One of these events was the this Irish Premier of a new documentary on Rachel Carson , who is recognised as the mother of the modern environmental movement.

We are delighted to announce that this event will now take place as part of Science Week whose theme this year is “A Prospective on Climate Change”

This screening will take place on November the 20th in the Solas Building room L108 at 7pm, entry is free and all are welcome, this event is presented in association with the ITT Wildlife Society as part of Science Week, with the support of BIM FLAG Scheme.

She set out to save a species… us.

Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the natural world and passion for writing with personal strife—including a heartbreaking battle with breast cancer. This new documentary provides an illuminating and inspiring portrait of a seminal figure whose writings changed the course of history and are relevant today more than ever.

We will keep this post updated to reflect any updates…

UPDATED 12:30 Sunday

Friday

Bosca Beatha – Cancelled

Mary Reynolds – Cancelled – Rescheduled to 10am Saturday at The Beach Cafe

Rachel Carson – Cancelled

Saturday

Lighthouse Kayak Tour – Cancelled

Eco Sea Safari – Cancelled

Archery – Cancelled

Sunday

Lighthouse Kayak Tour – Cancelled

Archery – Moved to Kelly’s Beach

Vinny Hyland talk – Cancelled

Haley Heynderickx – Moved to the barn

This Sunday is World Curlew Day. The bird’s sound was once commonly heard but the curlew is now in danger of extinction. Barry O’Donoghue of the National Parks and Wildlife Service spoke to Jerry O’Sullivan on Radio Kerry about the bird.

Jerry also spoke with Corina Van Deventer who is part of a group of IT Tralee students who’ve made an animation feature about the Curlew, as well as IT Tralee lecturer Rosie Dempsey and Mike O’Neill of Wild Mind.

The short entitled The Lost Bond be screened before the documentary Tomorrow in Siamsa Tire this Wednesday at 8pm.

The Theme of this year’s competition is ‘Nature’ and we had some really wonderful entries from Fenit and Spa national School. Thank you all for putting your time and imagination to such good use.

The committee, Gráinne Sheppard , Lorraine Carey and Colette Nunan Kenny spent a long time deliberating over the quality entries received.

We were very lucky to have David Williamson as a neutral casting vote to make the final decisions. David is himself and artist and writer. He is a resident of Cambridge and has no prior knowledge of the children involved from either School.

All our entries plus commentary will be on display during the festival. We would like to invite 1^st,2^nd and 3^rd prize winners to come to our Poetry reading at 10am on Sunday the 28^th of April to receive their Certificates. We would also love if the Children would read their work for the audience , (if you are too shy maybe mom or dad could read it for you).

8 to 12 Age Category

• 1^st Place goes to Ciara Browne, Age11 , Fenit National School with her poem, Then it hit me.
• 2^nd Place goes to Arann Murphy , Age 10, Spa National School for his poem , A stroll in the wood.
• 3^rd Place goes to Sé O Neill Age 11, for his poem Diving.

4 to 8 Age Category

• 1^st Place goes to Emilia Ryan, Age 7, Fenit National School with her poem Butterfly
• 2^nd Place goes to Kellan Carey McGibney ,Age 7 ,Fenit National School with his poem Bees
• 3^rd Place goes to Adam Duffy, Age 8, for his poem Hello Spring.

There were also some commended poems among our entries

These include; Alicia Moriarty for her lovely poem; Nature, Cara Kelly for her great poem; A stroll around Fenit, Nell Ryan Moriarty‘s clever poem That little place outside the town

And my own personal favourite , Animals by Erin Tuite.

Roman Carey McGibney ,Our Wonderful World

Anna O Sullivan ;Before

Sarah Quirke ; My Garden

Gary parker ; Nature

Also highly commended were Eoghan Farley for Stingray, and the wackiest entry was Leoto Gebhardt’s Nature.

Some of the action at this years Wild Mind Festival thanks to the Kerry ETB Training Centre’s Digital Media Production Crew team who produced this short video.

Camera: Emi Laguna & Alina Farcas

Editing: Alina farcas

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