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SUMMARY:Green Imaginings: Art\, Ecology and Europe’s Future – Creative Talk\, Panel Discussion and Audience Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Green Imaginings: Art\, Ecology and Europe’s Future – Creative Talk\, Panel Discussion and Audience Engagement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreen Imaginings is a creative gathering exploring connections between European environmental policy\, creativity and citizen action.  \n\n\nGuest speakers include Anne Murray\, Biodiversity Officer and Ecologist\,  Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council\, and Oisín Coghlan\, EU Policy Advisor\, Irish Environmental Network. Mary Moynihan shares a selectoi of artworks from her solo exhibition  From the Forest to the Ocean and gives an artist talk on The Art of Nature. Participants are invited to share a  gift for nature – a small object\, photograph\, drawing\, poem or memory that celebrates the natural world – and to contribute ideas for new environmental laws to protect nature\, contributing to a People’s Nature Charter for Ireland and Europe. \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nAnne Murray\, Biodiversity Officer and Ecologist\, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council \n\n\n\nOisin Coghlan\, Policy Advisor focused on the Environmental Pillar’s EU Advocacy\, Irish Environmental Network \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nGreen Imaginings: Art\, Ecology and Europe’s Future features a key note speaker\, creative talks\, panel discussions\, a pop-up exhibition and audience engagement connecting EU environmental policy with creativity\, activism and everyday citizen action.. The gathering brings together artists\, citizens\, environmentalists\, academics\, policymakers\, citizens and young people for an engaging event exploring how Europe can create a greener\, more sustainable and biodiverse future. Enjoy From the Forest to the Ocean\, a mini\, pop-up visual art exhibition by Irish artist Mary Moynihan\, bringing together photography\, poetry and film inspired by the natural world. Mary will lead an artist talk on From the Forest to the Ocean exploring how creative practice can make environmental issues visible\, accessible and inspiring. Guest speakers and artists include Oisin Coghlan\, Policy Advisor focused on the Environmental Pillar’s EU Advocacy\, Irish Environmental Network and Anne Murray\, Biodiversity Officer and Ecologist\, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. \n\n\n\nThe event takes place on Tuesday 13 October\, 2-5pm\, at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery and Centre for the Arts and Human Rights\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1. €10. Booking required. \n\n\n\nEveryone attending has the opportunity to share a nature story\, bring a creative contribution and propose a new law or policy for protecting nature. If you could pass one law to protect nature and the planet\, what would it be? Audience members are invited to write their proposed law on a card or share it aloud. These ideas are gathered together to create a People’s Nature Charter\, which will be shared with the Irish Government and EU following the event.  Everyone is invited to bring a gift – an artwork (such as a drawing or poem)\, a short nature memory or a law you would like passed to protect nature and the environment.   Share ideas and imagine new possibilities for environmental action in Ireland and across Europe. \n\n\n\nThe event invites everyone to move from dialogue to action: to share what we love about nature\, consider what needs to change\, imagine new environmental laws and explore how citizens\, artists and policymakers can work together to protect our planet. Join us on the day as citizens take action to support a greener\, more biodiverse and sustainable Europe for all. \n\n\n\nSupported by A Creative Dialogue on EU Environmental Policy exploring creative approaches to highlighting the EU as a catalyst for Environmental Change. The project brings together policymakers\, academics\, artists and citizens to explore the role of the European Union in shaping a sustainable future for all and ways in which the EU may foster creative practices for environmental awareness. Supported by the Communicating Europe Initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. \n\n\n\nWe Want You! \n\n\n\nCome and Be Part of the Conversation \n\n\n\nThis gathering is about sharing\, imagining and taking action. Whether you are an artist\, environmental activist\, policymaker\, student\, educator or simply someone who cares about the future of our planet\, you are invited to join the dialogue. We invite everyone attending to bring a gift for nature\, and to create new laws.  The gift or object is something to show to the rest of the group and it can be a  photograph\, drawing or poem that celebrates the natural world or a  30-second nature memory\, based on a time when nature inspired you or an idea for action to protect nature. The 30-second short memory can be about a  place in nature that you love and want to protect; a moment when nature made a positive difference in your life; or something you have done — or would like to do — to protect the environment. \n\n\n\nIf You Could Pass One Law to Protect Nature\, What Would It Be? \n\n\n\nWhat would you change? Imagine you could introduce one new law to protect nature and the planet. What would it be? Your idea might be ambitious\, practical\, local\, national or European — or simply something you believe needs to change. As people arrive\, everyone will receive a card on which