Carsten Krieger

CARSTEN KRIEGER is a photographer, author and environmentalist based on the west coast of Ireland. He has published numerous books on Ireland’s landscape, nature and heritage including Ireland’s Coast, The River Shannn, the popular Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Wild Beauty: A Book of Days. His book Wild Ireland: A Nature Journey from Shore to Peak was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2023. His most recent book is Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland’s Peatlands.

Carsten, a former An Taisce Climate Ambassador, is currently a Green Sod Ireland Biodiversity Ambassador, and is also working with Banner Books, an independent bookshop in County Clare, on a series of regional natural history books.

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