Dr Maria Kirrane, SDSN Ireland Leadership Council & UCC Head of Sustainability and Climate Action Office, speaks to the aims of SDSN Ireland for upscaling successful university initiatives for all-island impacts during Global Goals Week 2024.
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SDG week 2024
23 Sep 2024
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Dr Maria Kirrane facilitates Cork Chamber Biodiversity and Infrastructure Panel Discussion
22 Sep 2024
Dr Maria Kirrane facilitated the Cork Chambers in-person Sustainable Cork Programme panel discussion, held on 24 September. This coincided with SDG week 18 September - 8 October 2024 and was held at the recently opened Education, Conservation and Research Centre at Fota Wildlife Park.
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Progressing the SDGs and the UN Summit of the Future's Vision
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UN Summit of The Future Action Days Side Event: Peace Not War.
17 Sep 2024Happening On 21/09/2024
This virtual event is the 21st of September 2024 at 4pm Irish time from the UN Summit of the Future Action Days and will be broadcast on UN WebTV.
SDSN Executive Committee Chair, David Donoghue will present a keynote address based on his experience as a negotiator during the Good Friday Agreement. This event will explore how concrete actions in peace, justice, and inclusion can advance the SDGs through multilateralism. This event is sponsored by Irish and Colombian UN Missions, and UNSDSN.
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SDSN’s High-Level Pre-Summit of the Future Conference 21 & 22 September
11 Sep 2024Happening On 20/09/2024
SDSN will host a high-level, two-day, Pre-Summit of the Future Conference to inform outcomes of the Summit as part of its annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD). The event will feature rich discussions and esteemed keynote speakers and panels on the five core topics of the Summit of the Future, including
- sustainable development and SDG financing
- peace and security
- governance of cutting-edge science, technology, and innovation
- youth and future generations
- the future of multilateralism and global governance
Daily agendas within the expanded the YouTube description.
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Sustainability and Circularity at grassroots
09 Sep 2024
UCC's head Gardener Jack Murphy explains that our meadow and no mow areas of campus have all been cut. The cut material is left for four to seven days for the seeds to drop after which the process of raking off and removing all the cut material will begin. This helps in reducing the fertility of the soil and an increase in diversity next year.
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Dr Maria Kirrane explains how the Office of Sustainability and Climate Action supports Teaching and Learning
09 Sep 2024
Dr Maria Kirrane shares her experience as a Mayo woman & UCC BEE's Ecology graduate and her road to becoming Head of Sustainability with Professor Paul McSweeney, Vice President for Learning and Teaching. She explains how the Office of Sustainability and Climate Action supports teaching and learning through the development of tools like the SDG toolkit for teaching (with the Centre for the Integration of Teaching and Learning) and how this tool enables teaching staff to bring sustainability into their modules.
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International Conference on Sustainable Development Online Parallel Sessions (ICSD) on the 19th of September.
07 Sep 2024Happening On 19/09/2024
Join the SDSN, in collaboration with the Global Association of Master’s in Development Practice Programs (MDP), for the 12th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)'s online parallel sessions! The theme of this year's ICSD is “Solutions for the Future,” with participants sharing practical solutions for achieving the SDGs at local and national levels across 7 major themes Register online today.
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Dr Maria Kirrane presents at Presidents Town Hall, 2 September 2024
02 Sep 2024
The President was joined by colleagues Dr Maria Kirrane, Mark Poland and Dr Ger Culley who will shared an update on the outputs and impact of Goal 5 of the Strategic Plan: Our Place, Our Footprint, which aims to radically reform our practices and use of space and technology to meet our sustainability ambitions and climate action goals. Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Dr Avril Hutch, provided an overview of recent projects and progress in advancing EDI across our campus aimed at fostering a more inclusive and diverse university community.Read on -
Second Hand September sees the launch of Fashforward Repair Kit
01 Sep 2024
Use of second-hand items and repairing to reduce environmental impact is championed this month for Second-Hand September. In line with this UCC's Green Campus were delighted to have FashForward in UCC to demonstrate their clothing repair kits, which are available for all students to loan from UCC Boole Library. The two kits include materials for denim patching and repair and sewing buttons/mending seams. The kits are accompanied by online demonstrations.
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