We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and that you are all
settled back into a new year. A new year, new sustainable travel goals!!!!
We kick off with
Green- Schools Ireland BIG TRAVEL Challenge on
its way in February.
Green Schools want you to take on the challenge
of achieving a measurable increase in one of
the following sustainable modes of transport; walking, cycling, scooting,
carpooling, park 'n'stride or the bus. They are asking schools to promote their
chosen greener mode of travel for any 10 weekday period between Monday 1st
February and Monday 29th February 2016 and to record their results.
One of our smarter travel schools St Brigids is
promoting cycling to school for the challenge, we know they will do fantastic.
If any of our other Limerick Smarter Travel Schools are taking part, let us
know what mode you picked and send us some photos. Best of luck to everyone.An innovative programme from Our Lady Queen of Peace the 'Don't Park Here' is a unique initiative designed to raise awareness about the dangers of double parking at the schools gate. The school linked with a range of groups to create life size figures of school children, these were then placed in 'issue hotspots' to deter poor driver behaviour. This programme is now being replicated by Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh as part of a school project, so hopefully we will soon see more of these life size figures outside our smarter travel schools. (Pictures to follow)
