“Minhocas Amigas” by students from São Mamede Primary School (Portugal)
This captivating video involves over 150 children exploring the role of worms in composting organic waste. Combining scientific discovery and different forms of artistic creations, including an original song, the project engages students in hands-on activities like building a worm bin and creating 3D paper worms, which were also used in an educational game involving students, parents and teachers. The result is a joyful and impactful way to teach sustainability and bioeconomy concepts.

“Bioeconomy and Sustainability” (Croatia)
A young girl created a mixed-media artwork using leaf printing, watercolour painting, and pencil drawings. The piece depicts Earth in the universe, surrounded by pollutants and sustainable practices like composting and renewable energy. The artwork resulted in a very creative and beautiful image, connecting in a very powerful way the artistic dimension with its scientific message.

“Floresta Principal” by Francisca, also known as Kiki (Portugal)
This crafted sculpture, created by a little girl, illustrates the paper life cycle—from sustainable forestry to recycling—using natural pigments and upcycled materials. The piece offers a pedagogical narrative about bioeconomy and sustainability through every stage of the process, through artistic means.

“Cycle of Sustainability” by Tasneem from Idrissi International School (Malaysia)
This remarkable batik-style painting beautifully captures the interconnectedness of farming cycles, crop diversity, and sustainable practices like agroforestry. The use of soil as a painting medium not only reinforces the connection between art and the bioeconomy—symbolizing the value of natural resources in creating and sustaining life—but also deepens the work’s cultural significance through the integration of the traditional batik technique. This heritage-rich approach highlights the enduring relevance of traditional crafts while presenting a powerful message about the importance of sustainable practices in preserving both our environment and cultural legacy.

“Seiryoku” by Myreen from Idrissi International School (Malaysia)
This captivating artwork blends natural and technological elements, symbolizing the balance between sustainable practices and innovation. Created using soil painting and charcoal, the medium itself reflects the essence of bioeconomy by utilizing natural, bio-based materials. The artwork features koi fish, representing nourishment and the transformation of nutrients in soil; drones, signifying the integration of advanced technology to optimize agricultural practices; and bees, highlighting their critical role as natural pollinators supporting biodiversity. Through these interconnected elements, Seiryoku presents a harmonious vision of bioeconomy principles, emphasizing the synergy between nature and technology in fostering a sustainable future.

“Bioeconomy Practices in the House” by students from Ellinogermaniki Agogi School (Greece)
This artwork was created by a classroom that explored bioeconomy through the theme “house” during English as a foreign language lessons. Divided into groups, each focused on a room, blending eco-friendly practices with artistic methods like crafting, writing, and music. It resulted in a collaborative project transforming a digital house into a hub of sustainability, Each room represents bioeconomy practices—creatively presented through several form of arts such as music, crafts, drawings, videos, interactive PDFs, 3D models —, fostering everyday bioeconomy awareness and sustainable everyday behaviours, as young “BioHeroes”.

“Second Chance” by Lyla (Austria)
This artwork, created by GenB Ambassador, transforms single-use materials, such as candy wrappers, pizza boxes, and tissue paper, into a vibrant and meaningful creation. It also incorporates homemade paper, crafted from repurposed old math worksheets, showcasing the potential to not only reuse waste but also transform it into new materials. Through its intricate design, the piece powerfully conveys that the reuse and repurposing can lead to the creation of beauty and sustainability, emphasizing that giving a second life to discarded materials does not diminish their value but instead unlocks new possibilities.

“Future in a Box: Powered by Bioeconomy” by students from Science and Art Center (Turkey)
This imaginative project was created by a team of students who love nature and transcend boundaries with their imagination. It uses “bioeconomy boxes” to represent everyday applications of sustainability. Each box tells a story—from waste transformation to bio-based products—blending artistic creativity with environmental advocacy, highlighting very insightful examples of bio-based products and applications in the bioeconomy.

“How Planet Earth Was Saved” by Denis Octavian and Ricardo Sebastian from Technological High School “Decebal” (Romania)
 A sci-fi-inspired story, highlighting the importance of protecting Earth for future generations. Through vivid storytelling, the piece intertwines bioeconomy concepts with a compelling narrative about care, sustainability and responsibility to preserve the beauty and richness of our planet to pass on to future generations.

Threads of Earth and Steel by Hanna Coelho
This striking land art piece places an industrial fan amidst a field, entirely enveloped by natural sisal fibers. The sisal “invades” and embraces the fan, creating a compelling metaphor for the symbiotic relationship between nature and technology. The composition, resembling a tree with roots and branches, symbolizes life, balance, and the potential harmony between ecology and innovation. This evocative piece created by a textile art student invites viewers to reflect on sustainable practices and the integration of natural and technological elements in a bioeconomy-driven future.

Chords of Hope by Racheal Musiimenta (Uganda)
This symbolic drawing was created by a Ugandan Land Surveying and Geomatics student at Makerere University with a growing passion for conceptual art. It is inspired by a local environmental tragedy, uses art to convey the transformative power of education in promoting sustainable waste management and bioeconomy principles, emphasizing the vital role of awareness and responsibility.

Save the Flowers by Maia Steinberg (The Netherlands)
Save the Flowers is an interdisciplinary performance featuring songs, audiovisuals, and upcycled materials, where flowers symbolize Earth’s environmental degradation. Maia is a composer, singer and founder of Project A – A voice journey, a platform that creates different projects in the intersection of vocal arts and social impact. Project A creates different artistic performances based on the Sustainable Development Goals and community projects based on the Inner Development Goals. This emotive piece submitted to the GenB BioArt Competition calls for reflection and action to protect nature through sustainable practices and bioeconomy solutions.