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“DESIGN A SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE IN IRELAND FOR 2050” A SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY-MUSEUM PROJECT IN STEAM EDUCATION NEWS ITEM Councillor Pádraig Reale, deputising earlier today for the Mayor of Limerick, Mayor John Moran, officially launched the Awards Ceremony for the DESIGN A SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE IN IRELAND FOR 2050 project in the Foundation Building at the University of Limerick. These STEAM Education projects were presented as posters, videos and artefacts by more than 40 local pupils coming from six Limerick post-primary schools - Castletroy College, Coláiste Chiaráin, Crescent College Comprehensive SJ, Coláiste Nano Nagle, St. Munchin’s College and Thomond College. The twelve teachers who generously volunteered their time came from a rich diversity of subjects including science, physics, chemistry, engineering, coding, arts, economy and STEM. While most of the participants were from Transition Year, one group of pupils were from second year. |
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Councillor Pádriag Reale deputizing for the Mayor of Limerick on Thursday, 27th March at the DESIGN AN SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE IN IRELAND FOR 2050 project at the University of Limerick.
The photograph shows the partners in this school-university-museum initiative and some of the sponsors.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Tom Walsh (ESB), Maria Cagney (Hunt Museum), Norma O’Brien (Director, Limerick Education Support Centre), Emma King (Hunt Museum), Professor Geraldine Mooney Simmie (Director, EPI•STEM, UL), Cllr. Pádraig Reale (Deputising, Mayor of Limerick), Dr. Michelle Starr (Research Liaison Officer, EPI•STEM, UL ), Bernie O’Connor (ESB), and Eamonn Doyle (Boston Scientific).
This unique School-University-Museum-Partnership was led by Professor Geraldine Mooney Simmie (Director of EPI•STEM National Centre for STEM Education) and Dr. Michelle Starr (Research Liaison Officer, EPI•STEM), in collaboration with Maria Cagney (Curator) and Emma King (Education Officer) at the Hunt Museum, and Norma O’Brien, Director of the Limerick Education Support Centre.
The pupils were invited to imagine a futuristic village in Ireland for 2050 that puts social justice and environmental justice at the heart of just and sustainable living. The awards ceremony was made possible, by the commitment of teachers and pupils and by the generous sponsorship of five local enterprises, including Analog Devices, Boston Scientific, Eli Lilly, ESB and Serosep. Dermot Bannon, architect and RTE 1 personality has attached here a wonderful video message for the pupils.
Speaking at the Awards Ceremony, Professor Geraldine Mooney Simmie said “We are at a crucial crossroads in Ireland and Europe today, and urgently need ambitious leaders in relation to how we might reimagine and plan for a decentdemocratic society while securing our small part of the planet. The young people today have shown just how innovative they can be when it comes to finding sustainable solutions to the problems of green housing, public infrastructure and energy”.
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