This is the introduction to week six of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Center in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying each week of the course, soon to be aired on Dublin Community TV. Deconstructing Dinner: Food Miles, Trade and Food Systems Subject [...]
The Real Perils of Human Population Growth by David and Marcia Pimentel The present world population of 6.7 billion is projected by the United Nations to increase to 9 billion and may rise to as many as 11 billion by 2050. Even if a worldwide policy of two children per couple (instead of the current [...]
Getting Around- Transport and Mobility This is the introduction to week five of the Powerdown Toolkit 10-week community learning course created by the Cultivate Center in Dublin. It has an accompanying TV show with a 30-minute episode accompanying each week of the course, soon to be aired on Dublin Community TV. According to Ivan Illich [...]
Kinsale College of Further Education has recently posted a new video promoting the course on You Tube. Click here to see the video which includes myself very briefly desribing the course modules, and a few shots of the college gardens. The drama, art, multimedia and outdoor pursuits courses are also covered. There is also an [...]
Introduction to Permaculture course 4th-5th April at Dunhill Ecopark, situated near Ballyphillip, Co. Waterford Do You Want To Grow Your Own Food…But Don’t Have The Time? Do You Want To Feed Your Family For Free…But Without The Backbreaking Work? Then PERMACULTURE is For YOU! Dunhill Ecopark is pleased to announce a 2 Day Course In [...]
I was delighted to read in Sharon Astyk’s Casaubon’s Book that last Tuesday was the 105th birthday of Dr. Seuss. Like thousands of others, my upbringing was influenced and enriched by the famous Cat in the Hat books- which Astyk’s piece provides some interesting insights into that I had not previously considered. In more recent [...]