THURSDAY, 2ND DECEMBER 2021 - Gavin Bradley President and PRO

This year, our Green Schools Committee is back up and running, working on the Travel Flag. Our committee first met in early November where we discussed our plan for the year.

Our working committee is composed of mainly First, Second and Third Year students as well as our President and Vice-President (both Fifth Year students). We were also delighted to welcome teachers Ms. Dempsey, Mr. Fennell and Ms. Hanley to our committee.

Last week, we met with Chiara Hanrahan, a Green Schools Travel Officer for Leinster. Chiara wanted an update from our committee on what our plans for the year was and how we were putting our plans to action. Chiara also gave us some inspiration to help with our plans and gave us examples used in local schools.

We are currently working on a whole-school survey to see how staff and students get to and from school and to see what the general feeling about sustainable travel is in our school.

We are constantly looking at litter in our school and how we can reduce the amount of waste produced in our school that is going to landfill. Students regularly participate in lunch-time litter picks and we are also looking at the possibility of a virtual workshop for First Year students about litter and waste.