Public Engagement
BiOrbic Hosts February Bioeconomy Forum
Today BiOrbic welcomed members of the Bioeconomy Forum to University College Dublin for their February meeting. The day started with tours of our Biomanufacturing Suite, where researchers working on sustainable, bio-based plastic from bacteria discussed their latest innovations and the next steps for scaling up the technology. Back at the forum venue, members were able…
Read MoreBiOrbic ‘Slow Fashion’ Exhibition at UCD
The second edition of BiOrbic’s ‘Green is the New Black‘ slow fashion course culminated in a slow fashion exhibition at UCD last week. Run by BiOrbic researchers, the course is aimed at undergraduate students and focuses on the impacts of fast fashion, how we can transition to a sustainable model and most importantly, how students…
Read MoreFirst Generation Glas Summer School huge success!
BiOrbic and Foróige welcomed 13 students to University College Dublin for the first Generation Glas Summer School from the 9th-11th of August! Generation Glas is an 8-month programme, combining in-person and remote workshops, lectures and pratical assignments, covering the bioeconomy, climate change, and sustainability in order to a network of empowered, young, confident and knowledgeable sustainability ambassadors. The Summer…
Read MoreBiOrbic at UCD Festival 2023
BiOrbic had a blast at the UCD Festival earlier this month. This annual free festival showcases the best of UCD and UCD-based research centres through performances, talks, hands-on science, interactive exhibits and more. At BiOrbic, our researchers got involved to teach the public a little more about the bioeconomy and sustainable daily choices. Those who…
Read MoreBiOrbic’s Sustainability Cafes
BiOrbic has developed a new ‘sustainability cafe’ that can be taken into primary schools to inspire young children with ideas for how they can be sustainable. The cafe has five stations: Each station takes about 10 minutes to run the activity with 6 students. After each 10 minutes, the students rotate to the next station,…
Read MoreMuckross Park College Visits BiOrbic
On Tuesday over 170 female students visited BiOrbic to learn more about the bioeconomy. Spending the entire morning at UCD, 50 5th years and 120 second years were able to take a tour of the university, visit some of the BiOrbic labs and took part in a bioeconomy workshop. First the bioeconomy was introduced to…
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