University College Dublin Educational Comics
Finding Beo and Back to the Future with Beo and Raja are educational comics created in collaboration with researchers at the University College Dublin Institute of Food and Health. The stories follows the adventures of Beo, a young girl curious about the bioeconomy, and her trusty dog Raja.
The comics were launched in conjunction with the BioBeo program in Europe: a two-year initiative committed to delivering innovative bioeconomy curricula in schools. The books were printed and also made available digitally.
Pictured below: Mairead McGuiness, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union (middle) gets her hands on a copy of the comic at the BioBeo launch. Dr. Tom Curran (left) was one of the key UCD collaborators on the project.
There’s Something About Ammonia is a comic featuring a well-intentioned cloud of ammonia who wants to be better, aiming to increase awareness of ammonia emissions, impacts and solutions to the general public. Ammonia emissions are a global problem with local level impacts, so it is important to highlight this issue in as many countries as possible. The original English version was funded by EPA Research. The comic has been translated from English into 15 languages through a network of volunteers from within the COST-Action LivAGE and elsewhere. All versions are free to download. Funding from LivAGE under the Horizon 2020 Programme is gratefully acknowledged.
