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Let’s Chill; Challenge for Active School Week

About ten years ago, my husband’s workplace brought in a policy where neckties and jackets were no longer considered required dress unless one was meeting with outside clients. It wasn’t a “Dress Down Friday”. It was a “Dress Up on Red Letter days”. In practice this meant hanging a suit or a jacket and tieContinueContinue reading “Let’s Chill; Challenge for Active School Week”

Challenge; Run in the Playground?

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/education/ridiculous-ban-kids-running-school-13311177 Active School week is looking for daily challenges. Here is a challenge! What are the results of the survey to which the Dept. of Education and Science committed in 2018 regarding running in school yards and what action has the Minister taken in respect of Insurance companies who continue to insist on this damagingContinueContinue reading “Challenge; Run in the Playground?”

We say “cycle”! We say “Stay safe!” Why are we asking children to risk their lives cycling in dangerous gear?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/16/outdoor-school-coronavirus-denmark-europe-forest/ We Accept; Day 1; Appropriate Active Wear for Girls’ Active Lives Active School Week 2021 Challenge: It’s the Active School Week Challenge; we are invited to set one for every day. So here goes. My son says “Stick to Trees!” in my posts; the thing is, planting trees is not enough to sort theContinueContinue reading “We say “cycle”! We say “Stay safe!” Why are we asking children to risk their lives cycling in dangerous gear?”

Registration now open for #TEDxCrann Trees for Ireland; first come first served!

You are more than welcome along next Thursday 29th April 2021 at 11.30 a.m – 1.30 p.m. for our TEDx Crann Trees for Ireland Crann virtual conference in a Zoom webinar format; link here; part of the TEDx Countdown series addressing local climate solutions. Here is a link for registration; feel free to share the linkContinueContinue reading “Registration now open for #TEDxCrann Trees for Ireland; first come first served!”

Happy #EarthDay2021; Join us on RTÉ Nationwide for our #FeelgoodFilmFriday today!

https://www.rte.ie/player/series/nationwide/SI0000001172?epguid=IH000400580 Last chance to watch our piece on RTÉ One #Nationwide to celebrate #EarthDay2021 with our #Feelgood #FilmFriday ; learn how we are #planting 1M #trees with Ireland’s 1M #schoolchildren. Our piece is after the interval. Thanks so much to the great TV crew who did the filming in these tricky circumstances, to my dearContinueContinue reading “Happy #EarthDay2021; Join us on RTÉ Nationwide for our #FeelgoodFilmFriday today!”

“The Time for Awareness Building is Over”.

“We’re here to amplify real and credible solutions.” Different to what TED has done before. The Time for Solutions is Now. An optimistic and inclusive dialogue; participatory. That is what our #TEDxCrannTreesforIreland conference is about, Thursday 29 April 2021. Amplifying local solutions. Our community is an essential part of this mix. Our group has accessContinueContinue reading ““The Time for Awareness Building is Over”.”