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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Kinsale Spring Fair

Monday, March 31, 2008

I was back down in Kinsale at the end of the Easter break on Saturday for the Transition Towns Spring Fair. Organised by permaculture students and members of Transition Towns Kinsale with Kinsale Tidy Towns, it consisted of a market with stalls selling local produce in the town, with exhibits, talks, Transition TV and more [...]

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Of Tipis and Yurts

Monday, March 24, 2008

I have always been interested in the simple nomadic life- although I am now settled in Derryduff for nearly 7 years- and lived in a tipi in Shropshire for a year in 1989. During this time I made frequent visits to Tipi Valley in south Wales- a whole community of around 100 people living in [...]

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Joe Polaischer R.I.P.

Monday, March 3, 2008

I only just noticed on David Holmgren’s website the sad passing on Feb 14th of Permaculture Elder Joe Polaischer. Originally from Austria, Joe was founder, with his partner Trish Allen, of Rainbow Valley farm in New Zealand. I had the pleasure of meeting Joe at the International Permaculture Convergence in Croatia in 2005. I was [...]

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Powerdown TV Show

Sunday, March 2, 2008

I have not been posting very regularly recently and part of the reason is that I have been very busy moving into the now (mainly) finished timber cabin. I am delighted to have moved into this cosy space. Warm, functional and full of light it promises to be a very comfortable and appropriately-sized living space. [...]

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The Transition Handbook

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Book Review The Transition Handbook From oil dependency to local resilience Rob Hopkins Green Books 2008 Pbck; 240pp The transition Handbook is available from www.transition culture.org “The concept of energy descent, and of the Transition approach, is a simple one: that the future with less oil could be preferable to the present, but only if [...]

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