Virtual Exchanges bring global collaboration into the classroom, allowing students work with peers in places like Seattle, Vancouver, Germany, Spain, & Palestine. These exchanges are a powerful tool to advance ESD. Staff share how they make this happen. 📅12 Nov 2-3pm www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

TU Dublin scooped 4 Green Gown Awards last night in Birmingham! Winners: ✨ Food Pantry | Charlie Beaudelot - Sustainability Champion ✨ Highly Commended: Benefitting Society | Reporting with Influence – Climate Action Roadmap Shortlisted:👏 Faith Omotayo represented TrailblazHer. tinyurl.com/48fkwss7

Andri Magnason,award-winning Icelandic author, filmmaker, & climate advocate joins us for a powerful talk.He blends science, storytelling & activism & shows how narratives can move hearts & minds in ways data alone cannot.Tues 19 Nov 12–1,TU Dublin, Bolton St See here:https://tinyurl.com/s5ktcazf

TALK: From the Bog to the Cloud: A Critical Conversation on Ireland’s Green Transition. Join a thought-provoking evening with the authors. How does Ireland’s green transition intersect with monopoly tech, digital infrastructure, and postcolonial politics? www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Good luck to our six project finalists at the @greengown.bsky.social awards tonight in Birmingham: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Full house for Catherine Cleary and Randall Plunkett for the Rewilding talk at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social

Brilliant day of events at TU Dublin today as part of the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @bgormley.bsky.social #dublinbookfestival

A big day today in @tudublin.bsky.social as we host @dublinbookfest.bsky.social and welcome authors with a focus on biodiversity, climate and social justice. Delighted that we’re expecting full houses for all events. @thinkorswim.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social

As many of us look forward to the mid term Halloween weekend, we are asking for your help to make sure no energy vampires are sucking on our power cables this break.Look out for small indicator lights - a telltale sign that electrical equipment is in “standby” mode, not fully off.#ReduceYourUse

TU Dublin School of Media & School of Social Sciences, Law and Education Research groups bring you a one-day conference to discuss what role ideas can play in the ecological crisis. 📍TU Dublin 📅 Fri 24 Oct Free tickets still available: www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-me...

TU Dublin students are helping local charities through an innovative bottle Return initiative aimed at reducing waste on campus. Read more: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

🌱As part of National Community Gardens Week & Climate Action Week here's a reminder of our partnership with Global Action Plan Community Garden on our Blanchardstown Campus. See here for visiting hours: globalactionplan.ie/services/gla...

The 'What If' outdoor exhibition from STAND comes to Grangegorman this week for #ClimateActionWeek. It invites us to reimagine how we live, learn, govern, care, and create by exploring bold scenarios for a more just and sustainable world. Check out what's on display: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

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 www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

👂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...

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

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...

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

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

🚲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

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

🍃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

🍃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...

🚶‍♀️🚲 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...

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 www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

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!

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

🌍💻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...

🍃 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

‪🏆 #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...

🌱 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.

🌱Litter picks are a simple and effective way of carrying out collective #ClimateAction. Find out what our students and staff did to benefit the local environment, enhance well-being & promote social responsibility. 🌱 shorturl.at/5Yxci

Ireland faces a dual challenge: an aging population & a housing crisis. Ava Housing CLG offers a smart solution—retrofitting homes for older adults to create new rental units. TU Dublin architecture students co-designed a POE to support this model. www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Congrats to GEMINI partner @tudublinsustain.bsky.social for top 100 placing in THE Impact Rankings 2025 for sustainability www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou... Read about the island of Ireland’s first deep geothermal exploratory borehole at Grangegorman campus 👉 geminigeothermal.com/grangegorman/

🍞TU Dublin Bakery students led a campaign to reduce food and packaging waste by introducing reusable bread bags—replacing cling film & single-use plastics. www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

2030 climate targets are looming & organisations must cut Scope 3 emissions—especially in procurement.Seán Mc Caffrey @irishrail.bsky.social leads the way, advancing #SDG12 through sustainable supply chains.Hear more from Seán as a Sustainability Leadership graduate. www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Tourism can uplift small places—but growth must be sustainable with mutual benefit. TU Dublin Tourism students teamed up with Chapelizod locals in Dublin 20 to co-create digital tools that reflect community values & spark regenerative tourism. 🌍✨

The 2025 International Health Promoting Campuses (IHPC) Conference at UL celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Okanagan Charter, International Charter for Health Promoting Universities and Colleges. @tudublin.bsky.social presented on our ongoing commitment to the Healthy Campus initiative.

🌱 BSc Horticulture students collaborate with Avista adult learners through Social & Therapeutic Horticulture—fostering inclusion, empathy & hands-on learning while supporting QQI Level 4 achievements. 👏

As part of The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025, #TUDublin has ranked in the Top 100 universities globally for: 🔆 Rank 52 - SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy 🌍 Rank 57 - SDG 13: Climate Action #SDG7 #SDG13 #TUDublinSustainability #ImpactRankings2025 www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Nice to see some nature around the campus. These Pyramidal Orchids are growing beside the @tudublin.bsky.social Library in Park House. Sand Martins have fledged a family nesting in the wall of @grangegormandev.bsky.social. Nice work @tudublinsustain.bsky.social and Campus & Estates.

As we say goodbye to our students for the summer, we want to send a reminder to power down what you will not be using. 💡We urge you to switch off appropriate devices & equipment to ease pressure on the national grid and champion the ‘Reduce Your Use’ campaign. 🌿 www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...