Creatives, educators & cultural professionals are being called to lead in response to today’s intersecting environmental & social challenges.
Haumea Ecoversity offers transformative with
Dr Cathy Fitzgerald
& trusted facilitators
We help you & your team gain clarity & confidence to:
- embed internationally recognised eco-ethics in programmes & policies
- choose clear eco-frameworks
& inclusive language - creatively inspire workplaces or communities, bioregionally or nationally
- avoid overwhelm to navigate this eco-cultural turn with ease
We Work with:
Local Authorities Arts Offices | Service Departments, Universities, Libraries,
Cultural Organisations, Bioregional – Regenerative Community Organisations,
Cultural Leaders & Creatives
What We OFFER
Introductory Webinars
(60–90 mins) key ecoliteracy ideas
& frameworks clearly explained
Half-Day In-Person Training
to envision ecoliteracy
& eco-ethics in strategy & policy
Talks & Guest Lectures:
for teams, conferences or BA, MA, PhD academic programmes
Mentoring (1:1 or group)
tailored and confidential
Haumea Ecoversity Membership:
— ideal for upskilling creatives & team members, you may be supporting. Provides accelerated collective ecoliteracy
& eco-ethics learning and community.
what people say
“The session encourages thought & consideration about our value systems. Attendees from Wexford Co. Council’s Libraries, Arts, Environment, Housing & Town Management gave very positive feedback.”
Elizabeth Howard –Creative Ireland Wexford Officer
“Cathy delivered so professionally, calmly and clearly. I appreciate you giving us your time & expertise.”
Rhona McGrath – Roscommon Co. Arts Officer
“Cathy provided crucial context for our Creative Ireland Climate Action projects & opened new perspectives for our work.”
Lisa Fingleton – Eco-social artist, farmer, Barna Way, Co. Kerry
Client List
Ireland:
- Carlow, Kilkenny, Kildare, Meath, Roscommon, Leitrim & Mayo Arts Offices/Depts, Creative Ireland Wexford
- IMMA Earth Rising, CREATE
- Cowhouse Studios; Burren College of Art
- HOMETREE, Brewery Lane Writers Festival
- Dublin City Arts with The Dock Leitrim
- DCU Climate & Society Conference
- Mary Robinson Conference; Greywood Arts
- Limerick School of Art & Design MA Space
- NUIG Moore Institute, Maynooth Cultural Geography Dept., VISUAL Carlow
International:
- Valand Art College (Sweden)
- Earth Charter: Prof. Emeritus Peter Blaze Corcoran & Prof. Emeritus Sam Crowell (USA)
- Dr Rhys Jones, WINTEC Pukenga (NZ)
- Ecoart pioneer Prof Newton Harrison (USA)
- London RCA Doctoral Training (UK)
- Rupert Read, Middlesex University (UK)
- Creative Carbon Scotland; Chrysalis (UK)
- Valand Art College, Gothenberg (Sweden)
Dr Cathy Fitzgerald, Founder-Facilitator of Haumea Ecoversity (PhD by Creative Practice, NCAD, Art and Ecology Research Fellow, Burren College of Art) is a successful and popular transformational learning guide, lecturer, writer, speaker and researcher for sustainability for the creative sector, a former science researcher and an ecological art practitioner for the ongoing Hollywood Forest Story and advisor for the Carlow Creative Drummin Bog Project since 2017. Her work has been featured in The Irish Times, and in peer-reviewed publications. This makes her uniquely placed to guide other art professionals toward the most urgent challenge for contemporary art today – how can we effectively employ creativity and cultural leadership to inspire societal change for the better world we know is possible.
Dr Iain Biggs – Educator, Artist, Researcher
“Haumea is a valuable resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the relationship between art and ecology.”Dr Kate Flood – Cultural Ecosystem Services Advisor, Strategist for the Irish Community Wetland Forum
“Cathy’s work gives us the language and tools to keep going at a time when our hearts are close to breaking.”Dr Marilyn Lennon – Artist and Full-Time Lecturer – , Munster Technological University, CorK
“Cathy tailored critical eco-learning to our professional group, engaging and provoking in equal measure.”Nikos Patedakis, PhD – Consulting Ecological Philosopher, DangerousWisdom.org, California
“If life gifts you the chance to work with Cathy Fitzgerald, consider yourself lucky. She is a warm, ethical, and wise resource.”Frank Abruzzese – Owner, Cow House Studios
“It was evident in the work produced that Cathy had a significant impact on many of the artists.”Dr Paul O’Brien – Research Fellow, NCAD
“Cathy’s work offers a practical antidote to the threats of climate change, species extinction, and ecological degradation.”
Book a FREE 15-minute call with ecoliteracy & accredited Eco-Ethics Earth Charter ESD (Education for Sustainability Development) educator Dr Cathy Fitzgerald.
Read more about our previous clients below.
How Haumea Ecoliteracy Training Evolved:
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Cathy Fitzgerald’s ecoliteracy training developed from her doctorate, which reviewed the emergent ecological creative practice field and how ecological insights present an immense educational shift for all society and art education.
Her work to empower the creative sector with holistic ecoliteracy curricula to support professionals working across the creative, cultural and education sectors began in early 2020, just as the pandemic began, with her colleague eco-philosopher Dr Nikos Patedakis (California).
Since then, many organisations, educators and professionals in the culture and creative sectors have invited Cathy to talk in webinars as she was developing her popular comprehensive Haumea Essential 7-week ecoliteracy and Earth Charter courses with Nikos. In 2025, Haumea Ecoversity developed as an ongoing ecoliteracy membership programme for creative professionals, researchers, educators and policy writers. In small cohorts, Cathy and Nikos have supported close to 400 creative and cultural professionals with essential ecoliteracy since 2019.
