This image was submitted as part of a SETU Design Year 4 Project supervised by Joy Rooney, Lecturer and Researcher in Design, and in collaboration with Explore Your Shore! at the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
‘My final illustration can be used as a poster for public use with the goal of making people aware of plastic waste build up in our oceans.‘
Cian O’Suillivan Burns
Coastwatch would love you to participate in their Annual Citizen Science Shore Survey and help generate a snapshot picture of our shores in autumn 2026. Just book 500m of shore
On 1 October 2026, the Irish Ocean Literacy Network gathered in Ballycastle for a day of conversation, storytelling, connection and reflection around “Marine Identity: The Sea Between Us”, exploring the
