TU Dublin Sustainability / OT Baile Átha Cliath Inbhuanaitheacht

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Step into the Doughnut Webinar - Sharing experiences & insights of facilitators. Find out more about this activity & hear from experienced facilitators from TU Dublin and Roisin Markham - Irish Doughnut Economics Network.
📅14 October 2025 13.15 - 14.15 Sign up here
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👂Listening to the Soil - Learn how Sustainable Energy Engineering students are using audio sensors to monitor & improve soil health. Read more: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

We are delighted to host this film screening as part of TU Dublin's Climate Action Week.Listen to the Land Speak follows writer Manchán Magan as he explores the deep, often hidden, connections between the Irish landscape, language & heritage.Details & registration here:https://tinyurl.com/6ebac3n6

Between 13-19 October, as part of Climate Action Week 2025, TU Dublin will lead on a host of high impact climate action events developed to engage and educate our people in decarbonisation, climate education, and climate action activity. For more see here: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

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It’s almost time for the Walktober step challenge! Interested to team up and get walking to compete in this fun & healthy challenge? #ActiveTravelDay
Find out more-https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/about/news-and-events/walktober-2025.php

Cartoon graphic of 8 people, 7 walking, one in wheelchair. It is autumnal with leaves on ground

Walktober is the annual walking challenge taking place in October where campuses & workplaces compete in teams. As partners of TFI Smarter Travel programme TU Dublin encourages students & staff to commute to & from campus using sustainable & active travel.Sign up- www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Infographic showing some results of the survey - all data contained in full report. icons of car,bus,train, person walking, person cycling and person in wheelchair.

In the recent TU Dublin Smarter Travel Survey- 82% said they want to use sustainable transport - there are many reasons why it's out of reach - but there is real potential to support up to 24% of our community to walk or bike to campus.👣🚲 Read more here:https://tinyurl.com/46m3p8xm

Infographic of results from smarter travel report 2024 showing distances travelled and potential for active travel

Key to motivating staff & students to travel to campus more sustainably is to show the potential rate of active travel. Distance is often used as an indicator for a potentially active trip- up to 3km is potentially a walkable commute & up to 10km a potential trip by bike.https://tinyurl.com/46m3p8xm

heatmap image with bike showing distances from 10 to 60km. results included in graphic are that 11% of students travel less than 3km which would be a 13 minute cycle or 28% of students travel up to 10km which would be a 35 minute cycle. text is in irish too.

🚲An bhfuil comaitéireacht níos gníomhaí indéanta? Is a more active commute possible?🚶‍♀️The Smarter Travel Survey shows 88% of students travel to campus sustainably (9% of students arriving on foot, 5% by bike & 76% using public transport) showing great potential for more active & sustainable travel!

🌱 This week, TU Dublin Sustainability had the pleasure of welcoming nearly 6,000 first-year students to campus, across 5 locations, with a mix of climate action activities and a thought-provoking Sustainability Presentation. 💬🌍It was brilliant to see so many students engage with us on the stands! 🙌

🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️ Just 8% of students & staff are currently travelling actively to TU Dublin’s Blanchardstown campus — but there’s huge potential to grow! 🌱👣 Walking could increase by up to 5%
🚲 Cycling has the potential to grow by 33%!Further insights in the Smarter Travel Report here:https://tinyurl.com/46m3p8xm

Campaign aims to encourage teenage girls to cycle Dublin City Council has recruited three social media influencers to try to persuade teenage girls that cycling can be cool and fun.

Good piece by @colmanos.bsky.social here. Very visible in the University as well. @connectingcabra.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social

heatmap of Dublin showing distances people travel to arrive to bolton street, aungier street and grangegorman. details available in report.

🍃The TU Dublin Smarter Travel Survey reveals that 20% of those travelling to Aungier Street, Bolton Street and Grangegorman campuses are travelling actively, which gives a potential increase of 24% of people walking or cycling! Read the report - hot off the press!https://tinyurl.com/46m3p8xm

HEATMAP TO SHOW DISTANCES PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING TO TALLAGHT CAMPUS

🍃The TU Dublin Smarter Travel Survey reveals that 7% of students & staff are travelling actively to the Tallaght campus giving a potential increase of 31% of people walking or cycling. Read the report, hot off the press!
www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

🍃82% of Travel Survey respondents want to use sustainable transport to reduce their environmental impact.
🚲But only 31% feel confident cycling during their commute.

