Green-Schools is an International environmental education programme, designed to promote and acknowledge whole school action for the environment. Green-Schools offers a well-defined, controllable way to take environmental issues from the curriculum and apply them to the day to day running of a school. This process helps students to recognise the importance of environmental issues and take them more seriously in their personal and home lives.

BENEFITS TO YOUR SCHOOL

The Green-Schools programme can help schools to:

• Improve the School environment
• Reduce litter and waste
• Reduce fuel bills
• Increase environmental awareness
• Involve the local community
• Gain local publicity
• Create links with other schools in Ireland and abroad

Green-Schools is run by An Taisce in co-operation with Local Authorities throughout Ireland and is sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottlers Ireland Ltd. and The Wrigley Company Ltd. along with leading integrated waste management company Greenstar. Green-Schools is an initiative of FEE - Foundation for Environmental Education and is referred to internationally as Eco-Schools. At present there are 37 countries operating the programme in Europe and beyond.

In Ireland there are currently almost 2015 Primary, Secondary and Special schools participating in the programme, that's over 50% of all schools in the country! 651 schools have implemented the programme successfully and have been awarded the Green Flag.

Green-Schools is both a programme and an award scheme. The award is given to schools that successfully complete the Seven Steps of the programme.

To learn about the Seven Steps to the Green-Schools Programme, click here.

For more information on Ireland's Green-Schools Programme, please contact:

Cathy Joyce, Green-Schools Manager,
An Taisce, 5A Swift’s Alley, Francis Street, Dublin
Tel: 01 400 2222 Fax: 01 454 1802 E-mail: greenschools@antaisce.org

Click here to go to the International Eco-Schools Programme web site
(www.eco-schools.org).