Green-Schools Ireland was lucky enough to be invited to the NASA/Eco-Schools USA Climate Change Connections Professional Development Institute event which ran July 27-29, 2011 in Washington DC and was attended by representatives of the Eco-Schools Programme in Ireland and Puerto Rico as well as educators from Fairbanks and Wasilla, Alaska, tribal schools from the Southwest (New Mexico and Arizona), and Atlanta, Georgia.


“The Eco-Schools USA  Climate Change Connections is designed to build up...

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So far, 2011 has been a very busy and successful year for the Green-Schools Programme. There are now 3553 schools registered with the Programme and 2151 schools have been awarded at least one Green Flag! 
 
This year we have 1402 schools working on the Litter and Waste Theme, 788 on the Energy Theme, 605 on the Water Theme, 430 on the Travel Theme, 274 on the Biodiversity Theme, 15 on the Global Citizenship Theme and 22 on the Climate Change Theme!

Co-ordinators and committees have been working ...
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Check out your area’s Green-Schools Newsletter to find out what Green-Schools in your area have been up to including: 
 
 - A message from your Environmental Awareness Officer 
 - Information about Green-Schools in Ireland 
 - Information about all our competitions, news and events and An Taisce’s other environmental programmes and projects 

 Click here to read the Green-Schools Newsletter!
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1st October 2010: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, TD today joined pupils from St. Mary’s Boys National School, Rathfarnham and staff from RTE to launch this year’s An Taisce Green-Schools ESB Independent Energy Project The An Taisce Green-Schools Energy Project supported by ESB Independent Energy encourages primary school students and businesses to partner up in order to exchange expertise and devise creative ways to conserve energy and reduce carbon...
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