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Young People and Europe; Exploring the EU, Green Employment and Ireland’s EU Presidency

Resource: A Young Person’s Guide to Ireland’s Presidency of the EU and Green Employment Policy, 2013   Following on from our national youth seminar in April; we have now produced the resource; “A Young Person’s Guide to Ireland’s Presidency of the EU and Green Employment, 2013”. The resource brings together the questions posed by young […]

WildWatchers: Biodiversity Training for those working with young people

The WildWatchers is a free training event that provides teachers and youth leaders with an understanding of biodiversity, ecology and how to engage young people in these topics. The course links with primary and secondary curriculum including the areas of Geography, Science, C.S.P.E and P.H.S.E. When? TBC Where? The Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew St, Dublin […]

Youth Exploring Rio+20

A UNESCO Clubs Transnational Youth Meeting  Click on the links for further information  Read: ECO-UNESCO Young Person’s Guide to Rio+20 and the Millennium Development Goals  Read: News Report on the Youth Meeting (30 Nov – 1 Dec) Watch: Short advertisements from the Youth Meeting awareness raising workshop View: Photos from the Youth Meeting  Read: Post […]

Life, Camera… Action!

Life, Camera… Action! Youth Exhibition on Biodiversity This multi-media exhibition, which brings together the best images of biodiversity submitted by young people around Ireland, is filled with fascinating facts and figures about Biodiversity in Ireland and around the globe, and is a real visual treat too. Make sure you call in to see it before […]

Turbines power Grasstonbury Youth Festival on Mandela International Day!

‘Grasstonbury,’ a unique youth-led green music festival came to North Dublin for one day only last week! This free festival-style event took place on Wednesday 18th July in Father Collins Park, north Dublin – Ireland’s only completely sustainable park! The green teens behind this unique event are the ‘New Waves,’ an inspiring group of young […]

ECO-UNESCO’s free green training to get under 25s back to work

Free green training to get Dubliners under 25 back to work Applications to ECO-UNESCO’s newest initiative, Green Pathways, is now open to young, unemployed job seekers under the age of 25. The six month programme, which is part of the newly launched Momentum initiative, aims to train and progress participants onto employment in the green […]

ECO-Leaders Programme

This programme is divided up into Junior (5-8 and 9-12 years-old) and Senior (12-15 and 15-18 years-old) and has appropriate materials for each age group. It covers seven environmental issues and consists of seven 1.5 hour workshops that can be accessed individually or as a programme, which awards the participants with an ECO-Leader certificate.  This […]

Leaving a Legacy

Making Environmental Protection and the Empowerment of Young People Your Lasting Legacy Leaving a legacy gift to ECO-UNESCO is a simple way of contributing to environmental protection as part of your legacy. Once you have decided to support ECO-UNESCO’s dedicated and continuing programmes, promoting environmental protection and the empowerment of young people, discuss your intentions […]