Archive for December, 2011
Reuse & Recycle this Christmas for the ECO-Art & Design Award
Over 5 million tonnes of waste is buried in landfills across Ireland each year. This Christmas, wrapping paper, ribbons, packaging, boxes, batteries and unwanted gifts are all going to add to this waste mountain.
This Christmas, you can make a difference and become part of Ireland’s biggest celebration of ECO-Action. Recycle your Christmas waste to create something new and enter your project into the Young Environmentalist Awards 2012.
Award Categories include: ECO-Art & Design
Register your project today! Click here for FREE ONLINE RESTRATION . Or contact the YEA team at: yea@ecounesco.ie / t (01) 662 5491. Registration deadline 23 Dec 2011.
Extended Deadline – 23 Dec 2011
Join the ECO-Action today and take part in the Young Environmentalist Awards 2012. Getting started couldn’t be easier!
Registration is free and you may change your project idea after registration.All registered projects will receive free support from our designated ECO-UNESCO YEA team.
Simply click here to register
Extended Deadline for Registration: 23 Dec 2011
New Waste Matchers Award Exclusive to Cork Young People
ECO-UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation are proud to introduce the www.wastematchers.com Award kindly sponsored by Cork County Council. This award is a brand new category in the 2012 Young Environmentalist Awards and is exclusive to young people from Cork City and County. Young people are encouraged to look at ways of reusing items that might otherwise be waste and create alternative reusable items. The www.wastematchers.com Award aims to raise awareness around waste minimization and explore innovative ways of creating ‘something new from something old’.
www.wastematchers.com is Cork’s reuse website. Whether you’re looking for a home for your no-longer-used stuff or looking for some treasure, this free site is the first stop. Free to use for all members, the site is supported by Cork County Council as a means of creating awareness around waste minimisation and diverting
It’s not too late to register! Extended deadline – 23rd December 2011
