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Colm Moore
29-03-2011, 16:34
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Luas is proud to support SDCC Eco Week 2011
29 March 2011

South Dublin County Council Environmental Services is proud to announce its seventh annual Eco Week this year in conjunction with South Dublin County Libraries & South Dublin County Council Parks Department.

This week long festival of FREE events aims to deliver an important message, that everyone can play a role in reducing their impact on the environment that it is “Our Environment, let’s protect it!”. The purpose of the week is to focus attention on the environmental issues that face everyone living and working in the South Dublin area. Events are designed to raise environmental awareness and encourage South Dublin residents to change their environmental behaviour in order to reduce their impact on the environment.

Eco Week events are open to everyone from Community Groups to Schools, Householders to Individuals and businesses. All events are FREE and range from exhibitions, workshops, seminars to storytelling and much more to raise awareness of environmental issues and solutions in a fun and practical way.

Get off the Luas at Red Cow and Tallaght Stops on the Red Line and discover a range of free events. Click here to see Eco Week events around the Red Cow and Tallaght Luas Stop (http://www.luas.ie/sdcc-eco-week-events-tallaght-and-red-cow-luas-stops.html).

Download the Eco Week Brochure by clicking here to have more information about all the events organised. (http://environment.southdublin.ie/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=385)

Please note that as places are limited, bookings for all events that require booking will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please read the Eco Week Brochure for contact details.

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SDCC Eco Week Events Tallaght and Red Cow Stops
Get off the Luas at Red Cow and Tallaght Stops on the Red Line and discover a range of free events:


Red Cow Luas Stop

* Richenda Garland: An exciting introduction to the concepts of environmental science topics such as Natural Resources, Bio Diversity, Energy, Waste, Impact and Pollution with Environmental Scientist Richenda Garland. The workshop ends with a fun energy quiz.
Clondalkin Library - Thursday 7th April 10.30am (Class Visit)
Age 10 -12yrs - Booking Essential
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* Eco Fun with Robbie and Rachel: Join in the guaranteed eco art and craft fun that Yvonne O'Neill has in store for you and wait and see how you can reduce, reuse and recycle in a new and interesting way. Yvonne has worked for many years in community art projects and is a pre accredited play therapist. This workshop is for all abilities and combines imagination and art as participants reuse and recycle everyday recyclables and waste to decorate and dress life-size figures “Robbie and Rachel Recycling”. You will see waste in a whole new light!
Clondalkin Library - Wednesday 6th April
3.30pm Age 8-12 years - Booking Essential
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* Naturally Wild with Dale Treadwell: Dale Treadwell has a unique approach to teaching children and helping them to appreciate the wonders of the natural world. He has appeared on many children's TV shows, and now travels around Ireland, educating children. His interactive practical workshop includes a recycling game and focuses on raising awareness of our local environment including bugs and beasties in and our back gardens and school yards.
Clondalkin Library - Tuesday 5th April
9.45am, 11am, 12.15pm (1st to 6th Class) Booking Essential - 3.00pm (All welcome)
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* Roisin Raven Storytelling with Carmel Smith: Carmel tells an entertaining and educational story about Roisin Raven and friends who all live happily in the woods. Things take a turn for the worse as Roisin becomes ill. The woodland creature’s investigations lead them to the conclusion that litter and dumping by humans are to blame. Roisin gets better with the help of her friends and a valuable lesson is learned about the effects of littering on wildlife.
Clondalkin Library - Wednesday 6th April
10am – 11am (5 – 8yrs) - Booking Essential
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* Greenbusiness.ie talk for businesses: Are you looking to make cost savings in your business? Are you ready to improve your Environmental Performance? Then come listen to the greenbusiness.ie team talk about how you can save your business money by registering on greenbusiness.ie. Greenbusiness.ie is a resource efficiency service for Irish businesses and is funded by the EPA under the National Waste Prevention Programme. Once a business has set up an account and started using the online waste and water audit tools they can contact Greenbusiness for a free Resource Efficiency Assessment. The assessment will focus on the consumption of raw materials, water and energy and the generation of wastes. Businesses can avail of up to 7 days free support to review resource efficiency improvements at their premises.
Red Cow Morans Hotel - Thursday 7th April
8.30am - All Welcome
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* Ireland’s Marine Expo (Irish Wildlife Trust) Exhibition: Discover Ireland’s coastal and underwater wonders in this exhibition from Enfo, which also takes a look at marine threats and the future of our oceans.
Clondalkin Library - 4th – 8th April
All welcome
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Colm Moore
29-03-2011, 16:35
http://www.luas.ie/sdcc-eco-week-events-tallaght-and-red-cow-luas-stops.htmlTallaght Luas Stop

