The hybrid high-level conference ‘Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”: an Atlantic-Arctic lighthouse’ and its side event ‘Community Action for the Mission: Building the lighthouse from the bottom up’ organised by the European Commission took place on the…
The 2022 Coastwatch Citizen Scientist Autumn Shore Survey for the island of Ireland ran from Sept 15th to Oct 15th and its first results will be presented on Monday the 5th December at a public event open to those interested in…
Galway City Council are looking to continue the growth of sand dunes on Grattan Beach in Salthill, and to protect the existing sand dunes and beach from erosion. To help achieve this they have planned a series of workshops in…
The Secretariat of the Irish Ocean Literacy Network at Galway Atlantaquaria are delighted to announce that the next IOLN Members meeting online will be held on the 6th of December between 1-2pm. The theme of this event is ‘Working Together – Ocean Literacy With…
PREP4BLUE, a new Horizon Europe project which started in June 2022, has the ambitious aim to restore the health of our ocean, seas and waters by protecting and restoring marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity, preventing and eliminating pollution, and…
Irish Ocean Literacy Member Chelsea Beardsley needs your help. She is conducting her PhD research on Marine Development in coastal Ireland, specifically around coastal Clare and Galway. She would like to talk to local people about their lived experience of…
Read More Share your views on coastal spaces in Clare and Galway
The National Coordinators of the All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network met in person for the first time at the Ocean Literacy Dialogues event, for an intense exchange of experiences and evaluation of the national Blue Schools programs. From October 10th to…
Read More All-Atlantic Blue School Network first in person meeting!
The 2022 conference of the European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) was held from the 25th to the 28th of September in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), giving the community of educators and ocean literacy practitioners across Europe and beyond the opportunity to…
Read More The EMSEA community finally back together in person at the annual conference
The Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities at Trinity College Dublin is seeking to employ two postdoctoral scholars who will contribute to the European Research Council Synergy project 4-OCEANS. The aim of 4-OCEANS is to undertake a global assessment of the importance of marine…
Read More Postdoctoral posts with 4-OCEANS project, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities
The Irish Ocean Literacy Network was one of the ten organisations to sign the new Charter for Blue Education in Europe developed within the frame of the EU4Ocean Coalition and its Network of Blue schools. This Charter is expected to:…
Read More The IOLN is one of the signatories of the new Charter for Blue Education in Europe
