Luíse O’Donovan

Host: Orla VaughanEditors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April KoivistoProduction Coordinator: Linda McGrathProduction Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai AllenLuíse O'Donovan (they/them) is a queer ecologist with a focus on seabird conservation and marine ecosystems. They work on seabird tracking projects, and have contributed to seabird censuses and monitored breeding wader populations. Luíse values wildlife for its own sake, and for how it connects us to our culture & to each other.Recommendations & Resources:Queer Sheds- https://www.queersheds.org/ Faoin Tuath- https://www.queersheds.org/faointuath Lucy O’Hagan at Wild Awake https://www.wildawake.ie/ Bird Watch Ireland, with books in their shop https://birdwatchireland.ie/ Free online resources for learning bird identification: Birdwatch Ireland's species profiles, the BTO's bird identification videos & Nord University has a free Bird ID app that gamifies learning by sight and sound if that's something that helps you learn. The Call of the Birds by Séraphine Menu https://www.easons.com/the-call-of-the-birds-seraphine-menu-9781836270034?srsltid=AfmBOoqCiVTt4HQog9kl9GVZ09hbLmdEQG4TxJou_Ky3lh9Lpiegr7XnGreat IG follows for queer ecology/foraging/culture to follow:@[email protected]@queernature@atmos@bláthannafiáine@blackforager@nationalfolklorecollection Books:The first few are available through your local library. I love the ‘Collins Bird guide’, or Birds of Ireland for a more concise ID guide. ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer will recentre your idea of where humans exist in the web of life! I read ‘Forest Euphoria’ by Patricia Kaishan recently and really loved it, and recommend ‘Slugs: a Manifesto’ by Abi Palmer to those who are grossed out by our slimy compatriots and those who love them equally. Credits:Host: Orla VaughanEditors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April KoivistoProduction Coordinator: Linda McGrathProduction Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai AllenEpisodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.