Riversdale CC

Green Schools Programme

2011 - 2012

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The Committee

•Two Representatives from each class

•The Transition Year Environmental Group

•Gaisce Students

•Teaching staff

•Neat Streets team – 1A

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Environmental Review

•TY students carried out an analysis of the school bins and found out that paper was in 87% of the bins.

•Our school had no classroom recycling system!!!! Paper was going straight to landfill!!

•They also identified a number of serious litter spots on the school grounds.

•Courtyards inside the school building were run down and needed to be cleaned and redeveloped.

Bin Analysis

Target Areas

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Our Action Plan

• New paper bins in every classroom

• New bins in the assembly hall and staffroom

• Clean up and reopen our courtyards

• Clean up litter spots on school grounds – Neat Streets Team

• Reduce the amount of waste going to landfill

New Bins

School Grounds

Working on the courtyards

Courtyards

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Awareness Month Oct. 2011

• Trip to Coolmine Recycling Centre

• Anti-Graffiti Workshop

• Bin-it Workshop

• Competitions

• Official opening of the Herb Garden

• Action Day

Competition Entries

Action Day

Winners of all the Green-Schools competitions were announced and prizes awarded.

Teachers wore green.

The Herb garden was officially opened by our Deputy Principal.

A group of transition year students planted spring bulbs and flowers.

The new sign for our Green Schools notice board was unveiled

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Go Green Keep Riversdale Clean

Chloe Durran and Rachel Brown 1H

Our Green Code

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