Training & Events

Certified Awareness Course

The Certified Awareness Course comprises six hours of training and can be easily adapted for specific audiences, environments, or recreational needs. The one-day course is ideally suited to outdoor educators, teachers, college students, outdoor pursuit and recreation professionals, hiking club members, Tidy Towns Committees, community groups or anyone with an interest in learning more about...

Explorers Education Programme Primary School Workshops

The Explorers Education Programme promotes ocean awareness, knowledge and engagement, as well as supports ocean literacy and marine  education in primary schools. The workshops are dully funded by The Marine Institute and are available to primary schools in Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Wexford, Louth and Limerick. If you would like to introduce your students to...

Community Impact day at Knocksink Woods Nature Reserve – Restoration and Clean-up

Knocksink Wood Nature Reserve Knocksink Wood Nature Reserve, Enniskerry, Wicklow, Ireland

  The Knocksink Wood Nature Reserve is a fantastic space for nature to flourish and for visitors from far and wide to visit and enjoy. In recent years, visitors to this beautiful woodland have increased significantly. Unfortunately, this has led to some unexpected and unwanted impacts on this delicate ecosystem. If you would like to...

MEMBER’S WEBINAR – LEAVE NO TRACE IN WOODLANDS

Online via Zoom

Join our ecologist, Padraic Creedon, as he discusses the 7 principles of Leave No Trace and how they can be specifically applied to our woodlands. Many of these areas are important wildlife refuges and offer important spaces for people to connect with nature and unwind. These wonderful habitats can face quite specific threats that require...

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Certified Awareness Course

The Certified Awareness Course comprises six hours of training and can be easily adapted for specific audiences, environments, or recreational needs. The one-day course is ideally suited to outdoor educators, teachers, college students, outdoor pursuit and recreation professionals, hiking club members, Tidy Towns Committees, community groups or anyone with an interest in learning more about...

World Migratory Bird Day

Light Pollution will be the focus of the World Migratory Bird Day 2022 campaign. Artificial light is increasing globally by at least 2 per cent per year and it is known to...

How to identify life on the Seashore – Bertra Beach

Berta Beach Bertra Beach, Westport, Mayo, Ireland

Join Padraic Creedon from Leave No Trace on Bertra Beach on Saturday, May 14th Learn how to identify different animal and plant species found on the shore and how that...

World Bee Day

The United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution declaring 20 May as World Bee Day Every year on this day, the attention of the global public will be drawn to the importance of preserving bees and other pollinators. People will be reminded of the importance of bees for the entire humanity and invited...

International Day for Biological Diversity

The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. Leave No Trace have numerous HotSpot projects throughout the country promoting the protection of our biodiversity.