burning bright

'Thank you so much for your fantastic videos. They are deeply moving in their simplicity. The videos are very moving, the transition of smoke to life is a very clear way of communicating this huge catastrophe on an intimate scale.' Kevin Buckland, Art Ambassador, 350.org 2010.

This film was made in response to Irish Biodiversity week - simple knowledge learnt about managing a woodland to increase biodiversity. Much of Ireland's woodland knowledge is long since lost - Cathy's work highlights sustainable, Close to Nature permanent forestry, more common in parts of EU but virtually unknown still in Ireland.

Filmed in her own wood, Carlow, Ireland, see more at ecoartnotebook.com where Cathy is converting her 20 y conifer monoculture plantation into a permanent, mixed species forest.

Cathy is a researcher artist filmmaker undertaking a PhD in practice and theory at NCAD,GradCAM, Dublin, Ireland, in 2010 http://www.gradcam.ie/people/cathy_fitz.php and works with professional foresters. She is also working on Irish forestry policy.

Film history:
10.10.10 Submitted to the www.350.org global day of action on climate change
2010 entered in the Darklight/ EU Commission My Environment, My Film online competition
2010 Shown at the Shankhill International Arts Festival, Kilkenny
2009 Shown at the Norman Gallery, Wexford, 9 Stone Group Show
2009 Selected for Wylie OHagan Online festival
2009 Selected for Carlow Eigse Film Programme; selected for 2009 Green Party Youtube Film Award

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• www.350.org 10.10.10
• biodiversity
• forestry
• close to nature forestry
• pollution
• climate change
• fireflies
• wylieohagan film festival
• Ireland
• Cathy Fitzgerald
• burning

[convex02l]

a simple message elegantly delivered.... I love it..

[cathnarnia]

@convex02l Thanks, glad you love it

[janalexander3]

What a great little film, - simple, informative, practical, and beautiful to watch. Really powerful message.

[cathnarnia]

@janalexander3 Thanks Jan! You're the star in it

[cathnarnia]

Thanks Michael,

and ta for adding me to your friend list!

Lets keep creating,

Cathy

[AntoMelta]

Nice The videos are very moving, the transition of smoke to life is a very clear way of communicating this huge catastrophe on an intimate scale.' Kevin Buckland, Art Ambassador, 350.org 2010. That You Share , So Very Nice Thanks You

[mettanc]

magnificant, but then nature always is.

[marycowie36]

Delightful Cathy,

Great to see your beautiful woodland home once more and the fluttering faeries

Mum

[johnaloftus]

nice one cathy,I really liked it... short and sweet and to the point. Ill think twice before burring my branches in the back garden again...

see ya when you back

j

[lyttlemartin]

i meant to give you 5 stars. lovely film, reminds me of home!!