Author Archives: Graham

Summer Break

Posted on 22 June 2011 by Graham

I’ll be away from tomorrow until the end of July, so blogging may be light or non-existent, although hopefully I will be able to post up some stories from my adventures. Watch this space and have a good summer!

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A Taste of the Unexpected

Posted on 18 June 2011 by Graham

Book Review A Taste of the Unexpected How to grow your own remarkable fruit, vegetables, nuts, herbs, spices and flowers by Marc Diacono Hdbck 192pp Quadrille publishing 2011 Marc Diacono runs Otter Farm in Devon, “the UK’s only climate change … Continue reading →

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Cat’s out of the Climate Change Bag

Posted on 17 June 2011 by Graham

(Update 21-06-11: Further discussion on Greenpeace and the IPCC at the economist. Steve McIntyre on conflcit of interest policy here.) Mark Lynas- who featured on last year’s channel 4 documentary What the Greens Got Wrong- has put the cat amongst … Continue reading →

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Perennial Vegetables

Posted on 17 June 2011 by Graham

Here are a few perennial vegetables that I have been growing the past couple of years. We have some of these, and more plants, for sale at the Derryduff nursery. I will be away from next week until the end … Continue reading →

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All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace

Posted on 17 June 2011 by Graham

I only just recently got to watch Adam Curtis’ latest documentary, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, which I really enjoyed. As with Curtis’ previous work, such as The Power of Nightmares, a very wide range of different … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to Rob Hopkins and Transition

Posted on 14 June 2011 by Graham

Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement, has posted some comments on my recent blog post The Hockey Stick Illusion in which he has challenged the change of course this blog has taken since its inception in 2006. Since … Continue reading →

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The Hockey Stick Illusion

Posted on 11 June 2011 by Graham

Book Review The Hockey Stick Illusion- Climategate and the Corruption of Science by A.W.Montford pbck; 482pp Stacey International 2010 In this thorough and well documented book Andrew Montford of the Bishop Hill blog tells the extraordinary story of one of … Continue reading →

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Virtuous Corruption

Posted on 6 May 2011 by Graham

Book Review The Virtuous Corruption of Virtual Environmental Science Aynsley Kellow Edgar Elgar 2007 Hdbck 218pp This book by Aynsley Kellow, Professor and Head of the School of Government at the University of Tasmania, Australia, is a provocative and in … Continue reading →

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Fleeing Vesuvius: Collapse and the Church of Gaia

Posted on 18 April 2011 by Graham

Book Review Fleeing Vesuvius Overcoming the risks of economic and environmental collapse edited by Richard Douthwaite and Gillian Fallon Feasta 2010 ppbck 417 pp. The recent economic collapse is not just a financial and banking issue, not just an economic … Continue reading →

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Henry the Horse Hauls Timber

Posted on 10 April 2011 by Graham

I had a visit from Sandra of Horsepower In Irelandand her horse Henry to help me move my firewood from the meadow by the river up to my cabin. Henry is an Irish Cob, experienced in ploughing as well as … Continue reading →

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