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🌀Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter: Special Webinar with 'WildCrafting' Author & Traditional Irish Musician | Scholar Joanna Sweeney
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Welcome to the Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter With Cathy Fitzgerald, PhD, NZ-Irish ecological artist, educator, and founder of Haumea Ecoversity This is a space for creatives, educators, changemakers, rewilders, researchers, and cultural leaders committed to a more just, sustainable, and beautiful world. Discover howecoliteracy, including ethical literacy with the Earth Charter, is foundational for transforming learning for creative practice, education, research and cultural policy—and how Haumea Ecoversity community membership, mentoring, and in-person trainingcan support your work for a better world.
Greetings to Haumea Ecoversity Newsletter Followers:
Save the Date! We are delighted to announce a special webinar with Joanna Sweeney, musician and off-the-grid author of the soon-to-be-published book WildCrafting - Transformative Wisdom for a Regenerative Lifestyle (available July 2026)
We hope this message finds you well and that you’ve been enjoying the unfolding of summer. After a busy few months, we’re thrilled to reconnect with you and share some inspiring news from Haumea Ecoversity.
Save the Date! On Tuesday, 23 June, we’re delighted to invite you to a special Guest Speaker Webinar featuring Joanna McSweeney, a musician, traditional Irish music scholar, tourism lecturer, Connemara horse advocate, and regenerative practitioner whose work embodies the deep connection between tradition, creativity, and sustainable living.
Guest Speaker Webinar: Joanna McSweeney
Date: 23 June Time: 7 pm Irish / UK time (see timebuddy.com com for times elsewhere) Location: Online
Free for founding and current Haumea Ecoversity members
Discounted for past Haumea learners: €10
Open to all others (€20 fee applies) All registered will receive a recording of this webinar. Your fees support our speakers and Haumea Ecoversity.
Joanna McSweeney's soon-to-be-published book, Wildcrafting Pathways: Transformative Wisdom for a Regenerative Lifestyle (available for pre-order, July 2026), offers a roadmap for those seeking simplicity, freedom, and a deeper connection to living well in these troubling times.
As Joanna writes:
The Wild-Crafting pathway... 'offers freedom and purpose, but it also challenges us to rethink our values and priorities. It encourages us to embrace creativity, resourcefulness, and community.’
Joanna’s work bridges the intangible cultural heritage of Ireland with regenerative living, the revival of deep listening to the land and fosters a true link between culture and lived experience. Her book contains interviews with people who have long inspired her with their pathways to living well. Her webinar presentation will explore her journey, her creative process, and the insights from her new book.
Why Attend Our Webinar?
Inspiration: Hear Joanna’s unique perspective on regenerative living and traditional music.
Community: Connect with like-minded individuals passionate about sustainability and creativity.
We’re excited to have Joanna share her insights and look forward to seeing you at the webinar. We are also grateful to Joanna for offering a discount on her new book to current Haumea Members. Let’s reconnect, learn, and grow together.
Founder - Facilitator Eco-Social Artist | Mentor | Researcher HAUMEA ECOVERSITY SINCE 2019
PSBook Launch: 'Wildcrafting Pathways'
Joanna’s in-person book launch will take place later on 15 July at 19:30 at Brú Moytura, Sligo, Ireland. This is a free public event, but booking is essential.
Haumea Ecoversity.com offers a pioneering peer-to-peer ecoliteracy learning community membership, Mentoring and online and in-person ecoliteracy training CPD -continuing professional development for cultural organisations, local authorities, art colleges and universities.
Haumea Ecoversity empowers creatives, educators, researchers, and cultural leaders with holistic, transformative ecoliteracy, including ecoethics—helping them respond to today’s ecological and social challenges with clarity, care, and creativity.
Founded by Dr Cathy Fitzgerald and drawing on her pioneering, ongoing ecosocial art project The Hollywood Forest Story, her PhD (The Ecological Turn, NCAD 2018), and postdoctoral work with Earth Charter International, Haumea Ecoversity offers peer-to-peer learning grounded in the UNESCO-endorsed Earth Charter.
In collaboration with philosopher and podcaster Dr Nikos Patedakis (California, DangerousWisdom.org), we’ve supported 400+ learners through innovative ecopedagogy and mentoring—many now are ecoliteracy learning leaders, advancing impactful, values-based work across Ireland and internationally.
We believe ecoliteracy and ethical creativity are essential to nurturing regenerative, just, and peaceful futures. Stay connected as we grow this global community
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Stay inspired with Dr. Cathy Fitzgerald, ecological artist - ecoliteracy and eco-ethical literacy facilitator — founder of Haumea Ecoversity. Discover how ecoliteracy is transforming and re-enchanting education, creative practice, and cultural policy.
Whether you're a educator, creative professional, researcher, or cultural leader, this newsletter is for those dedicated to building a more just, sustainable, and beautiful world.
Get updates on transformative learning, eco-ethics, eco-creative opportunities, and news about Haumea Ecoversity Community Membership.
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