Climate & Biodiversity Week 2024

Adapting to Climate Change: Rainwater Gardens

• Event open to: Open to All
• Venue - Virtual Event 
• Time - 3:00pm- 3:45pm
• Info: A fascinating look at Carlow town’s award winning ‘Rainwater Gardens’ – in association with Carlow County Council.

The link to the talk is here: Join Rainwater Presentation

Reduce Your Energy Use

• Event open to: SETU Students and Staff
• Venue - Main Building, Cork Road Campus
• Time -  10.30am – 2.00pm

Visit our stand to learn more about what you can do to reduce the amount of energy you use – in association with Waterford City and County Council, South East Energy Agency, Aramark, Kelleher’s, and EWL Electric.

Energy Efficiency Day

• Event open to: SETU Students and Staff
• Venue - CSB, Kilkenny Road Campus
• Time -  10.30am – 2.00pm

Clever climate actions competition, energy awareness information, and a thermal imaging camera display.

What Goes Around, Comes Around – A beginners guide to the circular economy

• Event open to: Open to All
• Venue - Virtual Event
• Time -  7.30pm – 8.30pm

Everyone is talking about the circular economy and how it can play a role in addressing climate change, but what does that actually mean? In association with Carlow County Council. 

To register, e-mail: [email protected] 

The Mathematics of Climate Change

• Event open to: Secondary Schools
• Venue - Virtual Event

A Calmast event for secondary schools as part of maths week. For more information click here.

Education for Sustainable Development and the UN SDGs

• Event open to: SETU Students and Staff
• Venue - CSB, Kilkenny Road Campus Main Building, Cork Road Campus
• Time -  12.00pm – 2.00pm

An engaging session on UN Sustainable Development Goals awareness with quizzes, surveys, and prizes.

EU-CONEXUS: Let’s Talk Climate!

• Event open to: SETU Students and Staff
• Venue - CSB, Kilkenny Road Campus, Main Building, Cork Road Campus
• Time -  12.00pm – 2.00pm

Join the EU-CONEXUS team in an engaging discussion centered around what can we do to make SETU and our communities greener, healthier, and more attractive places in which to live, learn, play, and do business. Learn all about sustainability micro-credentials, activities and supports available through EU-CONEXUS.

How do we Embed Sustainability into Higher Education?

• Event open to: SETU Staff
• Venue - Virtual Event
• Time -  10.30am

Dr Niamh Power of MTU, an expert in waste management and renewable energy, will lead a conversation on embedding sustainability in higher education.

Transforming Knowledge and Research for Just and Sustainable Futures: Towards a New Social Imaginary for Higher Education

• Event open to: SETU Staff
• Venue - Virtual Event
• Time -  2:30pm

Prof. Leon P. Tikly, UNESCO chair, in inclusive, good quality education and global chair in education at the University of Bristol, will explore how we can focus our efforts to a sustainable future.

Clothing Swap Shop

• Event open to: SETU Staff and Students
• Venue - Cork Road Campus
• Time -  10.30am – 12.30pm

A clothes swap to engage staff and students in the reuse circular economy - in association with Waterford city and county council.

Clothing Repair Workshop

• Event open to: SETU Staff and Students
• Venue - Cork Road Campus
• Time -  1.00pm – 2.30pm

A clothes swap to engage staff and students in the reuse circular economy - in association with Waterford City and County Council. 

Click here to register.

‘What’s Up with the Weather?’

• Event open to: Open To All
• Venue - Virtual Event
• Time -  7:00pm – 7:45pm

Join Ireland’s amateur weather celebrity, Alan O’Reilly, as he describes his weather prediction process and details the changing patterns he has recorded.
 

To register, e-mail: [email protected] 

Smart Active Commuting

• Event open to: SETU Staff and Students
• Venue - Barrow Centre, Kilkenny Road Campus
• Time -  1:00pm
• Info: A guided lunchtime walk to the South Sports Campus and its 25,000 native Irish trees and shrubs.

Smarter Travel

• Event open to: Open To All
• Venue - Main Building, Cork Road Campus
• Time - 10.30am – 2.00pm
• Info: An opportunity to reassess how we get to places in association with Waterford City and County Council.

Clothes Swap

• Event open to: Open To All
• Venue - Cobden Hall, St Patrick’s College
• Time - 11.00am – 2.00pm
• Info: Reuse circular economy event.

Circular Economy: Book Swap and Book Club Launch

• Event open to: SETU Staff and Students
• Venue - Summerhill Road Campus
• Time - 12.00pm – 2.00pm
• Info: Part of efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle our previously loved books. Drop off a classic and pick up a new literary genre!

Free Screening of Award Winning Film “Wilding”

• Event open to: Open To All
• Venue - Kilkenny Road Campus (F210)
• Time - 12.00pm – 2.00pm
• Info: The story of a young couple who return their failing farm back to the wild, unknowingly initiating a grand experiment that has become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.

Climate Fresk Game Workshop

• Event open to: SETU Staff and Students
• Venue - GROWTHhub Cork Road Campus
• Time - 9.00am – 12.30pm
• Info: This collaborative workshop will allow participants to take a step back, understand the science and consequences of climate change and trigger action. 
• Spaces are limited and registration is required by emailing: [email protected]

Teaching and Learning with Sustainability Workshop 

• Event open to: SETU Staff 
• Venue - Cork Road Campus
• Time - 1.30pm – 3.30pm 
• Info: Enrich your curriculum with concepts of sustainability through the lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) via this practical and interactive workshop.
   
• Spaces are limited. To register click here.

Energy Clinic 

• Event open to: Open To All
• Venue - Virtual Event
• Time - 7:00pm- 7:45pm
• Info: South East Energy Agency offering a consultation on reducing energy use at home –in association with Carlow County Council. 

To register, e-mail: [email protected] 

Flower Bed Installation 

• Event open to: SETU Staff and Students
• Venue - Cork Road Campus
• Info: Installation of teaching beds for the National Technological University Transformation for Recovery and Resilience (N-TUTORR) Fellowship, Rooted in Education: Plant beds for sustainable hands-on learning, Cork Road campus with Cara Daly and Department of Horticulture Students.

Early Childhood Education Forest School

• Event open to: By invitation only
• Venue - Kilkenny Road Campus
• Info: Eithne Fitzgerald from Grounded in Nature will host a fascinating early childhood session.

Enhancing Biodiversity Awareness through an Interactive Campus Walk with Molly Aylesbury

• Event open to: SETU Staff and Students
• Venue - K102, Dargan Centre, Kilkenny Road Campus
• Time - 1.00pm – 2.00pm
• Info: Join us on an interactive guided tour with Molly Aylesbury to explore the rich and sometimes hidden biodiversity on the Kilkenny Road campus.

Biodiversity Regional Forum

• Event open to: SETU Staff 
• Venue - Waterford City Hall
• Time - 10.00am
• Info: Biodiversity, Climate, and Heritage teams will present ongoing biodiversity projects and supports available for community focused biodiversity initiatives.