Category Archives: General

Thanks to Tom for sending me the link to this essential reading from Ireland’s premier green economist Richard Douthwaite in Construct Ireland Magazine. Douthwaite explains the state of the world and Irish economy with reference to the housing bubble and … Continue reading →

The new online journal Forth has an article by Lenni Antonelli who interviewed me on the subject of pseudoscience and the environmental movement.

Welcome to the first Zone5 Podcast! These are likely to come out rather irregularly but I might manage one a month or so. Albert Bates at the charcoal barrel at Cloughjordan Eco-village, August 2009 This first podcast is with Albert … Continue reading →

My eye was caught this morning by a story in the Grauniad recounting the death of three people after a new Age sweat lodge in northern Arizona: According to local police, at 3pm on Thursday 8 October – the final … Continue reading →

Washington State plant breeder Tom Wagner of Tater-Mater visited Brown Envelope Seeds last weekend near Skibbereen to give a two-day workshop on breeding new varieties of tomatoes and potatoes. This was a fascinating experience, and a great opportunity to learn … Continue reading →

Spent a lovely couple of hours yesterday helping with the oats harvest for the West Cork CSA. The continual heavy rain this summer has resulted in the smaller field lodging, which meant we had to harvest by hand and scythe. … Continue reading →

From the Tipperary Star: The news media is full of bad news stories about the environment, but rather than concentrating on problems what would happen if we put our energies into finding sustainable solutions. That is just what 14 student … Continue reading →

The Food Standards Agency published a scientific review last week  which found no evidence of organic food being more healthy than non-organic food. This is being widely denounced amongst the environmental movement, in particular the Soil Association, as being a … Continue reading →