‘They admit to difficulty studying or watching films, and sometimes avoid meeting friends in favour of phone time. Many stay up all night scrolling.’
irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…

Russian disinformation targeting Irish voters - Putin wants to destabilise the EU by stoking anti-immigration sentiment. ‘Are we Putin’s puppets?’ An interesting debate for our students.

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‘“Climate change will not suddenly become dangerous at 1.5C – it already is – and it will not be ‘game over’ if we pass 2C, which we might well do,” said Prof Peter Cox, of the University of Exeter, in the UK.’ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

The students protesting in Dublin are on the right side of history – and they know it theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Inspirational and courageous. Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Louise Tobin from IPPN: Primary schools are facing many challenges, but we can’t forget the bigger picture.

Delighted to attend Waterford Education Support Centre 50th anniversary today. Director Assumpta O’ Neill has done trojan work supporting teachers with education for sustainable development. The ESCI climate action group are a force! We need more of this leadership 👊

Who are you voting for in the next election. Do they have your children in mind? Is climate & nature front and centre of their policies?

“I cried all day yesterday, it’s like the End Times, all the destruction”.

Chaos across vast swathes of US battered by #climate -fuelled storms, floods.

More emissions = ever more destruction. When do we join the dots?

Delighted that BioBeo is supporting the CROFT EURAF project, promoting Agroforestry on organic farms. Great poster for schools. May be of interest to Irish Schools Sustainability Network #edchat Laoise Máire Nic an Bhaird ❤🌍

A mix of visiting teachers from Iceland and more locally to UCD School of Education working together as part of a TAP-TS Teacher Voice Activity. Led by the wonderful Kierna Corr and Ronan Conlon! #LearningForSustainability

Wow. Amazing.

A big thank you to Patrick Kirwan and the amazing students of Ardscoil na Mara - an Edmund Rice School. for their warm welcome and hugely informative workshops 💚 Nature Education and Student Leadership 💚 Photos only give a small insight into the wisdom and generosity of this community ✨

Claire Matthews Ardscoil na Mara - an Edmund Rice School. Irish Schools Sustainability Network Thanks so much for taking the time to visit! Thoroughly enjoyed the discussions & great to meet Mairéad Hurley & students. Good to knock heads together to think about how we move the dial on education for sustainable development🤩

Active Travel was a great success last week. We were down to 222 cars.
Hopefully, tomorrow will see an even bigger decrease.
The 🌞 is due out, so ditch the 🚗 it's not that far! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Thank you to Sinead McDonnell @Limerickcouncil for a great #Biodiversity workshop/ discussion for @GreenschoolsIre Leaders this aft for the discussion paper for Lk #Biodiversity Action Plan
Irish Schools Sustainability Network
@Worldwise_Irl @Take1_programme

FREE - Bikes and Scooter Recycling, Dublin, May 2024! Recycle IT accept all types of metal including #kids & #adult bikes plus metal scooters and e-scooters. Click wp.me/p6GviU-25T for more details.

“When nests overheat, he added, bumblebees work to cool them by flapping their wings, “but if the air outside is too hot, that’s not going to help”….there is already evidence that bumblebees have started to disappear from the warmer edges of their range.” theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Only 2 days left until the Rockbrook Biodiversity Festival kicks off. Still places left on many of the amazing events. Please like and share. We want to share the wonders of nature with as many people as possible! 🙏Booking link in our bio 🌎🌱 supported by Capital Credit Union 👏

School grounds of the future. Some of us are already there. Are you?