Wow. Amazing.

A big thank you to Patrick Kirwan and the amazing students of Ardscoil na Mara - an Edmund Rice School. for their warm welcome and hugely informative workshops 💚 Nature Education and Student Leadership 💚 Photos only give a small insight into the wisdom and generosity of this community ✨

Claire Matthews Ardscoil na Mara - an Edmund Rice School. Irish Schools Sustainability Network Thanks so much for taking the time to visit! Thoroughly enjoyed the discussions & great to meet Mairéad Hurley & students. Good to knock heads together to think about how we move the dial on education for sustainable development🤩

Active Travel was a great success last week. We were down to 222 cars.
Hopefully, tomorrow will see an even bigger decrease.
The 🌞 is due out, so ditch the 🚗 it's not that far! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Thank you to Sinead McDonnell @Limerickcouncil for a great #Biodiversity workshop/ discussion for @GreenschoolsIre Leaders this aft for the discussion paper for Lk #Biodiversity Action Plan
Irish Schools Sustainability Network
@Worldwise_Irl @Take1_programme

FREE - Bikes and Scooter Recycling, Dublin, May 2024! Recycle IT accept all types of metal including #kids & #adult bikes plus metal scooters and e-scooters. Click wp.me/p6GviU-25T for more details.

“When nests overheat, he added, bumblebees work to cool them by flapping their wings, “but if the air outside is too hot, that’s not going to help”….there is already evidence that bumblebees have started to disappear from the warmer edges of their range.” theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Only 2 days left until the Rockbrook Biodiversity Festival kicks off. Still places left on many of the amazing events. Please like and share. We want to share the wonders of nature with as many people as possible! 🙏Booking link in our bio 🌎🌱 supported by Capital Credit Union 👏

School grounds of the future. Some of us are already there. Are you?

Heavy floods due to extreme rainfall in Cizre of Şırnak, Turkey 🇹🇷 (04.05.2024)

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Green Club students had a busy trip to Dublin meeting up with like-minded students from the Irish Schools Sustainability Network Network at Airfield Estate
An enjoyable day & new friendships formed.

ERST

Gwan Trinity

The house martins are back for the second year. So thrilled! These are the young ones from last time. #housemartins #Waterford ⁦Biodiversity Ireland⁩

Wow! Great practical for students (if the yellow ball came out to play). Link it to the melting of the ice caps and the impact of that on the amount of solar radiation being reflected and absorbed.

Announcing Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland Teacher Artist Partnership (TAP) with National Arts in Education for post-primary teachers! Would you like to develop a creative partnership with a professional artist (from a range of disciplines) for an in school residency? Register here: creativity.oide.ie

A truck being washed away in Livingstone, Texas. A metaphor for our petrol obsessed civilisation that is determined to carry on no matter what

Horrific heat wave all across Asia. Lethal conditions caused by oil, gas and coal. We have to choose: we can continue building new fossil fuel projects and watch as millions suffer and die. Or we can stop, actually begin a just transition, and build a safer world.

Look at the contrast between two sides of a deer fence in Tomies Wood in Killarney NP. This image was taken by Richard T. Mills 42 years ago.

The state has had all the evidence required to justify decisive action for *over 50 years*. And what has it done in that time?

Nothing.

We need to innovate 👇 This is a great idea.

Working with my 2nd year philosophers on their sustainability projects was 🤩 - their questions and ideas so inspiring. If you’re interested in Education for #ClimateAction ,check out the link on templecarrigschool

Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland EdChatIE Dept. Environment, Climate and Communications EPA Research News UCD School of Education