to write their proposed law. You can also choose to share your proposed law aloud during the event. We will gather the proposed laws for display and create a People’s Nature Charter. \n\n\n\nFollowing the event\, the final collection of proposed laws will be shared with the Irish Government and the European Union as a creative expression of citizens’ ideas and aspirations for protecting nature and the planet. Your voice. Your story. Your law. Your vision for nature. During the gathering\, we are creating  a shared space where creative expression\, environmental policy and collective actioncome together. We are creating a shared space for the objects\, memories and laws ensuring all voices\, stories and ideas become part of the dialogue. \n\n\n\nLeave Nature Alone. Leave No Trace. \n\n\n\nOur starting point is simple. We love nature by protecting it\, not by taking from it. We support the principles of ‘leave nature alone’ and ‘leave no trace.’ We therefore ask that nothing be collected or removed from the natural environment for this event. We are not asking people to bring objects taken from nature. Instead\, bring your thoughts\, stories\, ideas and visions for protecting our planet. \n\n\n\nIf you choose to bring a creative contribution\, such as a photograph\, drawing or poem\, please consider using recycled\, reusable or sustainably sourced materials. \n\n\n\n\n\nA Creative Dialogue on EU Environmental Policy \n\n\n\nProject Description \n\n\n\nCreative Dialogue to Action on EU Environmental Policy explores creative approaches to highlighting the European Union as a catalyst for environmental change. The project brings together policymakers\, academics\, artists and citizensto explore the role of the European Union in shaping a sustainable future for all and ways in which the EU may foster creative practices for environmental awareness and action. Funded by the Communicating Europe Initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The creative gathering held for this project features a keynote address\, panel discussion\, audience engagement and an artist talk and opportunity to view and hear about the onsite visual art pop-up exhibition From the Forest to the Ocean.  What role does the European Union play in our daily lives in relation to climate change\, biodiversity and sustainability? What is the role of the EU to protect the environment\, biodiversity and sustainability through the  European Green Deal\, the New European Bauhaus\, and related EU environmental initiatives including the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030\, and EU nature and marine restoration laws\, regulations and plans? How can citizens take action to promote the European Green Deal and related key EU strategies and directives in order to  protect the environment\, biodiversity and marine ecologies? Join us as we explore these questions and more. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnne Murray\, Biodiversity Officer and Ecologist\, Dunlaoghaire-Rathdown County Council \n\n\n\nAnne Murray is an ecologist and the official Biodiversity Officer for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (dlr) County Council in Ireland. Since taking on the role in 2017\, she has been responsible for developing and implementing the county’s Biodiversity Action Plan to protect local habitats and wildlife. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOisin Coghlan\, Policy Advisor focused on the Environmental Pillar’s EU Advocacy \n\n\n\nOisín facilitates and coordinates the Environmental Pillar’s engagement in EU Affairs. He is also the Environmental Pillar’s nominee on Government’s Just Transition Commission. Until 2025 he was chief executive of Friends of the Earth Ireland\, where he led the 14-year campaign for a strong climate law which culminated in the 2021 Climate Act. Previously he spent 10 years working in overseas aid and human rights. He has BA in Sociology and Politics from TCD and an MA in International relations from DCU. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, MA\, she/her\, is an award-winning author of novels\, poetry\, films and plays\, and a creator of art and photography. Mary is from Dublin\, Ireland. Mary embarked upon her award-winning career as a writer in theatre and film and has garnered much acclaim for her plays\, poetry and short film scripts\, and for creating interdisciplinary artworks combining writing\, visual art and photography presented in galleries and online. \n\n\n\nMary established and became Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and is Artistic Curator for the annual international Irish Arts and Human Rights festival. Mary has an honours BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an honours Masters in Film Production from TU Dublin. \n\n\n\nAfter raising four children\, now adults\, Mary dedicates her time to writing and creating photography and art (oils on canvas). Mary is a multidisciplinary artist and  regularly creates artworks that fuse painting\, photographic imagery\, poetical texts and film many of which are inspired by landscapes and seascapes especially of the seas and oceans around Ireland\, and a reflection on what it is to be human. Mary regularly shares stories from historical memory through her artistic practice particularly in relation to stories of people who stand up for the rights of others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information:
URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/green-imaginings-art-ecology-and-europes-future/
LOCATION:Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Symposium,Talk
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