H E Bates on rivers - writing in 1937.
It is not merely a volume of water travelling on a set course from one point to another. It has become a living thing, with its own defined and complex character, its own idiosyncrasies and …its own soul.
My essay ‘The challenge of food ecomodernism’ discusses the oddities of @georgemonbiot.bsky.social‘s dip into Bezos-funded verification of soil carbon markets & the difficulties of getting a hearing for agroecology & localism in a ‘green’-tech obsessed media
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
'Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people are calling for clean water, but our voices are being drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. And the thing is, you can’t drink politics.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Despite a 16% jump in nitrates levels in Irish rivers in the last year alone, it's looking like the derogation (special dispensation to pollute more) will *still* be extended by another 3 years.
Help farmers financially if needs be, but killing our rivers is just WRONG.
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Thank you Rhona 😊
A wonderful afternoon yesterday at the launch of The Storms V. Grateful to be included in such a beautiful publication @thestormshelter.bsky.social @eatthestorms.com @rhonagreene.bsky.social
Thanks Ann 😊
Delighted to be one of the Stormers
⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️
@annmariedunne.bsky.social lives in Kildare. She is pursuing a Masters in Poetry in Queens. Her poems are in Washing Windows V, Sidhe Press, The Apiary, The Ogham Stone & The Honest Ulsterman.
The Storms is supported by #fingalarts @dublincityoflit.bsky.social
Hagstone, found on Dunmoran Strand #speirgorm #hagstone #magic #wildatlanticway
Sorry to have missed the launch of our pamphlet showcasing our work in the Seamus Heaney Centre last night. #queensuniversity #irishpoetry #speirgorm
Opportunities for writers: July 2025 🖊️
Our monthly list of submission windows, competitions, bursaries, residencies and general literary opportunities has just gone live.
irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
Pleasently surprised and delighted to be a recipient @poetryireland.bsky.social #irelandchairofpoetry #seamusheaneycentre
Honoured to have a poem in Washing Windows V among such wonderful poets. A celebration of 50 years of @arlenhouse.bsky.social and Irish women's poetry #washingwindowsv #irishpoetry
The eBook is available on our website! All proceeds will be transferred to The Sameer Project, starting the end of this month, please share. #Poetry #CNF #Loss #KeepTelling
#ToLaySunIntoAForest
Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book. Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.
#PublicationDay! #ToLaySunIntoAForest is out today. Please find out how to order this book here: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay... #Poems #Grief #CNF #Loss
All proceeds go to The Sameer Project, please share!
Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book. Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.
Looking forward to reading this from @sidhepress.bsky.social. Thanks to Annick and Sue for including me.
E-book proceeds go to Gaza. www.sidhe-press.eu/ebook-shop/
Finally got to read this beauty. Lucky to have a poem featured alongside such talented writers and artists.
Congratulations 🎉🎉
Launching! 🚀
Today I'm launching a new service for landowners in Ireland who want to rewild their land. I hope this will be the start of a network that will promote rewilding in this country - the time is right!
New social 🙋♂️
@rewildyourland.bsky.social
take a look 👇
www.rewildyourland.ie
The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with political scientist Erica Chenoweth By Rebecca Solnit • 8 Feb 2025 View in browser "The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term than relying on institutional checks and balances alone." That's what political scientist Erica Chenoweth told me when I asked them if we could have a conversation (by email, below in full) about the current constitutional crisis/coup attempt and what we can do about it. Chenoweth is a hugely influential scholar of nonviolent social change, best known for their empirical research that not only documents what makes civil resistance work but demonstrates that it works, often extremely effectively. They direct the Nonviolent Action Lab, which studies how people have built movements and developed strategies to resist authoritarianism successfully and documents how nonviolence can be effective. There's no one I wanted to hear from more in this constitutional crisis, and I'm grateful I can share their insights with all of you.
"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term..." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...
I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
A good way to spend Monday morning #queensuniversity #seamusheaneycentre #poetryheaven
“It does not have to be this way.”
The rallying cry & leitmotif of the great David Graeber, whose work & vibrancy we need now more than ever.
Here’s @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, beautifully, on DG’s anarchism, self-organisation, voluntary association & mutual aid.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Delighted to have a poem in this alongside so much talent. Thanks to Niamh @boycie.bsky.social and Shauna @shaunagilligan.bsky.social for including me.
