UCD Sustainability
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social
UCD aims to be a thought and action leader of transformational change for sustainability. Key commitments include being a net zero organisation by 2040, contributing to conserving and restoring biodiversity and working to reduce impacts of climate change.
University College Dublin has moved up two places to 47th in the world in the 2026 QS World Rankings for Sustainability.
This marks the University's third consecutive year in the top 50 universities worldwide for Sustainability.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
This marks the University's third consecutive year in the top 50 universities worldwide for Sustainability.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
University College Dublin has moved up two places to 47th in the world in the 2026 QS World Rankings for Sustainability.
This marks the University's third consecutive year in the top 50 universities worldwide for Sustainability.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
This marks the University's third consecutive year in the top 50 universities worldwide for Sustainability.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Should global music tours like Taylor Swift and Coldplay be required to offset their carbon footprint even if ticket prices rise?
UCD students applied doughnut economics model to modern problems at the Doughut Debate today with Sandesh Burada from EY.
#GlobalDonutDays
UCD students applied doughnut economics model to modern problems at the Doughut Debate today with Sandesh Burada from EY.
#GlobalDonutDays
October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Should global music tours like Taylor Swift and Coldplay be required to offset their carbon footprint even if ticket prices rise?
UCD students applied doughnut economics model to modern problems at the Doughut Debate today with Sandesh Burada from EY.
#GlobalDonutDays
UCD students applied doughnut economics model to modern problems at the Doughut Debate today with Sandesh Burada from EY.
#GlobalDonutDays
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Join Dr. Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts
Topics incl how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits this brings to environmental monitoring & community engagement
Register at buff.ly/JsSYwwu
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social
Topics incl how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits this brings to environmental monitoring & community engagement
Register at buff.ly/JsSYwwu
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Join Dr. Dorota Kolbuk as she shows how #CitizenScience can support marine & coastal research efforts
Topics incl how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits this brings to environmental monitoring & community engagement
Register at buff.ly/JsSYwwu
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social
Topics incl how to get involved in coastal citizen science & the benefits this brings to environmental monitoring & community engagement
Register at buff.ly/JsSYwwu
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social
Thank you all so much for hosting and/or attending our 40 UCD SDG Week events throughout last week.
We are thrilled to say we had 1,245 event registrations and amazing participation and engagement across the week.
We hope the video captures a sense of the diverse programme :)
youtu.be/IEiq6mV6VHY
We are thrilled to say we had 1,245 event registrations and amazing participation and engagement across the week.
We hope the video captures a sense of the diverse programme :)
youtu.be/IEiq6mV6VHY
UCD SDG Week 2025 montage
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
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September 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thank you all so much for hosting and/or attending our 40 UCD SDG Week events throughout last week.
We are thrilled to say we had 1,245 event registrations and amazing participation and engagement across the week.
We hope the video captures a sense of the diverse programme :)
youtu.be/IEiq6mV6VHY
We are thrilled to say we had 1,245 event registrations and amazing participation and engagement across the week.
We hope the video captures a sense of the diverse programme :)
youtu.be/IEiq6mV6VHY
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🌊🧑🎓 "There is a real pressure on us to raise our game." Ireland has committed to protecting 30% of its waters by 2030 under the UN biodiversity framework, aimed at halting species decline and restoring marine ecosystems.
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social #SDGweek
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social #SDGweek
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🌊🧑🎓 "There is a real pressure on us to raise our game." Ireland has committed to protecting 30% of its waters by 2030 under the UN biodiversity framework, aimed at halting species decline and restoring marine ecosystems.
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social #SDGweek
@ucdsustainability.bsky.social #SDGweek
UCD is moving away from single-use coffee cups.
Instead, you’ve got two great options...
www.youtube.com/shorts/j-B3S...
Instead, you’ve got two great options...
www.youtube.com/shorts/j-B3S...
University College Dublin launches returnable and reusable cups campaign
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
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September 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
UCD is moving away from single-use coffee cups.
