BiOrbic BioBus Tour

Locations across Ireland

The BioBus is a mobile exhibit that will tour Ireland for 5 weeks reaching every county. The exhibit explores our petrochemical economy and heavy reliance on crude oil in many of the products we use on a daily basis. This is followed by an explanation of what the bioeconomy is and how this can help […]

Launch event: Communities, Regions & Cities – The ‘Bioeconomy in Action’ in your Region

Online

The launch event for Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2023 will take place on Monday 16 October 2023 from 09.30 to 12.30. The event, titled 'Communities, Regions & Cities – The ‘Bioeconomy in Action’ in your Region', is being organised by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in partnership with the Southern Regional Assembly. Martin […]

MidWest Circular Bioeconomy Day

Bernal Institute, University of Limerick

MidWest Circular Bioeconomy Day in Limerick is organised as a full day workshop with key national and international stakeholders from academia, industry and policy makers to discuss a number of urgent questions such as: Is there a need for mapping current and future scenarios for availability and supply chains of eligible biogenic carbon and cicular […]

Opportunities for Irish biomass and biochar to contribute to Ireland’s sustainable bioeconomy

Online

Aim: To approach society to 1) the potential of the innovative and versatile outputs from the InformBio project: Biomass arisings database and the Environmental Risk Assessment tool and 2) link project results to the current situation of biochar generation in Ireland and 3) brief showcase of key projects linked to biochar generation in Ireland and […]

Citizen event for Bioeconomy Week

Online

A workshop in three parts. The first two parts are for an online audience; it will begin with an explanation of the Circular Bioeconomy and then showcase 8 bio-based products relevant for home and community-focused projects. There will also be a Q&A with researchers and the product producers. 

Food Waste Prevention and Surplus Food Use in Cafés

Rediscovery Centre The Boiler House, Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland

The Rediscovery Centre, National Centre for the Circular Economy, is hosting a workshop on food waste prevention and surplus food use in social enterprise and commercial cafés. The workshop is organised as part of an EPA Green Enterprise Food Rescue and Research Café project. The Rediscovery Centre Boiler House Café is tracking the amounts and […]

BISC-E Q&A

Online

Online Q&A for the upcoming BISC-E competition

Developing plant-based protein value chains

Online

A series of videos debunking myths relating to plant-based protein will be launched. There will be 5 videos addressing different stages of the value chain. Launch will consist of a press release and social media activity, with links to the videos.This involves a collaboration between Protein-I, U-Protein and ValPro Path. The aim of the exercise […]

MIIN in Kerry – Blue Bioeconomy Persepectives

The Rose Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry

This upcoming Marine Ireland Industry Network (MIIN) regional event will take place in Tralee, Co. Kerry, where we will hear from blue bioeconomy experts, including national and regional stakeholders, such as Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Údarás na Gaeltachta, Circular Bioeconomy Cluster South West, and a host of marine industry companies with expertise in the blue bioeconomy.

Proteins to packaging – Bioeconomy in action

TU Dublin

The TU Dublin School of Food Science and Environmental Health will host an activity-based event in  TU Dublin Central Quad, Grangegorman lab on Friday 20th of October. The events will be hourly from 10am. There will be a variety of agri-food related applications of bioeconomy including demonstrations and hands on activities. For example, activities in […]