Sustainable Campus Survey Results
1. Please choose the box which applies to you.
Response
Response
Percent
Count
Undergraduate Student
97.0%
65
Postgraduate Student
3.0%
2
Member of Staff
0.0%
0
Answer Options
answered question
67
skipped question
66
Please chose the box which applies to you.
Undergraduate
Student
Postgraduate
Student
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2. Would you support Trinity becoming a part an International
Network of Sustainable Campuses?
Response
Response
Percent
Count
Yes
97.0%
128
No
3.0%
4
Answer Options
answered question
132
skipped question
1
Would you support Trinity becoming a part an International
Network of Sustainable Campuses?
Yes
No
2
3. How interested would you be in seeing sustainability
promoted on campus?
Response
Response
Percent
Count
Very interested
72.9%
97
Interested
24.8%
33
Not interested
2.3%
3
Answer Options
answered question
133
skipped question
0
How interested would you be in seeing sustainability
promoted on campus?
Very
interested
Interested
3
4. Would you support and encourage the development of a
Sustainability Office on campus?
Response
Response
Percent
Count
Yes
94.7%
125
No
5.3%
7
Answer Options
answered question
132
skipped question
1
Would you support and encourage the development of a
Sustainability Office on campus?
Yes
No
4
5. Would you actively support new Sustainability regulations
(ie. recycling waste correctly, being more energy efficient
etc.)
Response
Response
Percent
Count
Yes
98.5%
66
No
1.5%
1
Answer Options
answered question
67
skipped question
66
Would you actively support new Sustainability regulations
(ie. recycling waste correctly, being more energy efficient
etc)
Yes
No
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6. Any Other Comments:
26 people left comments:
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Surely our Green Flag was awarded on such criteria, and it is Trinity's
responsibility as a modern university, aware of its impact on the global
community, to further push this agenda and become a flagship institution in
Ireland
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I definitely think we need to join this and get more involved in sustainable
efforts in the college.
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I think this is a fantastic idea. It would be wonderful to see Trinity increase its
part in helping the environment. :)
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Trinity should become a sustainable campus in order to help reduce the
effects of global warming.
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Yessss guys, but you should also have a reflexion on what sustainability
means for you :)
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A wonderful idea, behind it 100%!
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There should be signs reminding us to turn out the lights when we leave a classroom if
no other class is coming in.
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Good luck with this!
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hope for student involvement
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Woo sustainability!
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I think it’s a wonderful idea - more than an idea - let's put this into action please!
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Strong yes for all questions. Sustainability is very important in general for
everyone and should be promoted in Trinity.
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Sustainability is essential. Otherwise life is not sustainable.
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Sustainability and environmental awareness is an active hand on task. Joining
networks are just ways to bury the task in bureaucracy and feel as if new are
making a difference. Act. It's simple. Trinity is insufficiently eco-friendly. Let's
fix it independently
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It's crucial in this day and age
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Why do we still not have composting facilities for student accommodation? A
huge amount of biodegradable material from residences on campus, in
Goldsmith Hall and Trinity Hall is still being thrown into the general waste/grey
bins, when it could very easily be composted, possibly then used for flower
beds to brighten up the campus.
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We need to do this to join the ranks of leading universities in the field of ecoawareness, "green-ness", etc. Would be smthn to be proud of Trinity for
accomplishing
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I would not like to be part of the office but I would co-operate with their plans
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I think that raising awareness of sustainability and co-operation between other
universities is an excellent idea.
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I fully support investment in rainwater harvesting systems - (for use in
toilets)/Solar panels/Wind turbines for the college. Would very much be
interested in seeing Trinity becoming a sustainable campus.
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Sustainability is ESSENTIAL and THE BEST!!!!111
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I see a lot of lights left on in empty rooms in the museum building at night
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This is a very important worldwide issue that Trinity cannot afford to fall behind
on. Thanks
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This is an enormous waste of time and resources. It is not even that great PR
anymore. Please hire more professors, or promote more out of their adjunct
status. This is a university, not a time-wastey mctimewasterson.
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Money would be better spent on student welfare.
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We need to encourage brown bins; food waste is such a huge contaminant of
green and brown bins.
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