Year: 2015

Operation Transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry

Great to see ProSilva Ireland's* message about Close-to-Nature, non clearfell, continuous cover forestry is getting great press and TV coverage. This is what should have been included in this years new national forestry policy but we'll just have to keep working at it. Anyway, we all had a great day in Co. Wicklow. *I'm on…Read more Operation Transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry

Wexford art students visit Hollywood (and Holly)

The other day I had a group of college art students visiting Hollywood - most of them didn't seem to know the rate of biodiversity loss that industrial land and ocean practices are causing - the estimated and unprecedented loss of 150 species a day (UN, 2010 figures). Sustainability as a concept is a term…Read more Wexford art students visit Hollywood (and Holly)

‘Lines of flight’ from the Hollywood project

Cathy Fitzgerald reflects on other close-to-nature, non clearfell forests being inspired by the Hollywood ecoart project, with Nicola Brown and Fritz Ringal, under the Blackstairs Mountains, Ireland.