Insects check into own hotel

WE learn every day about the environment from young Irish people.

Indeed, it could be truly said that youth are showing adults the way. The highly successful schools Green Flag programme is an example of what can be done in regard to recycling, gardening and efficient use of water and electricity, to give just a few examples.

Young people keep coming up with ideas for useful things to do. For instance, three students at Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School, in Tralee, Co Kerry, have built an insect hotel for an ECO-Unesco project.