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Solutions for Climate Change

Posted on 18 October, 2024Updated on 6 November, 2024by astraeaCategories:1 Perspective, 5 Environment, Climate Change, Living

An introduction …

Feast Upon The Earth Engages Everyone in Choosing Our Future

Posted on 2 August, 2024Updated on 12 February, 2025by PamCategories:1 Perspective, 5 Environment, 6 Information and Communication Technology, 7 Holonics and Life, 8 Activities and Media, Climate Change, Education, Europe, Living, Media and Gatherings, Philosophy

Summer Inspiration At DLR Lexicon, Dublin The inspirational timescape Feast Upon The Earth has moved from Tullow to Dun Laoghaire’s Lexicon Library for the rest of the summer. The launch talk in July was “very engaging,” said Susan Lynch, senior executive librarian at Lexicon, who welcomed the timescape. “I don’t usually see so much participation …
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Mary Robinson, Nature and Dandelions

Posted on 6 June, 2024Updated on 28 February, 2025by PamCategories:1 Perspective, 2 Geopolitics, 4 Energy, 5 Environment, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Health, Living, Media and Gatherings

“We are in a crisis!” Mary Robinson’s keynote message was the right way to open her Climate Conference – which she promptly re-named the “Climate and Nature Conference – don’t you agree?” The whole audience agreed enthusiastically. Tom turned to me. “Mary Robinson CAN!” he smiled. A fitting acronym for “climate and nature”! Shortly after, …
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Why should we change our minds?

Posted on 30 May, 2024Updated on 31 May, 2024by PamCategories:1 Perspective, 5 Environment, 7 Holonics and Life, Education, Living, Philosophy

We’ve been exploring human nature from the angles of anthropology, zoology and psychology and recently came upon Joseph Henrich’s WEIRD concept which is helping us to understand the relatively narrow perspective we all grow up with. WEIRD is an acronym for Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic, and delves into the religious convictions, beliefs, practices, technologies …
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Art as Activism at Tullow Community School

Posted on 23 April, 2024Updated on 27 February, 2025by PamCategories:1 Perspective, 5 Environment, 6 Information and Communication Technology, 7 Holonics and Life, Climate Change, Education, Home and Garden, Living

We were delighted and grateful for an invitation to meet with a class of 5th Year art students at Tullow Community School, and very impressed with the students’ engagement with the big ideas presented in Feast Upon The Earth. Our presence was part of a day celebrating the student’s exhibition of a project bringing new …
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Book of Leaves – a big picture story

Posted on 3 January, 2024Updated on 7 February, 2024by astraeaCategories:1 Perspective, 8 Activities and Media, Holonics, Living, Media and Gatherings

Ceara knows things aren’t right, that they can be better for everyone. Like most, she doesn’t have all the answers. But she’s courageous and takes a step in the right direction. She contributes to the emerging future by sharing her passion with thousands of listeners from all walks of life around the world. She curates …
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Faith, Hope and Charity – harbingers of doom

Posted on 15 December, 2023Updated on 15 December, 2023by astraeaCategories:1 Perspective, 7 Holonics and Life, Living, Philanthropy

Malta, a small archipelago in the centre of the Mediterranean, has played a pivotal role in the commerce and politics of Europe, Africa and Asia since people travelled across that sea. In the Second World War, as a British colony, Malta was of critical strategic importance to the Allied forces while the right wing military …
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Feast Upon The Earth – The Book

Posted on 8 November, 2023Updated on 8 November, 2023by astraeaCategories:1 Perspective, 3 The World of Money, 4 Energy, 5 Environment, 6 Information and Communication Technology, 8 Activities and Media, Climate Change, Holonics, Living, Media and Gatherings, Risk and Terror

Back in April when we sat down to brainstorm over a coffee and dreamed up an installation exploring the human relationship with nature we had no idea it would lead to such wide insights and wonderful feedback from visitors. Feast Upon The Earth was a powerful experience and the resulting timescape brought out new understanding …
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Why worry about system collapse?

Posted on 11 August, 2023Updated on 11 August, 2023by astraeaCategories:1 Perspective, Climate Change, Holonics, Living

“Why worry about capitalism when the earth is a pointless ball of shit?” Is this really a question? Well they had a panel… In this clip a way out of the mess is offered, in case you think life is worth living. As for “pointlessness”, it’d be normal if you thought there is no meaning …
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The Death of Life

Posted on 18 July, 2023Updated on 21 July, 2023by astraeaCategories:1 Perspective, 5 Environment, Climate Change, Holonics, Living, Risk and Terror

“This frigid sea was a speckled mass of organisms. Tiny copepod crustaceans, looking like so many animated peas, beat their way in their thousands through the surface waters, feeding on plankton that I knew must be there, but which could not be seen without a microscope.” That picture of vitality in the Arctic begins the …
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