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Green Schools
Green-Schools is an International project designed to encourage and acknowledge whole school action for the environment. Green-Schools offer a well-defined controllable way for you to take environmental issues for the curriculum and apply them to the day-to-day running of your school. This process will help your pupils recognise the importance of environmental issues and take them more seriously in their personal and home lives. Green-Schools is both a programme and an award scheme. The programme can be adopted by any school using certain guidelines. The award will be given to schools that complete the seven steps of the programme.
Some facts about the Green Flag programme in Ireland.
There are 3115 schools registered in the country in the Green Flag programme, with 1462, or 47% having achieved full Green Flag status.
There are approximately 280 educational establishments in Co. Galway that fulfill the criteria necessary to be involved in the Green Flag programme. Of these 225, or 80% have registered for the Green Flag programme. Of those registered 135, or 60% have achieved Green flag status.
For further information please contact the Environment Section, Galway County Council at 091- 476402 or contact An Taisce.