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 […]
The Coral Reef is Back!
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 […]
YEA PCA 2013-2
People’s Choice Award 2013 Art & Design Biodiversity Climate Change Community Development ECO-Enterprise Energy Health & Wellbeing Super Junior Transport Waste Water Community Development Name of Group: GAP Youth Environmental Network, Ballymun, Co. Dublin Project Title: Urban Wildlife Garden Summary: The GAP Youth Environmental Network (YEN) carried out research and engaged in […]
What is Sustainable Development?
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of Sustainable Development […]
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 […]
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Young people splash around ideas on how to protect the world’s water
Over 60 young people from across the country will descend upon Dublin city centre tomorrow for the Young Citizens for Water two day national youth meeting organised by ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation. The event aims to provide young people with the opportunity, not only to learn more about global water issues, but […]
Parental Information
ECO-UNESCO understands parents want to be assured of their child’s safety and welfare whenever they are under our care. As an organisation we want to ensure that the young people we work with are protected and kept safe while with our staff and volunteers. To this end we have developed robust child protection, recruitment and […]