Nature’s Secret Circus
Golden Strand beach, Achill IslandNature’s Secret Circus environmental circus workshops in the landscape, encouraging rural children to see the worth of, respect and respond to their local landscape.
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BiOrbic’s Rubbish Ramble!
sean moore park Sean Moore Park, Dublin, IrelandBiOrbic invites you to join us on Saturday to a 'plogging' event. What? Plogging is where you jog or walk through the city, picking up litter as you go. On Saturday we will have two teams: Jogging Team Lead: Tanja Narancic Walking Team Lead: Burcu Akkoyunlu Each team will walk or jog for one hour […]
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Launch Event: Bioeconomy Research Symposium
Backweston Laboratory Campus, Celbridge, Co. Kildare , IrelandBioeconomy Ireland Week 2022 will be launched by Martin Heydon TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with special responsibility for Research and Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development. The launch will be followed by a a half a day 'Bioeconomy Research Symposium', where DAFM funded researchers will […]
Irish Seaweed with Dr Paul MacArtain from Dundalk Institute of Technology
Dundalk Library Roden Place, Dundalk, Louth, IrelandMarine algae globally is an industry worth $14 billion and food ingredients and industrial products are reliant on the polysaccharides extracted from marine algae. In Ireland, there has been harvesting of seaweed for industrial purposes since the 1940's with the establishment of the alginate industries (Ireland) in 1947. Irish seaweeds range from industrially harvested brown […]
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BioBeo and the Bioeconomy
Maynooth Community Library Main Street, Maynooth, Kildare, IrelandMaynooth University lecturer, Dr Máire Nic an Bhaird, from the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, has a leading role in a €2 million bioeconomy education project for primary, secondary and 3rd level students across Europe. She will join us in Maynooth Library to discuss the importance of the bioeconomy in regard to Europe’s […]
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Gut Health: It’s a Pig Deal!
TBC DublinDoes it matter what we feed our farm animals? Well, yes, it's a pig deal! BiOrbic and the AgriAware are running a primary school workshop at Airfield Estate Farm to explore all the ways we can improve animal gut health. Including: What is a pig's anatomy like? How do pigs get sick and how can […]
Mushrooms to unlock the future of the bioeconomy
Monaghan Town Library North Road,, Monaghan, IrelandFeeding the world sustainably is one of the biggest challenges for the future. But can the humble mushroom help solve the challenge of food security in our changing environment. Join Dr Tony Martin Callaghan, co-founder of Niskus Biotech, a company of visionary scientists who are using fungi to create the new generation of sustainable functional […]
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Pint of Bioeconomy
Stag's Head 1 Dame Court, Dublin, IrelandBiOrbic presents an evening of engaging talks that will give you a window into the latest 'bioeconomy' research! This year we're marine themed with talks related to plastic-eating bacteria, 'blue farming' and feeding Ireland from the coastline. Here's the evening's line-up: Plastic to Plastic: How Bacteria can Contribute to the Bioeconomy - Rhys Orimaco Conscience […]
Diversity in Bioeconomy
Portershed Eyre Square, GalwayThe aim of this event is to create a platform for networking among the diverse range of people that work in the bioeconomy sector in Ireland. Firstly, through shining a spotlight on entrepreneurs, researchers and experts who are advancing the Irish bioeconomy enhancing our economic competitiveness on the global stage. This will be followed by […]
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Blue Bioeconomy
Westside Library Seamus Quirke Road, Galway, IrelandThe Blue Bioeconomy involves using biological resources from water such as fish, seaweed, mussels, starfish, sea cucumbers, lobster and even bacteria to make products or services. This includes food, medicine, nutritional supplements, cosmetics and much more. It also relies on sustainable practices to make sure that we do not damage the environment and that there […]
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Rubbish Ramble
Ballymun Health Care FacilityBiOrbic, in partnership with Tidy Towns Ballymun invites you to join us on Saturday to clean up Ballymun! Head to the Ballymun Health Care Facility at 11AM to join us. We'll spend some time picking up litter and afterwards, head to the Rediscovery centre for some refreshments and talks. The talks will be from two […]
BiOrbic BioBus Tour
Locations across IrelandThe 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 […]
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