Action Project ideas

Democracy

• Mock election.
• Visit to Áras an Uachtaráin. the Daíl, the Senad, a prison,
• Guest speaker - local TD, Trade Union, National Youth Council, GAA

Action Project ideas

Development

• Invite a speaker to  talk to the class - Self Help Africa, a local Councillor, a Planning Officer, Niall Mellon Township.
• Hold a 'Know your County Council' week.
• Conduct a survey of the local amenities and decide what the area needs.
• Hold a mock summit on global development.
• Organise a Development Education week.
• Organise a 'Connect with Your Community' Week and get people to volunteer locally.
• Complete a research project on the Millennium Development Goals.
• Find and propose an area around the school to 'develop'.

Action Project ideas

Stewardship

• Host a showing of the film An Inconvenient Truth follwed by a discussion session.
• Invite an environmentalist to talk to the class.
• Have a 'carbon footprint' day with a prize for the person with the lowest footprint.
• Conduct a survey on your lunch box food miles.
• Invite someone from an animal shelter to talk to class.
• Visit to an animal shelter such as DSPCA.
• Volunteer at an animal shelter.
• Organise  an awareness campaign on endangered animals.
• Organise a trip to the zoo.
• Host a debate on animal rights.
• Organise an energy saving week in September
• Have a recycling blitz at lunch times.
• Organise a cycle to school week/day.
• Invite a representative from WEEE to talk to class.
• Invite a representative from the Green Party to talk to class.
• Visit a dump / recycling plant.
• Volunteer with Tidy Towns Committee / local Residents Association.
• Take part in National Spring Clean week.
• Plant a tree during Tree Week in March.
• Christmas card recycling campaign.

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