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
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
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.
🌳 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...
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...
"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...
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! 😍 😍
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...
Yesterday we launched the UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 and in her opening remarks, UCD president Professor Orla Feely commended it for being “very action-oriented”.
Read the full story - and learn how you can get involved - here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read the full story - and learn how you can get involved - here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yesterday we launched the UCD Sustainability Plan to 2030 and in her opening remarks, UCD president Professor Orla Feely commended it for being “very action-oriented”.
Read the full story - and learn how you can get involved - here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read the full story - and learn how you can get involved - here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Five asks for the Irish government in advance of COP30. Have your say!
Please join UCDVO for an Intergenerational Climate Café with Concern Worldwide on 23 April 3-5 in the UCD Global Lounge.
Info gathered will inform a declaration for gov.
All welcome; register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please join UCDVO for an Intergenerational Climate Café with Concern Worldwide on 23 April 3-5 in the UCD Global Lounge.
Info gathered will inform a declaration for gov.
All welcome; register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Five asks for the Irish government in advance of COP30. Have your say!
Please join UCDVO for an Intergenerational Climate Café with Concern Worldwide on 23 April 3-5 in the UCD Global Lounge.
Info gathered will inform a declaration for gov.
All welcome; register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please join UCDVO for an Intergenerational Climate Café with Concern Worldwide on 23 April 3-5 in the UCD Global Lounge.
Info gathered will inform a declaration for gov.
All welcome; register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Congratulations to the UCD Nutribot team for winning second place at the Tri-continental Sustainability Competition in the University of Notre Dame this afternoon! Lovely trophy with colours of the three participating countries intertwined - Ireland, US, Kenya.
Well done to all 6 teams!
#SDGsIRL
Well done to all 6 teams!
#SDGsIRL
March 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Congratulations to the UCD Nutribot team for winning second place at the Tri-continental Sustainability Competition in the University of Notre Dame this afternoon! Lovely trophy with colours of the three participating countries intertwined - Ireland, US, Kenya.
Well done to all 6 teams!
#SDGsIRL
Well done to all 6 teams!
#SDGsIRL
They've landed! The UCD team has arrived at the University of Notre Dame for the Tri-Continental Student Innovation for Sustainability Comp on Fri 26. Livestreamed 12pm - 2pm Irish time in UCD Global Lounge or on Zoom.
notredame.zoom.us/j/9597005592...
Meeting ID: 959 7005 5928
Passcode: 530629
notredame.zoom.us/j/9597005592...
Meeting ID: 959 7005 5928
Passcode: 530629
March 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
They've landed! The UCD team has arrived at the University of Notre Dame for the Tri-Continental Student Innovation for Sustainability Comp on Fri 26. Livestreamed 12pm - 2pm Irish time in UCD Global Lounge or on Zoom.
notredame.zoom.us/j/9597005592...
Meeting ID: 959 7005 5928
Passcode: 530629
notredame.zoom.us/j/9597005592...
Meeting ID: 959 7005 5928
Passcode: 530629
What happened? Register for former Green Party spokesman Aiden Corkery’s talk, ‘Turf, TDs and Twitter tantrums - media messaging in a Green Party government’. Mon, 3 March, 1pm - 2pm, UCD Village MR5, followed by Q&A with Young Greens auditor Manus Mac Gearailt.
www.eventbrite.com/e/turf-tds-a...
www.eventbrite.com/e/turf-tds-a...
February 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What happened? Register for former Green Party spokesman Aiden Corkery’s talk, ‘Turf, TDs and Twitter tantrums - media messaging in a Green Party government’. Mon, 3 March, 1pm - 2pm, UCD Village MR5, followed by Q&A with Young Greens auditor Manus Mac Gearailt.
www.eventbrite.com/e/turf-tds-a...
www.eventbrite.com/e/turf-tds-a...
First global, carbon neutral conference in Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability (ICT4S) takes place in June in University College Dublin.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
February 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
First global, carbon neutral conference in Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability (ICT4S) takes place in June in University College Dublin.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read more: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Can geoscience save humankind?
Just one of the keynote questions at a day-long event in UCD's O’Reilly Hall tomorrow, February 13th, marking the tenth anniversary of iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences.
Register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Just one of the keynote questions at a day-long event in UCD's O’Reilly Hall tomorrow, February 13th, marking the tenth anniversary of iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences.
Register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
February 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Can geoscience save humankind?
Just one of the keynote questions at a day-long event in UCD's O’Reilly Hall tomorrow, February 13th, marking the tenth anniversary of iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences.
Register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Just one of the keynote questions at a day-long event in UCD's O’Reilly Hall tomorrow, February 13th, marking the tenth anniversary of iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences.
Register: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Nine @ucddublin.bsky.social students have graduated from the Millennium Fellowship, a global leadership programme jointly organised by the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI).
Read about their voter empowerment project here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read about their voter empowerment project here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
December 23, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Nine @ucddublin.bsky.social students have graduated from the Millennium Fellowship, a global leadership programme jointly organised by the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI).
Read about their voter empowerment project here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read about their voter empowerment project here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Ireland generated over 100,000 tonnes of packaging waste last Christmas (source: REPAK). Today a Sustainable Christmas Workshop took place in UCD to encourage staff and students to get creative instead!
Read about it here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read about it here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
December 3, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Ireland generated over 100,000 tonnes of packaging waste last Christmas (source: REPAK). Today a Sustainable Christmas Workshop took place in UCD to encourage staff and students to get creative instead!
Read about it here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Read about it here: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili...
Today UCD launched Breaking Boundaries strategy to 2030.
Driving #sustainability is a cross-cutting theme throughout.
"UCD is Ireland’s global university, an inclusive community and a driver of positive action for sustainability, and these attributes will be evident across our actions."
#SDGsIRL
Driving #sustainability is a cross-cutting theme throughout.
"UCD is Ireland’s global university, an inclusive community and a driver of positive action for sustainability, and these attributes will be evident across our actions."
#SDGsIRL
November 19, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Today UCD launched Breaking Boundaries strategy to 2030.
Driving #sustainability is a cross-cutting theme throughout.
"UCD is Ireland’s global university, an inclusive community and a driver of positive action for sustainability, and these attributes will be evident across our actions."
#SDGsIRL
Driving #sustainability is a cross-cutting theme throughout.
"UCD is Ireland’s global university, an inclusive community and a driver of positive action for sustainability, and these attributes will be evident across our actions."
#SDGsIRL