Green Schools
Huge Congratulations to Fingal’s Green-Schools!
A massive well done to all the schools across Fingal who were awarded their Green-Schools Green Flag at the awards ceremony on 21st May in the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk!
It was a real honour for Fingal’s Environmental Awareness Officer to present the attending schools with their well-deserved Green Flags across a range of themes, including:
- Litter & Waste
Travel
Water
Biodiversity
Global Citizenship – Marine Environment
Global Citizenship – Litter & Waste
Global Citizenship – Travel
Primary Climate Ambassador
These flags represent two years of incredible commitment, teamwork, and passion for protecting our environment — and we couldn’t be prouder of the amazing efforts made by students, teachers, and school communities.
We hope to see lots of joyful flag-raising ceremonies in the coming weeks as each school celebrates this fantastic achievement!
Keep up the great work — the future is bright and green in Fingal!
What is involved with the Green Schools Programme?
An Taisce, in co-operation with the Local Authorities, runs the national Green-Schools programme. It is a student-led programme promoting long-term, whole-school action for the environment with involvement from the wider community. Schools work on a specific theme over a two-year period to achieve their green flag.
The themes are:
· Litter & Waste
· Energy
· Water
· Travel
· Biodiversity
· Global Citizenship Litter & Waste
· Global Citizenship Energy
· Global Citizenship Marine Environment
· Global Citizenship Travel
· Global Citizenship Food & Biodiversity
In Fingal 90% of schools are engaged in the Green-Schools Programme.
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Each flag must be maintained as the school progresses towards the new flags. Fingal County Council assists the schools by providing information and support and by conducting renewal visits in Feb/March for those applying for their flag.
We congratulate all the schools on their efforts – the school coordinators and committees, teachers and students, secretaries and caretakers and all involved put in a lot of work to make this possible.
Taking part in Green Schools but don’t know where to start?
Our Environmental Awareness Officer is on hand to support Green School Coordinators and committees in activities to achieve their flags.
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Video guides to help schools get their waste Sorted!
As schools play a major role in modelling good behaviour for children, a good recycling system and reuse strategy can also shape lifelong sustainable habits.
To assist schools, two informative video guides have been created by the Dublin Local Authorities and VOICE Ireland. These videos collect and share best practice from Irish primary and secondary schools.
The videos are designed for staff and students at both primary and secondary level, and outline the basic principles of a school waste system, explaining how and where to install bin stations.
The video outlines how schools can encourage sustainability and circular economy on their campus. The circular economy aims to keep materials and products in use for as long as possible. Examples that have been proven to work in Irish schools include uniform swaps, book rental and reusable water bottles initiatives.
The videos are freely available to all schools in Gaeilge and English and can be streamed online here.
Schools can use the videos for guidance on implementing a waste system. If posting your school photos on social media, tag #schoolwastesorted.
