Síolta Glasa Creative Climate Action at Griston Bog

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Description

This is an ongoing CM Space project in collaboration with Ballyhoura Heritage and Environment CLG. and local community at Griston Bog in Ballylanders, Co. Limerick.

The main aim of this project is to re-orient the local communities perspective of the bog as a place that has huge ecological value and directly contributes to positive health, wellbeing and social outcomes for the people of Ballylanders. By bringing the board of Ballyhoura Heritage and Environment together with the local community, we have been working on intergenerational knowledge sharing, storytelling, and understanding the ecosystem of the bog through movement and dancing together.

We know that by reconnecting people with the ecosystems they are embedded in and learning about the environment in an embodied, creative way, our interconnection with and responsibility to the living world becomes unignorable and is translated into meaningful climate action.

To see what has what a session on the bog looks like, check out this video made by UL School of Journalism student, Cillian Callaghan:

Client:

Ballyhoura Heritage and Environment CLG

Date:

2024 - 2025

Project Type:

Regenerative Development

Website:

ballyhouradevelopment.com

As part of the initial creative series on the bog in April, we co-designed a community post box which has since been installed at one of the outdoor classrooms. Local community groups and schools have been invited to write a postcard, letter, poem or story using one of the following prompts:
¨Imagine yourself as the bog, what would the bog like to share with us?¨

¨Imagine the bog is listening to you and understands your language, what would you like to share about your relationship to the bog?¨
The next creative workshop date is on the 3rd of July from 3pm to 4:30pm. All ages are welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult. Tea, coffee, snacks provided.
A story of place workshop will take place in June or July, date tbc. This will focus on co-designing what a final output from this project could look like as a permanent sign on the bog sharing the story of place that has been uncovered with the community. QR codes would then be used to ensure the creative work of this project has a visible legacy at the bog as well.
A final sharing will take place as part of the Pattern Festival in August, full details to be announced in the coming weeks.

For regular updates on this project and follow @changemakingspace and @visitballyhouracountry on Instagram. This project is funded by Creative Ireland, and Limerick City and County Council Creative Climate Action – Síolta Glasa. Contact hello@changemakingspace.com to facilitate your community engagement, climate action, social innovation or regenerative design project today.