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Maynooth Campus Awarded Green Campus Flag For Second Time

The award recognises work in biodiversity and student engagement

Maynooth Campus as been awarded the An Taisce Green Campus Flag for the second time. 

The Green Campus Flag recognises its progress in areas such as carbonb emission reduction and advances in sustainability.

Staff, students, Maynooth Student Union representatives, An Taisce and a local community group were all in attendance for a flag-raising ceremony that was held last Monday. 

Maynooth University President, Professor Eeva Leinonen opened the ceremony and thanked the Maynooth Green Campus committee for their efforts in leading the application. 

Maynooth Campus received its first Green Flag in 2018, when it was assessed under themes such as biodiversity, energy, waste, water, transport, and climate justice.

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