Author: Cathy Fitzgerald
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Perhaps we can never arrive at rewilded, because pure wilderness is an unhelpful myth. — Read on rewildingnews.com/what-is-rewilding-extended-version Current and historical ideas of ‘wilderness, ‘rewinding’ and ‘wilding’ show divergent conversations and sometimes troubling aims… but it’s great these conversations are happening. We so urgently need to wild our lands and waters.
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Art and sustainability programmes originating in England (Julie’s Bicycle) in the last decade, and also evolving rapidly in Scotland (Creative Carbon Scotland) have proven increased public engagment with eco-social concerns and also provided significant energy costs for their respective art sectors. Ireland has no developed policy in this area (Fitzgerald, 2017) but it is certain…
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In 2000, I was invited to count and photograph seabirds who breed on unpeopled atolls in the South Pacific, in the Cook Islands, that are now threatened by rising seas. Reflecting on that journey I’ve since wanted to share how creative practices work have social power to translate environmental knowledge relevant to our communities and…
