Environmental Workshops Open For Booking – Limited Spaces Available!
We are delighted to present ECO-UNESCO’s 2018-2019 Learning 2 Change programme, where your school can avail of a number of fun and engaging workshops to motivate your students to engage with environmental and development issues. Please see flyer below for more details. Workshops run from September-May and are available on a first come first […]
Youth For Sustainability Leadership Programme Report
ECO-UNESCO’s Youth for Sustainable Development (YSD) Programme engages young people in a fun, interactive way in learning about environmental, sustainability and global issues. The programmeis run through a flexible, needs-driven training process which includes workshops, facilitation practice, and an action project. The YSD programme has been successfully running as anafter-school programme for 11 years in […]
ECO-UNESCO E-Magazine: July 2018
Check out the July issue of our monthly E-Magazine. Want to get it straight to your inbox? Sign up here.
Share your YEA Story
Have you taken part in the Young Environmentalist Awards? 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of our YEA awards programme, and we’d like to share the stories of those who participated over the years. Want to contribute your own YEA story? Get in touch with mary.fleming@ecounesco.ie
ECO-UNESCO’s National Director Takes Part in Panel Discussion as Part of Project Ireland 2040
On June 20th, ECO-UNESCO’s National Director Elaine Nevin took part in a panel discussion on ‘Empowering Communities for Climate Action’ as part of Project Ireland 2040.The panel, held in Smock Alley Theatre, was hosted by Minister Denis Naughten, Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment and attended by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar along with Ministers […]
ECO-UNESCO to Attend High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals
The UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2018 will bring countries from all over the world together to review progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Taking place in New York from July 9th-18th, part of Irelands official delegation to the HLPF comes from Irish Civil Society Organisaitions through Coalition 2030: ECO-UNESCO along with the Irish […]
ECO-UNESCO Take Part in the First Dialogue on Climate Action
ECO-UNESCO were delighted to take part in the first #climatedialogueIRL on Saturday, June 23rd.This gathering, which was opened by Minister Denis Naughten, took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone and was the first in a series of events that aim to start a conversation on how Ireland is going to tackle climate change moving forwardYoung people […]
Young People from Our YSD Programme Win National and International EU Funded Design Awards
There were scenes of celebration in Ballymun’s Rediscovery Centre yesterday as it was announced that participants from ECO-UNESCO’s Youth for Sustainable Development Programme had won not just the Irish EcoStep Design Competition, but the Overall International Competition too. The growing uptake and interest in environmental initiatives such as the ‘Bike to Work Scheme’ has […]
Youth Summit 2017-2018, Final Celebration Day
The final event of ECO-UNESCO’s ‘Youth for the Future’ Summit 2017-2018 took place on Monday, May 28th at the Carmelite Centre on Aungier Street, bringing together young people from Ireland, Italy and Armenia. See the full set of photos here. Green Party Councillor Ciaran Cuffe gave an inspiring key note speech to start the day off, and […]
NEW OPPORTUNITY: Design Internship
Are you a creative person that also happens to be passionate about conserving the environment? ECO-UNESCO are currently seeking a design intern to work on a number of new and exciting upcoming projects. For full details on the role and how to apply, see the full role description here.