Instead, you’ve got two great options...
www.youtube.com/shorts/j-B3S...
Instead, you’ve got two great options...
www.youtube.com/shorts/j-B3S...
UCD SDG Week 2025 takes place September 22 - 26 with 40 events across campus highlighting the Sustainable Development Goals. Eco-artmaking, a 2050 role-playing game, workshops on everything from greenwashing to upcycling your jeans - and more!
Read and register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
#SDGsIRL
Read and register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
#SDGsIRL
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
UCD SDG Week 2025 takes place September 22 - 26 with 40 events across campus highlighting the Sustainable Development Goals. Eco-artmaking, a 2050 role-playing game, workshops on everything from greenwashing to upcycling your jeans - and more!
Read and register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
#SDGsIRL
Read and register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
#SDGsIRL
After our Ash for Future workshop and campus 'ash walk' last week, our brilliant UCD Sustainability summer intern Kendra Paleczny did this Q&A with UCD landscape architect Sophia Meeres and Teagasc tree improvement researcher Dheeraj Singh Rathore.
youtu.be/hYXoxNakZUs
youtu.be/hYXoxNakZUs
UCD Sustainability summer intern in Q&A with Ash for Future speakers
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
After our Ash for Future workshop and campus 'ash walk' last week, our brilliant UCD Sustainability summer intern Kendra Paleczny did this Q&A with UCD landscape architect Sophia Meeres and Teagasc tree improvement researcher Dheeraj Singh Rathore.
youtu.be/hYXoxNakZUs
youtu.be/hYXoxNakZUs
The decimation of Ireland’s iconic ash trees is heartbreaking - but you can help bring them back.
Ash for future workshop and 'ash walk' on UCD campus last week helps citizen scientists identify and report healthy trees.
Teagasc is breeding and growing these tolerant trees.
youtu.be/HdGSvTBoweY
Ash for future workshop and 'ash walk' on UCD campus last week helps citizen scientists identify and report healthy trees.
Teagasc is breeding and growing these tolerant trees.
youtu.be/HdGSvTBoweY
Help the fight against ash dieback disease - by reporting healthy trees to Teagasc
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The decimation of Ireland’s iconic ash trees is heartbreaking - but you can help bring them back.
Ash for future workshop and 'ash walk' on UCD campus last week helps citizen scientists identify and report healthy trees.
Teagasc is breeding and growing these tolerant trees.
youtu.be/HdGSvTBoweY
Ash for future workshop and 'ash walk' on UCD campus last week helps citizen scientists identify and report healthy trees.
Teagasc is breeding and growing these tolerant trees.
youtu.be/HdGSvTBoweY
We had great fun yesterday at the eco-artmaking workshop at UCD Greenacre Sustainability Hub with UCD Innovation Academy artist-in-residence, Madeline Schmidt.
We made clay stepping stones with recycled, found and organic materials from Greenacre - and these will be used to decorate the site.
We made clay stepping stones with recycled, found and organic materials from Greenacre - and these will be used to decorate the site.
July 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We had great fun yesterday at the eco-artmaking workshop at UCD Greenacre Sustainability Hub with UCD Innovation Academy artist-in-residence, Madeline Schmidt.
We made clay stepping stones with recycled, found and organic materials from Greenacre - and these will be used to decorate the site.
We made clay stepping stones with recycled, found and organic materials from Greenacre - and these will be used to decorate the site.
What happened when UCD Services stopped mowing a patch of grass between the car park and the road behind the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science?
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
Monitoring pyramidal orchids on rewilded area of University College Dublin
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
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July 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
What happened when UCD Services stopped mowing a patch of grass between the car park and the road behind the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science?
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
🌳 Ash for Future workshop with Dheeraj Rathore (Teagasc) and Sophia Meeres (UCD), Thursday, July 31st, 10.30am - 12.30pm, UCD James Joyce Library Link 3 for presentation, followed by an ‘ash walk’ on UCD campus.
