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Two eight-foot-tall, talking and dancing semi-animatronic
Polar Bears will visit the Re-Energising Galway Family Day,
organised by NUI Galway, on Saturday, 13 February.
The campaigning bears are coming to Galway to highlight
the importance of saving energy and cutting emissions, as
part of the 10:10 national carbon reduction campaign tour
to help cut Ireland’s carbon footprint. The Re-Energising
Galway Family Day will take place between 11am and 5pm in
the Galway City Museum and all are welcome to attend this
free event.
At the event, visitors will have a chance to explore the
engineering behind renewable energy technologies, with different
stands - each exploring sustainable energy from a different
perspective, set up throughout the museum. Highlights of the
event will include building model wind and wave turbines,
playing Guzzler’s Energy Challenge and viewing demonstration
models for renewable energy devices.
Re-Energising Galway Family Day is organised by the Environmental
Change Institute (ECI)
and the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science
(NCBES) at NUI Galway, with support from Junior Achievement,
GMIT and Sustainable Energy Ireland.
The Family Day is part of Engineers
Week 2010 - from 8-13 February - which aims to showcase
the diversity of engineering and to celebrate the role of
engineers in Ireland.
Dr Colin Brown, Director of the ECI at NUI Galway, said -
“It will be a fun, free, family-friendly day out and will
provide insight to the new era of low-carbon energy in Ireland
- key knowledge for the next generation of Irish engineers.”
Re-Energising Galway Family Day is a free event that does
not require tickets or advanced booking. For further information
contact - Lindsay Cody, Communications Officer, NCBES, NUI
Galway - Tel: 091 495701 or email: lindsay.cody@nuigalway.ie
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