* Eco Fun with Robbie and Rachel: Join in the guaranteed eco art and craft fun that Yvonne O'Neill has in store for you and wait and see how you can reduce, reuse and recycle in a new and interesting way. Yvonne has worked for many years in community art projects and is a pre accredited play therapist. This workshop is for all abilities and combines imagination and art as participants reuse and recycle everyday recyclables and waste to decorate and dress life-size figures “Robbie and Rachel Recycling”. You will see waste in a whole new light!
County Library, Tallaght - Thursday 7th April
3.30pm Ages 5-11 years - Booking Essential
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* WEEE to Work Collection Day: This is an exciting recycling opportunity for all employees of South Dublin County Council and local businesses. Clondalkin Community Recycling Initiative (CCRI) is having a work-based collection day for all waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). All employees are invited to participate. Anything with a plug or a battery will be accepted, from battery-operated kids’ toys to TVs to American-style fridge-freezers. Batteries will also be collected on the day, just bag or box them and bring them along. Collection points will be set up in the car park and lobby of the county offices in Tallaght. Help will be on hand for extracting heavier appliances from boots of cars, etc. Get recycling and let’s make this a WEEE day to remember! Sponsored by WEEE Ireland.
Car Park County Hall Tallaght - Wednesday 6th April
8.30am - 5.00pm - All welcome
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* Clondalkin Community Recycling Initiative - From Spin-Cycle to Recycle: Clondalkin Community Recycling Initiative (CCRI) hosts a talk on the afterlife of common household appliances. Topics for discussion are: where can you go to get rid of them; can they be reused; how are they recycled and who does it. Included will be an opportunity to participate in a reuse workshop, using parts of common appliances to create something useful and indeed beautiful to take home.
County Library Tallaght - Thursday 7th April, 11am – 12pm
All Ages- Booking Essential
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* Naturally Wild with Dale Treadwell: Dale Treadwell has a unique approach to teaching children and helping them to appreciate the wonders of the natural world. He has appeared on many children's TV shows, and now travels around Ireland, educating children. His interactive practical workshop includes a recycling game and focuses on raising awareness of our local environment including bugs and beasties in and our back gardens and school yards.
County Library Tallaght - Wednesday 6th April
9.45am, 11am, 12.15pm (1st to 6th Class) Booking Essential - 3.00pm (All welcome)
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* Roisin Raven Storytelling with Carmel Smith: Carmel tells an entertaining and educational story about Roisin Raven and friends who all live happily in the woods. Things take a turn for the worse as Roisin becomes ill. The woodland creature’s investigations lead them to the conclusion that litter and dumping by humans are to blame. Roisin gets better with the help of her friends and a valuable lesson is learned about the effects of littering on wildlife.
County Library Tallaght - Monday 4th April
10am – 11am (5 – 8yrs) - Booking Essential
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* Stop Food Waste Exhibition: Waste Prevention is the preferred waste management option in Ireland. By not generating waste, we can eliminate the need to handle, transport, treat and dispose of waste. We can also avoid having to pay for these services. The STOP Food Waste programme promotes food waste prevention and home composting. Visit www.stopfoodwaste.ie for comprehensive information about the food we waste and how to prevent this through rethinking how we shop, store our food, cook it and reuse the leftovers.
County Hall Foyer, Tallaght - 4th to 8th April
All welcome
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* Green Home Exhibition: Green Home is an environmental programme that extends the Green Schools message beyond the school gates and into the households of the wider community. By raising awareness, Green Home proposes ways to deal effectively with current and future challenges and issues associated with waste, energy, transport and water. The programme aims to support and direct householders as they take actions that reduce their impact on the environment while saving money on household bills. Any individual can visit the website www.greenhome.ie become a member and learn about ways to save money, access current environmental information, see how ‘green’ their household is and enter competitions. The Programme is funded by the EPA under the National Waste Prevention Programme and run by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce.
County Hall Foyer - 8th April
10am to 3pm - All welcome
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* Green Communities Exhibition: Green Communities work with community groups to actively enhance local biodiversity while also minimising the carbon footprint of group activities. Examples of activities include the development of a community garden or wildlife area, regular clean ups and conservation work, erection and maintenance of habitat boxes. Groups can apply for a small annual grant to go towards their Green Communities activities. The programme operated jointly by the An Taisce Education Unit and Keep Wales Tidy and is funded by a grant from the European Regional Development Fund Interreg 4A Ireland Wales Programme. For further information contact An Taisce on 01 4002202.
County Hall Foyer - 8th April - 10am to 3pm
All welcome
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* Garden Bird Detectives: Discover Birds on your Doorstep Exhibition - An exhibition on garden birds based on Birdwatch Ireland’s annual garden bird survey.
Tallaght Library - 4th to 8th April
All welcome