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Contact An Taisce's Education Unit on:

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An Taisce's Education Unit run the following programmes and can be contacted on 01 400 2202

 

            
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Spring Clean		       Blue Flag    
        Programme    		 Green Home


 
Green Schools  Clean Coasts  Learning About
Forests		 Young Reporters
 for the Environment 
 
Ireland Wales
Green Communities
 
Educational Projects
The Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce was set up in 1993 and now runs a wide range of education and awareness raising projects both national and international.
 
National Projects
National Spring Clean - National Spring Clean is An Taisce's premier and Ireland's largest anti-litter campaign. Run throughout the month of April, the campaign involves thousands of volunteers conducting clean-ups around the country.
 
Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) All-Ireland Anti-Litter League - The Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce has been commissioned by the Irish Business Against Litter group to carry out a series of Litter Surveys in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. This "All Ireland" Anti-Litter League involves An Taisce monitoring litter levels in towns representing all 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland and 3 in Northern Ireland.
 
International Projects
As the national operator of Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) projects in Ireland, An Taisce runs the following International campaigns:
 
Blue Flag - The International Blue Flag Programme is an ecolabel awarded to beaches and marinas that meet a specific set of criteria concerning environmental information and education, water quality, safety and services and environmental management. In 2008 over 3200 blue flags were awarded in 36 countries throughout Europe, South Africa, Morocco, New Zealand, Canada and the Carribbean. In Ireland the Blue Flag Programme is supported by funding from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
 
Green-Schools - Green-Schools is an International environmental education programme, designed to promote and acknowledge whole school action for the environment.
 
Young Reporters for the Environment - Young Reporters for the Environment is a European-wide environmental education programme developed for secondary schools. Students carry out a journalistic enquiry on a local or international environmental problem and then inform the public of their findings via television, radio, newspapers or exhibitions.
 
Learning About Forests - Learning about Forests is an international programme that aims to encourage schools, classes and teachers to use forests for educational activities.
 
Clean Coast Project - The Clean Coast Project is both a programme and an award:
  • Coastcare - which is largely focused on the establishment of local, community, voluntary groups who would 'adopt' and manage stretches of their local coastline by promoting and supporting safe enjoyable conservation activities.
  • The Green Coast Award - which recognises beaches of the highest environmental quality, but which is visited and enjoyed for its intrinsic qualities and is where local interest and management maintains a clean environment.
    The Clean Coast Project can provide limited funding for groups to enable start-up or project expenses, if necessary.

Green Communities

Green Communities is an environmental project operated jointly by the An Taisce Education Unit in Ireland and Keep Wales Tidy. The Green Communities programme is funded by a grant from the European Regional Development Fund Interreg 4A  Ireland Wales Programme. Through Green Communities, we work with volunteer community groups in Ireland and Wales to actively enhance local biodiversity while also minimising the carbon footprint of group activities.

 

 
  
 
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