What’s holding us back?

📘 Read the full report – hot off the press! www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Infographic of survey results available in report. Link in Bio

🚶‍♀️🚲 TU Dublin’s 2024 Smarter Travel Survey shows 88% of students & 59% of staff use sustainable transport. Many want to walk, cycle & use public transport more—but barriers remain. Findings support TU Dublin’s ongoing efforts to advance active and sustainable transport and inclusive mobility 🌍✨

🚶‍♀️🚍We've published our Students & Staff Smarter Travel survey & learned that 76% agree on trying to use sustainable transport when they can.🚴‍♀️🌍See further insights:https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/about/news-and-events/tu-dublin-smarter-travel-survey-2024-results.php

🚴‍♀️Our recent TFI Smarter Travel Survey showed that 5% of students and 16% of staff arrive to campus by bike.🌍
We have identified that there is a potential to support 40% of students and 46% of staff to cycle to campus. Find out more about our Travel Survey results: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Sustainability Graduate Spotlight - Michael O'Neill Browse archived sustainability news from TU Dublin, featuring past initiatives, achievements, and events that reflect the university’s long-term commitment to a sustainable future.

With urgent need for more sustainable food production, we talk to Micheal O'Neill, TU Dublin Food Science graduate about his research into sustainable healthy diets #SDG3 #SDG15
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New students will have the chance during Orientation to experience an exciting Mixed Reality experience bringing the UN SDGs to life! On this holographic adventure students find out about sustainability projects & initiatives that help make us 1st in Europe for Sustainability in Higher Education!

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A TU Dublin initiative responds to the growing need for designers with a deeper understanding of circular economies & sustainable design practice. Lecturers in Product Design (TU811) have reimagined how students relate to the products they design. Read more: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Great work by our colleague Azza Silotry Naik, from the School of Food Science and Environmental Health featuring in this morning’s @irishtimes.com Some very valuable work on reduction of food waste being carried out there! @drmarkhenry.bsky.social @kosull.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social

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🌍💻Technology is transforming our world—but at a cost. High-Performance Computing (HPC) platforms can consume as much energy as a small city. At TU Dublin’s HPC Nexus Laboratory, researchers are tackling this head-on. Read more: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

👷 Volunteers from Amazon in the Community, @gapireland.bsky.social & Blakestown Drive Community Group worked side by side to transform a patch of green into a thriving habitat for wildlife on the campus, creating a welcoming environment for amphibians, insects, & birds. 🐸🪲

Volunteers bring nature to life with new wildlife pond at TU Dublin

🍃 In a vibrant activity of partnership, community & action for the environment, #tudublin has unveiled a new Stepping Stones Pond at the GLAS at TU Dublin community garden, Blanchardstown campus.

Read more: tinyurl.com/22z2h2uz

#TUDublinSustainability @gapireland.bsky.social

Applications for the awards are coordinated and supported by TU Dublin's Sustainability Eduction Team, and together with finalists, they are now working on their stage 2 applications with judging taking place at a ceremony on 06 November in the Library of Birmingham. @bgormley.bsky.social

‪🏆 #TUDublinSustainability is a #GreenGownAwards 2025 finalist in 5 categories (1 of 2 HEIs finalists in the Rep of Ireland among 112). Of the shortlisted TU Dublin & University of Sunderland are tied with the most nominations at five each!

@theeauc.bsky.social‬ www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Congratulations! See you at the ceremony! 💚

🧪 After a thorough assessment of lab equipment, practices, & products, the Nanolab Research Centre achieved a score of 92%, and the Radiation & Environmental Science Centre an incredible 96% - securing 'Green' accreditation for both, the highest My Green Lab accolade in sustainable lab practices 🔬

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🌱 Double Green! 💚 #TUDublinSustainability is thrilled that both the Radiation & Environmental Science Centre and the NanoLab Research Centre have achieved Green #MyGreenLab certification www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Congrats Dr Furong Tian, Prof Fiona Lyng & My Green Lab Coordinator Sarah Maher.