ECO-UNESCO Welcomes Government’s ESD Strategy 2014-2020
ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation, greatly welcomes the recent publication by the Department of Education and Skills of the ‘National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development, 2014-2020’. This is Ireland’s first such strategy in relation to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and aims to ensure that learners are equipped with the relevant knowledge, […]
World Environment Day 2014
To celebrate this year’s World Environment Day on June 5th, ECO-UNESCO is hosting a Green Trail of Dublin city. The trail will be an exploration of urban sustainability and is run free for all young people. The trail begins at 2pm from the Greenhouse, St. Andrew Street. For more information email Gareth on: drugsed@ecounesco.ie.
ECO-UNESCO’s YSD Group in Barefeet Theatre Parade
Young people from ECO-UNESCO’s Youth for Sustainable Development Global Youth Leaders for Change programme took part in Barefeet Theatre’s 2014 Ireland Tour yesterday, 3 July. Approximately 30 young people from the group participated in a parade in Dublin city centre which went from ECO-UNESCO’s The Greenhouse on Andrew Street to Smock Alley Theatre in Temple […]
ECO-UNESCO Exhibits at the NGO Challenge Fund 2014
ECO-UNESCO, one of 257 groups and projects to receive funding under the NGO Challenge Fund 2014, attended the Showcase and Exhibit in the Beech Hill Country House, Derry on June 12th. The event was a celebration of the 2014 Challenge Fund recipients’ work with groups having the chance to exhibit their work and network with […]
ECO-UNESCO wins tender under the North West Healthy Living Community Gardens and Allotments Project
ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation has been awarded funding to deliver training under the North West Healthy Living Community Gardens and Allotments Project. ECO-UNESCO was successful in the tender bid with its proposal to run a number of both accredited and non-accredited training programmes focused on gardening and health living. The workshops will […]
ECO-UNESCO, the Irish partner of a new EU funded project – University Educators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD) Programme
ECO-UNESCO is currently involved with a new education initiative which is planning to enhance the way teaching and learning occurs at the university level to equip students with the skills needed to counter increasing social, economic and environmental inequalities. University Educators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD) is a project that brings together 55 partners (mainly universities) […]
Yes They Can-Mayo Teens Scoop National ECO-UNESCO 2014 Young Environmentalist Award
Green teens from St. Louis Community School Kiltimagh were crowned the Overall Senior Winners at ECO-UNESCO’s 15th annual Young Environmentalist Showcase and Awards Ceremony held in the Round Room of the Mansion House today. In attendance were over 600 young people, Mr. Han Qunli, Director of the Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences and the […]
Special Guests at the 2015 Young Environmentalist Awards
Professor Patrick McKeever, UNESCO ECO-UNESCO was delighted to welcome Professor Patrick McKeever, UNESCO´s Chief of Section at the Global Earth Observation Section and Secretary of the International Geoscience Programmee, to Dublin, for ECO-UNESCO’s 2015 Young Environmentalist Awards. Mr. McKeever provided the keynote address at the 2015 Young Environmentalist Awards which was held in the Mansion […]
From City Farms to Biodiversity Trails Ireland’s Biggest Celebration of Youth ECO-Action Has it All!
Over 600 young people from across Ireland will be honoured at the 15th annual ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards Showcase and Ceremony on May 20th in the Mansion House. The event is Ireland’s largest celebration of youth eco-action and is held to recognise and reward the hard work of young people island-wide for their work on […]
Sample articel opy of Young people showcase their job-skills and achievements to Minister Burton
Over 60 young people from around Dublin took part in a Market Place event at ECO-UNESCO’s Greenhouse, 17 St. Andrew Street in Dublin 2 yesterday, Wednesday 16th April. All of those involved had participated in ECO-UNESCO’s Green Pathways programme, a youth employment initiative for under 25s who are long term unemployed. Yesterday’s event was an […]
