Climate Café
Friday 4 October 2024
- NB: Please note that artists younger (under 18s) must be accompanied by an adult.
- Duration: 1.5 hours
| Friday 4 October
11am - 12:30pm |
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Climate Café evolved from the weekly drop-in drawing sessions FridayFest, initiated by artist Elida Maiques. Since many of these conversations involve climate and ecology, the Mermaid Arts Centre decided to support it with a series of talks and informal meetups. The Climate Café is connected to participatory projects including The Mermaid Garden Project, where local residents without their own green spaces can grow, compost and exchange horticultural knowledge in our urban garden. The focus is on medicinal, edible and native species and on the relationships forged while gardening.
Think of Climate Café as a site to share knowledge, spark action and seed future projects around climate action. Its loose framework allows alternative methods and research models.
Each Climate Café we have a guest speaker and different activities, expect a lively event! Polly Rowley-Sams is our guest speaker for this Climate Café.
Polly Rowley-Sams
As the current Eco-gardener in residence Polly has been working to protect and broaden the Biodiversity within the garden of Richmond Barracks, Inchicore since 2020. She is an experienced Gardener and Facilitator who brings fun and fact through experiential learning on current Ecological themes .The workshops, talks and courses that are programmed in the garden at Richmond Barracks reflect Polly's background in Science Communication, Green Woodworking and Art.
