Monthly Archives: October 2007

Permaculture Magazine Replies

Posted on 31 October 2007 by Graham

Dear Graham I sympathise with your reservation about geomancy. Did you know, however, that all the major oil and water companies employ dowsers? It is far cheaper than using geophysical equipment and they find it effective. Lastly, the study of … Continue reading →

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Comments are Now Open

Posted on 30 October 2007 by Graham

A technical problem with posting comments on Zone5, probably caused by faeries playing mischief, has now been sorted. Please join the lively debate re “Woo-Woo in Permaculture”

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Seed Saving

Posted on 29 October 2007 by Graham

A recent trip to Madeleine McKeever, founder of Brown Envelope Seeds, down near turk Head on the south coast, provided the permaculture class with a fascinating introduction to the world of seed-saving.

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No place for Woo-woo in Permaculture

Posted on 28 October 2007 by Graham

Open Letter to Permaculture Magazine in response to the article “Geomancy and Permaculture” by Alanna Moore Dear Permaculture Magazine Many thanks for the recent edition of PM54 with its many excellent and useful articles. You continue to do an excellent … Continue reading →

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The City of Saba

Posted on 27 October 2007 by Graham

I have always loved the poetry of Rumi. Writing 800 years ago in the 13th Century, his language is beautiful and intoxicating, whatever about the “mystical” meaning of it, even to an atheist like me. Rumi takes an often side-ways … Continue reading →

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Surfing the Collapse

Posted on 26 October 2007 by Graham

Three important reports out in the last week highlight how utterly unsustainable the current human system is, locked in as it is to a process seeking the impossible, the unnatural and the undesirable: unending growth.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Posted on 14 October 2007 by Graham

If I were only to grow one vegetable, I think it would be pumpkins- easy to grow, nutritious and delicious, many of the smaller varieties- like Pompeon or the orange-fleshed Uchiki Kuri are as sweet as sweet potatoes and store … Continue reading →

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Permaculture Tribe

Posted on 7 October 2007 by Graham

The Practical Sustainabilty Course in Kinsale has a record number of students this year, being completely over-subscribed in the new intake and with over 20 returning for the second year. Hundreds of students have passed through the course which is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Peak Everything

Posted on 4 October 2007 by Graham

Peak Everything- Waking up to the Century of Declines By Richard Heinberg 224 pp New Society (2008) “Our central survival task for the decades ahead, as individuals and as a species, must be to make a transition away from the … Continue reading →

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