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YEA PCA 2013-4
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Youth for Sustainable Development Seminar 2011
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IEN Biodiversity Showcase Launched by Minister
ECO-UNESCO was delighted to welcome Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (pictured) who launched the IEN Biodiversity Exhibition in the Greenhouse last Tuesday, 30th November. This exhibition includes 14 displays from a variety of organisations from around the country who have carried out projects and events to raise awareness and understanding […]
Road to Rio+20: Exploratory Event
ECO-UNESCO hosted a group of educators from NGOs, schools and youth organisations at the Greenhouse for the Road to Rio+20 Exploratory Event on Wednesday, 18th January. The group participated in interactive activities examining the role young people played at the original Earth Summit in 1992. They also examined the idea of sustainable development while sharing […]
Celebrate National Tree Week!
Celebrate National Tree Week with our free Green Trail of Dublin city centre on March 7th! National Tree Week takes place from the 3rd-10th March and to celebrate, we’re offering children aged 8-12 the opportunity to take a free guided trail of St. Stephens Green. Children will get the opportunity to explore the importance of […]
ECO-UNESCO’s Peer Education and Sustainability Training
What? This short course introduces participants to peer education and how it can be used in work with young people. Participants will learn how to develop a peer education approach centred on the principles of sustainability and leadership.By the end of the training participants will: Be confident in developing a Peer Education approach through participative […]
YEA PCA 2013-3
People’s Choice Award 2013 Art & Design Biodiversity Climate Change Community Development ECO-Enterprise Energy Health & Wellbeing Super Junior Transport Waste Water Super Junior Name of School: Belgrove Senior Girls School, Clontarf, Dublin Project Title: Where have all the Daddy Longlegs Gone? Summary: This project examined the Daddy Long Legs (Crane Fly) […]
ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards 2011
Tuesday, 24th May 2011 Clare School named ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist of the year at Ireland’s biggest celebration of ECO-Action A group from Colaiste Muire, Co Clare, have been named ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist of the year for their project ‘All Washed Up’ which involved mobilising their community to clean up the coastline following a shipwreck. Young […]
ECO-Youth Choices X-Hale Forum
At the end of September, a group of ECO-UNESCO’s ECO-Youth Choices Peer Educators (youth coordinators) saw the culmination of months of hard work during their ‘X-HALE Forum; our community, our future’. The project, in conjunction with the Irish Cancer Society, focused on the environmental, social and economic impacts of cigarettes, from their source and production […]