The newly formed UCD Library Green Group wanted to foster cross campus collaboration as they believed this would assist in realising their green goals. They saw the Learning Enhancement Project as a direct route to the student cohort who, motivated by their passion for the planet, would be willing to help the Library with this task.
Initiative
Education for Sustainable Development at Trinity
About this initiative
Trinity’s strategic objective for ESD is that “all Trinity staff and students develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to act as agents of change, individually and collectively, in working towards sustainable development within planetary boundaries.” Using both discipline-specific and interdisciplinary approaches, Trinity’s curriculum will be oriented towards ensuring the development of key competencies for sustainability, as identified by UNESCO and the European Commission. To enable this transition, we are developing an approach and work programme to support Trinity staff embed ESD pedagogies and approaches into their existing curricula, with a particular emphasis on transformative learning.