What is a Global Citizen? “A global citizen is someone who identifies with being part of an emerging world community and whose actions contribute to building this community’s values and practices.” – Ron Israel, The Global Citizenship Initiative Too often, we focus on what divides us, rather than what unites us. But now more than […]

The Recycled Plastic Bottle Greenhouse has been a feature of the Green Living and Sustainability (GLAS) Community Garden in Ballymun for the last six years. As the garden hosts more workshops and volunteers, the time came to turn the greenhouse into an outdoor environmental education space! That’s why in November 2017, 14 volunteers from the […]

There are many aspects to environmental education. In response to this, Global Action Plan Ireland(GAP) has developed workshops around the six themes students can easily relate to and understand. Each workshop is tailored to student capacity to maximise understanding and ensure positive, sustainable behaviour change. These workshops also compliment the national curriculum in an interactive […]

As we near the Christmas holidays, we’re busy wrapping up one of our many schools’ programmes for the year. One such programme, Global Action Plan Ireland’s 10-week Park Stewardship Programme, aims to engage local young people in supporting the long-term care, ownership, and protection of local parks. This increases appreciation for the parks and ensures that […]

Global Action Plan Ireland (GAP) & The Rediscovery Centre came together for Science Week 2017 to co-host the Let’s Talk Science Festival (LTS) held over two days on the 13th and 14th of November. LTS, now in its third year, is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and allows students to explore various science activities. All […]

  This year Global Action Plan (GAP) Ireland took part in the 25th anniversary of UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Day held on the 17th October. Father Joseph Wresinski’s Call to Action inspired this day 30 years ago in Paris: “Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human […]

Global Action Plan Ireland (GAP) has a long history of empowering communities to live more sustainable lifestyles through its programmes. Discovering ways to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in our daily lives is the best way to achieve a more sustainable, equitable and peaceful world for all – so that no one gets […]

  We celebrated Heritage Week 2017 with two fun-filled events for families from all over.  All 51 participants explored the Irish heritage at the North Bull Island Nature Reserve and Glás Community Garden.       This year’s theme for Heritage Week was “It’s in your nature,” so we took visitors through Dublin’s natural world.  Who can deny […]