JTT becomes an Eco Unesco Club!!

News: Monaghan JTT is a registered ECO UNesco Club!
We've been awarded a grant by ECO Unesco to help with our projects. Thank you Eco Enesco!!
We hope to be meeting some of our friends from Eco Unesco at our summer camps in July.
Find out more about Eco Unesco below or check out their web site at: http://www.ecounesco.ie
ECO-UNESCO is Ireland's Environmental Education and Youth Organisation, affiliated to the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations (WFUCA).
ECO-UNESCO was founded in 1986. ECO-UNESCO is a company limited by guarantee and a charity.
ECO-UNESCO’s mission:
To promote the personal development of young people and raise environmental awareness through practical environmental projects.
ECO-UNESCO’s aims are:
- to raise environmental awareness, understanding and knowledge of the environment among young people
- to promote the protection and conservation of the environment
- to promote the personal development of young people through practical environmental projects and activities.
- to promote the ideals of UNESCO
Environmental Awareness:
- a deeper understanding and appreciation of the beauty and importance of the natural world.
- encourages a respect for nature thus encouraging respect for diversity, which in turn will lead to a respect for all diversity to include cultural and social diversities.
- promotes active environmental stewardship by understanding of the linkages between human behaviour and our wider environment.
Civic-mindedness:ECO-UNESCO's promotes environmental appreciation, conservation work, civic-mindedness and social responsibility among young people.
WANT TO KNOW MORE? http://www.ecounesco.ie