Bringing Back the Snakes and Wild Waters to Ireland Every year as Saint Patrick’s Day approaches, I find myself thinking about snakes. Not the symbolic ones we are told were driven out of Ireland by Saint Patrick, but […]
Tag: ecofeminism
An ecomyth: Rewriting and living the Kalevala’s Nine diseases and sampo
Eco + MythologyEco from oikos: home, household.Myth from mythos: story, narrative.Logy from logos: knowledge, deep inquiry. Eco+Mythology is the art and practice of creating new stories, ceremonies, and rituals calibrated to the needs, challenges, and resources of our time. We live […]
Writing with Place and Mythopoetic Plants: Marsh Reed and the Medusa Head Cactus
In January, Lisa Sattell hosted two sessions focused on the same plant: Medusa Head, a cactus that is, botanically speaking, not quite a cactus. She also emphasized that these were not simply writing-with-plants sessions, but writing-with-mythopoetic-plants sessions, because these […]
Swamp-thinking, Soil soups and a Billion Folk Songs in the Nordic-Baltic region of Europe – a synthesis of our eco+mythology symposium
The eco+mythology winter symposium was dense with richness and layers. What I carried out of it will inevitably differ from what others took home. What follows is not a neutral report, but a situated retelling, […]
The Apothecary diaries – an ecofeminist reading
Since this spring, I’ve developed a new obsession — and honestly, I’m just looking for an excuse to talk about it: The Apothecary Diaries. This anime series, based on a popular light novel, is set […]
Forest bathing and foregrounding plants in Finland – two ecofeminist choices
This blog post offers guidelines on photography inspired by care ethics, particularly during intimate experiences such as forest bathing. It also acknowledges the practical need for promotional materials for our study circle and small enterprises, […]
Spinning Hemp in Tyrol – bioregionalism, commoning and re-enchantment
In May 2025, I organised a two-day workshop in Innsbruck, exploring science fiction prototyping as a method to imagine alternative futures. This workshop is part of a series of feminist SFP workshops that I organize […]
The Lost Ancient Forest of Zürich
Zürich is a city of deep, layered histories. As you walk down toward the Fraumünster church, you pass through Thermengasse, where remnants of a Roman thermal bath lie beneath your feet. There you’ll find traces […]
Join us in Finland (21-28 July) for learning with Trees, Rocks, Water, … perhaps Moomins
In the week of 21–28 July, 2025, Jyväskylä, Finland, I will be part of the Nordic Summer University study circle about learning and transforming with/for/in the more than human world. Will you join us – […]
Ecomythology – Facilitating collective imagination of a convivial Spring Ritual and a mythic river monster in Antwerp 2050
The 3D object and the science fiction prototype are created by students Leandra Rombauts, Emy Verschueren, Louis Artois, Mona Mariën and Dries Willems. This workshop in Antwerp was co-funded by the RAW project (European Innovation […]
Stories from the Wood Wide Web 