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The World of Storytelling from Mt Leinster, Carlow
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🌀 Haumea Newsletter: When a ⛰️ Mountain has a Great Sense of Humour [mini-podcast inside]

✨Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter✨ Greetings from rural County Carlow, South East Ireland,from Mount Leinster with Storyteller Ronni Gurwicz Dear Reader Some wonderful midweek news! 🌿 I know for readers living in Ireland, the sun is shining today, but it was different one day last month.Thanks to the wonderful podcast host and storyteller Ronni Gurwicz —of The World is Storytelling— for capturing and sharing our unexpectedly hilarious day last month on Mount Leinster, in the so-called Carlow Alps...

Cathy Fitzgerald Haumea Ecoversity and Angelina Foster Blueway Studio at 2025 Mary Robinson Conference

Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter Dear Reader I’m thrilled to share that next Tuesday afternoon, I’ll be representing Haumea Ecoversity alongside an incredible community artist at the 2025 Mary Robinson Climate & Nature 2-day Conference. I’ll be introducing Honorary Haumea Ecoversity Advisory Member, Founder of Blueway Studio (working across Ireland's South East region), Angelina Foster and the talented work of her creative community collaborators, who are activating inclusive intergenerational...

Karla Sanchez: BlackBird Cultur Lab talk: Values for Living Well for Creativity, Curating and Farming

Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter Dear Reader [Apologies, the registration link below is now working]We’re delighted to announce our next Haumea Ecoversity Guest Speaker:Karla Sanchez, founder of Blackbird Cultúr-Lab—a regenerative farm and creative space in County Wexford, Ireland. She’ll speak on:“Values for Living Well: For Creativity, Curating and Farming” 🌍 Why this matters Yesterday marked the International Day for Biological Diversity. And yet: Wildlife populations have declined by 69–73%...

Karla Sanchez: BlackBird Cultur Lab talk: Values for Living Well for Creativity, Curating and Farming

Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter Dear ReaderWe’re delighted to announce our next Haumea Ecoversity Guest Speaker:Karla Sanchez, founder of Blackbird Cultúr-Lab—a regenerative farm and creative space in County Wexford, Ireland. She’ll speak on:“Values for Living Well: For Creativity, Curating and Farming” 🌍 Why this matters Yesterday marked the International Day for Biological Diversity. And yet: Wildlife populations have declined by 69–73% globally In Latin America, losses reach 95% 1 million...

photo of Grace Well

✨Haumea Ecoversity Weekly Newsletter✨ 'Dinnseanchas, Spirit-of-Place, and the Place of Empathy' Thursday, February 20th, from 4.30 to 6 pm Irish | GMT, | 5:30pm to 7pm (French time) via Irish studies at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris Dear Reader Grace Wells, Honorary Advisor to Haumea Ecoversity & our first poet-in-residence in 2020 Some wonderful mid-week news! I'm delighted to share that Grace Wells, Honorary Advisor to Haumea Ecoversity and dear friend and colleague, who has...

Cathy Fitzgerald of Haumea Ecoversity with holistic educator US Prof Sam Crowell, Earth Charter Council Member

✨Haumea Ecoversity Weekly Newsletter✨ 'Turning Conscience into Action'* with the Earth Charter at Haumea Ecoversity What a delight and honour it was to have Sam Crowell visit Hollywood forest, where I live, in south County Carlow, Ireland. *Turning Conscience into Action' is the Earth Charter motto. Dear Reader On Monday this week, for the Haumea Ecoversity Community, we had the wonderful privilege of hosting Prof. Emeritus Sam Crowell, a holistic educator and Earth Charter Council Member...

Poster for Earth Charter talk with Prof. Sam Crowell

✨Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter✨ Thurs. 30 Jan, 2025 Our wonderful first speaker for the newly launched Haumea Ecoversity Dear ReaderWe’ve faced fierce storms lately—both in nature and in society. Storm Éowyn uprooted trees across Ireland, battered the UK, and reminded us of the increasing instability caused by climate breakdown. Meanwhile, political and technological storms continue to weaken freedoms, democracy, and peace worldwide. In times like these, it’s more important than ever to stand...

Cathy Fitzgerald, founder of Haumea Ecoversity in a snowy Irish landscape

✨Celebrating Haumea Ecoversity’s First Milestone!✨ Hi ReaderI hope this finds you well! I’ve been reflecting on some incredible milestones this week, and I wanted to share them with you. Before I share updates about Haumea Ecoversity, I want to take a moment to reflect on the intense wildfires affecting California. To our members in California, friends and followers living or who have friends in California and those in the States watching the devastation unfold, our thoughts are with you...

Join Haumea Ecoversity - your queries answered

✨Haumea EcoversityCommunity Membership is now OPEN✨ Hello Reader I’ve been receiving some amazing feedback on my YouTube videos and emails about the Haumea Ecoversity launch, so I wanted to address a few common questions and share an update about today’s live Zoom call. “Thank you for describing Ecoliteracy… brilliant, Cathy!” “Go Earth Charter! Could it really address war and conflict?” “How much time do I need to join Haumea Ecoversity?” “I’m struggling daily to align my life with my...

✨Haumea EcoversityCommunity Membership is now OPEN✨ Hello Reader What a relief to finally share the Haumea Ecoversity launch with you all! After sending my email out yesterday, I felt compelled to hop on Instagram yesterday—nerves and all—to show my face and talk about the excitement unfolding. Walking through our small wood (the site of my Hollywood Forest Story and inspiration for my ongoing ecological art practice) gave me the confidence I needed, especially when my sweet sighthound Connie...