Green Schools Wellbeing workshop

Thursday 20th of January, Kinsale Community School's Water Ambassadors took part in a wellbeing workshop aimed to tackle eco-anxiety. To start off the session the students were given a talk by Climate Ambassador, Gary Tyrell about self care, being taught it is okay to say no if you find yourself under too much pressure and being reminded that there are thousands of other people in the cause willing to support you. Students were also taught breathing exercises to help with stress. Then, the ambassadors were invited to take part in some art therapy, drawing their worries and then looking at what their art meant. These activities paired with the use of open discussion through a Miro board left our water ambassadors feeling calm, relaxed ad equipped to deal with any pressures that come their way as they continue their work to look after our waters.

By Lilian Gleave