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PLANTING SOME POSITIVITY

Posted by GREEN-SCHOOLS on Friday, November 18, 2011,

Planting Some Positivity!

Not even the rain could dampen our Green-School’s spirits as the Green-Schools Woodland was launched in Ballinreeshig Nature Farm, Co. Cork in conjunction with Will and Away Outdoor Education Company on Thursday 17^th November, 2011. Over 100 students from local Green-Schools braved the elements to gather at the site where they celebrated the success of the Green-Schools programme in Ireland by planting over 100 oak trees. In total, 3,560 native trees will be pla...

GIVE A TREE ROOTS - GREEN-SCHOOLS WOODLAND DAY

Posted by ali sheridan on Wednesday, September 14, 2011,

To celebrate the success of the Green-Schools programme and International Year of the Forests, a Green-Schools woodland will be planted on the 17th November at Ballinreeshig Nature Farm, Co. Cork in conjunction with Will and Away. 3,560 trees will be planted to represent each school in the Green-Schools programme!

The An Taisce Green-Schools programme is now entering into its 15th year in Ireland, and the programme continues to grow from strength to strength! There are currently 3,560 school...

PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CABRA WINS ESB ELECTRIC IRELAND

Posted by ali sheridan on Friday, May 20, 2011,

The winning schools of An Taisce Green Schools Energy Project sponsored by ESB Electric Ireland were announced at an event in Tailors Hall, Dublin today attended by Minister of State for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Fergus O’Dowd. The overall winner was St. Catherine’s Senior Girls’ School in Cabra, who partnered with their catering company, Glanmore Foods to consider how the business could improve energy efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint. The young students, a...
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Ellen O’ Sullivan, Green-Schools Travel Officer with An Taisce tells us about all the hard work some schools in Limerick and Tipperary have been carrying out as part of their Travel Theme!

Posted by green-schools on Thursday, March 24, 2011,

Laurel Hill FJC, South Circular Road, Limerick
Laurel Hill FJC were awarded their Fourth Green-Flag for Green-Schools Travel in 2010 but that hasn’t stopped their efforts to promote Green-Travel in their School. They made several efforts in the past to promote cycling but to no avail so in early March they took it up a notch and piloted the Beauty and the Bike Workshop. Using a traffic light system they identified reasons as to why girls don’t cycle and tried to come up with their own sol...
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