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 […]

ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Award 2012

eu pres Young Green teens’ wormery project wins all-Ireland ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist of the Year Award at Ireland’s biggest celebration of ECO-Action! Full awards list and updates can be found on the ECO-UNESCO Blog  Photos will be uploaded to ECO-UNESCO Flickr gallery Green teens from St. Josephs College, Athlone were crowned the 2012 Overall Senior […]

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 […]

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 […]

ECO-UNESCO to represent Ireland at European Youth Meeting for Sustainable Development 2011

ECO-UNESCO will represent Ireland at the European Youth Meeting for Sustainable Development 2011 (EYM2011) in Tallinn, Estonia from 18th to 24th July 2011. ECO-UNESCO Peer Educator Stephen Quinn will attend the meeting as a participant and Youth for Sustainable Development Programme Coordinator Hedda Dick will act as a facilitator at the presitgious meeting which promotes […]

Global Youth Citizens for Sustainable Development

Ireland’s Global Youth Citizens Speak Out about RIO+20 at ECO-UNESCO’s National Youth Meeting Young people from across the island of Ireland gathered at the Greenhouse in Dublin to learn and share their ideas about sustainable development at ECO-UNESCO’s “Global Youth Citizens for Sustainable Development – A National Youth Meeting for Rio+20.”  This one day interactive event […]

FREE Exploring Energy Watchers Workshops

ECO-UNESCO in collaboration with SEAI will be celebrating the Dublin City of Science with a week of day-long interactive youth workshops focusing on energy.  The Energy Explorers workshops aim to engage young people in energy, what it is, where it comes from and how much they use in their everyday lives. The interactive, fun workshops will […]

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 […]

What is Clubs in Action?

Click here to view details of these projects. Click here to see the Clubs in Action Showcase 2011 online The Success of Clubs in Action 2011 In 2011 ECO-UNESCO, in partnership with Toyota Ireland, offered seed grants to ECO-UNESCO Clubs across Ireland as part of the Clubs in Action Programme. 18 ECO-UNESCO Clubs from 9 […]