Throughout the project we have sought to work not in isolation but as part of an existing ecosystem. With this in mind we work closely with Climate action teams within Cavan County Council, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council and Dublin City Council. We have partnered with the UNESCO Global Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark, the Geopark Business Network and Geopark Ambassadors both for locations for delivery and sharing practice. Together, we aim to strengthen skills and knowledge, and cultivate a collaborative understanding of neurodiversity and climate action.

Alan is a neurodivergent, environmental and audiovisual artist producing interactive, socially engaged and site-specific projects with comprehensive learning and engagement programmes. The focal points of their highly collaborative practice are disability, climate emergency and a just society. 

Alan is an Artist in Residence at the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin City University, one of the largest data analytics centres in Europe. It seeks to derive value from Big Data and provides innovative technology solutions for industry and society by enabling better decision-making.

Through creative workshops and discussions, participants co-design responses to the climate emergency from their own neurodivergent experiences and perspectives. 

• Chris Schuette
• Ciara O’Connor Walsh
• Clare Martyn
• Julieanna Richmond
• Lorraine Montague
• Michelle Harton
• Niamh McPhillips

Ahsan Awais, PhD candidate at Insight, his research area is related to EEG based Brain Computer Interfaces.

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan writer, performer and cultural consultant.

Emma Mohan O’Grady, project artist and forager.

Eoin O’Raghallaigh & Melissa O’Brien, guides and information officers, OPW National Botanic Gardens.

Heather Botwell, biodiversity educator and Geo Park ambassador.

Howard Fox, ecologist and botanist who has researched and published extensively on lichen and lichenicolous fungi.

Keren MacLennan, Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Autism researcher, working from a Neurodiversity paradigm perspective.

Maria Cullen, research scientist specialising in geology, ecology and lichenology. 

Pritha Kundu, intersectional movement artist and filmmaker. 

Steven Kapp, Developmental psychologist, Researcher in Stimming and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at University of Portsmouth.

Dr Verity Burke, interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersections of literary praxis, the environmental humanities, and museum studies. Founder of the Unnatural History Museum. 

The Creative Ireland Programme is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. They are an all-of-government culture and wellbeing programme and it is our ambition to inspire and transform people, places and communities through creativity. They are committed to the vision that every person in Ireland should have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential.

Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland is a new, competitive research and innovation funding agency in Ireland. The establishment of the agency was a key action of Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy. Research Ireland was established on 1st August 2024, following an amalgamation of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Irish Research Council (IRC). Research Ireland is an agency of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science working in collaboration with higher education institutions and other state agencies such as the Higher Education Authority (HEA), IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland.

Ailbhe O’Conor, production

Laura O’Keeffe, communications 

Dr Shuana Caffery, project management

Dr Fiona Byrne, evaluation and learning