Welcome to
HAUMEA ECOVERSITY
Transformative Ecoliteracy for a Better World
Become part of Haumea Ecoversity.
An independent, peer-to-peer online ecoliteracy learning community
for artists, creatives, curators, change-makers, educators,
re-wilders, researchers and cultural leaders.
Ready to inspire a brighter, wiser, and more compassionate future. JOIN US!
Aligned with Earth Charter International, the global Ecoversities Alliance
and as advertised in Visual Artists Ireland, ClimateCultures.Net, Creatives for Climate and Resurgence Magazine
“Just as in her own art, where Cathy Fitzgerald is growing a forest,
Shane Finan – Visual Artist, Ireland
in her teaching she draws together the disparate roots, branches,
leaves, seeds and flowers, leaving a healthy forest to flourish for itself.
I am very grateful.”
Welcome to Haumea Ecoversity — where creativity meets ethical ecological wisdom.
We’re a vibrant and supportive learning community for creatives, educators, and cultural professionals who want to live well and create wisely—for the well-being of people, planet, and future generations.
Founded in 2019 by ecological artist-educator Dr Cathy Fitzgerald (Ireland) and philosopher Dr Nikos Patedakis (California), Haumea Ecoversity has guided over 400 learners worldwide through powerful, values-based ecoliteracy education grounded in care, connection, and transformation.
Join us to:
- Cultivate an ecological worldview rooted in ecological philosophy, systems thinking and relational wisdom with the seasons of the year
- Learn from key ecological thinkers, artists, and traditions across cultures
- Gain the new language and confidence to align and communicate your creative work, teaching, or policy with life-affirming values and confidence of sharing a more just, inspiring ecological worldview
- Belong to a peer-supported global community nurturing regenerative cultural change
It’s time to create from a wiser place.
Are you ready?
New Online Course:
Evening Thoughts: Dark Skies, Deep Time
Why this Course?
Recent research shows that Ireland, like many modern societies, now ranks among the lowest countries in the world for nature connection*. At the same time, scientists are warning that our current way of living is disturbing the conditions that support life on Earth.
Who is this course for?
This course is for anyone who wants to support meaningful nature connection and wellbeing — personally or in their community. It is especially relevant if you work or volunteer in places of restoration or regeneration, or if you guide others in outdoor, creative, or ecological settings.
Or Explore Our Continuing Professional Development
Ecoliteracy Training Services:
Webinars, Lectures, Seminars
for art colleges, universities, cultural and eco-organisations
Ecoliteracy Mentoring
for creatives in all fields, art educators, cultural professionals & organisations
Ecoliteracy CPD training
for art organisations & cultural institutions, local authority art offices | services, arts & cultural policy, art education strategy
Lifelong, Life-wide Transformative Learning
for Heads, Hearts and Hands
Learn how to inclusively communicate an era-changing, holistic, just and sustainable ecological / sustainability worldview — to inspire creativity and leadership
Why Ecoliteracy ?
In a time of accelerating ecological and social crises, creatives and cultural leaders hold a unique power to inspire systemic change—through richer, more meaningful approaches that reach beyond technological fixes and scientific worldviews.
Yet traditional education offers little preparation for the holistic ecological understanding and emotional resilience needed to respond wisely.
That’s where ecoliteracy comes in.
Ecoliteracy is not just knowledge—it’s a holistic way of seeing and being that connects ecological insights,
ethics, creativity, and spiritual wisdom from diverse traditions to help you develop a just and ecological worldview.
At Haumea Ecoversity, we teach ecoliteracy as a transformative practice rooted in life-affirming values and the peoples’, UNESCO- and IUCN-endorsed Earth Charter that promotes principles for:
compassion and care for all beings, ecological integrity,
social and economic justice, democracy, non-violence, and peace
—so we can communicate and act for personal, collective, planetary, and intergenerational well-being in all that we do.
Unique & Pioneering
We offer a peer-to-peer learning experience, exploring transdisciplinary knowledge with lived, lifeworld experience.
Our learning pathways offer tailored for creative, educational, and cultural professionals—combining ecological philosophy, values-based education, and contemplative practice.
Ready to align your work with Earth-aligned wisdom?
Our learners don’t just gain insight.
They gain agency.
They become learning leaders.
They activate themselves—and others
—toward a more inclusive, just, beautiful, and enduring world.
Let’s explore how ecoliteracy can transform your work
Download Our Brochure
Download Our Haumea Ecoversity Brochure
to see all our ecoliteracy, eco-ethics and mentoring services
Free Guide: ‘What is Ecoliteracy?
Download the new FREE ecoliteracy guide compiled by Cathy Fitzgerald. This guide reflects common questions Cathy has addressed in facilitating over 400+ people who have joined Haumea Ecoversity courses or mentoring.
Empower your work with these insights and enjoy the images from Cathy’s home area in rural Ireland.
