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Our first year students read about the rapid decline of bees in the world in their Geography class. They researched the importance of bees only to discover that bees have a hand (or a wing) with providing us with so many of the types of food we eat each day such as apples, strawberries, pears etc. All of these foods need to pollination in order to be able to grow and this is where the bees come in. These students noticed that St. Paul’s did not have any places that were particularly attractive for bees to come and search for pollen. They decided to form a group called the Young Environmentalists to change this. They invited guest speaker Gemma Hughes from the National Biodiversity Centre to give a talk about bees. They then carried out an awareness campaign in school and on social media to spread the word. They designed and created a pollinator zone in the school courtyard with the help of their teachers Ms. O' Meara and Mr. Larkin. ECO UNESCO invited our Young Environmentalist to showcase their work at the upcoming conference in Dublin on May 23. They were happy with the project because students and other teachers in the school were talking about their work and asking question on how they could contribute to the work. The area they worked on looks more appealing. It is now a great space for students and bees.
The Young Environmentalists
January - May 2019
Ms. O'Meara and Mr. Larkin