"Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength." GD Anderson I'm delighted to share my dear friend and Close-to-Nature forestry mentor Jan Alexander, will be speaking at the Dock, this coming Saturday for a special event for International Womens Day. We'll be going…Read more Living well with forests: learning with forests —with Jan Alexander at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon for International Womens Day, 7 Mar.
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Celebrating over 2 decades of closer-to-nature forestry practice in Ireland with Pro Silva International
Celebrating over 2 decades of closer-to-nature forestry practice in Ireland with Pro Silva International - I was delighted, recently, to be involved, as a longtime committee member of Pro Silva Ireland to help host the international Pro Silva delegates' 3-day meeting and forest site visits in County Wicklow June 14-16, 2023. Very experienced Close-to-Nature forestry delegates attended from 22 countries and generously shared their expertise, research, and how they are facing mounting ecological challenges in their forestry sectors in Europe and the United Kingdom.
Further reflections: ‘The Right Tree in the Right Place’? — we need conversations about wiser forestry and ‘The Right Forestry Practice in the Right Place’
Further reflections: ‘The Right Tree in the Right Place’? — we need conversations about wiser forestry and ‘The Right Forestry Practice in the Right Place’ April 19, 2023 I was delighted to see there has been further reflections on the recent event in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, which I contributed a pre-recorded talk on Wiser Forestry:…Read more Further reflections: ‘The Right Tree in the Right Place’? — we need conversations about wiser forestry and ‘The Right Forestry Practice in the Right Place’