Primary school students from St. Augustine's N.S. Clontuskert, from County Galway that had taken part in the Explorers Education Programme, recently joined more than 30,000 teachers and students from over 135 countries, along with world leaders and environmental experts including…
Read More Explorers Primary school joins international experts and leaders for Climate Action Day
Whale Tales is the annual meeting of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, where members and people interested in whales, dolphins and porpoises in Ireland are invited to join us in our shared appreciation and admiration of these charismatic animals. This…
The project, NEPTUNUS, looks at developing datasets which can be used in the formation of an eco-label for seafood and aquaculture products using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach (one of the better known aspects of LCA is the carbon footprint).…
Read More Neptunus Project looking to collaborate with seafood and aquaculture companies in Ireland
Download the results below. The EU4Ocean thematic workshop, We received brilliant ideas that we gathered and harmonized in the synthesis report. These are available for you to inspire your current or future ocean literacy activities, or just for your personal…
There has never been a more important time to innovate your business than now. Strategic R&D has been the key to many businesses survival and adaptation to the climate we find ourselves in today. Companies are going to need to…
Read More Invitation – Business Matchmaker Event October 2020
Dear Members, We hope you are all keeping well. Some Members Updates for October 2020 can be found below. SEASCAPES FOCUS GROUP FOR IOLN MEMBERS The Marine Institute invites feedback on the seascape character areas identified along the Irish coast,…
The Marine Institute Explorers Education team have joined marine scientists, teachers and educators that are members of European and US EMSEA – Atlantic network, in the World Cleanup Day (19th of September). During the month of September, the EMSEA network…
Read More Galway Explorers team join EMSEA-ATLANTIC in World Cleanup Day
Coastal Clean Up Day is here and while activities may be different this year with social distancing and new regulations in place, you can still get involved and play your part. As National Coordinators for Ocean Conservancy in Northern Ireland,…
Read More The International Coastal Clean Up, how you can get involved
Marine anthropogenic litter and microplastic pollution has long been recognised as a global environmental threat with ubiquitous distribution. When we think of plastic and microplastic pollution, we immediately think of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch close to away, an accumulation area for these…
Read More Invitation to Webinar on Micro-plastics in Galway Bay
On 24 – 25 September 2020, the first EU4Ocean workshop– Designing Ocean Literacy action in Europe will be organised by the EU4Ocean Coalition – a new initiative on ocean literacy of the European Commission. Registration is now open HERE. Following the official announcement by the Commissioner…
