Orla is a passionate environmentalist and brings a wealth of knowledge from working within the circular economy. She comes to us from the Cloth Nappy library Ireland where she worked as the Communications and Marketing Manager for both the library Itself and the Earth Baby Fair,Ireland’s largest eco baby expo! She was also a digital media consultant for the Conscious Cup campaign and briefly sat on their Board of Management. Orla holds a Primary Degree in Art from WIT and has just completed a BSc. in Multimedia with First class Honours from DCU. As part of her final year research project and in her role as project manager and primary researcher she developed a prototype of a mobile app that uses augmented reality and bespoke project management features. The purpose of which aids community groups to plan, plant and grow native species, encouraging biodiversity to flourish. More recently she has co-founded a small media production company where she produced several short documentaries for the EPA and LAWPRO about the importance of communities working together to re-wet the bogs. 

Orla is from Dublin 12 but currently lives in North Kildare with her young son. She is a founding member of Zero Waste Maynooth and over the past couple of years she has adopted a zero waste lifestyle within her household. Orla is an avid macro photographer, and is happiest wandering through forests and fields or across the bogs taking pictures of tiny creatures in their habitat” the results of which earned her an Arts Bursary from DCU.

Orla can be contacted at [email protected].