A New Website for the Young Environmentalist Awards
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Young Environmentalist Awards, we’ve launched a brand new website for all your YEA needs! Check it out here and let us know what you think. Didn’t submit a project for YEA19? That doesn’t matter, we still want you to attend. Pick up a free […]
#YEA19 Submission Due this Friday, March 1st!
#YEA19 submissions are due this Friday, March 1st! Read the submission guidelines here. If you haven’t received your submission folder, please contact yea.submissions@ecounesco.ie We also have a 24 hotline available for all your YEA related queries! Call Susie, our YEA coordinator at 086 704 3400. Best of luck! […]
Young People from Across Europe Descend on Dublin for 3 Day ‘No Time to Waste’ Youth Summit
From February 19th-21st, young people from Norway, Greece, Spain and Ireland came together to think about how we can tackle waste issues as part of ECO-UNESCO’s ‘No Time to Waste’ Youth Summit in Dublin, a three day event supported by Leargas and Erasmus+. The three day event gave young participants a chance to […]
YSD Participants Take Part in #Councils4ClimateAction
On Saturday February 16th, Dublin City Council held a #Councils4ClimateAction event in The Mansion House. The aim of the day was to encourage the public to visit www.dublinclimatechange.ie and have their say on what local councils should be doing to fight the ever pressing issue of climate change. Not one’s to miss an […]
YSD Programme Launches in Westport
Tonight see’s the first session of our Youth for Sutainable Development Programme launching in Westport, Mayo! The weekly group will be run by Westport Tidy Towns, who are no stranger to ECO-UNESCO having entered last years Young Environmentalist Awards with their wonderful project ‘HAUS’. Interested in bringing the YSD programme to your […]
Thousands of Young People Take Environmental Action Across the Country
Young people from ECO-UNESCOs ‘Youth for Sustainable Development’ Programme, St Tiernan’s Community School Dundrum, and Jesus and Mary College Goatstown help to launch 20 years of ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards. Young people get to work in their local communities as ECO-UNESCO celebrates 20 Years of the Young Environmentalist Awards At a time when young […]
Your #YEA19 Project: 6 Steps to Success
In the middle of carrying out your #YEA19 project and need a helping hand? We have a great new resource for you! The Young Environmentalist Awards ‘6 Steps to Success’ programme shows you how to carry out your project in six easy to follow steps. Download it here. Got a question that […]
#YSDCarlow Start Their #YEA19 Projects!
Young people across Ireland are getting ready to submit their #YEA19 action project, and our Carlow Youth for Sustainable Development group are no different! Two groups have come up with unique ideas for taking environmental action in their local communities, check them out below.
ECO-UNESCO E-Magazine January 2019
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YSD Dublin Participants Prepare for a Trip to New York
ECO-UNESCO, in conjunction with University College Dublin, is providing an opportunity for two young people to attend, as UN Major Group for Children and Youth representatives, the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum in the United Nations from April 6th to April 8th 2019. To gain a place, Youth for Sustainable Development participants had to give […]