Maynooth Green Campus, a committee which brings together Maynooth University, Saint Patrick’s College Maynooth (SPCM) and Trócaire in an environmental partnership, has been awarded the prestigious Green Campus Flag by An Taisce and the International Foundation of Environmental Education.
The Green Flag Award is given for work undertaken to promote best practice in sustainability across five themes, including energy, water, waste, travel and transport, and biodiversity. Maynooth Green Campus added an innovative sixth theme, Climate Justice, in its bid to get the award.
Chairperson of the Green Campus Committee, and lecturer in Social Policy at Maynooth University, Dr Joe Larragy commented: “This award is a hugely important recognition of the depth and range of the hard work and innovative spirit of the several working groups that tackled each of the thematic areas – each of which posed its own unique challenges, but were essential in ensuring that our campus can meet critical environmental and sustainability needs for today and into the future.”
The official award and raising of the flags will take place at 11.30 am on Tuesday 25 September 2018, starting in the John Paul II Library foyer.
