we support teachers & students to build confidence & inspire climate & Biodiversity action in schools

PROGRAMMES AND RESOURCES

  • Bitesize Biodiversity

    Ignite curiosity, deepen your understanding of biodiversity, and foster environmental awareness in your classroom with our accessible weekly 15-minute workshops. Join us every Monday or explore our catalog of resources.

  • CPD Schedule

    Our CPD Schedule boosts knowledge and confidence, offering practical sessions on education for sustainable development. We collaborate with NGOs and experts to bring you new and exciting sessions on diverse topics.

  • Climate & Nature Summit

    Our flagship event, the C&N Summit, offers free online videos for primary and secondary schools by experts that keep students engaged and informed. All workshops include worksheets, activities, and videos for your class.

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  • ISSN Meet-Ups

    Join our community for monthly online catch up and check in sessions with teachers and students to exchange ideas, express concerns, and celebrate successes.

  • Plant a Planet CAMPAIGN

    The aim of this campaign is to get people in your community planting trees. We’ll provide you with the information and resources you need to inspire teachers, students and parents to plant for the planet.

  • 5 Minutes of sustainability

    The quick videos, created by students for students, address actionable steps to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, promoting collective action and inspiring sustainable practices school-wide.

  • Environmental Influencer course

    The Environmental Influencer course fosters meaningful conversations, empowering students to initiate impactful change by exploring media and public opinion. Students develop critical thinking, creativity, active listening, debating and bias recognition skills.

  • Student Ambassadors

    Our ambassadors program empowers students to deepen their understanding of climate and nature issues, hear from global guest speakers, develop leadership skills, and collaborate on projects with peers from schools across Ireland

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View fullsize We're excited to introduce a special series of back-to-basics workshops for secondary schools! 🌍✨ These workshops are designed to kick off with the essentials, offering a no-fuss approach to understanding key topics like climate change, energy, fa
View fullsize The date for the next election is set but what can we, as teachers do, to engage our students with politics? Come along to our CPD on Wednesday 13th November to find out how. Link in bio #registertovote #politicalpower #studentvoters
View fullsize ❤️We LOVE our monthly meet-ups… and this one’s no exception! 🌱This month, we’re thrilled to have @living_woodlands joining us to talk about how tiny forests can benefit schools. Plus, Carrigaline Community School will be shari
View fullsize 🌍✨ The Climate and Nature Summit and taking part couldn't be easier. 🍃 Here’s how to get involved: 1️⃣ Visit ISSN.IE from Wednesday next week. 2️⃣ Click on the *Climate and Nature Summit* button 3️⃣ Download the workshop resources 4️⃣ P
View fullsize The C&N Summit is a library of free online workshops that inspire whole-school conversations on climate change and biodiversity. The ISSN teachers have designed a suite of effective videos on various topics featuring expert speakers, teacher not
View fullsize It's that time of year again... our Climate and Nature Summit is BACK. We have a series of brand-new climate workshops for primary and secondary school. Check out the link for more information
View fullsize 🌟 Meet Colman Power—a social media sensation using his influence to promote healthy food, organic growing, and fitness for a healthy body and mind! 🌱💪 Join us for our “Growing Fit Organically,” CPD where Colman will show you how
View fullsize Meet our new ISSN Student Ambassadors. Yesterday we held our first meet up with 20 students from 11 schools. We spent the morning getting to know each other, doing eco art and sketching one of the oldest pear trees in Dublin. The groups put to pr
View fullsize Partnership is an underpinning value of the ISSN. Fostering connection & community was part of the focus for the ISSN Ambassador meet up today. We were so proud to launch the programme with these amazing students today. When you work meaningfully
View fullsize 🌟 Exciting topics are on the agenda for tomorrows meet-up! 🌟 Join us as we hear from Paula, an inspiring ex-teacher, about the GCE Our World competition with Irish Aid. We’ll also chat with two students who spent their day at the Oireachta
View fullsize 🌿 Today is Mental Health Awareness Day. We know the climate crisis is a huge contributor to anxiety for us and for our students. It can be a challenging situation to navigate. Join Joanne an expert eco-therapist next week to discuss how we can use

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