Green Schools

Green Schools

Green Schools is a coordinated nationally by An Taisce and supported by Longford County Council. 

The Green Flag highlight schools who are proactively helping to protect the environment and the initiative brings environmental issues into the classroom to foster care for the environmental among school children.

Longford now has one of the highest numbers of registered schools in the Green Schools initiative in Ireland, with all secondary schools and 98% of primary schools registered and with 43 green flags at present. 

Litter and waste management is a mandatory first year theme for schools taking up the Green Schools challenge. Longford County Council visits schools to deliver the energy, water and anti-litter aspects of the programme message

For further information please visit www.greenschoolsireland.org 

Apply to be a Green School

Your school can apply to take on the Green School challenge through GreenSchoolsIreland.org/apply.