Whose Woods These Are The Dock 2020

‘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

Whose Woods These Are: Wendell Berry’s A Good Forest economy–with Cathy Fitzgerald

Poster by Helen McDonnell The following is the 2nd post in which I reflect on Wendell Berry's ideas of a 'Good Forest Economy'– from an essay he wrote in 1995 (the reason why I chose to discuss Wendell's forest ideas are in the previous post here). https://videopress.com/v/ZLvfb9mh?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata My talk for the Arboreal Book Club for…Read more Whose Woods These Are: Wendell Berry’s A Good Forest economy–with Cathy Fitzgerald

‘Reflecting again on Wendell Berry’s– ‘the forest is the basis of a culture’

This is the first of two posts (my talk recording is in the 2nd post here) reflecting on ideas from writer-philosopher-poet Wendell Berry that influenced my art-forest-policy work over the last two decades. The next post details the odd coincidence in that I have been invited by curators to talk about a forest text that…Read more ‘Reflecting again on Wendell Berry’s– ‘the forest is the basis of a culture’