Winners of ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards 2011 on display at The Greenhouse

This years’ Young Environmentalist Awards Showcase and Ceremony was our biggest yet, with over 200 entries from almost 4,000 passionate and talented young people from across Ireland. Now it’s your chance to see some of the best projects on display at The Greenhouse, Dublin 2, covering waste, water, climate change and everything in between. A […]

ECO-UNESCO Launches Green Pathways Programme

Green Pathways – a new training programme as part of the new Momemtum initiative   ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s leading environmental education and youth organization, announces its newest initiative called Green Pathways aimed at training and progressing unemployed people who are under 25s onto employment in the green economy.  The programme, part of the newly launched FAS […]

President Higgins Named as Patron of ECO-UNESCO

President Michael D. Higgins has been named as the sole patron of ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation. Commenting on the announcement, National Director Elaine Nevin said “We are delighted to have President Higgins as our patron. The President has been a very strong supporter of our flagship programme, the Young Environmentalist Awards, since […]

Whats on in ECO-UNESCO 2011

If you are planning to take part in any of our trainings, events and activities this year, check out our guide to what’s on in ECO-UNESCO in 2011. Children’s and Young Peoples’ Programmes 2011 Training 2011 Order your printed copy now! Simply contact admin@ecounesco.ie with your postal address. Printed on 100% recycled, uncoated Revive paper […]

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Copy of Junior ECO-Action Environmental Workshop Programme

Age: 4-12 (Junior Infants – 6th Class) Duration: 1.5hrs per workshop Location: Delivered as Outreach or at the Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2 Workshops: Waste | Trees | Biodiversity | Water | Energy | World | Climate Change Cost: €120/class. 10% discount for schools who book more than 1 workshop  Materials: ECO-UNESCO will […]

Reduce Waste

When you avoid making garbage in the first place, you don’t have to worry about disposing of waste or recycling it later. Changing your habits is the key — think about ways you can reduce your waste when you shop, work and play. There’s a ton of ways for you to reduce waste, save yourself […]

THE IRISH REEF ON DISPLAY AT THE GREENHOUSE

ECO-UNESCO is delighted to announce the exhibition of a unique and wonderful hyperbolic crochet representation of a coral reef where maths, handicraft, marine, environment, art and community combine in an explosion of colour, shape and crocheted form at The Greenhouse, Dublin 2. THE IRISH REEF, is a Satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef […]

ECO-UNESCO’S Youth Exploring Rio+20

ECO-UNESCO welcomed young people from across Europe to join policy makers and experts at the Youth Exploring Rio+20 – A UNESCO Clubs Transnational Youth Meeting at the Greenhouse  Young people from France, Italy, Latvia, and Malta have come to Ireland to meet key politicians and policy makers, to have their voices heard about how to […]

15 years of greening, the Young Environmentalist Awards is back for more eco-action

As Ireland’s biggest celebration of youth eco-action once more opens for registrations, young people nationwide are now being encouraged to get their hands green and reap the rewards of their environmental efforts. Now in its fifteenth year, ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) is an initiative open to young people aged 10-18 years from across the […]