DBS Upcycle Challenge 2022

The challenge is a competition to encourage students to rethink how waste is handled. We support you to limit and convert your waste into valuable reusable items and works of art. To enter this challenge, the student will make a piece of art or valuable item from things they would usually have thrown away. Take pictures documenting the procedure from waste pick up to making the item to the final product and what it is used for. A panel of judges will sit to decide on the winning entries.

Competition terms and conditions:

Open to current students of DBS.

All entries should be submitted on or before Monday 14th March at 5pm.

All entries are to be submitted to [email protected] only

Only one entry per student

All other terms and conditions apply

For inspiration, here’s a YouTube channel  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmFPgjgKKX8

Disclaimer – we are in no way affiliated with the channel, it is strictly for inspirational purposes

With

Rita Day &

Donal Casey

1-2PM

(fully online)

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A Presentation by the ‘DBS Green Campus Committee’.

‘Green College’ is a presentation by Rita Day and Donal Casey, who are members of the DBS Green Campus Committee. The committee is part of the DBS Sustainable Environment Group, which was established back in early 2020. Since then there has been considerable  progress in making DBS a greener and more sustainable college. Rita Day will talk about this.

DBS has also begun the process of applying for a Green Campus award. We are working closely with An Taisce in order to fulfill all the requirements and, hopefully, make the final application in February 2023. Donal Casey will talk about this.

‘Sustainable Food Systems’

Alvan Hunt is CEO and co-founder of Hexafly, an Irish biotech startup.

6-7pm

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"At Hexafly™ our aim is to bring an insect farming revolution to the world and find smart ways to feed the planet."

Alvan Hunt is a young Irish entrepreneur who, along with John Lynam, established Hexafly™  in 2016. Hexafly™ is a biotech startup which 

aims to protect global food supply through a zero-waste, sustainable business model.

Hexafly™’s founders have developed an innovative method of sustainable insect farming that converts low-value waste streams into high-value feeds, fertilisers and bioplastics.

Hexafly™  was the winner of the Enterprise Ireland Sustainable Agriculture Award in 2020. 

International Women's Day

Special Webinar with Galadrielle Heinrich

Killian Stokes - Moyee Coffee sustainable fairchain from 12pm 

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Killian Stokes is the Chief Executive Officer of Proudly Made in Africa and the Co-Founder of Moyee Coffee Ireland. Moyee delivers FairChain partnerships to farmers. Killian is also a Lecturer in Business & Global Development. He will explain how he has used blockchain to help the world's poor for a more sustainable planet.

A Green Campus Ireland Network Online Workshop

6.30pm

(fully online)

Self Care is Climate Care - Workshop with Mel O’Driscoll on 6.30pm

Embodied wisdom which enables climate activists to create more sustainable and regenerative impacts with their climate action.

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An interactive session on Zero Waste with Alex Konieczka, Environmental Youth Officer at ECO-UNESCO and Director at Understory. 

6-7pm

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Alex Konieczka is the Environmental Youth Officer with ECO-UNESCO, which is  Ireland's Environmental Education and Youth Organisation. 

She is also the director of Understory, which is a zero-waste advocacy that helps businesses to protect nature by preventing waste, providing quality education and leading greening projects.

Alex is a researcher and innovation analyst at Accenture, where she was the manager of a 12-month, award-winning sustainability programme which practiced the 17 UN sustainable development goals and encouraged self-reliance, knowledge sharing and zero-waste practices.

Storytelling masterclass

with

Eddie Lenihan 

5pm online - 

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Edmund Lenihan, is an Irish author, storyteller, lecturer and broadcaster. He is one of the few practicing seanchaithe remaining in Ireland. He has been called “one of the greatest of Irish story-tellers” and “a national treasurer”. He will inspire us with his stories of water monsters, folklore, and nature.

A Green Campus Ireland Network Online Workshop

1-2pm

Rewilding and Outdoor Education Webinar: 

Kay Synott from Letterfrack FEC and Rachel Geary from LEAF Ireland will speak at this webinar.

Register for this webinar here.

Live Screening of The Earthshot Prize: Repairing our Planet

6pm-7pm

Student Common Room

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Sir David Attenborough introduces us to inspiring people with solutions to help restore nature, and reveals the 3 finalists of the first ever earthshot prize for nature