Eco-social creative practice storytelling skills for a wiser world are transferable: from Hollywood Forest to Drummin Bog

https://drumminbog.com/2026/01/18/a-flavour-of-drummin-bog-volunteer-mornings-invasive-species-removal-with-cheese/?page_id=7191 Eco-creative storytelling ignites social change It’s worth reminding ourselves, from one community to another,from one habitat to another, how eco-creative practices are transferable. If you’d like a recent, very grounded example, have a look at my latest post for the Carlow Drummin Bog Project here:https://drumminbog.com/2026/01/18/a-flavour-of-drummin-bog-volunteer-mornings-invasive-species-removal-with-cheese/?page_id=7191 As I was writing it, I found myself reflecting…Read more Eco-social creative practice storytelling skills for a wiser world are transferable: from Hollywood Forest to Drummin Bog

Routledge Handbook of Placemaking 2021 ‘The Hollywood Forest Story: Placemaking for the Symbiocene’

It is still a surprise to me, after a rather tortuous and risky Creative Practice-led PhD, that The Hollywood Forest Story, and particularly my framework to explain long term ecosocial (ecological) art practice has found resonance with others. And, over and over again, creatives and educators come back to me, after reading my most popular…Read more Routledge Handbook of Placemaking 2021 ‘The Hollywood Forest Story: Placemaking for the Symbiocene’

“A revolution in how we live? An interdisciplinary workshop on creative approaches to education for environmental understanding and responsibility” on peatlands.

#FridayArt4Emergency Trans-Disciplinary Conversations on Peatlands A UCC Research IRC Funded Project #LoveIrishResearch An interdisciplinary Workshop on Creative Approaches to Education for Environmental Understanding and Responsibility Irish Research Council Creative Connection Scheme18-19 October 2019 – The Glucksman, Cork Co-hosted by Dr. Maureen O’Connor, University College Cork and The Glucksman Gallery I was delighted recently to present…Read more “A revolution in how we live? An interdisciplinary workshop on creative approaches to education for environmental understanding and responsibility” on peatlands.