"Mr Tizzy Top and The Great Green Carnival in Tallaght" South Dublin County Council Eco Week 2015 Launch

22/04/2015

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“Mr Tizzy Top and The Great Green Carnival in Tallaght” South Dublin County Council Eco Week 2015 Launch

20th April – 24th April                                                                                                                                

Mayor Cllr Fintan Warfield officially launched South Dublin County Council’s Eco-Week 2015 Monday 20th April 2015 when he opened The Great Green Carnival and presented certificates and prizes to winning students of the Council funded Garbo Anti-Litter Competition “Mr Tizzy Top and The Great Green Carnival”.

This drama based competition produced fabulous carnival games from recycled materials. With the help of our neighbours, The Big Picture, which is operated by Foróige in conjunction with Dublin Dun laoghaire ETB, South Dublin County Council were able to transform the venue into a fantastic Green Carnival.

The 2015 Eco Week theme is Climate Change and the week long events promoting awareness of the environment is an opportunity for schools, communities, business and citizens to become a part of the solutions to environmental needs.

Speaking at the opening Mayor Warfield said:

“I am delighted to be here today at Mr Tizzy’s Great Green carnival. We are all here to open the South Dublin County Council 11th annual Eco Week and what an exciting and colorful way to start the week’s events! I am delighted to be at the carnival and to visit all the fabulous games created by the students out of recyclable materials and all from the contents of our green bin. Well done to everyone involved.”

Mayor Warfield stated that during the year he had visited lots of schools who have successfully raised their green flag for their work on protecting the environment. “It is important to look at Climate Change in a way that allows us to tackle the particular effects of Climate Change in our county. We will all benefit from investing in energy saving practices, water conservation and waste reduction. The examples today show that, with a bit of creativity, lots of materials from the green bin can be reused.

I have a message for you today and that is that everything we do has either a positive or negative effect on Climate Change in our County. Make sure we make it positive.”

Barbara Reilly from South Dublin County Council’ s Environmental Water and Climate Change Department outlined that Eco Week is a very important and unique week for South Dublin County and for the environment. “It is a week packed full of events that draw our attention to the needs of the environment and how we can help”

In total there are over 80 workshops and events taking place in schools, libraries, community centres and businesses across the county throughout the week and it is considered one of the most important events in the South Dublin County Council calendar.

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