Year: 2012

Permanent forests: with close to nature-continuous cover forestry

[this post is for new followers of my forest transformation work - some material I have written about previously on my older ecoartnotebook.com site] While I have been concentrating a lot lately on doing written research for my thesis, my forest keeps on growing, and fast! People here may may complained over Ireland's recent cold…Read more Permanent forests: with close to nature-continuous cover forestry

ecologies of the moving image – new ecocinema book by adrian ivakhiv

'The Zone is the Zone of Cinema. The camera is in the Zone. We don’t see it; we are it' Adrian Ivakhiv, 2012 Due out next year is another new academic text adding to the small field of ecocriticism as it applies to thinking about cinema - the full title is listed as Ecologies of…Read more ecologies of the moving image – new ecocinema book by adrian ivakhiv

deep sustainability, art and philosophy, at university college cork

Last week I presented a talk on 'deep sustainability and the art and politics of forests' for the new trans-disciplinary series of seminars on 'Sustainability and Modern Society, organised by scientist Dr Edmond Byrne of University College Cork (UCC). I was warmly welcomed by all who braved a very wet night in Cork - there…Read more deep sustainability, art and philosophy, at university college cork