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Green Schools Committee

Back Row (L-R): Jennifer Sonaike, Lydia McConkey, George Marshall, Hannah McHugh, Emer McElwaine, Amy Smyth, Tiwani Akinlabi,
Kate Agaba, Cathlin Galligan
Front Row (L-R): Ben Speares, Favour Ajogbe, Mathhew Murphy, Tosin Elegbede, Tobi Sonaike
Missing from photo: Adam Chan
Green Schools News

Litter and Waste many lights are necessary
and switching them off
The whole school is continuing to do their best when it
comes to maintaining our litter and waste flag. when they’re not needed.
We have noticed great
✓ We continue to use recycling bins and compost bins. improvements where we
✓ We are taking part in the ‘Every Can Counts’ campaign. don’t switch on all the
We have two bins just for cans and if we use them we lights if we don’t need
can recycle them and raise funds. them, and we always try to
switch off if we’re last to leave the room.
✓ There are bins for batteries and printer cartridges. By
recycling printer cartridges we have raised about €50 ✓ Another awareness campaign the committee is
this year for Crumlin Children’s Hospital. involved in is shutting down computers and turning
off standby lights at the end of the day. The computer
✓ We regularly do school clean-ups and take part every room and classrooms are checked regularly by
year in the National Spring Clean. members of the committee.

Energy We try our best to follow our Green Code:
As we have applied this year for our second flag, the Switch off today, save our tomorrow!
Energy Flag, the whole school is taking steps to cut
down on energy use. Green Schools Week 2015

✓ Last summer all of the lights in the school were Royal School Cavan held their annual, ever popular,
changed. We now have energy efficient lightbulbs Green Schools Week in November. This week hopes to
all around the school and some areas have motion highlight a whole range of green issues and encourage
sensor lights. active participation and awareness in environmental
issues, particularly relating to energy as we are working
✓ We are running a campaign to use fewer lights. towards achieving our Energy Flag this year.
We are trying to get everyone to think about how

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