Green Schools Newpark has been active since 2013. In that time we have been
awarded three green flags.
Green Schools Newpark is supported by a dedicated team of students from all years as well as
passionate members of staff and the PTA. Their goal is to promote sustainability across the
school, to help to protect our planet and make Newpark a green space.
The Green Schools committee make up the core of Green Schools Newpark. Students
from all years meet in G8 every lunchtime on Fridays and anyone is welcome to join at any
time. Here they discuss current projects being undertaken as well as how to progress in the future.
It is here that the vital work of planning how the school is to get its green flag, is done. The
committee is chaired and coordinated by Ms Achari and Ms Grant.
Green Schools Newpark was founded in September 2013 back when the school was still
using the prefab buildings. Since then the team has worked hard to earn both a green flag for
waste, for energy and a green flag for Water.
Green Schools Newpark activities often stretch far beyond Newpark and Blackrock.
Students have done beach cleans in Killiney, Dun Laoghaire and Booterstown, attended conferences such as the Green Schools Expo in the RDS, the Eco-Conference in the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council buildings and the Water Forum in Newbridge county Kildare. Students have spent three days in Cloughjordan Eco-Village. Last year one student via the Water Ambassador Programme went to Bali to the Ocean Youth Summit.
People from all across the school are involved with Green Schools Newpark, not just the
people on the committee. The art and engineering departments have worked on upcycling
projects and work to use sustainable materials. The science and geography departments have
educated students about the effects of climate change and pollution as well as the causes and
physics behind them. The political and societal effects of ecological issues have been covered
in CSPE classes as well as in Politics and Society classes, with many students doing their
CSPE action projects on environmental issues. TY Sustainability classes have teamed up with teachers from five different departments to commence a Biodiversity garden at the edge of our campus.
If you have any queries about Green Schools Newpark please email
You can also follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/NPGSC
For more information on ongoing projects see some of the below
