All-island Schools 4 Climate Action is an initiative between Co-operation Ireland, EcoEd4All, EANI the Education Authority for NI and Alison to enhance environmental education, foster cross-border collaboration and to implement seemingly impossible actions through changing mindsets, policies, and results.

Ireland has been identified as one of the Top 5 countries by The Guardian to survive global societal collapse. All-island Schools 4 Climate Action is making environmental education accessible and freely available to all students, parents, teachers, and citizens, to promote awareness, understanding, and encourage behavioural change by communicating small, practical actions that can be implemented immediately.

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Press and School queries: schools4ca@cooperationireland.org

Transition Year Students’

Eco Advocate Course launches at Wildlands for 2022

An EXCITING collaboration was officially launched last weekend between EcoEd4All and Wildlands, offering Transition Year Students a half-day place-based learning course entitled ‘Eco Advocate’, at the state-of-the-art facilities at Wildlands in Moycullen Galway.

The Eco Advocate course will provide students and teachers alike, the opportunity to connect directly with and explore some of the EcoEd4All environmental themes of Biodiversity, Climate Change, Water/Air Pollution and Circular Economy in an outdoor setting.

Eco Advocate will enable Transition Year students to become involved in a youth advocacy capacity to bring added value to their TY programme throughout the year. The course allows students the opportunity to work in a fun and interactive environment, empowering students to take on leadership roles and deliver their findings on the day, and all within the stunning outdoor classroom at Wildlands.

Wildlands offers the perfect natural backdrop welcoming students and teachers to the waters and the wild with over 20 acres of mature woodlands, overlooking Ballyquirke Lake, and nestled along the Wild Atlantic Way at the gateway to Connemara.  With a myriad of outdoor and indoor activities, the course caters for all seasons.  Outdoor field sessions will be followed by a fun activity as part of the Eco Advocate course offering at Wildlands.  For further details about getting your Transition Year students involved and to make booking enquiries for course dates, running from mid January to end of May 2022, please directly contact;

Jen Cunningham at ecoadvocate.ty@gmail.com, or on 087-7660818. https://ecoed4all.com/eco-advocates/

Gordon Bromley, Lecturer of Physical Geography and Climate at NUIG outlines the need for collective action and Cian McCormack talks to people impacted by severe weather.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/21992987/

Fast forward to 4:19 to listen to Dr Gordon Bromley.

We have planted over 700 native trees so far in Lough Atalia as a corrective action.

Here is a picture from Saturdays planting with groups linked to the Galway National Park City.