• The Bioeconomy at Home- Using domestic food waste to tackle climate change

    Online

    Learnings on an all-Ireland level of how your domestic food and garden waste can be sustainably transformed into high value products Bringing the Bioeconomy Home: Learnings from experts on how food waste from your home and garden waste can be transformed to contribute to a valuable local circular economy and the fight against climate change. […]

  • Breathe. Circus to Make You Gasp

    St Brendan’s College, Belmullet

    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.

    Free
  • Biopesticides and Biostimulants for Crop Production

    Online

    The aim of this workshop is to engage stakeholders in a discussion about the use of biobased fertilisers and biopesticides in Irish agriculture. The workshop will feature short presentations from researchers working on testing the efficacy, environmental impact and economic feasibility of biobased products in barley growth. These researchers are part of the Department of […]

  • Virtual Tours of Bioeconomy Sites

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    Sit back and relax as we go on a vitrual tour of Oilean Glas Teoranta’s Seaweed Processing Plant in Kilcar, Donegal, Novamont's facility Italy which manufactures Compostable Resins & Pannonia Bio-Biorefinery in Hungary.   OGT’s Seaweed Processing Plant in Kilcar, Donegal Oilean Glas Teoranta (OGT) was established in 2004. The company harvests seaweed in Donegal […]

  • Pint of Bioeconomy – Pub Edition

    Stag's Head 1 Dame Court, Dublin, Ireland

    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 […]

    Free
  • Policy Levers in the Bioeconomy

    Online

    Policy insights arising from the National Bioeconomy Forum with which to promote the Irish Bioeconomy. In conjunction with Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2021, BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre is delighted to host this session with Professor Cathal O Donoghue, an expert in public and social policy at NUI Galway . This event will explore the policy landscape […]

    Free
  • The Plastic Problem: An Irish Perspective for a Global Challenge

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    How can we deal with the plastic pollution in the environment and ensure that future needs are met more sustainably? Plastics have been detected in nearly every ecosystem in the world. They poison wildlife, make their way into the food chain to affect human health and yet we seem unable to move away from our […]

    Free
  • BiaSol Brew Flour bioeconomy product

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    A discussion with Biasol, showcasing of homegrown Irish bioeconomy innovation through their company and their product, Brew Flour. In conjunction with Bioeconomy Ireland Week 2021, BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre is delighted to host this session with Niamh and Ruairi from Biasol, a home-grown Irish food start-up that is the perfect example of an innovator in […]

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  • Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Exchange: Spotlight on Innovators in Agriculture

    Online

    The Circular Bioeconomy Cluster South-West Cluster and AgriTech Ireland Cluster are coming together to host an online event to shine a light on companies and leaders who are harnessing technology and innovation to address complex sustainability challenges in agriculture and in tandem building innovative bio-based products, businesses and value chains. In Ireland, we know that […]

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  • SME Businesses Developing Biobased Products

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    This event will showcase innovative companies who are producing biobased products. We’ll hear from Woolcool which produces packaging from sheep’s wool, Heaxafly which farm black solder flies, Celignis which will talk about the blue economy using seaweed and Meade Potato which have developed the first starch plant from waste potatoes.   Commercialising a Natural Material […]

  • The Signpost Series: Biorefinery Glas and the potential of the bioeconomy to transform grassland agriculture in Ireland

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    As part of the weekly online Signpost Series, Prof James Gaffey of Muster Technological University alongside Prof Johan Sanders of GRASSA and Wageningen University and Research, and Mr Xavier Dubuisson of XD Consulting will discuss outcomes of the Biorefinery Glas, a European funded Agricultural European Innovation Partnership. Focusing on potential of the bioeconomy to transform […]

  • Origin Green – How can the bioeconomy support the Pathways to Net Zero initiative?

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    Origin Green, Ireland’s national food and drink sustainability programme, has published new procedures and guidelines that put carbon emission targets on a mandatory footing for food and drink manufacturers as the sector seeks to accelerate its contribution to the Programme for Government’s aim of carbon neutrality by 2050. This marks a significant shift for the […]