National Tree Week activities

During National Tree Week (3rd – 7th March 2014) and in conjunction with International Women’s Day (8th March 2014) the DCU Green Committee/Sustainability DCU asked women from across Dublin Citythe DCU Green Committee/Sustainability DCU asked women from across Dublin City University to plant trees on our campus. An email send to all staff/students seeking volunteers was completely oversubscribed in minutes. These trees were kindly donated by staff members and the One Million Trees in One Day Campaign.

DCU’s tree planters include: Shirley O’ Brien and Aisling Deignan from Oilscoil (Birch – Betula pendula and Mountain Ash – Sorbus aucuparia), Suzanne Dockery, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (Birch – Betula pendula), Eimear Donoghue DCU student / Green Committees Waste Team leader (Willow – Salix viminalis), Samantha Fahy, Sustainability DCU (Willow - Salix cinerea), Ailbhe Garvey, DCU in the Community (Pine – Pinus sylvestris), Mariane Galpo, student Sustainability Officer (Hazel – Corylus avellana), Sarah Ingle from the Office of Quality Improvement (Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna), Saorla Kelly Kavanagh, Sustainability DCU (Pine – Pinus sylvestris), Tia Keyes, School of Chemical Sciences (Alder - Alnus glutinosa), Jenny Lawler, School of Biotechnology (Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna), Ekaterina Nesterenko, APT (Mountain Ash – Sorbus aucuparia), Genevieve Quinn, ISS (Mountain Ash – Sorbus aucuparia), Maree Ralph, Oilscoil (Alder - Alnus glutinosa), Ana Terres, RIS (Alder – Alnus glutinosa) and Le Min Vinci DCU student Green Committee member (Blackthorn – Prunus spinosa).