🥐 Refreshments provided
📝 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🥐 Refreshments provided
📝 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌳 Ash for Future workshop with Dheeraj Rathore (Teagasc) and Sophia Meeres (UCD), Thursday, July 31st, 10.30am - 12.30pm, UCD James Joyce Library Link 3 for presentation, followed by an ‘ash walk’ on UCD campus.
🥐 Refreshments provided
📝 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🥐 Refreshments provided
📝 Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
UCD Sustainability recently funded cycle training workshops on campus, organised by UCD Smarter Travel Group and delivered by Colm Sevastopulo, Dublin Bay Cycling.
Participants said it improved their cycling confidence and general knowledge about bike maintenance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8a...
Participants said it improved their cycling confidence and general knowledge about bike maintenance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8a...
Cycling training workshops in UCD
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
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July 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
UCD Sustainability recently funded cycle training workshops on campus, organised by UCD Smarter Travel Group and delivered by Colm Sevastopulo, Dublin Bay Cycling.
Participants said it improved their cycling confidence and general knowledge about bike maintenance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8a...
Participants said it improved their cycling confidence and general knowledge about bike maintenance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8a...
Fast fashion is the world's greatest polluter after oil and gas.
Last week at NovaUCD’s annual Student Enterprise Competition, these students pitched ThreadLightly, an app to help people check how sustainable a garment is at the point of purchase.
www.youtube.com/shorts/_JiHL...
Last week at NovaUCD’s annual Student Enterprise Competition, these students pitched ThreadLightly, an app to help people check how sustainable a garment is at the point of purchase.
www.youtube.com/shorts/_JiHL...
UCD students pitch ‘ThreadLightly’ app to tackle fashion waste at NovaUCD enterprise competition
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
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June 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Fast fashion is the world's greatest polluter after oil and gas.
Last week at NovaUCD’s annual Student Enterprise Competition, these students pitched ThreadLightly, an app to help people check how sustainable a garment is at the point of purchase.
www.youtube.com/shorts/_JiHL...
Last week at NovaUCD’s annual Student Enterprise Competition, these students pitched ThreadLightly, an app to help people check how sustainable a garment is at the point of purchase.
www.youtube.com/shorts/_JiHL...
Global Wind Day is on Sunday - and Omega is a new tool funded by UCD Sustainability to optimise wind farm design (and to help account for turbine 'wakes' like those visible in this photo of Denmark's Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm thanks to low-lying fog!)
Full story:
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Full story:
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
June 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Global Wind Day is on Sunday - and Omega is a new tool funded by UCD Sustainability to optimise wind farm design (and to help account for turbine 'wakes' like those visible in this photo of Denmark's Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm thanks to low-lying fog!)
Full story:
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Full story:
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
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Two Irish Hares relaxing in the dawn sunshine in the west of Ireland
June 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Two Irish Hares relaxing in the dawn sunshine in the west of Ireland
"Climate change is a disability justice issue.”
Sinéad Burke, writer, academic and disability activist, in conversation with Roe McDermott at the UCD Festival on Saturday.
Audience Q&A covered great topics like how to manage “the rage”.
Heartfelt session.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Sinéad Burke, writer, academic and disability activist, in conversation with Roe McDermott at the UCD Festival on Saturday.
Audience Q&A covered great topics like how to manage “the rage”.
Heartfelt session.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
June 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Climate change is a disability justice issue.”
Sinéad Burke, writer, academic and disability activist, in conversation with Roe McDermott at the UCD Festival on Saturday.
Audience Q&A covered great topics like how to manage “the rage”.
Heartfelt session.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Sinéad Burke, writer, academic and disability activist, in conversation with Roe McDermott at the UCD Festival on Saturday.
Audience Q&A covered great topics like how to manage “the rage”.
