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Education and Awareness

Westmeath County Council promotes greater awareness of all aspects of the environment including waste prevention and minimisation.

This is done through:

  • education and awareness
  • liaison with community groups
  • implementation of the Green Schools programme
  • supporting national campaigns
  • facilitating practical and local environmental initiatives e.g. compost workshops.

Green Schools

Green Schools is an international environmental education programme. It is implemented by An Taisce and the Local Authority, 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 offers your school opportunities:

  • To help develop children's decision making skills
  • A way 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 
  • Bio-diversity

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

Local Agenda 21

This Fund promotes sustainable development by assisting small scale, non-profit environmental projects at local level. It is available to projects/initiatives that contribute to increasing local levels of environmental awareness or one which promotes building, greener more sustainable communities.

Anti-litter and Anti-Graffiti Awareness Initiatives Grants Scheme

This grant is available to raise public awareness and promote anti-litter and anti-graffiti activity at local level.

The maximum grant allowed for any one project may be up to 70% of the project costs, with the balance being met by way of local contributions. 

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