This week is Green Week in DCUSU! Check the schedule of events below.
All Week:
Centre for Climate and Society Photo Exhibition
This exhibition depicts the devastating impacts of climate change in Ireland and abroad as well as highlighting community initiatives that work to provide more equitable and inclusive responses.
Location: Beside Rainbow Walkway (Glasnevin) and digital screens around campus
SU Climate Change, Biodiversity and Justice Wall
Have your say on what the climate and biodiversity crisis means to you and what we can do about climate justice. OR scan the QR code on the corner of the physical boards and it will link you to the online jamboard. Please keep all comments appropriate.
Location: SU Offices on Glasnevin and St. Pat’s, main restaurant on All Hallows
DCU Restaurants/Cafes
Look out for lots of sustainable initiatives in the DCU Restaurants during Green Week, including carbon footprints on food, sustainable meals and a new reusable cups/containers scheme. On Thursday 23 March get any 12oz hot drink for €1 if you bring your own cup (EXCLUDES: Silver Van).
There are several smarter travel initiatives running this week - you can still engage in Ready Set Cycle, you can pick up some free bike lights at the SU reception desks on GLA and SPC during Green Week and you can also take a Tier Bike, for a 30 minute free trial just download the Tier app and use the code: TRYABIKE. For Marchathon participants the DCU competition this week is to submit your best nature based photo from when you are out walking - email your submission to sustainabilitiy@dcu.ie.
There will be a Vape/ e-cigarettes device recycling box at the DCU SU Reception desks on GLA and SPC.
Monday:
Sustainability @ DCU - Where our Climate Action Plan is taking us? - with Samantha Fahy, DCU Sustainability
Location: Zoom
Time: 9am-10am
Climate Justice in Research and Practice: Three cases from India and Pakistan
Joint CCS and Ireland India Institute research seminar exploring how extreme weather events disproportionately affect marginalised communities, such as farmers and low-income households, who have limited resources to cope with the social and environmental impacts these disasters cause.
Location: C214, Henry Grattan Building
Time: 12pm-1pm
Commuting Consultation - Talk to Cathal about your best smarter travel route to DCU
Location: The Street, U Building
Time: 2pm
Losing Alaska - Film and Talk with Film Director Tom Burke and Professor Pat Brereton
Location: CG86, Henry Grattan Building
Time: 4:30pm
Tuesday
Snakes and Climate Justice Ladders Game
Quiz your way up the ladders or down the snakes in this engaging climate justice game. There might even be a small prize for those to participate!
Location: SU Helpdesk, St. Pat’s Campus
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Walking towards inclusion for the Traveller Community in Finglas
CCS Guest Lecture by Winnie McDonagh & Doireann Crosson, Primary Health Care for Travellers Project, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre
Location: X101, Lonsdale Building
Time: 12pm-1pm
Adopt a Street Litter Pick
With the DCU Green Committee & Young Greens - all welcome. Gloves, litter pickers, high vis vest etc all provided.
Location: Pedestrian entrance to DCU Glasnevin on Collins Avenue
Time: 1pm-2pm
Bike Maintenance Clinic
Location: Foyer, AG00, Albert College Building
Time: 12:30pm-4pm
Bombay / Mumbai through the lens of time -A photographic journey by Ritesh Uttamchandani.
Location: C115, Henry Grattan Building
Time: 6pm
Wednesday
World Water Day
The DCU Water Institute will be in the U promoting World Water Day - Drop by the Water Hub for some information on this years theme
Location: DCU Water Institute Hub, U Building
Time: 12:30pm-2pm
March towards a sustainable future at the Climate Activism Workshop
Join us for a Q&A with Climate Activists who will share their stories about how they got involved with Climate Activism and what it means for them
Location: The Hive, U Building
Time: 1pm-2pm
Bike Maintenance Clinic
Location: Undercroft/F Block, St. Pat’s campus
Time: 12pm-3pm
dopt a Street Litter Pick
With the DCU Green Committee & Young Greens - all welcome. Gloves, litter pickers, high vis vest etc all provided
Location: Pedestrian entrance to All Hallows on Church Street
Time: 1pm-2pm
Crafty Ladies & the Fidget Mitts
Handover of approx.. 200 mitts, made from recycled and/or repurposed wool, buttons and trimmings that are being gifted to those suffering from dementia. The mitts are being presented to the Director of Missions for the Mater Hospital, Dolores Heery. All welcome Also at this event the Crafty Ladies and the Easter Chicks! - Homemade chicks for sale @ €4 each in aid of Muslim Sisters of Eire. Either cash or qr scan.
Location: The Well D115, St. Pat’s Campus
Time: 2pm-4pm
Commuting Consultation Talk to Cathal about your best smarter travel route to DCU
Location: St. Pat’s campus canteen
Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm
Thursday
DCU Restaurants/Cafes incl Londis : All 12oz Hot Beverages for €1 if you bring your own cup (EXCLUDES: Silver Van)
Climate Justice Fair
Curious about climate justice? Want to know more about climate activism? Come along to the Climate Justice Fair, where we’ll have NGOs, civil society organisations and community groups on hand to talk about their projects and experiences of working on climate action.
Location: The Street, U Building
Time: 11:30pm-2pm
#Connected2: Climate and Food
An interactive photo exhibit by young people from Ethiopia, Honduras, Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Ireland. The exhibit emphasises the ways in which all people and communities are #Connected2 each other through experiences of climate change and global food systems and invites the participant to contribute a photo to describe how they are connected to the topic.
Location: SU Helpdesk, U Building
Time: 11:30pm-2pm
Food Cloud Kitchen talk & some free food
FoodCloud connects businesses that have surplus food with Charities and Community Groups that need it - in the process, they have prevented more than 81,000 tonnes of food from going to waste. Hear their story and try some of their food! Following a short talk there will be a limited number of vouchers distribution on a first come first served basis for some free lunches at the Food Cloud Food Truck
Location: Talk in U Building, Food Truck in the Mall on Glasnevin Campus
Time: Talk at 12pm, food from 12:30pm-2pm
Thornton’s Recycling talk on Waste
Information stand for students/staff to come and ask questions on waste and how best to use the segregation bins @ DCU
Location: The Street, U Building
Time: 12pm-2pm
Biodiversity Talk with Lorraine Bell, Biodiversity Officer for DCC
The talk will cover the following and will be followed by a tour of the DCU All Hallows biodiversity spaces - Pollination by bee species; the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan; why we need it; the importance of creating corridors; DCC’s measures under the plan; honey bee keeping and wildflower meadows – new messages/direction due to scientific evidence; other top plants for pollinators, including trees; some useful resources.
Location: SG09, Snr House, All Hallows
Time: 3pm
Tour of All Hallows rewilding area and community garden
Location: SG09, All Hallows Campus
Time: Approx. 3:30pm
DCU Access Society Swap Shop
Bring in clothes that are in good condition but you don’t wear anymore and swap for something new to you !!
Location: The Street, U Building
Time: 4pm-6pm
Friday
Our Sustainability Actions - What DCU and U can do !
Join the DCU SU and Sustainability DCU for this online workshop to discuss the challenges of climate change/ biodiversity loss/ climate justice and gather ideas and thoughts on actions that we can all take.
Location: Zoom (Register here)
Time: 12pm-1pm