“The idea of a non-growing economy may be anathema to an economist, but the idea of a continually growing economy is anathema to an ecologist” - Jim Jackson, Prosperity without Growth, Sustainable Development Commission.
“I will accept the possibility of infinite growth in the economy on the day that one of my economist colleagues can [...]
Archive for January, 2010
FOUR PART COURSE IN
GROWING YOUR OWN ORGANIC FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
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STARTS
Wednesday 27th January 2010
7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. [two hours per week for four weeks].
VENUE
Heritage Council, Áras na hOidhreachta, Church Lane, Kilkenny.
COURSE IS AIMED AT
First-time growers | Experienced growers | Time-constrained gardening enthusiasts |
People with low mobility | Growers in small and large spaces including urban [...]
This month’s cold snap has brought the fragility of our oil dependent food supply into sharp focus. This article in the Guardian last Friday reported how food is trucked daily from farms to a handful of processing centres before being trucked back out to the supermarkets. For example 80% of carrots pass through just 10 [...]
To cope with the bad weather Carlow and Kilkenny county councils have established emergency response teams which can be contacted at the following numbers:
Kilkenny Emergency Response Team 056 7794145
Carlow Emergency Response Team 1890 500 333
If you are snow bound and require assistance or have no water, no fuel, or transportation please feel free to call [...]