Free Children’s' Art and Nature Workshop Monday June 7th 2010
1-4pm

Painting, collage, fabrics and fun! Bring your children to create a banner of Irish Biodiversity and learn about Irish habitats and species. The end result will be a fabulous creation which will be displayed in central Cork, celebrating biodiversity and its importance with all passers by. 

Ages 5+.  Free Workshop - all materials provided.  Come along for the whole afternoon of for as long as suits.

Jessica Mason has been teaching environmental education for the last eight years, working in schools with community groups and children's summer camps.

Contact Patrick (patrick@cef.ie) for bookings (limited numbers).

World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 and is commemorated yearly on 5 June. The day's agenda is to:

1. Give a human face to environmental issues;

2. Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;

3. Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental

issues;

4. Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous

future.