permaculture

The next SolidGround Permaculture meeting is taking place on June 14th 2008 from 12pm to 6pm. The day's activities will include making an earth oven and more. Later on that evening, there will also be a Night for Tara with bands, deejays and craic...

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The next Solid Ground Permaculture meeting will take place on Saturday 19th April from 12 noon onwards. We will be experimenting with different growing techniques. Everyone welcome.

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August 10-19th 2007

With Graham Strouts, John Dolan, Lisa Davies

Permaculture is a design method that uses natural systems as models for creating sustainable human settlements. Using a variety of creative learning methods we will look at a range of sustainable solutions for energy, buildings, food and the community.

In May 2001 the Organic Centre organised their first permaculture meeting and this year they will revisit the topic again.

“Permaculture is about designing sustainable settlements. It is a philosophy and an approach to land use which weaves together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, water management and human needs into intricately connected, productive communities.” (Bill Mollison)

PRESS RELEASE

I have a small space and would like to develop a small composting system. Anyone got any suggestions on how to make one??

bizzy lizzy xx :)

A Weekend working with earth energies, with Allana Moore

August 18th & 19th 2007, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim

Learn how to use dowsing to enhance the vitality and fertility of the land working with earth acupuncture, homeopathy and nature spirits in a holistic approach to farming and permaculture.

About Allana Moore

Alanna Moore has 20 years experience of dowsing and geomancy. She lives in Australia. She was a founder of the New South Wales Dowsing Society in 1983 and has taught 'probably thousands' of people how to dowse.

Pucheen has evolved from the Ballinamore Permaculture Group which started to show documentaries on a Tuesday night in McGirl's Bar, Ballinamore in early 2005. A diverse range of documentaries have been shown on all aspects of low-impact, sustainable living in the meantime.

One of the first film's we showed was Alcohol Can Be A Gas which describes how alcohol can be used as a fuel and how in fact, it was the original fuel used in combustion engines. The documentary covers much more in it's 150 minutes including permaculture techniques, growing crops for alcohol production, brewing and distilling alcohol, how to adjust your engine to run efficiently on alcohol and much more. Poteen (poitín as Gaeilge) started to become a theme...