Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Transition Timeline

Posted on 29 June 2009 by Graham

Book Review: The Transition Timeline for  a local, resilient future Shaun Chamberlin Forward by Rob Hopkins 190 pp pbk Chelsea Green 2009 The follow-up to Rob Hopkins’ seminal The Transition Handbook uses the method of “backcasting” from an envisioned  future … Continue reading →

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Forest Gardening in the Irish Times

Posted on 22 June 2009 by Graham

We were fortunate enough to have Irish Times columnist John Gibbons attend our last permaculture course in Cloughjordan, and he had a great write up in his column last week: Permaculture offers one vision of a future where human ingenuity … Continue reading →

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Solstice Solar Array

Posted on 21 June 2009 by Graham

I just wired up a new photovoltaic array- an auspicious time to do it on the longest- and so far the sunniest- day of the year. Delivering a cool 600 watts of raw solar power at 24volts, the impressive bank … Continue reading →

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Permaculture Mandala garden at Dunhill Eco-Park

Posted on 14 June 2009 by Graham

I returned to the Dunhill Eco-Park in Waterford at the weekend for a follow-up to the permaculture course I did there last September. This time we were joined by 20 participants who learned about permaculture gardening techniques and forest garden … Continue reading →

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Future Scenarios

Posted on 11 June 2009 by Graham

Book Review- Future Scenarios How Communities Can adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change David Holmgren Chelsea Green 2009 When I first saw David Holmgren’s Future Scenarios talk and slide at a permaculture design course in Slovenia in 2005 I … Continue reading →

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Permaculture at The Village

Posted on 10 June 2009 by Graham

Last weekend saw 17 participants attend a 2-day Introduction to permaculture course I gave at The Village in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary. Workshop participants practice forest garden design… …now they are planting and mulching for real… It was a great weekend, … Continue reading →

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Roald Dahl on the death of his daughter from measles

Posted on 3 June 2009 by Graham

As the measles epidemic in Britain gathers pace, and the woo-woos who still do not acknowledge that their refuasal to vaccinate is not because of some higher spiritual knowledge, but simply ignorance brought about by bad science and an irresponsible … Continue reading →

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Bamboo shoots for tea

Posted on 3 June 2009 by Graham

Recent comments on last years’ post on eating bamboo shoots came just as the new season is here- and we have been munching our way through this very useful vegetable with gusto.        Martin Crawford demonstrates harvesting bamboo shoots on … Continue reading →

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Birthing Yurt

Posted on 3 June 2009 by Graham

Here are a couple of photos of a new yurt I made and set up for for Cearbhuil up near mallow- who got it to have her new baby in in a few weeks time! Hope it all goes really … Continue reading →

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