Divider — Emily C. Toner

Hi About Portfolio Latest Connect

Hi About Portfolio Latest Connect

Follow Emily on Instagram

Looking forward to sharing some stories from Irish bogs tomorrow! As part of the interdisciplinary “Peatland Exchanges” series initiated by @worldsoilmuseum artist-in-residence @katefoster.art, tomorrow (March 24) there will be an online

In the last days of December, we walked the Tinahely loop in the agrarian foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, past cows and along tractor prints. That iconic Irish green was everywhere. This final hike of 2021 swapped the wind of the previous day for

The hikes at the close of 2021 were a fresh bookend on an unpredictable year. This one took place in the Wicklow Mountains, south of Dublin when Adam and I were back in Ireland for Christmas. We were lucky to have a blue sky. I loved the water flowin

One of my favorite holidays is coming up…#WorldSoilDay!

@worldsoilmuseum is hosting the Global Soil Museum Network to offer virtual tours of @emirates_soil_museum, Dokuchaev Central Soil Museum (@soilmuseum.spb) and @museum_of_edible_earth!

We’re each just one tiny organism on this big earth. Peatlands on the west coast of Ireland can be a good place for remembering that.

A traditional baby’s rattle made from willow, with acorns inside to shake. It’s an object gifted to me by the weaver, Padraig Larkin, during my @the_fulbright_program @insidenatgeo year in Ireland.

Willow trees can grow in wet places, s

I went to Ireland to learn about bogs, and ended up spending time with some pretty great trees, too. 🌳🌳🌳Charleville Forest was only a few steps from my house and it has some of Ireland’s oldest trees. It’s privately owned but also a na

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay, nature lovers! One of the reasons I began to appreciate wetlands was the rich soil below them.

For instance, this peat soil behind me in County Sligo, Ireland. This area is part of the 3% of the planet covered in peat soil,

I received an exciting box in the mail today that held this special issue of @natgeolearning Explorer Magazine, all about wetlands around the world!! 🌱💦☀️ I wrote about Irish bogs for the issue and am so excited that Nat Geo Learning helped transla

Connect on Twitter

Emily Toner

RT @TinaClaffey: Trumpet Cup lichen, cups within cups, lichen within lichen, worlds within worlds @CurrachBooks @EcoEye… https://t.co/Bp3b4zuVaQ
Mar 22, 2023, 3:07 PM
Emily Toner

RT @ISRICorg: Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Do you want your next #soilscientist keynote speaker to be a woman? 📢Check out thi… https://t.co/ClglDhUtZg
Mar 8, 2023, 10:10 AM
Emily Toner

RT @ISRICorg: A good reason to stop by the @WorldSoilMuseum on @WUR campus tomorrow afternoon. ⬇️ https://t.co/8mxi4lpPM5
Feb 14, 2023, 10:23 AM

Instagram Facebook Twitter

Powered by Squarespace