See my follow-up post here I was delighted to have been asked to contribute from Ireland to a Creative Carbon Scotland 'Green Tease', event in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, on 26 March 2023. I was asked to respond to the phrase -"The Right Tree in the Right Place" but found myself arguing instead for…Read more Stories for a Wiser Forestry – arguing for the “right forestry practice in the right place”: Edinburgh Botanic Gardens with Creative Carbon Scotland
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‘Dear Dandelion’ – Polly Higgin’s legacy to prevent ecocide grows
"...imagine a future where the principles by which the world operates are golden rules: first do no harm, care for all life, seek joy ...'Dear Dandelion' - A poem by Jojo Mehta dedicated to the memory of Polly Higgins 1968-2019. On Easter Sunday I was reflecting on the sudden, tragic loss of an outstanding, compassionate,…Read more ‘Dear Dandelion’ – Polly Higgin’s legacy to prevent ecocide grows
‘The Battle of Moytura Or The Battle for the Soul of Ireland’:- why ecoliteracy for the arts is essential now
This is a special post for me. I’m reflecting on the first of what I expect to be many more contributions from ecoliterate creatives I am getting to know in my online ecoliteracy course. I now have the good fortune to meet such talented creatives from all art disciplines and from across the world, in my efforts to bring ecoliteracy to the arts. Their work has nourished me in these challenging times.
I’d like to share this new work below from Irish writer Fearghal Duffy who has a deep interest in Irish myth and who was ‘a student’ in my first 6-week ‘Haumea Ecoliteracy for Creatives and Art Educators’ pilot online course (I hesitate to call my cohort ‘students’ as they are remarkably talented).
This new work from Fearghal came about as I invited my first cohort of students to present a small work for our last online Zoom group…
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The Hollywood Forest Story : An EcoSocial Art Practice | Co. Carlow Ireland 