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Creative artists Silke Michels , Zoë Uí Fhaoláin Green and Emer Fallon created a sand art collage on Magherabeg beach located on Brandon Bay to mark the upcoming World Sand Dune Day.
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WORLD Sand Dune Day is on this Saturday, June 29, and members of the Maharees Conservation Association are inviting people to help them celebrate the day.
The first full-day event as part of Neart na Machairí, takes place on Saturday. World Sand Dune Day is an annual international celebration dedicated to raising awareness about the significance of sand dunes at a crucial time as coastal erosion threatens coastal communities worldwide.
Neart na Machairí is a creative climate action project funded through Creative Ireland, facilitated through a partnership between Maharees Conservation Association and Dingle Hub and three embedded artists, Zoë Uí Fhaoláin Green, Emer Fallon and Silke Michels and by project designer, Zoë Rush.
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A series of walks, talks and creative reflection will explore the unique and fragile sand dune habitat of Maharees and how community resilience can be built through a deeper awareness of the natural and human systems shaping it.
“This project takes as its starting point that coastal resilience requires an integrated approach, drawing from deep place-based knowledge of these habitats and the customs and traditions of people who live within them as well as expert guidance and collaboration with state agencies to support and incorporate community visions of change within strategic and financial planning.” said Neart na Machairí Project Designer, Zoë Rush.
Maharees Conservation Association Chair, Aidan O’Connor said: “We have seen what we can achieve as a community when we have the knowledge and support of our stakeholders – we want to take that a step further now. Everyone talks about Maharees being impacted by climate change and sea level rise more than other places but we know there are solutions out there and adaptations we can make to be as resilient as we can going forward.”
Morning Session 10am-12.30pm: Living Within the Dunes (meet at Spillane’s Bar): talks, walks and creative reflection with Dr Eugene Farrell (University of Galway), Sally Griffin (Munster Technological University), Monica Kane (Ecologist) and William Hunt (National Parks and Wildlife Service). Embedded artists Emer Fallon, Silke Michels and Zoë Uí Fhaoláin Green will support this learning through a creative reflection session.
Afternoon Session 2-3.45pm: Coastal Erosion, Adaptation and Resilience (at Clubrooms Castlegregory: featuring Dr Eugene Farrell and members of Maharees Conservation Association CLG.
There will be a limited number of spaces available for these events, please email mahareesconservation@gmail.com to book a space.
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