Green-Schools

Global Citizenship

An Taisce EEU

The aim of the Green-Schools Programme

‘To increase students’ and participant awareness of environmental issues through classroom studies and to transfer this knowledge into positive environmental action in the school and also in the wider community’

Green-Schools

International Environmental Programme

Holistic

Ethos

Award Scheme

Long Term Programme

Whole-School Action

GREEN-SCHOOLS IN IRELAND

3,741 schools registered

71,583 teachers 854,295 pupils

Over 93% of all schools in Ireland

3,147 schools awarded

M A K I N G A

D I F F E R E N C E

Green-Schools Themes

1:Litter and Waste

Green- Schools Themes

2: Energy

6: Global Citizenship

3: Water

5: Biodiversity

4: Travel

Global Citizenship

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Long Term schools Maintenance programme Reduced workload Draw on existing expertise Link to curriculum as much as possible

1. Global Citizenship Litter & Waste 2. Global Citizenship Energy

Why Citizenship?

Why Citizenship? The theme will enable you to discover how your past work on the Green-Schools programme has positively, influenced people and their local environments worldwide. Covering subjects such as: • Waste generation • Energy conservation • Ethical consumption and production • Global Citizenship and Active Citizenship • Sustainable development • Interdependence • Trade and Fair Trade • Climate Change • Social justice and inequality

WASTE AND POVERTY

ELECTRONIC WASTE

A woman washes clothing in a polluted river in Guiyu

ENERGY AND POVERTY

Climate Change

http://www.carbonmap.org/

Implementing the Programme 7. Green Code

2. Environmental Review

3. Action Plan

4. Monitoring and Evaluation 1. Green-Schools Committee

6. Informing and Involving 5. Curriculum Work

Remember!

Situation will vary from school to school

Green-Schools is a structured but FLEXIBLE programme

Step 1: Committee Structure

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Students (N.B) Coordinator Teaching Staff Non-Teaching Staff Principal Board of Management Parents Community Members

Top Tip: Why not hold an election campaign to select your committee members for the citizenship theme!

Step 2: Global Citizenship Litter & Waste Review Essential Actions : 1. Litter & Waste audit 2. Conduct the global awareness survey 3. Research Nationalities in the school

Action 1: Litter & Waste Review

• The same as original review • We ask you to identify areas for improvement – Food waste disposal – Electronic waste disposal – Lunch box waste – Reduce, reuse – Increase recycling

Step 2: Global Citizenship Energy Review Essential Actions : 1. Energy audit 2. Conduct the global awareness survey

Action 1: Energy Review

• The same as original review • We ask you to identify areas for improvement – Reduce Energy consumption further if possible – Food and energy – eat low carbon? – Energy Star label – energy efficiency – Carbon Calculator – how much carbon does your school emit? – Investigate Climate Change – Investigate where your energy comes from

Action 2:Global Awareness Survey

• Hands-up survey – 14 questions with representative

sample of school only (4th, 5th and 6th class in primary or 15% of school population in secondary)

• Gauge existing awareness levels of different issues related to Global Citizenship. • Pick one question/topic where the students showed lack of awareness and focus on improving • Re-do survey at the end of the school year as part of the monitoring and evaluation step • Repeated in second year work and inputted into the renewal application form.

Global awareness Survey Sample questions

4. Have you had anything to eat or drink from an African, Asian or South American country this week? Yes 2 No 22 I Don’t Know 3

6. Do you recycle everything you can? Always 17 Sometimes 9 Never 1

Action 3: Nationality Survey

(Only essential for GC Litter&Waste)

• Identifying of different nationalities represented in the school • Potential for celebration of and connections to various cultures – Action Days – Projects – Integration

Step 3:Action Plan Action

Who

When

Reduce waste by a further 10%

Introducing composting, 5th class in charge

September 2012 installation and continuous

Create charts on what countries represented in the school or locality

6th class during maths

October

Increase Fair Trade products used in the school by 50 %

All staff and TY environmental studies class

December

Mentor a Green School in another country

Green Schools Committee And 4th class pen-pals

Starting September Ongoing

Plant 2 native trees

Communion classes/

April/May

Global Citizenship Litter & Waste

Optional Actions: • Investigate where do your recyclables go and what they are recycled into • Food waste and composting • How do other countries deal with the whole issue of waste management? • Fair Trade • Let each class choose one of the Global Goals and research it.

