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
Marine Biodiversity Citizen Science is increasingly recognised at national, European Union and international level as a valuable contributor of robust data to support marine policy reporting requirements, developing marine environmental policy, and engaging citizens in ocean literacy and marine policy.…
With over 3,000 km of coastline and one of the biggest marine territories in the world, Ireland can boast an incredible range of different underwater environments and a diversity of marine life that are still mostly unknown although 40% of…
The Marine Institute’s Oceans of Learning series is back with a range of learning resources for all. Immerse yourself with downloadable resources, videos and interactive activities that celebrate our seas and explore Ireland’s marine resource. So far this year the series…
Read More Oceans of Learning 2022 with the Marine Institute – how you can get involved
Celebrating European Maritime Day and the beginning of summer, children in Galway were having a kraken time creating gigantic Kraken sand sea-monsters with the Marine Institute’s Explorers Education team, on Grattan beach in Salthill (21st May). Over 150 children and families…
Free Shark Webinar to connect schools across the Atlantic Calling all shark enthusiasts, the All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network is pleased to invite you to the first in a series of free,international webinars centered around our local Ocean, aimed at 9-12yr…
Read More All Atlantic Blue Schools – Sharks of the Atlantic Webinar
