School Daze with Anna Geary: 'It’s ok to have big dreams'

Anna Geary; one of the leaders of Repak’s Team Green initiative. Picture: Naoise Culhane

I went to school in Scoil Mhuire Milford N.S and St Mary’s Secondary School, Charleville.

I loved going on trips away with school, whether that was matches, day trips or school tours. I did transition year in secondary school for that reason. One of my favourite TY memories was when we got the chance to take part in a futuristic fashion competition where we had to use recyclable goods to create a design. I loved the creativity and teamwork involved in it. We spent weeks designing the outfit in the art room! Oh, the craic we had in there, working on the outfit, most of the time! We then had to model it and choreograph a routine to perform on a runway in front of a large crowd. The experience was amazing. It also opened my eyes to the importance of recycling and the impact I could have on the environment by recycling correctly, long before I became a leader of Repak Team Green! I’ve been conscious of my recycling behaviour ever since.