Training & Events

National Workplace Well-being Day

Working together for a healthier future Ibec is hosting National Workplace Wellbeing Day for the 8th year running! It's significance is particularly important in this COVID-19 era, as the Irish workforce has undergone a mass shift to working-from-home in many cases and social distancing across the board. Workplace Wellbeing Day offers companies a unique opportunity...

Marine Explorer Programme

The Explorers Education Programme promotes ocean awareness, knowledge and engagement, as well as supports ocean literacy and marine education in primary schools. Contact: [email protected]

Explorers Education Programme Primary School Workshops

The Explorers Education Programme promotes ocean awareness, knowledge and engagement, as well as supports ocean literacy and marine  education in primary schools. The workshops are dully funded by The Marine Institute and are available to primary schools in Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Wexford, Louth and Limerick. If you would like to introduce your students to...

Certified Awareness Course

The Certified Awareness Course comprises six hours of training and can be easily adapted for specific audiences, environments, or recreational needs. The one-day course is ideally suited to outdoor educators, teachers, college students, outdoor pursuit and recreation professionals, hiking club members, Tidy Towns Committees, community groups or anyone with an interest in learning more about...

Explorers Education Programme Primary School Workshops

The Explorers Education Programme promotes ocean awareness, knowledge and engagement, as well as supports ocean literacy and marine  education in primary schools. The workshops are dully funded by The Marine Institute and are available to primary schools in Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Wexford, Louth and Limerick. If you would like to introduce your students to...

Community Impact day at Knocksink Woods Nature Reserve – Restoration and Clean-up

Knocksink Wood Nature Reserve Knocksink Wood Nature Reserve, Enniskerry, Wicklow, Ireland

  The Knocksink Wood Nature Reserve is a fantastic space for nature to flourish and for visitors from far and wide to visit and enjoy. In recent years, visitors to this beautiful woodland have increased significantly. Unfortunately, this has led to some unexpected and unwanted impacts on this delicate ecosystem. If you would like to...

MEMBER’S WEBINAR – LEAVE NO TRACE IN WOODLANDS

Online via Zoom

Join our ecologist, Padraic Creedon, as he discusses the 7 principles of Leave No Trace and how they can be specifically applied to our woodlands. Many of these areas are...

Free

Certified Awareness Course

The Certified Awareness Course comprises six hours of training and can be easily adapted for specific audiences, environments, or recreational needs. The one-day course is ideally suited to outdoor educators,...

World Migratory Bird Day

Light Pollution will be the focus of the World Migratory Bird Day 2022 campaign. Artificial light is increasing globally by at least 2 per cent per year and it is known to...

How to identify life on the Seashore – Bertra Beach

Berta Beach Bertra Beach, Westport, Mayo, Ireland

Join Padraic Creedon from Leave No Trace on Bertra Beach on Saturday, May 14th Learn how to identify different animal and plant species found on the shore and how that information can be used to help these wonderful habitats. Using a combination of printed and digital tools we will explore all the amazing life found...

Explorers Education Programme Primary School Workshops

The Explorers Education Programme promotes ocean awareness, knowledge and engagement, as well as supports ocean literacy and marine  education in primary schools. The workshops are dully funded by The Marine Institute and are available to primary schools in Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Wexford, Louth and Limerick. If you would like to introduce your students to...

Accredited Trainer CPD – Patricia Deane – MacGillycuddy Reeks

          This presentation and discussion will highlight the need to balance farming and recreation in the High Nature Value lands in the MacGillycuddy Reeks.   Topics will include: Designated land, Permissive Access, Landowner issues, Balancing recreation & farming, Raising awareness, Solutions and cooperation. Trisha Deane works with the Local Development Company...