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News 6th July 2001

At our meeting this week (July 3rd) we had a number of new members. It was decided to apply for funding to the Department of the Environment and Local Government from the Local Environmental Partnership Fund 2001 whose aims are similar to ours i.e. the promotion of Sustainable Development and Environmental Awareness. It hoped that we will organise an Environmental Awareness Week in Castlebar early in the New Year. During the summer months we intend to meet monthly and continue with our series of press releases. The next meeting is on Wednesday July 18th at 7.30pm in the Rural Training Centre, Westport Road (just off the Westport Rd. Roundabout) beside Castlebar Pitch and Putt. From September we will meet more regularly and hope to have a number of guest speakers at our meetings from such bodies as An Taisce, Duchas, Enfo, Coillte, Teagasc, Mayo Energy Agency, Mayo County Council, the Environmental Protection Agency, Tidy Towns, Regional Fisheries Board etc.

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Castlebar Tidy Towns

Castlebar tidy Towns Committee have organised a clean up of the town each Monday night. All volunteers would be most welcome. Please assemble at Cathal Duffy's Garage at 8 p.m.

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Connaught Resource Centre.

Connaught Resource Centre provides recycling facilities in Castlebar. They are located at Swimming Pool Road. They collect waste from industries in the area and make it available to Community groups, schools and crèches for art and craft purposes.

Connaught Resource Centre was granted funding of £3,300 from the Environmental Parternership Fund and they received matching funding from Mayo County Council.

Gerry Costelloe and Jude Walshe presented the Mayo County Council grant recently to the Centre from Mayo County Council.

For more information on Connaught Resource Centre contact Fionnualla at 094 29157.

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EUROPEAN RECOGNITION FOR
BREAFFY NS

Breaffy N.S. is being honoured this Wednesday in the offices of An Taisce for their ongoing commitment to environmental protection and awareness. Having participated in this initiative run by the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe (FEEE) and facilitated by An Taisce. s Green Schools project, the school will be awarded a green flag by the Minister for Education and Science. This is the equivalent of a blue flag, which is awarded to beaches.

To achieve this environmental status, Breaffy N.S. have had to carry out a huge amount of planning and work. This involved doing an environmental audit of the grounds and the practices in the school in 1996 followed by a plan of action for waste management. A Green Schools committee was set up which consisted of eighteen children, two teachers, the principal and members of the community. To date their projects have included the recycling of cans, stamps, batteries, paper, cardboard, organic waste and greeting cards, as well as developing a school garden, butterfly patch and nature trail in the school grounds. Of course environmental awards are nothing new to the pupils and teachers of Breaffy N.S.

They have already won many ESB environmental awards and those organised by Mayo County Council. Besides these specific environmental projects, appreciation and care for the environment are an intrinsic part of the curriculum in Breaffy N.S. Their work is indeed commendable. Mayo County Council has supported this project and will assist the school in their . flag raising. ceremony planned for the end of June.

 

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