Cathy has also developed bespoke in-person half-day training with her colleague and facilitator, the award-winning eco-poet and author Grace Wells, since 2023.
Cathy is available and continues to enjoy delivering introductory and more advanced ecoliteracy webinars and is also available for private 1-to-1 ecoliteracy mentoring for individuals and groups.
Cathy and Grace can also deliver transformative 1/2 day training sessions, with particular experience with Local Authority Staff with strategic responsibility for Climate Action and community engagement.
Please contact Cathy for more details.
LOCAL AUTHORITY & CREATIVE IRELAND TRAINING
2025: Ecoliteracy Mentor for This-OUR Glenbower Wood and Killeagh Village project supported by the Irish Arts Council & Cork County Council.
2024: Ecoliteracy and Values Training for Local Authority Staff and Creative Ieland Staff with Strategic Responsibility for Climate Action and Community Engagement: Dr Cathy Fitzgerald with Ecopoet, Author and Facilitator Grace Wells
December: 1/2 day ecoliteracy and values training for Wexford County Council organised by Cretive Ireland Wexford
*November: 1/2 day ecoliteracy and values training for Meath County Council, Kells
*May: 1/2 day ecoliteracy and values training for Kildare County Council staff, Lullymore Wetlands Centre
*February: 1/2 day ecoliteracy and values training for Carlow County Council staff, Blackstairs Ecotrails Barn.
*For the Irish Arts Council ‘Invitation to Collaborate’ Award 3-County Creative Wetland Engagement programme: Gnáthóga Nádúrtha: (Natural Habitats) – Ecoliteracy and Values-based ESD training educator County Carlow Arts Office-led community engagement for Carlow, Kildare and Roscommon Arts Officers.
For this project, Cathy also mentored the 3-lead artists: Jules Michael (Carlow), Monica de Bath (Kildare) and Dr Kate Flood (Meath). The project and the lead artists’ community engagement work were exhibited at the 2024 IMMA Earth Rising Festival.
IN-PERSON TALKS:
- 2025: Panel Speaker at Earth Charter 25+ conference, Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
- 2025: Mary Robinson Conference, Ballina, May 26-7
- 2025: DCU Climate and Society Annual Conference, April 29
- 2025: Drumshanbo Tidytowns Methodist Church—Wildlife, Art and Ireland, , March
- 2023: Co-panellist with John Gibbons for CREATE‘s Climate Justice Annual Gathering
- 2023 HOMETREE.ie 2nd Ardnaculla Summer School. Dr Cathy Fitzgerald led an art & ecology panel session with Grace Wells, with a presentation on ‘Why ecoliteracy is important for creatives and the Irish creative sector’, on 9 July.
- 2022 Invited speaker for Web of Life celebration workshop for international ecological art practice pioneer, Prof Newton Harrison, UC San Diego.
- 2022 Speaking of Which: Series 2 ecoart interview & talk for curatorial scholar Shannon Carroll, Dublin City Arts + The Dock, Co. Leitrim
- 2022 Guest speaker for Irish Arts Council Climate Action Policy Roundtable, July
- 2023 3-day Brewery Lane Writers Festival on Vision, Values and Values for a Better World –
Co-facilitator with ecopoet & writer Grace Wells for Carrick on Suir 14-16 April 2023, Organised by writer and workshop organiser Margaret O’Brien. - 2022 Burren College of Arts Symposium: presentation on Earth Charter values for the Rights of Nature
- 2019 What is Ecoliteracy: Cork School of Architecture
- 2019 onwards: Cowhouse Studios, Wexford: Cathy Fitzgerald has provided ecoliteracy talks in the wood she lives in in South County Carlow from 2019 onwards
ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING
Cathy Fitzgerald PhD has offered bespoke private mentoring for creative professionals for many years.
See details of her popular ecoiteracy mentoring services here:
See the testimonials of the many creative professionals mentored by Cathy Fitzgerald here
WEBINARS
2025: Hosted USA Prof Emeritus Sam Crowell’s talk for Haumea Ecoversity webinar; ‘Unpacking the Earth Charter: Re-enchanting Education’
2023: March 27 Creative Carbon Scotland / Edinburgh Botanic Gardens Invited Speaker: Stories for Wiser forestry: the Right forest practice in the right place
2023 Introductory talk for Leitrim Arts Office: Why Ecoliteracy is important for creative professionals and the Irish creative sector, 28 Mar 2023
2023, 2022 Introductory talk for Kilkenny Arts Office: Why Ecoliteracy is important for creative professionals and the Irish creative sector
2022 Introductory talk for Mayo Arts Services: Why Ecoliteracy is important for creative professionals and the Irish creative sector, Aug 26, 2022, with musician/composer Carole Nelson and ecopoet/writer Grace Wells
2022 Roscommon County Council Arts Office. Introductory talk for Mayo Arts Services: Why Ecoliteracy is important for creative professionals and the Irish creative sector,
2022: London Royal College of Art Doctoral Training Programme for Dr Catherine Dromor
2020 Webinar Crawford Art College MTU EcoArt Level 9 course, Crawford Contemporary Applied MA by Research programme,
2020 Interview Carlow – Our Thriving Tribe, VISUAL research EU project and book.
2020 Tree TV Leitrim Dock Art Centre,
2020 What is Ecoliteracy? For Dr Marilyn Lennon, Limerick School of Art & Design MA Space,
2020 Dublin IMMA -Breaking Cover Collective,
2020 What is Ecoliteracy for Curatorial Online course, Gothenberg VALAND art college (Sweden)
2020 Yorkshire – Chrysalis Arts (UK) Conversation with art & ecology professor Dr David Haley
