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		<title>2nd Permaculture Design Course The Village Aug 20-29th 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have updated the Courses Page for 2010, which includes the 2nd Full Permaculture design Course at The Village, Cloughjordan.



August 20th &#8211; 29th 2010 &#124; The Village, Cloughjordan, Tipperary &#124; For bookings and further information contact Davie Philip davie@cultivate.ie

Enjoy a full &#8216;PDC&#8217; immersed in the thriving and innovative environment of Cloughjordan&#8217;s ecovillage.  Tutors include: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/02/2nd-permaculture-design-course-the-village-aug-20-29th-2010/</link>
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		<title>Goodbye to the Bucket Toilet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 am now proud to announce the opening of a brand new twin-chamber concrete block toilet which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/02/goodbye-to-the-bucket-toilet/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Dr. Colin Campbell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zone5 Podcast #3 with Dr. Colin Campbell on Peak Oil, the Financial Collapse, Adaptation and What the Future May Hold

Colin Campbell, founder of the Association for the Study of peak Oil and Gas, is officially retired from his career as oil geologist and Peak Oil pundit but kindly agreed to this interview for the zone5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/02/interview-with-dr-colin-campbell/</link>
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		<title>Davie Philip on Transition and The Good Life 2.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Via Transition Culture


My long-time Permaculture and peak oil colleague Davie Philip gave an inspirational talk for Feasta in Dublin last summer.

He includes a nice account of the origins of the Transition movement in Kinsale with the Energy Descent Plan by Rob and his Permaculture students, and his own personal journey with Peak Oil which started [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/02/davie-philip-on-transition-and-the-good-life-2-0/</link>
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		<title>Permaculture in Belize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for Albert Bates for sending us this uplifting snapshot of a permaculture course in Belize. Hopefully this years&#8217; PCD in Tipperary will generate as creative cabaret as this!


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		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/02/permaculture-in-belize/</link>
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		<title>Survival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After three weeks of sub-zero temperatures and snow and ice in many parts, Ireland, like much of the rest of Europe, is experiencing considerable difficulty in continuing its post-industrial lifestyle.
Supplies of salt for the roads are stretched, and also gas supplies with industry being told to use coal or oil instead.



So far the main routes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/01/survival/</link>
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		<title>Homeopathy Cured my Hamster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I paid a short visit to my parents in the UK during the Winterval, but by the time I got there I had developed full-blown tonsillitis and spent most of the time feverish and delerious in bed.

Fortunately I was able to get to a doctor who took my temperature, peered down my throat, made the diagnosis- [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/01/homeopathy-cured-my-hampster/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve made it on a list of Those Making a Difference in 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am honoured to be included amongst some very illustrious and far more deserving names onto John Gibbons&#8217; list of Those Making a Difference in 2009.

From the Irish Times Dec. 24th 2009. Full text below.

Seasonal salute to those making a difference

A mix of new voices and seasoned campaigners – here is a list of people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/01/ive-made-it-on-a-list-of-those-making-a-difference-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>Atheist Blogroll and a Blasphemous New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah!

The Atheist blogroll is a community building service provided free of charge to Atheist bloggers from around the world. If you would like to join, visit Mojoey at Deep Thoughts for  more information. Ill add in the blogroll to my sidebar once i figure out how to do it.

 

That seems the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2010/01/atheist-blogroll-and-a-blasphemous-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Solar Power on the Shortest Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is now exactly 6 months since I set up my 600watt  at Derryduff.



Having now reached the shortest days of the year I am in a position to evaluate its performance, and I can say it has served me very well. Obviously there has been a huge difference in power availability between summer and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zone5.org/2009/12/solar-power-on-the-shortest-day/</link>
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