Irish Language Book Shared with over 3,100 Schools by Wind Energy Ireland

As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge, Wind Energy Ireland has launched a new Irish language book about wind energy and climate change, which has been shared with more than 3,100 schools across Ireland.

The book is part of a global education project and has been translated into 28 languages. The Irish version, LIG DON GHAOTH SÉIDEADH (Let The Wind Blow), was translated by Wind Energy Ireland and is available for free by downloading from windenergyireland.com/learning-hub/education

David Connolly, CEO of WEI, said

“We are delighted to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge 2021 by launching the Irish translation of this book for children across the country. This book was inspired by the action students have taken across the world in reaction to climate change in 2019. We have already shared it with more than 3,100 schools across Ireland. We hope it will be a useful resource to learn about wind energy and climate change, but that it will also encourage more children to read in our native language.”

The book was written by Malgosia Bartosik, Phillippa Nuttall Jones and Zam Zadeh. Inspired by a conversation between two mums (a Polish wind advocate and a British journalist) and with the input of a young Iranian artist, the comic book was born. It tells the story of how renewable energies like wind will help lead the transformation to a cleaner, healthier world for everyone.