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 […]
#YEA19: Submissions Now Open!
YEA PROJECT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION ONCE YOUR REGISTER QUALITY PROJECTS Welcome to YEA 2019. We are very much looking forward to receiving your projects for our 20th Anniversary of the YEA. Our Showcase this year will be […]
Learning 2 Change January Update!
The new year started off great, as we completed training sessions in 31 out of the 40 Irish schools we were funded to focus on, with the remaining 9 already booked in across the next 3 months. We have also completed 6 out of 8 of the student council training workshops and are currently in […]
ECO-Choices January Update!
Drimnagh Castle are just about finished the QQI Level 3 in ECO-Community Development! They’ve really been enjoying their time with ECO-UNESCO, and have started taking action for their projects. Stanhope Street Secondary School have also just finished their Foundation ECO-Choices programme. They have particularly enjoyed learning more about environmental issues, and have gained skills that […]
YSD Participants Speak at Climate Case Rally for Climate Action
Young people from our Youth for Sustainable Development Programme had the opportunity to speak at Climate Case Ireland’s ‘Children’s Rally for Climate Action’ on Saturday, January 19th. See the full video below!
#YSD Drogheda People Share their #YEA19 Journey
Young people participating in ECO-UNESCO’s Youth for Sustainable Development programme in Drogheda are working on the project there are going to present at the Young Environmentalist Awards 2019 and have shared with us their enthusiasm about being part of Ireland’s biggest green awards scheme. With their project ‘More or less, less homelessness’ they hope to raise awareness about homelessness and are planning to […]
#YSD Bray People Share their #YEA19 Journey
Young participants from ECO-UNESCO’s Youth for Sustainable Development programme in Bray will be taking part in the Young Environmentalist Awards 2019 and decided to share the start of their YEA journey with us. The project they are working on is called ‘Packs 4 Impact’ and it deals with the issue of homelessness, a problem these young people are very […]
YSD Programme Launching in Navan
Pictured above: Kieran Allen (YSD Regional Coordinator) leads young people in a group activity On 23 January at 3pm, ECO-UNESCO will launch their flagship ‘Youth for Sustainable Development’ programme at the Youth Work Ireland Meath centre in St. Mary’s Church Grounds, Navan. The Youth for Sustainable Development programme is aimed at 15-18 year olds […]
Don’t Waste Your Time! How to Start Making a Difference Now
Last November, on the ‘No Time to Waste’ Youth Summit, young people from across Ireland had the opportunity to talk to environment experts and policy makers about the waste issue in the country and some of the conclusions were shocking. Recent statistics show that Ireland had the sixth highest level of municipal waste per person in the EU, […]
