Resources
Peer Education Handbook: Youth for the Future This handbook provides a step-by-step guide to setting up and supporting a Peer Education for Sustainable Development Programme. It has over 40 interactive activities to do with young people as well as handy tips for young peer educators. Cost €9.50 For more details or to order this or […]
Teachers and Leaders
Young Environmentalist Awards projects are….. action projects on an environmental issue An action project is… a project which engages young people in taking some specific actions as a component of a personal development or educational project. It comprises self-directed and inter-disciplinary learning. An environmental issue is… an environmental issue is an issue related to any […]
ECO-UNESCO’s Green Pathways Programme : Further Information
ECO-UNESCO’s Green Pathways Programme Youth Employment Programme will provide: Accredited Training – in areas related to the environment and sustainable development Accredited Training in professional development, business and peer education (depending on what pathway you choose) Individual learning and career planning advice. Guidance and advice on preparing an excellent CV and how to be successful […]
WildWatchers: Biodiversity Training for those working with young people
The WildWatchers is a free training event that provides teachers and youth leaders with an understanding of biodiversity, ecology and how to engage young people in these topics. The course links with primary and secondary curriculum including the areas of Geography, Science, C.S.P.E and P.H.S.E. When? TBC Where? The Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew St, Dublin […]
ECO-Leaders Programme
This programme is divided up into Junior (5-8 and 9-12 years-old) and Senior (12-15 and 15-18 years-old) and has appropriate materials for each age group. It covers seven environmental issues and consists of seven 1.5 hour workshops that can be accessed individually or as a programme, which awards the participants with an ECO-Leader certificate. This […]
What is Clubs in Action?
Click here to view details of these projects. Click here to see the Clubs in Action Showcase 2011 online The Success of Clubs in Action 2011 In 2011 ECO-UNESCO, in partnership with Toyota Ireland, offered seed grants to ECO-UNESCO Clubs across Ireland as part of the Clubs in Action Programme. 18 ECO-UNESCO Clubs from 9 […]
Issues
Biodiversity Energy Sustainable Development Waste
Youth for Sustainable Development Seminar 2011
Learn more about our Youth for Sustainable Development Programme here.
Winners of ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards 2011 on display at The Greenhouse
This years’ Young Environmentalist Awards Showcase and Ceremony was our biggest yet, with over 200 entries from almost 4,000 passionate and talented young people from across Ireland. Now it’s your chance to see some of the best projects on display at The Greenhouse, Dublin 2, covering waste, water, climate change and everything in between. A […]
THE IRISH REEF ON DISPLAY AT THE GREENHOUSE
ECO-UNESCO is delighted to announce the exhibition of a unique and wonderful hyperbolic crochet representation of a coral reef where maths, handicraft, marine, environment, art and community combine in an explosion of colour, shape and crocheted form at The Greenhouse, Dublin 2. THE IRISH REEF, is a Satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef […]