Students Resources

Saving Energy at Home

Watch short videos with tips on saving energy at home Free iPhone app - Home Energy Manager How much energy do appliances in your home use?SEAI appliance calculator ESB appliance calculator Help with understanding your energy bills http://www.bordgaisenergy.ie/help-and-questions/home/gas/billing/ and  http://www.bordgaisenergy.ie/help-and-questions/home/gas/billing/  Energy fact translator – If you leave a light bulb on for five hours you use enough energy to toast five slices of bread

Saving Energy at School

• Download a Student energy logbook to help you look at energy use at school
• Film clip, Guzzler and Molly Cool read the meter in a primary school
• Energy fact translator – If you leave a light bulb on for five hours you use enough energy to toast five slices of bread
• The Energy in Education website www.energyineducation.ie has lots of information for schools about how to manage energy use effectively.

Greener Travel

• www.seai.ie/Power_of_One/  Go to the getting around section to read more.
• http://www.smartertravelworkplaces.ie/ Tips on walking and cycling and lots on information on the benefits, like saving €780 on bus fare a year for a daily 8km return journey!
• Dublin Cycling Campaign
• Rothar
• http://www.bikeweek.ie/
• http://www.nationaltransport.ie/
• http://www.sustrans.org.uk/sustrans-near-you/northern-ireland-and-the-republic-of-ireland
• Households on the Aran Islands are participating in a pilot project to look at the potential for wind energy to power electric cars on the islands. To read more go to: http://www.seai.ie/News_Events/Press_Releases/2011/Aran_Islands_in_the_fast_lane.html

Plant a Tree!

• www.treecouncil.ie/ The National Tree Council of Ireland has lots of excellent information and resources for schools and the general public on native Irish trees and how to plant them.
• www.coillte.ie/coillteforest/environment/learn_about_trees/The Coillte website has worksheets and other useful resources for working with Primary School children.
• Some other websites with useful information on biodiversity and climate change:
• www.noticenature.ie
• www.greenwave.ie
• www.biodiversity.ie
• http://irishseedsavers.ie/

Reduce Your Food Miles

• http://www.foodmiles.ie/ A web site to help you the consumer understand food miles
• Stop Food Waste http://www.stopfoodwaste.ie/
• Grow It Yourself Ireland http://www.giyireland.com/

Clean Green Energy – Renewables

• http://www.seai.ie/Renewables There is a whole section of the SEAI website on renewable energy.
• www.iwea.com The Irish Wind Energy Association is the national association for the wind industry in Ireland.
• www.airtricity.ie An electricity company that supplies electricity generated from the wind.
• http://www.bordgaisenergy.ie/
• www.electricireland.ie
• www.wavebob.com A company working on using wave energy in Ireland and abroad.
• www.openhydro.com An Irish company that designs turbines to generate renewable energy from tidal streams in Ireland and abroad.

What’s Your Carbon Number?

• Calculate your carbon number www.change.ie or http://cmt.epa.ie/en/calculator/
• ECO Eye TV clip on measuring your carbon number http://www.epa.ie/researchandeducation/education/educ/limitingadaptingtoclimatechange/measuringourcarbonfootprint/
• http://www.350.org

Climate Justice

• Mary Robinson Foundation, Climate Justice http://www.mrfcj.org/
• http://www.trocaire.org/climate
• http://www.oxfamireland.org/
• http://www.selfhelpafrica.org/
• http://gdrights.org/
• http://unfccc.int/2860.php
• http://climatewisewomen.org/

Greener Fashion

• GreenMe is your starting point for going green http://www.greenme.ie/directory/eco-fashion
• Rediscover Fashion was established in 2008 to address growing national concerns within the fashion and textiles industry, relating to the environmental and social impacts of disposable clothing. http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/Rediscover_Fashion.aspx
• http://www.re-dress.ie/