Reimagining The Great Forest of Aughty
Sat, 22 Jul
|Cnoc na Gaoithe Cultural Centre, Tulla,
Reimagining The Great Forest of Aughty
Time & Location
22 Jul 2023, 11:00 – 23 Jul 2023, 17:00
Cnoc na Gaoithe Cultural Centre, Tulla, , Chapel St, Tulla, Co. Clare, Ireland
About The Event
“Re-Imagining The Great Forest of Aughty" is a Symposium/Meitheal focused on this Upland Native Woodland Restoration Project, a Farmer/Community/NGO/State/Partnership approach with multiple benefits for East Clare & South Galway. The project has support from the NPWS and from Clare and Galway Biodiversity Officers.
We are delighted to host this cross-cultural and community exchange exploring the Indigenous Forest management traditions of North America with Special guests Ron Waukau & Mc Kaylee Duquain, forest managers of the Menominee Nation.
Known as "The Keepers of the Forest" , the Menominee hold a wealth of culture & tradition around the sustainable management and utilisation of their diverse & flourishing forest which is rooted in their deep connection with it.
They will share with us some of this wealth of forest tradition as a way to inform & inspire the next phase of The Great Forest of Aughty and its potential multiple benefits for local…