What is the Green School Committee?
The Green School Committee is a voluntary student-led body open to all students from any year group passionate about the environment and interested in keeping our school clean and litter free.
Green Schools Coordinator 2023-2025 - Isabelle McGrath
Staff Coordinator: Sara Bradshaw
What do we do?
The committee meets once a week at lunchtime. The meetings allow for discussions on actions that the committee would like to take to achieve our goals for protecting the environment and encouraging sustainability among our student body.
It offers students the opportunity to become leaders within the school by raising awareness about environmental issues as well as being active in striving to make the school environment a cleaner and better place.
Last year, our day of action involved participating in An Taisce’s National Spring Clean. We registered as a Clean Coasts group and our Junior Classes were involved in a beach clean initiative which we hope will become an annual event.
Other Opportunities for Green School Committee Members:
Members of the Green School Committee are given opportunities to take part in nationwide programmes for second-level students such as The Water Ambassador Programme, Climate Ambassador Programme, Neat Streets Programme. These programmes allow students to interact with pupils from other schools and receive training in various aspects of environmental activism.
We are part of the Irish Schools Sustainability Network. This is a community of students and teachers who are committed to teaching climate and ecological literacy in schools across Ireland. There are lots of opportunities for interested students to join workshops, programmes and webinars that help build confidence and inspire climate action in our schools and communities.
The Green Flag:
Santa Sabina successfully renewed our Green Flag for Litter and Waste this year (2024). The Green School Committee has achieved this by encouraging the whole school community to reduce litter and waste by bringing reusable containers and bottles, recycling correctly, and avoiding single use plastics which are often difficult to recycle.
This year we have joined the Neat Street’s programme to help us stay focused on managing litter and waste in our school.We are currently working on the Water theme. The water theme looks at developing awareness around water conservation and how to effectively manage this important resource in our schools and at home.