Heartfelt session.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
University College Dublin has officially joined the Race to Zero, a United Nations-backed global campaign uniting institutions across the world in a shared mission to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
June 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
University College Dublin has officially joined the Race to Zero, a United Nations-backed global campaign uniting institutions across the world in a shared mission to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake used to be a car park. Here UCD Estates Operations Manager Ciarán Bennett explains that the lake is not just a beautiful amenity teeming with wildlife, but a sustainable urban drainage system too.
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
Biodiversity Week 2025: Celebrating UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake - formerly a carpark.
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake used to be a car park. Here UCD Estates Operations Manager Ciarán Bennett explains that the lake is not just a beautiful amenity teeming with wildlife, but a sustainable urban drainage system too.
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
As part of National Biodiversity Week (May 18 - 23) we spoke to Ciaran Beattie of UCD Estate Services about the remarkable work undertaken to preserve the lime tree next to UCD Village, the award-winning student education and amenity building completed in October 2021.
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
Protecting legacy trees on a busy university campus
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
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May 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As part of National Biodiversity Week (May 18 - 23) we spoke to Ciaran Beattie of UCD Estate Services about the remarkable work undertaken to preserve the lime tree next to UCD Village, the award-winning student education and amenity building completed in October 2021.
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
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UCD campus is looking great in the sun this week. Lots of evidence of implementation of the #pollinatorplan @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social #biodiversity
May 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
UCD campus is looking great in the sun this week. Lots of evidence of implementation of the #pollinatorplan @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social #biodiversity
As UCD nears its digital storage limit, Laura Toby of IT Services gives easy tips for reducing your digital carbon footprint.
PS Deleting just 10 unwanted emails makes a measurable difference.
PPS UCD Innovation Academy students have built a helpful app called DigiFoot.eco.
youtu.be/YPQ4nL8YXag
PS Deleting just 10 unwanted emails makes a measurable difference.
PPS UCD Innovation Academy students have built a helpful app called DigiFoot.eco.
youtu.be/YPQ4nL8YXag
Easy steps to reduce your digital footprint
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
youtu.be
May 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As UCD nears its digital storage limit, Laura Toby of IT Services gives easy tips for reducing your digital carbon footprint.
PS Deleting just 10 unwanted emails makes a measurable difference.
PPS UCD Innovation Academy students have built a helpful app called DigiFoot.eco.
youtu.be/YPQ4nL8YXag
PS Deleting just 10 unwanted emails makes a measurable difference.
PPS UCD Innovation Academy students have built a helpful app called DigiFoot.eco.
youtu.be/YPQ4nL8YXag
Look what has arrived in UCD just in time for Biodiversity Week next week! 😍 😍
May 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Look what has arrived in UCD just in time for Biodiversity Week next week! 😍 😍
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Come and join us at @ucddublin.bsky.social for some biodiversity identification workshops to mark #biodiveristyweek. Birds, bees, plants, worms, freshwater inverts... Tickets are selling fast! www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-biodiv... @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social
UCD Biodiversity Week identification workshops
Join us in UCD this Biodiversity Week for a series of beginner level species identification workshops with biodiversity experts.
www.eventbrite.ie
May 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Come and join us at @ucddublin.bsky.social for some biodiversity identification workshops to mark #biodiveristyweek. Birds, bees, plants, worms, freshwater inverts... Tickets are selling fast! www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-biodiv... @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social
The UCD Sustainability Dashboard was nominated in both the Cartographic Design and Community Choice categories at recent Esri Ireland Customer Success Awards.
Pictured: project lead Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo, UCD VP Sustainability Tasman Crowe and students involved.
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Pictured: project lead Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo, UCD VP Sustainability Tasman Crowe and students involved.
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
April 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The UCD Sustainability Dashboard was nominated in both the Cartographic Design and Community Choice categories at recent Esri Ireland Customer Success Awards.
Pictured: project lead Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo, UCD VP Sustainability Tasman Crowe and students involved.
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Pictured: project lead Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo, UCD VP Sustainability Tasman Crowe and students involved.
www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...