The Green-Schools success story continues this year as the coveted Green Flag Award was presented to 312 schools from across the country, at awards ceremonies in Kilkenny, Galway, Cork, Athlone and Dublin this week. 110 schools were awarded Green Flags for the first time and a further 202 schools successfully renewed their Flags. The programme, now in its fourteenth year, is operated by An Taisce, in partnership with Local Authorities.  

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Scoil Éinne is a 5 teacher, 83 students school located in Cloughanover, Headford Co. Galway. The Green Schools committee comprises of 1 teacher (Miss Walsh) and 14 pupils, with roughly 2 pupils from each class from 1st to 6th class. Pupils interested in being on the Green Schools committee were randomly selected from each class. The committee meet on a weekly basis. The environmental coordinator sets the agendas for the meetings, and a 6th class pupil writes the minutes of the meetings. Aris...
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Welcome back to all of our Green-Schools! The Green-Schools programme has now entered into its 14th year in Ireland! There are currently 3502 schools registered on the Green-Schools programme and this number is always increasing. Since September 2010 an additional 86 schools have joined the programme. Schools are working hard on the themes of Litter and Waste, Energy, Water, Travel, Biodiversity, Global Citizenship and Climate Change. October was a busy month for Green-Schools Ireland with te...
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