23

Mar

BioEconomy, Blog, Circular economy, ESR, marie curie, MSCA ITN, PhD Life, Sustainability, travelBuen vivir, Criticism, sustainability, travel

We went to Ireland! Part 1

By Xavier Gabet

We went to Ireland! Cork and Dublin The AgRefine consortium organized for its PhD students – or rather workers – a technical writing class in Ireland. The course took place…

08

Feb

BioEconomy, Blog, Sustainabilityagrefine, blogging, lifecycleassessment, sustainability

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Decision-Making Tool for Everyday Choices

By Charlene Vance

You’re standing in the supermarket, in the chocolate aisle. You are looking at all the different chocolates and trying to decide which one to purchase. You want to get something…

02

Nov

Biorefinery, Blog, Circular economy, Communications, ESR, MSCA ITN, PhD Lifeagrefine, Bioscience Engineering, Chemical Engineer, Europe, PhD, UGent, Work-life balance

PhD work-life balance – a challenging path

By Srija Balachandran

There will be several questions popping up in your minds when you hear about a PhD, like, is it hard? Is it stressful? How long is a PhD study? Is…

28

Jul

BioEconomy, Biomass, Blog, BlueBioeconomy, Communications, ESR, MSCA, MSCA ITN, Strategy, Sustainable Supply Chains, Twitteragrefine, aquaculture, BECHANGE, bioeconomy, bluebioeconomy, change, diversity, Europe, macroalgae, MSCA, PhD, phdlife, Seaweed, socialsustainability, supplychainmanagement, supplychains, UCD

Embracing Bio-based Supply Chains, Diversity and Change

By Mariana Cerca

One famous quote from the Dublin-born writer, George Bernard Shaw, states that “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”. Have you ever…

15

Feb

BioEconomy, Biorefinery, Blog, ESR

The Second Life of a Christmas Tree

By Mayuki Cabrera González

The Second Life of a Christmas Tree: A Comic of the Biorefinery Overview. 

17

Nov

BioEconomy, Biorefinery, ESR, MSCA ITN, Twitteragrefine, Biorefinery, biotechnolgy, blogging, challenges, GMOs

Trust me, I’m a Biotechnologist

By Anna Visentin

After high school, the moment arrived for me to choose a university. During the university orientation days, I realised I was drawn to science subjects and among them, I was…

14

Oct

BioEconomy, Biorefinery, ESR, MSCA ITN, Twitterbiotechnolgy, circular bioeconomy, microorganisms

How can biotechnology bring us into the future?

By Roderick Van Roosmalen

Imagine you are having a drink with a friend, you are both drinking some alcoholic beverage, there is a plastic menu stand on the table and you get a whiff…

16

Sep

BioEconomy, Biorefinery, ESR, MSCA ITN, Twitterbioeconomy, biomass, blogging, Charles C. Mann, conflict, controversy, degrowth, land use conflict, Schön & Rein, social sciences, sufficiency, technology, transition

Of Wizards and Prophets

By Jan Starke

Climate change, environmental degradation, resource wars, economic crises, feeding a rapidly increasing human population... The list of challenges that our generation faces, is long. Many of these challenges seem to…

18

Aug

BioEconomy, ESR, MSCA ITNagrefine, bioeconomy, Europe, European Commission, strategy, sustainability

Bioeconomy revolution: a mission to the Moon and beyond

By Francesca Magnolo

It can be easy to feel overwhelmed looking at the challenges that a “bioeconomy revolution” entails. However, all these challenges stem from the fact that the bioeconomy aims to ensure…