green-Schools internationally) is once again inviting everyone around the world to participate in promoting their work through their Global Action Days: a week-long showcasing of the amazing work carried out by FEE members such as Green-Schools in Ireland, which culminates in Global Action Days taking place this [...]
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Climate Action Week – have your say! GalleryClimate Action Week – have your say!
Water theme, Biodiversity, Litter & Waste, Energy, Global Citizenship Litter and Waste, Global Citizenship Energy, Global Citizenship Marine Environment, Global Citizenship Travel, Global Citizenship Biodiversity and Food, Uncategorized, Travel theme
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October 2017
Green-Schools would like to thank all of the schools and community groups that made Climate Action Week their business, despite the difficult start to the week due to Storm Ophelia. Many more of you have gotten in touch to say you have Climate Action activities planned this week too, which is fantastic. If you missed [...]
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October 2017
We are delighted to invite primary schools working on the Biodiversity theme to participate in ‘The Great Plant Hunt’ as part of the Green-Schools programme. This is the second year this exciting project has been available across Ireland (check out images and updates from last year's participants here) and we would love for your school [...]