Category Archives: water

Goodbye to the Bucket Toilet

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Graham Strouts

For those of you who have been thinking that your humble zone5 blogger has got his head in the toilet for much of the time, I can now offer you proof: After many years of shitting in a bucket I … Continue reading →

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Peak Water

Posted on 18 December 2009 by Graham Strouts

Peak Water Civilisation and the World’s Water Crisis Alexander Bell Luath Press 2009 Hardback 208 pp If oil supply peaks and begins to decline times will be hard. Standard of living will decline and people may go hungry but they … Continue reading →

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Permaculture at Derryduff

Posted on 6 August 2008 by Graham Strouts

The summer break from Kinsale College has givien me some time to spend on the site at Derryduff and I have been developing the gardens and landscaping here over the last couple of months. In particular, a large extension to … Continue reading →

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The Great Magic Water Conference

Posted on 16 November 2007 by Graham Strouts

Anatomy of a Scam A few years ago I attended an extraordinary event in Co. Monaghan which I still refer to as “The great magic Water Conference”. Organised by local environmentalists to promote the “discoveries” of an outfit called Perfect … Continue reading →

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Draining the Shannon

Posted on 19 July 2007 by Graham Strouts

Last week RTE played a radio debate between PJ Walsh, a locally based campaigner and PRO of the recently formed Shannon Environmental Protection Alliance (SPA), and Tom Leahy, an engineer with Dublin City Council. They discussed a proposal to extract … Continue reading →

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When the Rivers Run Dry

Posted on 3 July 2007 by Graham Strouts

With changing weather patterns leading to extreme weather reports hitting the headlines with ever greater frequency, it seems there is either too much water, as in the destructive floods across the midlands of England and the North of Ireland earlier … Continue reading →

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