TU Dublin Green Week 2025

Published: 17 Jan, 2025

TU Dublin is calling on students, staff and the wider community to get involved in the co-creation of a week of environmental action on campus and beyond.

TU Dublin Green Week is an annual celebration of innovation and partnerships for environmental action and sustainability education. The celebration aims to mobilise TU Dublin's ecosystem of advocates who are advancing the sustainability agenda and accelerating TU Dublin's performance on climate action across programmes, schools, societies, projects, professional services and operations. Together we can inspire a sustainable future for all and establish TU Dublin as one of the most environmentally sustainable universities in the world.

Monday 10 to Friday 14 March  

A range of events, activities and opportunities will take place across each campus location and we welcome proposals from all our people - please submit your event or activity with this form to have it feature on the Green Week schedule and communications.

Risk consideration

Any outdoor activities such as planting, litter picking, and walking tours may pose an element of risk for participants. A full briefing and safety announcement must be made before each events starts. We aim to make each activity as accessible as possible for all attendees. If attendees have accessibility, or mobility or any other needs please let us know so that we can support your participation. We have a range of volunteering tasks to suit all abilities, skills and talents. All volunteers should review this form prior to taking part in any outdoor activity.

Photo consent 

Photos and video will be taken at many of the below events. Photo and video consent can be given here and we encourage all attendees to indicate their preference for consent.

Schedule

Day Event Location Time Who can join
Monday 03 The Art of Raised Beds Gardening - from construction to pest protection. Secure your free ticket here. GLAS @TU Dublin Community Garden, Blanchardstown 2-4pm Students, staff and community
Friday 07 Students and Microsoft join forces with Trees on the land to plant over 1,000 trees on the Blanchardstown campus - RSVP here Campus grounds, Blanchardstown TBA Students, staff, and Microsoft
Monday 10  Green Week Roadshow - information stands Aras Croí, foyer, Blanchardstown 12-2pm Students and staff
All of March  Marchathon - self directed litter picking walks on campus - pick up a litter pick pack from the front foyer main entrance  Connect, Blanchardstown within campus opening hours Students and staff 
Monday 10 - Friday 14 Reducing Food Waste and Packaging Waste in School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology: Reusable Bread Bags for Greener Culinary & Bakery practical lectures. LG Culinary & Baking Labs, Central Quad, Grangegorman 10am-12pm Students of placement module of Baking & Pastry Arts Management, Year 3
Monday 10  Green Week event - tba  Aras Gael, AG-001, Blanchardstown 11-2pm Students and staff
Monday 10  Compost Like A Pro! Master the art of compositing with Global Action Plan -from basics to pro techniques. Secure your free ticket here GLAS @TU Dublin Community Garden, Blanchardstown 11 - 1pm Students, staff and community
Monday 10  Litter picking - focus on the litter black spot by the pond and the bus terminus - meet at Green Week stand in Aras Croí, foyer. Kit provided. Sign up here.  Start at Aras Croí, foyer - litter pick at campus entrance beside the pond and bus terminus Blanchardstown  1 - 1:45pm Students, staff and community
Monday 10  Green Week event - tba Gallery LI-033, Linen Hall 11-2pm Students and staff
Monday 10 

School of Architecture, Building and Environment welcome Prof. Jeremy Till as Building Change Visiting Professor. Prof. Till is one of the most influential contemporary thinkers on architecture and the climate crisis.

 Room BST 259 Bolton Street 1- 2pm Students and staff
Monday 10 

Sustainable Food Systems Debates. 

  1. Food Waste
  2. Cattle & Climate

As part of their module on Gastronomy & Culture students will follow the structured "Lincoln-Douglas" debate format popular in the United States, which typically focuses on value-laden issues, requiring the students to consider various stakeholder positions, causes and consequences of these complex matters, as well as to work in teams to propose and respond to arguments.

Central Quad, Grangegorman 2-4pm School of Culinary Arts MSc students, with Dr Anke Klitzing
Tuesday 11 Green Week Roadshow - information stands

Bolton Street, ground floor stage, Bolton Street

12-2pm Students and staff
All of March Marchathon - self directed litter picking walks on campus - pick up a litter pick pack from the King's Inn entrance (beside the Sports Office) Bolton Street within campus opening hours Students and staff 
Tuesday 11

Reviving the Irish Atlantic Rainforest – Eoghan Daltun

Secure your free ticket here

BST-417, Bolton Street 1-2pm Students, Staff, Community & external members
Tuesday 11

Rewilding Ireland - Meet the Storytellers

Film Screenings:

This is Your River

The Forest Midwife

Secure your free ticket here.

