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Sustainability on campus
Whether you're a current student, staff member or visitor to Trinity's campus, this page provides information on conservation and sustainability initiatives across our historic city-centre campus:
Travelling to and from Trinity
Trinity Sustainability's strategy encourages students, staff and visitors to walk, cycle or take public transport to Trinity.
Downloadable maps outlining walking routes to all of Trinity's campuses: College Green, Trinity Hall, St James's Hospital and Tallaght Hospital.
Healthy Trinity provides details of campus bike parking, route planning and cycling times.
Trinity's main campus is centrally located in Dublin city centre and is served by bus, tram and train.
Leap Student Travel Card can be used by students as an ID to buy special student travel tickets as well as to pay-as-you-go for travel in the Dublin area by topping up with travel credit and using it like a Leap Card.
Details of secure bicycle parking and disability parking spaces are available on the Healthy Trinity website.
Green spaces on campus
There are several green spaces for students and staff to appreciate and enjoy across Trinity's historic city centre campus.
Trinity College Botanic Garden
Trinity College Botanic Garden’s origins date back over 330 years to its inception in 1687 as a physic garden for the teaching of medicine at Trinity College, it has been here in Dartry, Dublin 6 since 1967, a 20 min Luas journey from Dawson Street.
Today, the Garden serves as a teaching and research facility for the Discipline of Botany. It is home to a living collection of approximately 4000 species, and also houses the Irish Threatened Plant Seed Bank.
The Garden is open to students, alumni, staff and the public. It hosts regular workshops and open days.
Trinity's Urban Garden
Trinity's Urban Garden is a student-led space on Trinity's College Green campus, where you can grow fruit and veg using novel gardening techniques.
Trinity's Urban Garden was set up in summer 2022 by a group of student activists, using the Provost's COP26 Climate Change fund. All students are welcome to get involved.
TCD Sense Map
The Disability Service has created a Sense Map, which is a user-friendly map and guide to College buildings, along with noted Respite and Quiet Spaces it also outlines green spaces on campus.
Sustainability on campus
Green campus maps
Explore Trinity's Green Maps to find out where to recycle, how to find secondhand books, what vegan food place to try next and how easy it is to take a sustainable transport route in Dublin.
Campus guide to recycle (almost) everything
Facilities are provided across Trinity to facilitate the recycling of almost everything.
Waste and recycling campus map
Trinity's waste map spotlights the locations of green and glass recycling as well as food waste and compost bins on campus.
Trinity Water Map
Trinity's water map spotlights the locations of drinking water fountains and bathrooms on campus.
Trinity Sustainability Activities
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Trinity Sustainability Office
Information on Trinity's sustainability strategy and climate and biodiversity activities, both within Trinity and in partnership with external collaborators and communities.
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Trinity Sustainability Events
Upcoming events organised by Trinity Sustainability.
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Sustainable Event Guidelines
Guidelines for staff and students for organising events, to ensure sustainable practices are followed, including zero waste and eco-friendly procurement.
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Accessibility and Sustainability Event Generator
To aid staff and students create accessible and sustainable event plans, to ensure events accommodate diverse accessibility needs and sustainable practices.
Accessibility and wellbeing on campus
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Trinity Sense Map
The map provides information about physical access to buildings and the sensory environments across campus.
Breastfeeding rooms and supports
A list of rooms on campus available for staff and students to use for breastfeeding or expressing milk, and details of the breastfeeding support group.