Category: Books/ Resources
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Delighted to be speaking at this event with the wonderful Éanna Ní Lamhna. I will be sharing examples of ecosocial creative practices from my work with Hollywood Forest Story and the Haumea Ecoversity Community. At this event I will also highlight how we can creatively use the People’s Earth Charter to engage communities and inspire…
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This morning (July 5 2024), amidst the wilds of Hollywood, I am reflecting on the brilliance of my Little Book of Brigid. The Blueway Art Studio eloquently describes Brigid as “a powerful symbol of female endurance and women’s empowerment in Ireland,” celebrated both as an Irish Goddess and Christian saint. A Heartfelt Endorsement In June,…
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Congratulations to past Haumea Ecoversity Ecoliteracy course participant curator Shannon Carroll for planning an important afternoon seminar Returning to the Earth / Ag Filleadh ar an Talamh at the 2023 Kilkenny Festival on why the Irish language is vital to help us live well with our ecologies. Shannon is working for the ‘Kilkenny Arts Office…
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Recently, I offered external ecoliteracy expertise to review a new Irish Transition-year (TY) school-age group / place-based STEAM draft micro-module for 21st-century leadership, that features the Peoples’ and UNESCO-endorsed Earth Charter (2000) to teach teenagers about how principles guide our thinking and actions for sustainability.
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A million thanks to writer and writer festival workshop organiser Margaret O’Brien, County Tipperary, for bringing eco poet /filmmaker Grace Wells and me together to co-facilitate together for the first time for the 10th Brewery Lane Writers Festival for a 3 days writers workshop. I’ve long admired Grace’s work and Grace has been a poet-in-residence…
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I was delighted to be part of the Speaking of Which, Series II – The Ecological Edition, a project produced in collaboration between Dublin’s LAB Gallery and The Dock Arts Centre in Leitrim and curated by Shannon Carroll. This is the second series in a set of interviews where artists explain what inspires them and…
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I was delighted recently to be contacted by visual artist Navine Dossos who works between the UK and Athens and who lives in Greece. Navine had heard of my Haumea Ecoversity ecoliteracy training for professional creatives in Glenn Albrecht’s book Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World (2019), and wondered if I could offer…
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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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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…
