Monthly Archives: December 2007

Pizza Oven!

Posted on 31 December 2007 by Graham

I am proud to present the brand new Earth Oven recently completed at Derryduff. Just last night Sherry and Andy joined me for the first trial run pizza making session, which was a great success and resulted in much happy … Continue reading →

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The Last Christmas

Posted on 24 December 2007 by Graham

Guest writer Andy Wilson editor of Sustainability Magazine has kindly sent me this piece expressing his thoughts on Christmas: The Last Christmas – A True Story? Every Christian knows of the Last Supper, in which Jesus joined his disciples for … Continue reading →

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Solstice at Derryduff

Posted on 23 December 2007 by Graham

Please try and limit your consumption and reduce your ecological footprint this holiday season, and otherwise have a great time; but if you are not sure what to do with yourselves these long dark evenings and want to both save … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tree Planting for TTK

Posted on 11 December 2007 by Graham

Many thanks to Liz Creed of Transition Towns Kinsale for sending me this photo of a recent fruit-tree planting on a community site in Kinsale. About 20 fruit and nut trees were planted by the Transition Towns group on a … Continue reading →

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Back to nature #2: Deep Ecology- Nostalgia for Eden

Posted on 10 December 2007 by Graham

Nostalgia for Eden A widely held belief amongst environmentalists, Deep Ecologists and other “post-modern” humans who yearn for a return to the idyllic world of an imagined Garden of Eden is that the struggle for sustainability is a new one: … Continue reading →

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Back to Nature #1

Posted on 1 December 2007 by Graham

Back to Nature: Exploring Humans’ Relationship to the Natural World Modern humans have an uneasy relationship with the “natural world”: there is a sense of separation, of loss, but also an ambivalence and uncertainty in knowing how to relate to … Continue reading →

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