Recycle. Print. Plant: Art and regreening in inner-city Dublin

Sarah Comyn; Katherine Fama

doi:10.1386/jem_00150_1

ISSN: 2632-2463
E-ISSN: 2632-2471

Recycle. Print. Plant: Art and regreening in inner-city Dublin
Authors: Sarah Comyn¹ and Katherine Fama¹
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¹ ISNI: 0000000107682743 University College Dublin
Source: Journal of Environmental Media, Volume 6, Issue Care-ful Convening, Oct 2025, p. 219 - 226
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jem_00150_1
Language: English
- Published online: 29 Jan 2026

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In this commentary, Sarah Comyn and Katherine Fama creatively represent the community-engaged regreening of a Dublin neighbourhood using seeded recycled paper printed with images of local plants.

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Recycle. Print. Plant: Art and regreening in inner-city Dublin

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Keyword(s): art activism; community; Crumlin Dublin; green projects; printmaking; seeded paper

Recycle. Print. Plant: Art and regreening in inner-city Dublin

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