Maynooth Green Day

    Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 09:30 to 16:00
    John Paul II Library

    Green Day is a celebratory event showcasing Maynooth Green Campus achievements as part of National Green Campus Week 2022 with An Taisce's support! To see all the events in other campuses, please visit https://www.greencampusireland.org/greenweek2022/  

    It is a day to engage with students, staff members and the wider community. Everyone is welcome, join us at anytime!
    All talks will be at the Flexible Learning room (1st Floor) and the informational stalls will be located at the MU Library foyer. sOutdoor stalls located at the Library entrance

    Please, register via Eventbrite (for room capacity & refreshments purposes only) 

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    Time Speaker Title

    9.30

                              Tea & coffee

    9.55

                   Welcome by Dr Jim Carolan, MGC chairperson

    10.00 

    Stephen Seaman

    Greening our campuses-future plans 

    10.15 

    Dr Jamie Gorman 

    The looming Irish mining boom: Protecting communities & the environment 

    10.30

    Dr Patricia Kennon

    MU Teaching and Learning and the sustainable development goals 

    10.45

    Dr Ronan Foley 

    Therapeutic campus landscapes 

    11.00

    Dr. Máire Nic an Bhaird 

    The EdBioEc Project: Innovative education for the bio-economy 

    11.15

    Sean Casey & Niamh Lacy 

    MSc Design Innovation students-Project winners with Green Campus campaign
    Introduction by Dr. Linzi Ryan 

    11.30

                             Comfort Break-tea & coffee

    11.45

    Dr Tadhg Macintyre 

    GOGREEN: Helping nature and health rhyme 

    12.00

    Michael Kenny

    The Maynooth Green Forum-Addressing Environmental Decline through an Open Community Approach 

    12.15

    Dr Patricia Healy Kettle 

    Edible Campus Landscapes 

    12.30

    Prof John Sweeney 

    Comments on the latest IPCC report
    13.00-16.00 Outdoor & Library foyer activities:

    • Campus walk from MU John Paul II Library with Dr Gail Maher, Dept. of Biology from 1 pm at the Library
    • Wave energy - The Centre for Ocean Energy Research, Electronic Engineering Dept. 
    • Swap-shop by Ollie Fenelon from Dept. of Chemistry & MU EnviroSoc members with ZWMaynooth
    • Coyne Cycles Roadshow Bike: Need your bike serviced or repaired? Want a new bike? See what is available with the Bike to Work scheme from 10:00am
    • 'Make a pod and plant a seed' demo workshop with Urban Agriculture working group leaders
    • BirdWatch Ireland stall
    • Thorntons Recycling bringing free compost for your garden. Thorntons Recycling bringing free compost for your garden. Bring something to take it home with you. From 10:00am
    • MU EnviroSoc and MU Enactus info stands
    • WEEE Recycling Cage: Any small broken electrics in the office or at home? Bring them along and dispose for correct recycling.  From 10:00

    There will be prizes and raffles for MU coffee mugs, hoodies, bird-boxes and more...

    Looking forward to seeing you there.

    We will have prizes and raffle MU coffee mugs, hoodies, bird-boxes and more...
     

    Please, see the tour map with Dr Gail Maher

     
    N.B: For those who cannot attend in person, the first part (talks & presentations) of the event will be streamed live on MGC YouTube channel https://bit.ly/3vJ3M7t

    Looking forward to meeting you then,

    Le meas,

    Maynooth Green Campus team