Copy of Junior Sustainability Programme

Age: 10-12 (5th – 6th Class) Duration: 2hrs Location: Delivered as Outreach to schools, or at the Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2& Biodiversity Hotspots in Dublin city centre  Cost: €160/class. 10% discount available to schools who book more than 1 workshop  Materials: ECO-UNESCO will supply any required equipment and materials for the workshop. Teachers notes will […]

ECO-Youth CHOICES 10-12 Week Programme

  This training programme is open to participants aged 12 to 21 years. It is particularly suitable for Youth Reach settings, youth community groups & anybody else with an interest in life, social & environmental skills development. The flexible programme runs one session a week (between 1-2hours) for 10-12 weeks both indoors and outdoors and […]

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 […]

Waste Matchers Award – New Young Environmentalist Award Exclusive to Cork

ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation are proud to introduce the www.wastematchers.com Award kindly sponsored by Cork County Council. This award is a brand new category in the 2012 Young Environmentalist Awards and is exclusive to young people from Cork City and County. Young people are encouraged to look at ways of reusing items […]

ECO-UNESCO Shortlisted for WEEC 2015

ECO-UNESCO is delighted to announce that ECO-UNESCO and Ireland’s bid to host the 8th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) 2015 has been shortlisted. Out of 6 candidates who bid to host this prestigious World Congress, 3 have been shortlisted and have now been invited to submit further information. This is a fantastic achievement and we […]

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 […]

Parents

What ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards is an all-Ireland environmental awards programme that recognises and rewards young people who raise environmental awareness and improve the environment. Benefits to your child The emphasis in a Young Environmentalist Awards is the personal development of the learner or participant. The focus is on individual learning, working as part of […]

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 […]

Resources-Learning2Change Our World

There are a range of resources that will help you with this programme. If you have any problems accessing these files, please email esdprojectofficer@ecounesco.ie  Download attachments  Alphabet Race Energizer Get to the Root!  Moving Debate Methodology  Plan Newtown  Links to sustainability videos This programme is funded by Irish Aid’s WorldWise Global Schools Programme