Global Citizenship Energy Optional Actions: • Research the nationalities present in your school • Use the Carbon Calculator to find out how much greenhouse gas emissions the school is responsible for • How do other countries use energy? • How do other people across the globe heat their houses? What kind of fuel do they use to cook their food with? • Research the Global Goals that apply to energy.

Action Plan Examples

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Organise a fun(d) raising day for an aid project

Bunscoil Bhride’s mission sale

St. Mary’s preparing to run the mini marathon for Zambia

Activities

Investigations where food, clothes, wood etc. originate

Activities

Tree Planting event in Green-Schools Woodland with educational activities about importance of trees in combating climate change

Activities Children preparing presentations to inform whole school of Global environmental problems and global connections

Step 4: Monitoring and Evaluation

• Repeat surveys • Regular meetings • Mini review on procurement – are people satisfied with new products? • Create graphs and charts to represent the changes you have made

Mind Map Activity Global Citizenship • Promotion of waste and litter reduction • Learning about waste in different countries • Promotion of awareness on Fair Trade, Poverty, Environmental problems on a global scale • Promotion of active citizenship; rights and responsibilities • Surveying nationalities represented in the school • Project work on aspects related to the above to incorporate in our Green Flag application

Step 5: Curriculum Links www.greenschoolsireland.org

Trocaire materials - Early years, senior primary and secondary school resources: – – – – – –

Climate Change Fair Trade Poverty and Hunger Millennium Development Goals Water People on the move

www.trocaire.org/resources www.developmenteducation.ie

The Worlds Largest Lesson

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http://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals. org/

Step 6: Informing and Involving

Notice Board • Info on Fair Trade • Eco Labels • Information/projects on Climate Change • Contact details of MEP’s • New Treaties, Directives – how do they affect us Newspapers/magazines/local newsletters • Publish result of Global Awareness survey • Write article on different cultures represented in your school/town/village

Step 6: Informing and Involving

Action Day • Information Day on how our consumption affects developing world – waste in developing world – electronic waste in developing world • Information on cultures – food/dance/customs/costumes/ art etc. • Participate in Europe Day 9th May • World Water Day 22nd March • World Environment Day 5th June 2012 • Fund Raising for foreign and/or National Aid project • Organise a Low Carbon Day • Participate in Walking for Water event or organise your own • One Planet Picnic – sustainable food

Step 7: Green Code

• A statement of the schools commitment to environmentally friendly actions, in this case on a global scale. • Display your Green Code on your notice board Respect each other. Global warming is really very true,

Work Together.

Love the world because we love it too! Over the globe, people are green, Because they're trying to keep it clean,

Make the World a Better Place.

All the people of the world,

Like to help, and be heard! Scoil Eoin is green,because we all keep it clean!

'Stand together today for the world tomorrow.'

SEAI Workshops

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Workshops are free, open to all schools and are allocated on a first come first served basis.

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Booking forms and information can be downloaded from the Green-Schools website.

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Workshops for: Junior Primary Senior Primary 1st, 2nd and Transition Year Secondary classes.

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Also available are CPD Energy workshops for Primary School Teachers that qualify for ‘Croke Park hours’ and are particularly relevant for schools applying for their Green Flag for Energy.

Exciting News... new Green-Schools Website !

Important Dates • One award ceremony during the year – May

• Renewal applications to be received by: – 24th March 2017

Flag-Raising Ceremony

• Everyone Involved • Wider Community

• Celebrate!!

Thank you

QUESTIONS? Global Citizenship Green-Schools Officers: Birgit O’Driscoll (Munster based) [email protected] 085 1530064

Joanne Scott (Leinster based) [email protected] 01 400 2217