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Monthly Archives: January 2007

Rocket Stove!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Last week the 2nd year permaculture class completed the rocket stove in the strawbale house at the college , and fired it up. We were delighted with the results and very excited by the prospects of rocket stove technology. Below is a review of Ianto Evans‘ book which was the inspiration for our project and [...]

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The Irish Times “Earth Issue”

Thursday, January 18, 2007

The editors of last week’s Saturday Magazine, of the Irish Times and the guest editor Jane Powers, should be congratulated for the excellent Earth Issue. With mainstream environmentalists such as Richard Douthwaite and George Monbiot as well as features on Quentin Gargan and Clare Watson’s low-energy lifestyle near Bantry, the Cultivate Centre in Dublin and [...]

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Review: Who killed the Electric Car?

Monday, January 1, 2007

On Christmas Day I was guest at the lovely house of Claire Watson and Quentin Gargan, near Bantry, where much feasting and merriment was followed by two episodes of “Father Ted” (the first time I had ever seen it!) and then this recent documentary on the fate of the EV1 Electric car . http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/electric.html As [...]

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