Green schools is an international environmental education programme, offering a well defined, controllable way for schools to take environmental issues into the curriculum and apply them to the day-to-day running of the school. Green schools is a holistic, long-term programme.

Green schools offers your school opportunities:

• To help develop children's decision making skills
• To build students confidence and sense of citizenship through participation
• To supply curriculum materials and ideas for projects and events
• To access a network of support agencies
• To link with other schools in Ireland and internationally
• To gain a prestigious award
• To provide local and national publicity
• For financial savings
• To reduce litter and waste
• To improve school environment
• To reduce energy consumption levels
• To involve the local community

The Green Flag Award is renewable every two years, with a new theme tackled in each two year period, whilst still maintaining the previous themes.

The sequence of the themes is outlined below:

• Litter and Waste
• Energy
• Water
• Travel
• Biodiversity
• Global Citizenship Litter & Waste
• Global Citizenship Energy
• Global Citizenship Water
• Global Citizenship Travel
• Global Citizenship Biodiversity

For further information see http://www.greenschoolsireland.org or email greenschools@antaisce.org

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