Enviro: 11th February 2019

In this program we gave details of the launch of a new branch of Forest Friends Ireland. We celebrated aspects of the work of the great US singer songwriter Kris Kristofferson by playing tracks from his 1998 CD ‘The Country Collection’

 

 

We spoke at length with Eli McBett organiser of the Launch of the Forest Friends Ireland South-Leinster New Branch Project:

The program organised by Eli and the Forest Friends south eastern branch which will take place next weekend includes the following: There is a facebook page with the full details also:

LOCATION: THE CABIN, NEW ROSS Co. WX
16th of February 2019
from 10am till 5pm (details to be CHECKED)
TITLE OF THE FESTIVAL: OUR BELOVED SWEETEARTH
event organised by and for 
Forest Friends Ireland
for the Launch of a South-Leinster New Branch Project
11:00 THE MEMORIAL FOREST PROJECT talk by McBett
in support and awareness of all those affected by loss or related issues.
conversation with the audience
11:45 Talk by Susan Breen
CLIMATE CHANGE – HEADING FOR EXTINTION 
(And What To Do About It) 
conversation with the audience
12:15 TREE READING by Tina Wilkins
Bring your handmade drawing/painting of a tree of your choice or made by fantasy,
to be ‘read’ by a psychic/energy worker during the lunch break
14:00 STORYTELLING by Baya Salomon-Hawk
A local based storyteller will narrate some trees stories
15:30 BECOMING AN ENCHANTING FOREST by McBett
time for recreating and to communicate as a collective mind, like a Forest, through a performative interaction, a dynamic exercise by Artist and Director McBett
(No need of any particular skill or fitness. Comfortable clothes and an open mindset are suggested, but not compulsory)

Presenter producer- John Haughton

Panellist Joe Dunne & Eli McBett

Broadcast: 11/02/2019