1. Riversdale CC
Green Schools Programme
2011 - 2012

2. Green Schools Programme
Riversdale C.C.
The Committee
•Two Representatives from each class
•The Transition Year Environmental Group
•Gaisce Students
•Teaching staff
•Neat Streets team – 1A

3. Green Schools Programme
Riversdale C.C.
Environmental Review
•TY students carried out an analysis of the school bins
and found out that paper was in 87% of the bins.
•Our school had no classroom recycling system!!!!
Paper was going straight to landfill!!
•They also identified a number of serious litter spots on
the school grounds.
•Courtyards inside the school building were run down
and needed to be cleaned and redeveloped.

4. Bin Analysis

5. Target Areas

6. Green Schools Programme
Riversdale C C
Our Action Plan
• New paper bins in every classroom
• New bins in the assembly hall and staffroom
• Clean up and reopen our courtyards
• Clean up litter spots on school grounds – Neat Streets
Team
• Reduce the amount of waste going to landfill

7. New Bins

8. School Grounds

9. Working on the courtyards

10. Courtyards

11. Green Schools Programme
Riversdale CC
Awareness Month Oct. 2011
• Trip to Coolmine Recycling Centre
• Anti-Graffiti Workshop
• Bin-it Workshop
• Competitions
• Official opening of the Herb Garden
• Action Day

12. Competition Entries

13. Green Schools Programme
Riversdale C.C.
Action Day
 Winners of all the Green-Schools competitions
were announced and prizes awarded.
 Teachers wore green.
 The Herb garden was officially opened by our
Deputy Principal.
 A group of transition year students planted
spring bulbs and flowers.
The new sign for our Green Schools notice board
was unveiled

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16. Green Schools Programme
Riversdale C.C.
Our Green Code
Go Green Keep Riversdale Clean
Chloe Durran and Rachel Brown 1H