Annual Sustainability Report
Maria Kirrane2018-12-14T16:32:03+00:00UCC's first Annual Sustainability Report, dealing progress against the Sustainability Strategy for Academic Year 2017/18 can be accessed by clicking on the image below.
UCC Green Campus Podcast Series
Maria Kirrane2018-11-14T10:11:04+00:00We are delighted to release our first UCC Green Talk Podcast! Launching this Autumn, we aim to release podcasts covering a variety of sustainability issues, both in UCC and further afield. As tests carried out in Cork City found concentrations levels of PM2.5 (as high as London on the same day) we decided to do a [...]
UCC is first in Europe to achieve gold STAR rating from AASHE
Maria Kirrane2018-10-24T11:30:40+00:00University College Cork has become the first institution outside of North America to achieve a gold star rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UCC now joins Princeton, Cornell and UC Berkeley in receiving the highest standard, Gold ‘Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System’ (STARS) for excellence in sustainability. [...]
Green Campus Newsletter – Summer 2018
Maria Kirrane2018-08-09T12:24:06+00:00Our Green Campus newsletter for Summer 2018 can be viewed by clicking on the image below. We hope you enjoy it, and if you have any feedback/suggestions then please just get in touch.
Blog Post: EU Agree Total Ban on Bee Harming Pesticides as UCC welcome 7 new hives to Campus
Maria Kirrane2018-08-03T16:57:53+00:00UCC Green Campus Intern, Killian Kelly, on what the new EU-wide ban on neonicotinoid pesticides might mean for UCC's newest residents. The Problem The past decade has seen widening concern globally over the sudden plummet in bee populations. Although a number of possibilities behind such drastic declines were argued, little agreement could be found by the vast amount of [...]
Green Campus Newsletter – April 2018
Maria Kirrane2018-04-11T09:06:28+00:00Click on the image below to access our Green Campus newsletter for Spring 2018 and see what we have been up to since Christmas! Read about the activities of our student climate ambassadors, an update on the university wide module in sustainability, and many more activities that have taken place over the last three months. [...]
Meatless Monday – what’s it all about?
Maria Kirrane2018-03-06T09:47:39+00:00“Meatless Monday” is a global movement aimed at encouraging everyone to eat meat-free one day a week. 44 countries worldwide take part in this campaign, and UCC is playing its part. On Meatless Monday, the main restaurant will offer meatless meal options for students and staff that wish to take action to help our environment. [...]
UCC ranks in world’s top ten “green” universities
Maria Kirrane2017-12-21T13:40:13+00:00UCC’s position as a globally leading “green” university has once again been recognised with a top ten position in the UI Green Metric World University Ranking. Achieving an impressively creditable 9th out of a total of 619 universities worldwide, UCC’s position in the UI Green Metric represents a global ranking of sustainability activities across operations, [...]
Green Campus Newsletter – Christmas 2017
Maria Kirrane2017-12-15T14:49:11+00:00Click on the image below to read the UCC Green Campus Newsletter for Christmas 2017. From everyone at UCC Green Campus, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Green Campus Newsletter – Autumn 2017
Maria Kirrane2017-11-01T16:40:30+00:00The last number of months have been busy for UCC Green Campus. Highlights have included the launch of our "Ditch the Disposables" campaign, as well as welcoming a new group of UCC Green Campus interns to the programme. We are also celebrating ten years since UCC began the journey to becoming a Green Campus, [...]