Partners work together to co-create potential exhibition ideas at the Train the Trainers meeting.(credit WAAG)
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Food and Sustainable Consumption

On 28th September, 2018, to link with European Researcher’s Night 2018’s theme Science in the city (SCICITY), Lisbon Botanic Garden held a science café entitled Food and Sustainable Consumption next to our BigPicnic exhibition - this was the fifth science café about sustainable food.
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Grow Local, Eat Healthy

Two science cafés took place on 11th April and 16th May 2018 in Lisbon under the motto “Grow Local, Eat Healthy”, aiming to increase interest and engagement from the general public and stakeholders in healthy and sustainable food.
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“What should I eat at home?”

During Easter holidays, as part of BigPicnic, National Museum of Natural History and Science, University of Lisbon ran activity for children aged 6 to 12 about healthy food and the Mediterranean diet.
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BigNews - Science cafes

The fourth issue of BigNews has just been sent. This time it focused on the science cafes that partners' are currently planning and running. You can find it on the...
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Science Café - “How to eat healthy and sustainable food?”

On 8th November the National Museum of Natural History and Science, University of Lisbon held a science café in the atrium of the museum. It was entitled How do we eat healthy and sustainably? And the aim was to increase interest and engagement from the general public and stakeholders in healthy and sustainable food. It was attended by the general public and specialists from the nutrition, public health, environment and agriculture sectors.
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Third BigPicnic Partner Meeting

The Third BigPicnic Partner Meeting took place from 22nd to 24th November, 2017 in Belgium. This time Botanic Garden Meise hosted, and they did a fantastic job! As well as a jam-packed agenda that allowed Partners to share what they have been doing and what they will do next, there was a fabulous programme of evening events to help everyone wind down.
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Co-creation of an exhibition with Local Partners

We successfully conducted the first meeting with local partners, involving one member of the Neighbour Association, a chef and nutritionist, and a member of the Native Seed Production Association, to discuss ideas and raise suggestions for the exhibition.
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“Talking in the Garden” – Internal Meeting

On March 20th we presented the main objectives and the plan of activities for BigPicnic to the rest of the staff at National Museum of Natural History and Science, University of Lisbon (MUHNAC).
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Second BigPicnic Partner Meeting

From 17th to 20th May, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh hosted the 2nd BigPicnic Partner Meeting.