St Mary’s take on the Environment

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: Columba O'Hare; Category: Education; Published: 11 May 2012

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Pictured are members of the Eco-Committee, staff and community partners from Airtricity. Most young people care deeply about environmental issues and wish to make a positive change in the environment around them. The Eco-Schools programme in St Mary’s High School provides an ideal way for fostering environmental awareness in the entire school in a way that links to many curriculum subjects. Our primary aim regarding the Eco-Schools scheme is to combine learning and action for the improvement of the environment not only in our school but in the wider community too.

We have just been awarded our first Green Flag in recognition of the hard work and dedication of our Eco-Committee but also of all our teachers, ancillary and auxiliary staff and all those connected to our school. Our primary focus has been on reducing our waste and litter around the school and we are particularly proud of the successes we have made in reducing our carbon footprint by reducing energy consumption. We have many more such projects plans in place for 2012/13.

Please visit our school website www.stmarysnewry.com and click on “Ecoschools” to view our many exciting projects.