St Joseph’s Secondary School

St Joseph’s Secondary School

Rochfortbridge, Mullingar

Teacher Ms Karen Stenson has been actively involved with the EcoEd4All programme.  She also submitted student projects at last year’s FEILTE competition.

St Mary’s College Arklow

St Mary’s College Arklow

TY- Sustainable Style
In their TY Biology and Sustainability module the 4 Gregory class have been focussing on ‘the fast fashion’ industry.. In their research, they found the carbon footprint of a myriad of clothes including hoodies, leggings, underwear, jeans and t-shirts.. More information can be found on their Instagram page @sustainable_style_2020. This page was created to raise awareness of this issue. The girls would appreciate all your support and Likes for the Tiktok videos on their page.
For the Non-Uniform Day tomorrow please try to wear upcycled clothes.

Gorey Community School

Gorey Community School

Gorey Community School has introduced an exciting new initiative on environmental education for Transition year students. Students will have the chance to look in detail at issues such as climate change,biodiversity,the circular economy and water pollution. We are one of several schools chosen to pilot this exciting new course.

Galway Community College

Galway Community College

All the staff and students at GCC are committed to teaching, learning and working as sustainably as possible. We are constantly looking for new ways to reduce our energy, waste and water usage while also trying to promote environmental education and enhance biodiversity on our school grounds.

This year we are delighted to be chosen as secondary school champions for the National Park for Galway initiative.

Erasmus Programme

Climate Change Studies and Research in the European Union
This project is a research collaboration between 3 schools from 3 different countries working with national wildlife NGO’s to research and compile information about locally endangered species.

These include:

1.GCC in Ireland will be collaborating with the Irish Wildlife Trust.

Prva Susacka Hrvatska Gimnazija in Rijeka Croatia will work with EKO wildlife.  Read more hereEdit