Culture Night 2011 at ECO-UNESCO!
On 23rd September, ECO-UNESCO’s Dublin home, the Greenhouse, opened its doors for an evening full of fun environmental activities as part of Culture Night 2011. Thanks to all children, young people and adults that dropped by, the night was a great success! We were delighted to see so many of you take part in this […]
X-Hale Smoking Initiative
ECO-UNESCO to work with Irish Cancer Society on Youth Project as part of new Young People and Smoking Initiative ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation, will be working together with The Irish Cancer Society as part of the first X-HALE Youth Awards Scheme. This is a new initiative which aims to work with young […]
ECO-Youth Choices Drug Prevention Programme
ECO-UNESCO’s work with a group of young people (15-18yrs) from Ballymun Regional Youth Resource Centre (BRYR), who have been taking part in the ECO-Youth Choices drug prevention programme since April, hit its peak this weekend as they competed a very successful cross-generational garden action project. The group linked in with a housing area for […]
ECO-UNESCO has been shortlisted for the Dublin Living Awards’ Best Green Contribution to Dublin Life Category! Get behind us today and send in your vote! Read more.
ECO-UNESCO has been nominated in the Dublin Living Awards’ Best Green Contribution to Dublin Life Category! This award recognises organisations that contribute to making Dublin a greener place to live. From the Greenhouse in the heart of Dublin, we’ve raised environmental awareness among young people, promoted environmental conservation and helped young people’s personal development through […]
ECO-UNESCO Shortlisted for Dublin Living Awards
ECO-UNESCO has been nominated in the Dublin Living Awards’ Best Green Contribution to Dublin Life Category! This award recognises organisations that contribute to making Dublin a greener place to live. From the Greenhouse in the heart of Dublin, we’ve raised environmental awareness among young people, promoted environmental conservation and helped young people’s personal development through […]
X-Hale Youth Awards Annual Expo 2011
The X-Hale Youth Awards Annual Expo took place in Croke Park on Wednesday, 2nd November. Well done to the ECO-Youth Choices Peer Educators (youth coordinators) who saw the culmination of months of hard work during the Irish Cancer Society’s anti-smoking awareness event. ECO-UNESCO’s project, “Our community, Our future”, focused on the environmental, social and economic […]
ECO-UNESCO’s Trainings & Short Courses
Our range of training and short courses provides opportunities for both personal and continuous professional development. Young Environmentalist Awards – 6 Steps to Success FREE* Training Days This full day training will equip teachers and youth leaders with the skills to motivate young people to carry out environmental action projects using ECO-UNESCO’s 6 Steps to […]
Participating Schools
Ulster St Macartan’s College, Co Monaghan Munster Villiers School, North Circular Road, Limerick Mercy Secondary School , Mounthawk, Tralee, Co, Kerry Coláiste Mhuire, College Road, Ennis, Co, Clare Michaels Community College Kilmihil, Co. Clare Connaught: Mean Scoil Mhuire, Newtownsmith, Galway St Louis community School, Kiltimagh, Co Mayo, Ireland Leinster Coláiste Eoin, Cappagh Road, Finglas, […]
Support for Teachers
In 2014 The Department for Education and Skills produced the National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). This strategy aims to ensure that education contributes to sustainable development by equipping learnings with the relevant knowledge (the ‘what’), the key dispositions and skills (the ‘how’) and the values (the ‘why’) that will motivate and empower […]
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