Preserve all school playing grounds from developers. Ban their sale. And reverse the sale of any sold in the last ten years, e.g. St. Paul's Raheny sports grounds in St. Anne's Park. How to afford it? What is the cost for children who cannot play to their health, obesity etc. ? There is a lotContinue reading "Preserve school playing grounds"

Our challenge; make a tree trail. How; identify a tree. You can check out our Irish Tree Trail movie to find the names of our 28 native trees and of course we have lots of other trees growing here too you can add. Now identify another one. And now maybe a third? Now you haveContinue reading "Film Friday"

Challenge 4 on Active School Week; Since trees cannot absorb all the carbon being emitted on their own, cutting transport carbon is a vital issue. Even good-value bicycles are an expense most people have to think about - we relied in our house on Santa for our children's early bikes. I've enjoyed 2 bike-to-work schemeContinue reading "Sorting Bicycle Theft; a Public Purse Issue"

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 tieContinue reading "Let’s Chill; Challenge for Active School Week"

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 damagingContinue reading "Challenge; Run in the Playground?"

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

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You may enjoy this if you are free. Feel free to share. 11.30 - 1; Éanna Ni Lamhna and others.https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0zrTqh4JS_SW2QE1M41g8Q. Regards, Orla

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