Celebrating Irish and world forests

‘Remembering Our Forgotten Forests: Twelve thousand years of British and Irish Woodlands’- new book by Jonathan Mullard

'So, I say that we had better be without gold than without forests' — John Evelyn in Rembering Our Forgotten Forests I recently had the good fortune to meet US author and ecological activist Derrick Jensen, whose book Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests (co-authored with George Draffan, 2004) had a big impact…Read more ‘Remembering Our Forgotten Forests: Twelve thousand years of British and Irish Woodlands’- new book by Jonathan Mullard

Methodist church Drumshambo

‘Wildlife, Art & Ireland’: conversations with Éanna Ní Lamhna & Cathy Fitzgerald, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim

'Wildlife, Art & Ireland': conversations with Éanna Ní Lamhna & Cathy Fitzgerald, Drumshambo, Co. Leitrim I'm excited to share 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…Read more ‘Wildlife, Art & Ireland’: conversations with Éanna Ní Lamhna & Cathy Fitzgerald, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim

‘Three Words for Forest: exploring uncertainty in a time of climate crises’ – & the New Leaves Network arising in Scotland

Last year I was delighted to be invited to be part of a newly developing network arising in Scotland called the New Leaves Network (NLN)'By exploring a series of long-durational, living artworks – ranging between 50 and 400 years – the New Leaves Network (NLN) brings together national and international forestry and cultural researchers, practitioners…Read more ‘Three Words for Forest: exploring uncertainty in a time of climate crises’ – & the New Leaves Network arising in Scotland