Lesson plans to accompany the workshops are available in the Resources Section .
Give us a shout if you have any questions on how to use these materials.
10 November 2021
Our Project and Communications Officer Sarah Keane in conversation with Maria McCann on WLR talking about our installation in the Central Library, Lady Lane. Come on down and check it out!
09 November 2021
Library Installation Launch 9th Nov - 6th Dec. Call down and check it out!
Every Year Irish people dump 63,000 tonnes of textiles into landfill - that’s like 6 Eiffel Towers!!
As the second week of COP26 kicks off, the climate is all over the news. Waterford Sustainable Living Initiative (SLí) is running “The True Cost Of Fashion” in the Central Library in solidarity with COP26 and to raise awareness of our impact on the environment. The installation is a collaborative idea with our Youth Advisory Climate Council (YACC) around our lifestyles and how to promote a more sustainable future.
Massive thanks to our funders People&Planet, DEAR and Irish Aid, special thanks to Waterford City and County Libraries, VTOS, Durrands Court and The Women's Centre, Manor Street.
07 September 2021
Transition year students from Waterford come together to teach about the dangers of single-use plastic.
15 May 2021
What is the EU and why is it important to our daily lives? Find out in the first of our three videos for Europe Day 2021!
Video: Jen Harris, Waterford Sustainable Living Initiative
#EuropeDay #EuropeDirect #Waterford #Europe
15 May 2021
The European Green Deal, what is it and what can we do? Find out in the second of our three videos for Europe Day 2021.
Video: Jen Harris, Waterford Sustainable Living Initiative
#EuropeDay #EUGreenDeal #EuropeDirect #Waterford #Europe
15 May 2021
Find out more about the opportunities in the EU for young people and resources to support them and their teachers in our third video for Europe Day 2021.
#EuropeDay #EuropeDirect #Waterford #europe
Video: Jen Harris Waterford Sustainable Living Initiative
04 May 2021
Each speaker had 3 minutes to convince the judges, for or against, on the topic “Everyone wants to go back to the pre-Covid way of life”. Congratulations to our very own Jen Harris on winning the 19 and over group!! See her speech at 12.37.
Waterford Regional heat winners were announced live on Wednesday 2 December 2020 at 10am with special messages from Ireland South MEPs Grace O'Sullivan and Sean Kelly.
19 April 2021
An insight into a mini documentary Thomas Grace Photography TGP made for the Plastic Free Waterford Campaign. We focused on issues facing the world around us, how young people can change the planet and take action through creative processes and the arts. Thank you to John Loftus for graphics and monologues and to Thomas Grace Photography TGP for the video.
19 April 2021
How We See the World was a youth arts camp that took place in the Garter Lane Arts Centre from the 3rd to 7th of April 2018. Camp participants created an original piece of work based around the problem with plastics, the impact on our oceans and climate change. They had classes in theatre, movement and audio-visuals around the theme of #CliamteChange! The performance was well attended on Saturday 7 April and was free and open to the public. This project was funded by Irish Aid. Thanks to Thomas Grace Photography TGP and John Loftus.
09 December 2020
This is part two of our two-part workshop which looks at the problem with plastics and gives young people some ideas of actions they can take to help solve the problem.
09 December 2020
This is part 1 of a two-part workshop for our Art Pollination Project which looked at the problem with plastics and gives young people some ideas of actions they can take.
09 December 2020
Here it is, our official Plastic Free Waterford video!!! Watch it, share it, love it... Plastic Free Waterford presents The Problem with Plastics for Plastic Free Waterford week.
The official launch of the Plastic Free Waterford Campaign was on World Oceans Day Friday 8 June with entertainment from the cast of How We See the World and the Sunday Drivers. September 10th-16th 2018 was Plastic Free Waterford Week when over 80 businesses and schools in Waterford gave up their single-use plastics for a week.
Massive thanks to Thomas Grace Photography TGP and the Sunday Drivers.
