A pictorial round up of some of the events we organised and participated in during 2009.
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The 2009 winter issue of Permaculture Magazine is out now and as always is hugely refreshing and inspirational. If you had to limit yourself to just one read per season then this would be it. In this issue are articles on sustainable beekeeping, winter allotments, apple juicing and cider making, zero carbon counties, a fascinating [...]
Despite the weather last Saturday’sapple day in Rothe house gardens was a great success and sure to become an annual event. Some of the activities included traditional pressing, the fender blender, apple games, hot apple juice, the longest peel competition, garden tours, expert advice from Irish Seed Savers and a beautiful traditional puppet show called [...]
There were quite a few Irish Transition Towns represented at Feasta’s recent New Emergency conference including Monaghan, Clonmel, Cloughjordan and Kilkenny. It was a three day affair arguing that we are at the oil peak and now face the twin problems of climate change and peak oil along with an economy in steep decline. “This [...]
Glass Eye have given us a great leg-up by documenting the launch of the 400 Fruit Tree project and editing it into a fantastic web video which you can watch below.
In just over 6 short minutes Nuala Roche and her team have magically captured what I believe transition is all about. That is, community groups [...]