What are the environmental impacts of UCD’s vet school activities? What steps can be taken to address or minimise any of these? Just two of the questions explored in the recent Vet School sustainability seminar.
Nine UCD students recently graduated from the 2024 class of the Millennium Fellowship, a global leadership programme jointly organised by the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI).
UCD is the most sustainable university in Ireland - and in the top 50 worldwide. The latest QS World University Rankings for Sustainability sees UCD ranked 49th overall, a rise of one place from 50 in 2024. UCD remains ranked No. 1 in Ireland for the second consecutive year.
Couch stuffings, bicycle tyres, out-of-date hospital equipment. The Clinical Skills Centre in UCD School of Veterinary Medicine takes pride in its recycled, reused and sustainable classroom materials.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Especially if you can save money - and the environment - by making your own cards, wrapping paper and decorations. Today a Sustainable Christmas Workshop took place in UCD to encourage staff and students to get creative.
The first students to complete the UCD Global Big Zero programme were yesterday presented with their carbon literacy certificates, accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project. This co-curricular was a collaboration with the organisation Big Zero and supported by UCD Sustainability seed funding.
What is a sustainable diet? How can we make food choices that lower our carbon footprint while maintaining balanced nutrition? UCD Sustainable Food Fest gives “practical takeaways” on eating more sustainably
A community swap shop, seed funded by UCD Sustainability, is up and running in UCD Student Centre as part of Wellness Wednesday, from 12 - 2pm, until the end of November.
What happened when neurodivergent artist Alan James Burns spent a month at sea on an arctic research expedition with climate historian Dr Audrey Morley and her team?
The UCD Bike Library has won the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Award for Excellence in Research and Innovation.
The Irish government has named Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin Chair of the Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) on Nature Restoration. The six member committee also includes Prof Tasman Crowe, VP for Sustainability at UCD.
At the Innovation Academy hackathon, 10 students were chosen to represent UCD in a tri-continental sustainability competition in Notre Dame next March.
At an Earth Institute seminar in the Museum of Literature Ireland, Dr Tomas Buitendijk speaks about his research exploring the community impacts of coastal erosion in Ireland, in places like Wicklow and Louth.
An interactive SDG Dashboard has been launched alongside the UCD Sustainability website. Led by Ainhoa Gonzalez del Campo of UCD School of Geography, it allows users to explore sustainable initiatives and features across campus.
Yesterday we had the joint launch of the UCD Sustainability website and the UCD Sustainability Dashboard. The website is a one-stop-shop for all things sustainability at UCD.
The latest journalist to take up her residency in UCD Earth Institute is Lauren Boland, a reporter for The Journal with a focus on climate. Yesterday she outlined her plans for this residency, which include making a podcast series on climate anxiety and guilt.
UCD recently became the first Higher Education Institution in Ireland to sign the CANIE Accord, marking a significant step forward in our commitment to sustainability.
UCD Estate Services are finalists in the Energy in Buildings category of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Awards 2024, for their application titled, ‘University College Dublin’.
Video of Kate Raworth's public lecture in UCD, in which she explains how last century's economic theories were not designed for contemporary problems like climate change.
UCD James Joyce Library wins prestigious Green Library Award awarded by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
This honour reflects several students' contribution to founding the Sustainability Society (Sus Soc) in UCD in 2023, which already has over 450 members across the university.
UCD Sustainability collaborates with community-based clothing reuse hub Change Clothes to run mending and upcycling workshops on campus.
UCD is sending a delegation to the Summit of the Future, taking place at UN Headquarters, New York, during SDG Week (September 20-29).
UCD Sustainability has launched 17 projects funded under our seed funding programme. These cover a huge range of topics.
Economist and 'Doughnut Economics' author Kate Raworth is conferred with an honorary doctorate in economic sciences.
During her UCD visit, Kate Raworth participates in a 'step into the doughnut' workshop, organised by the Irish Doughnut Economics Network.
A team of UCD business students showcased their sustainable exfoliating soaps and body scrubs made from 100% repurposed coffee grinds at a global accelerator round of the Hult Prize.
On Tuesday the second Generation Glas programme was officially launched in University College Dublin by Richard Bruton TD, Fine Gael spokesman for the Environment, Climate and Communications.
University College Dublin has been appointed one of Ireland’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Champions for 2024-2025. The programme was launched yesterday by Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD.
Did you know that 68% of pre-med drop-outs listed Organic Chemistry as the primary reason? This is the inspiration behind Orgo, a mobile app that offers a gamified learning experience with bite sized lectures and revision questions to support students learning this challenging subject.
Our latest UCD Sustainability Future Leaders are physiotherapists and UCD research masters students Rory Lambe and Ben O'Grady, whose med-tech start-up Clia is developing software-as-a-service which plugs into existing cardiac rehabilitation services.
UCD Earth Institute invited members of NetVec (the network of insect vectors in Ireland) to talk about their work, as part of the UCD citizen science community of practice.
Is it true that coastal wetlands are more effective than tropical forests at fighting climate change? Can the public explore Ireland's salt marshes - or should we just leave them be? Ahead of World Oceans Day on Saturday, we speak to coastal wetland ecologist Dr Grace Cott on the UCD Sustainability podcast.
A UCD team's idea to top up leap cards on reverse vending machines - rather than receiving money for recycling bottles and cans - wins them third place in the recent Engineering and Innovation National Transport Authority Smarter Travel Student Awards.
AI depictions of future Irish coastlines, a 3D model of a renewable powered college campus, unused peatlands reimagined as multifunctional ecosystems - UCD Landscape Architecture End of Year Show 2023/24 was as inspiring as it was innovative.
It's National Bike Week (May 11 - 19) so we decided to learn more about the pilot UCD Bike Library scheme, brainchild of Professor Francesco Pilla at University College Dublin.
Ahead of World Migratory Bird Day, Dr Adam Kane speaks to the UCD Sustainability podcast about this year’s theme, ‘Protect Insects, Protect Birds.’
The Tierney Building roof garden in University College Dublin has come to fruition with an abundance of salad and herbs now being picked, eaten and enjoyed by those involved in the project.
University College Dublin has been awarded a gold level Smarter Travel Mark from the National Transport Authority (NTA) for its efforts to support active and sustainable travel to and from its campuses.