BST-236 (Kinema), Bolton Street 4-6pm Students, Staff, Community & external members
Tuesday 11 Green Week event - tba BST-438, Bolton Street 11-2pm Students and staff 
Tuesday 11 Green Week event - tba AST4-027, Aungier Street 12-2pm Students and staff
Wednesday 12 Litter pick - Meet at Green Week stand in Main Foyer - Sign up here Tallaght

12.20*/1.15-2pm

Students and staff
Wednesday 12

Career Development Centre will host 'Sustainability in Careers: Careers Workshop for students of all disciplines interested in a career in sustainability'

Room 380, Bolton Street 1-2pm Students and staff 
Wednesday 12

Green Week Roadshow - information stands

Main Building foyer, Tallaght  12-2pm Students and staff
All of March Marchathon - self directed litter picking walks on campus - pick up a litter pick pack from the front foyer of Connect building Main Building, Tallaght within campus opening hours Students and staff
Wednesday 12 Green Week event - tba Room 142, Main Building, Tallaght 11:30-2pm Students and staff
Wednesday 12 Beach Clean-Up

Claremont Beach, Howth

Meet at Connolly rail station at 1pm (inside the building outside the newsagents/shop). 

1-3pm Students and staff
Wednesday 12 Green Week event - tba Gallery LI-033, Linen Hall 1-5pm Students and staff
Thursday 13 Green Week Roadshow - information stands Main foyer, Aungier Street 12-2pm Students and staff
Thursday 13 TY Sustainable Bakery Workshop LGCQ18 Confectionary Bakery - Central Quad, Grangegorman 9-1:30pm School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology students 
Thursday 13 Clothes Swap Main building, Tallaght 12-2pm Students & Staff
Thursday 13

Take Control: Goal-Setting, Self-Talk & Visualisation for Sustainable Success workshop.

Workshop facilitators: Ethan McGlynn and Giada Franzolini (Sports Management students)

Objectives:

Learn goal-setting strategies that have been proven to lead to success

Understand how self-talk affects confidence and mindset

Identifying negative self-talk and strategies to reframe

Use visualisation to improve focus and performance

RSVP here.

BF 025, Blanchardstown   1:00-3pm Students, Staff, Community & external members
Thursday 13

Step into the Doughnut Workshop

‘Step into the Doughnut’ is an open workshop designed to introduce participants to the ideas of 'Doughnut Economics'. RSVP here.

Blanchardstown, Room BE005 3.30-5pm Students, Staff, Community & external members
Thursday 13

Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism SLWC+ project - field trip activity with OPW

Phoenix Park and Chapelizod 11-4:30pm TU953/2, TU747/3, TU967/2 and ERASMUS students
All of March Marchathon - self directed litter picking walks on campus - pick up a litter pick pack from the main foyer, at the Aungier Street entrance Aungier Street within campus opening hours Students and staff 
Thursday 13 Green Week event TBA The Venture Room / Enterprise Room, Synergy Centre, Tallaght, D24 A386  11-2pm Students and staff
Friday 14 Green Week Roadshow - information stands RD015 (beside canteen), Rathdown House, Grangegorman 12-2pm Students and staff
All of March Marchathon - self directed litter picking walks on campus - pick up a litter pick pack from the front foyer of Rathdown House Grangegorman within campus opening hours Students and staff
Friday 14 Change Clothes Repair Café - learn how to fix up and repair textiles and clothing in this practical workshop Room TBA, Grangegorman 12-2pm Students and staff
Friday 14 Climate Change in 10 Images - an interactive discussion on climate change in response to visual images - RSVP here. Participants can also submit their images in advance to ken.boyle@tudublin.ie to feature as part of the discussion. EQ-110, East Quad, Grangegorman 1-2pm Students, staff and community
Friday 14 Green Week event TBA EQ-002, East Quad, Grangegorman 2-6pm Students and staff 
Friday 14 Green Week event TBA EQ-203, East Quad, Grangegorman 12-2pm Students and staff 
Friday 14 Green Week event TBA CQ-007, Central Quad, Grangegorman 1-3pm Students and staff 
Tuesday 25  Climate Festival Linen Hall - Year 4 Architecture students are hosting a Climate Festival at Linen Hall. The event will feature three panel discussions on 'Circular Economy', 'Education and Curriculum' and 'Society and Climate' with guest speakers and side event games taking place throughout the afternoon. Prof. Jeremy Till will launch the festival on the day. Linen Hall 2- 5pm Students and staff

*Tallaght litter pick: There is a 12.20 start time if you would like to extend your litter pick to Tallaght village with Tallaght Tidy Towns. Otherwise campus only litter pick begins at 1.15

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Green Week endeavours to take action for all United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) with a particular focus on SDG 13 Climate Action and SDG 15 Life on Land. Our initiatives aim to stimulate urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts on society, ecosystems, the natural environment.

SDG 13 SDG 15