This is an area in the Dublin Mountains where wild orchids flourished within the compound of a telecommunications aerial. Each year around this time we go there to marvel at their beauty. They are protected wild flowers. Earlier this year this area was cleared and gravelled for lower maintenance and the earth that contained the orchids was thrown to the side. We were very upset about this and we decided to visit this area for our Global Earth Exchange with a view that to reflect on man’s disregard and lack of appreciation of Nature’s beauty.

Act of beauty: When we visited this place during the week, to our absolute delight and joy we found that wild orchids were struggling to survive in the discarded rubble. Therefore, our planned act of beauty was to clear the ground for them and to add some compost to aid them be more grounded and to provide nourishment for their survival. We also made a radical joy bird out of materials we found in the area.

Notes about this experience: We were struck by the fact that despite man’s disregard for the earth Nature will do its utmost to counter this and find a way to survive. With this in mind our initial thought of transplanting the budding orchids faded as we realised that Nature knew best. Therefore it was adding some soil and clearing some debris that struck us most useful. This gave us hope in tune with Trebbe’s vision and the Global Earth Exchange that no matter how much man’s actions adversely affect the world it will hopefully continue to do its utmost to counter that.