Author: Cathy Fitzgerald
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Fantastic to have this amazing book to hand, and many congratulations to the editors and contributors. Wonderful to know my Hollywood Forest Story is in it too – the trees do seem pleased 😉 EcoArt in Action : Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities, New Village Press, 2022 “Ready-to-go, vetted approaches for […]…
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Update 24 July 2022: recording of online symposia now posted. As someone fortunate to spend the first half of my life in Aotearoa New Zealand, I’m especially delighted to have been invited to be part of an important panel for the Summer 2022 exhibition ‘No Man’s Land’ at the Irish Burren College of Art. Like…
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I’m honoured this week to be interviewed by The Design Trust (UK) about how my long term ecosocial art practice evolved into a fulfilling, rewarding and sustaining livelihood. This is such a great supportive community for all creatives interested in understanding the business, marketing and strategic side to working in the creative sector! A free online conversation with…
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Big congratulations and thanks to Prof Karen Till, Dr Nessa Cronin and Prof Gerry Kearns for inviting me and 3 other Irish-based ecosocial artists to be part of the inaugural Irish Earth Writings Book 2020 – I’m delighted to share that it has won a prestigious award. Dr Nessa Cronin interviewed me about wee Hollywood…
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‘When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence have the capacity to shift the entire system’ – Ilya Prigogine I’m delighted to share that The Hollywood Forest Story, my ongoing creative ecosocial art practice, is now showcased in the online Creative Carbon Scotland Library of Creative Sustainability. My deep understanding that ecoliteracy and fluency in…
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‘”Turning Conscience into Action!” – Earth Charter Secretariat. Earth Charter International holds the UNESCO Chair for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) The Earth Charter is a document with sixteen principles that drive a global movement towards a more just, sustainable and peaceful world. To support the movement, our Education Center offers courses, resource materials and…
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A few weeks ago I was thrilled to be asked to give a keynote lecture for the Doctoral Training Intensive Programme at the Royal College of Art, London. It was an unexpected call from Dr Catherine Dormor – Head of Research Programmes at the Royal College of Art (UK), who I had met briefly many…
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For the first 2022 edition of the Visual Artists Ireland Newsheet I was delighted to review a significant artist-led ecosocial creative, the 2020-2021 Breaking Cover programme and public performance by the new Breaking Cover Collective which was hosted and supported by the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA).
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A landmark collection of key essays-offering reflections from the world’s leading educators most experienced with the Earth Charters key role for sustainability learning and values education. https://lnkd.in/eRbTNbKz As the Earth Charter is the twice UNESCO-endorsed systems learning framework to cultivate a sustainability / ecological systems literate ethos for all citizens to engage with the UN Sustainable…
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There are 4 pillars in the Earth Charter that can help all people envision and communicate with ease the vision and interconnected ecosocial values we’ll need to advance a more just and thriving world: (I) Care and Respect for the Community of Life, (II) Ecological Integrity, (III) Social Justice and the last one is on…
