Eco-Beo – Investing in Burren Communities

Eco-Beo opens up the Burren’s vast and varied heritage to primary school students, giving them and their parents and teachers a unique insight into the Burren's world famous karst landscape.

The theme of the Eco-Beo education programme is 'My Burren Heritage'. The main aim of the programme is to increase awareness and appreciation of the heritage of the Burren among the children who live in this special place.  The course offers each child a hands-on, fun learning experience. Each child will graduate from the course with a huge bank of knowledge about the region. Throughout the twenty week course, participants learn about various aspects of the Burren - its animals, plants, monuments, landscape and culture - through a series of colourful classroom presentations. This is complimented by weekly quizzes, e-newsletters and assignments delivered by professional course tutors, all of whom are experts in their individual areas. Students are taken on Burren field trips, where they have the opportunity to put their newfound knowledge to the test.

The objective of the course is to instill among the children of the Burren, the future custodians of the landscape, a sense of informed pride, ownership and responsibility for their heritage. As well as producing a fresh and fascinating insight into the region, Eco-Beo puts the people of the Burren back in the driving seat in terms of taking ownership of their landscape and heritage. With this knowledge  the people of the Burren will have a strong voice and will be ready to interprete the unique and complex place that they call home while they determine it's future. 

Burrenbeo wants this course to be the best heritage education programme of its kind ever rolled out in Ireland, as befits a place as special as the Burren. Furthermore, we would like to see this course become an integral part of the primary school curriculum for all primary school children in the Burren as it complements the existing curriculum but enhances its delivery by grounding it in the local landscape and heritage.

Go Raibh Maith Agaibh…
The Eco-Beo course is co-coordinated and delivered by Burrenbeo as part of its non-profit work in the Burren. Burrenbeo Trust would like to thank all involved in this course, in particular the  teachers who engaged with this programme.  We would also like to thank  those businesses - local, national and international who have supported  this programme over the years.
To you  all  A VERY BIG THANK  for beliveing in Burrenbeo.  

If  you are a business or individual who believes in innovative education and would like to support this programme please contact trust@burrenbeo.com or phone 00-353 (0) 91-638096