Colaiste Muire Green Schools Committee

Welcome to the Press Release Section!


At Coláiste Muire we are very proud of the hard work to maintain high standards of good environmental practice by all members of the school community.  


In this section of the site you will find photographs of previous achievements as well as updates regarding progress in Cobh and the greater Cork area regarding environmental developments.  


Links will also be provided to other sites.  While we do our best to ensure that these are safe and accurate please use your own discretion when following the links.  


If any members of the public feel that there is something missing from this section then feel free to get in contact with the team via the email address provided below.  

cmuiregreencommittee@hotmail.com


(to the right and below are current and previous members celebrating achieving Green Flags over the last two years)

Green-Schools Ireland promoting website

Without a doubt, both staff and students have worked hard over the last year to create a fantastic resource in this site.  We are delighted to announce that this work has been acknowledged by the Green-Schools Ireland Organisation.  A Tweet has been released promoting the site and a link has also been placed on the homepage.  

Once again, well done to all involved and thank you to those of you for your continued support!


 http://twitter.com/#!/GreenSchoolsIre/

http://www.greenschoolsireland.org/

 

During the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend, Cobh's community came together to give the place a Spring clean.  

Check out the links below for footage photographs from the day.

Head to our Litter and Recycling Section of the site for a blog about the day.  

Well done to all those involved.  


https://www.facebook.com/DirtyoldTowns/app_102076423177195 

 


Wind Turbine plan for Cork Harbour

Please follow the link below for more details on the above proposal. 


 http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfcwsngbaugb/rss2/

 

Haulbowline Dump Clean-Up


The clean-up announced has been welcomed.  
Please see below for links to articles and news reports for further details.  

Local Organisations - CHASE

The Green Schools Committee keeps up to date with local groups and their work to protect Cobh's environment. 


About CHASE

CHASE is an alliance of groups dedicated to protecting the health of their communities and safeguarding the Cork Harbour environment for future generations. 

Their overall aims are to:

  • Prevent toxic waste incinerator in Cork Harbour
  • Promote awareness of alternative solutions
  • Increase national/local opposition to incineration
  • Actively promote non-burn solutions.

 

 Energy Flag Raising Ceremony

 The accompanying article is about the flag raising ceremony. Credits and thanks goes to the Inside Cobh & Great Island Community News.


Cobh Secondary School Colaiste Muire were presented with their second green flag for energy at a ceremony on the 7th March at the Life Time Lab in the Lee road, Cork and on Friday 15th March the school raised the flag for the first time at a ceremony in the school.

The occasion was attended by Mayor Finbarr O’Driscoll, Brigit O’Driscoll , An Taisce Co-ordinator, Ursula Duffy, Cobh Tidy Towns, Ms White the Green School Co-ordinator, school principle Ms Sweeney, the Coláiste Muire Green School committee, and the students of the school.

The green flags are an international event, with over 27,000 school across the world taking part in raising awareness on environment issues.  In Ireland, there are 3,800 school taking part with 2,184 flags been presented so far, with another 100 to be presented later this month.

 

Below is a picture and accompanying article about the flag-raising ceremony.

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Green Schools and Cork County Council

The Green Schools Committee would like to thank Cork County Council for work done with the school community and other local organisations. Below is a link to some work our Transition Year students have done that has been acknowledged by the Co. Council. 

http://tinyurl.com/d8rlpdt

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