We're off to the beach to explore some Amazing Algae! BiOrbic and the National Aquarium are taking two school groups down to the coast to explore all the amazing facts about seaweed. Including: What is seaweed? What are all the various types? How do we use seaweed? What products can we find it in? What […]
Does 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 […]
A two-person 35 minute outdoor ecology circus show about recovery Breathe is a lyrical, exciting, relevant performance about the pathway from excess and exhaustion to recovery, expressed through astounding and unusual circus. Tackling ecology and wellbeing, Breathe is a circus show for all ages filled with the hope of recovering together.
A two-person 35 minute outdoor ecology circus show about recovery Breathe is a lyrical, exciting, relevant performance about the pathway from excess and exhaustion to recovery, expressed through astounding and unusual circus. Tackling ecology and wellbeing, Breathe is a circus show for all ages filled with the hope of recovering together.
BiOrbic, in collaboration with Pint of Science, presents an evening of engaging talks that will give you a window into the latest 'bioeconomy' research! What's a bioeconomy? It's an economy that moves away from fossil fuels and instead relies on living organisms like microbes, plants and animals to provide the things we need - from […]
Nature’s Secret Circus environmental circus workshops in the landscape, encouraging rural children to see the worth of, respect and respond to their local landscape.
EXPLORE AND EXPAND WORKSHOP - COME AND PITCH YOUR BIOECONOMY PROJECT TO INVESTORS DURING BIOECONOMY IRELAND WEEK ! Are you seeking an investment for your Bioeconomy start up? Do you want to connect with the other hottest biotech / bioeconomy start-ups in Ireland? During Bioeconomy Ireland Week, the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation will host this exciting […]
Nature’s Secret Circus environmental circus workshops in the landscape, encouraging rural children to see the worth of, respect and respond to their local landscape.
BiOrbic 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 […]
Bioeconomy 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 […]
Marine 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 […]
Maynooth 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 […]
