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St. Aloysius
College
GREEN SCHOOLS/NEAT
STREETS PROGRAMME
2010/2012
Members of the Green school
and neat streets committee
1st years:
Aaron Coleman
Erik Zaplata
Filip Grajkowski
2nd years:
Aaron Deering
Filip Hajdamach
Colm Johnson
Lorcan Glynn
TY:
Oisin Coughlan
5th years:
Adam McManus
6th years:
Declan Farrell
James McManus
Overall planSchool undertakings We conducted an
environmental review
This Survey conducted by the green schools committee members revealed : 4 litter black-spots;
canteen, central area, school yard & old house area .
Achievements
since discovering these
black spots we as a
committee decided to
create a litter busters
timetable in which the
members from each year
will clean up these black
spots after lunch each
day (e.g. first years
Monday) this action was
a great success.
Litter and waste Overview-Morning review= 90 pieces of litter
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
central area
Canteen
School grounds
Old House area
Total
Series1
Litter and waste Overview-lunch-time review= 140 pieces of litter
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
central areaCanteen
School
grounds Old House
areaTotal
Series1
ContinuationUndertakings
we had an educational evening in the central area informing the school body of our plan and our expectations of them.
We also invited an educational ‘bin it’ workshop to our school to further inform the school of their responsibilities towards litter and chewing gum
Achievements
This was a worthwhile activity as we informed the student body of our efforts and the majority took our expectations to heart.
This activity also received a positive response as the presenters were both very humorous and informative.
Difficulties As a committee we
encountered many difficulties over the course of the programme.
We had some difficulty reaching out to some of our more rebellious students but even they listened to us after a educational talk from teachers and green school committee.
Another difficulty was the verbal abuse some members got from the school body as they collected litter from around the school. This is still a problem but our members still bravely patrol the school on their dedicated day.
The last difficulty was finding dedicated individuals to give up their time and stick to the programme.
Positives from this experience
School is a cleaner and environmentally friendly place
Recycling at 28% of waste currently
Green school/Neat streets members learned new skills; communication, chairing meetings, confidence
Website development and school profile on neat Streets website
Created a good working relationship with Council, Barna Waste and An Taisce
Photos of our experience at
Barna Waste facility
Some of the Participants in the
Bin-it workshop
Challenges for the Future
Keep school clean
Recruiting new members for committee
Fostering relationships with local community
Progressing to next flag
Integrating green agenda into school curriculum
Increasing our recycling efforts and reducing waste and delivering savings for the school budget
Our Green school/Neat Streets
motto
After great discussion and animation the
committee came up with a motto to
encourage the school community to create a
more green environment.
We have five of these signs up in the litter
black-spot areas around the school with the
school crest
The grant received from An Taisce enabled
the committee to purchase these signs
End of presentation
Thank-you for your attention
St. Aloysius Neat
Streets/Green School
Committee