Eco-Schools Newsletter - November 2007
An Irish Green-School was awarded the Repak Recycling School of the Year Award 2007.
The school in question is Aglish National School in Waterford in the South East of Ireland who have already been awarded the Green Flag three times by An Taisce! The Award is designed to reward a school that has gone to extra lengths to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
A Black-Tie Gala Dinner event was organised to honour Aglish National School and the other Recycling Award Winners in Dublin in October where the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley T.D., presented the awards.
Aglish National School is a four teacher primary school in Cappoquin, Co Waterford. The students and staff along with Principal Ronal Culloo are a shining example to us all. They recycle everything from aluminium cans, paper, cardboard, cartons and plastic to cartridges, batteries and lunch containers.
They give bags of shredded paper to local greyhound owners for bedding, and any tattered towels and old clothes are given to local mechanics and agricultural contractors for oiling machines and engines. All of the artwork in the school is created from recycled materials.
The schools daily "Wash and Squash" campaign means each individual is responsible for their own recycling. All the while, the Green Schools committee is busily monitoring all activities ensuring good practises are upheld. Convent Primary School, Bathview, Mallow, Co. Cork and Corrandulla National School in Galway were joint finalists with innovative and fun initiatives taking place at both schools. Green-Schools continues to grow in Ireland with now over 2,780 schools registered and 1,118 schools awarded the Flag! With another busy year ahead we know these numbers will continue to grow daily! To see more details of Aglish NS and other schools, check out the Case Study Section of our website at www.greenschoolsireland.org.
Congratulations to Aglish NS again from all of us in the Green-Schools Team at An Taisce!
Cathy Joyce
An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland
www.greenschoolsireland.org