renewable energy
Eirbyte's "Build Your Own Wind Turbine" course led by Hugh Piggott features on RTE Nationwide
Submitted by permakulchy on Thu, 2009-01-29 22:02
Having attended this course in Gort, September 2008, I can wholeheartedly recommend it. I revived my knowledge of electrics and woodworking skills, learnt some welding and took part in building a wind turbine from scratch (shown below in the video). There were lots of interesting people to meet on the course, not forgetting the most gracious hosts - Marion and Flor - an excellent experience all round...
Returning to Real Live Horse Power
Submitted by andy on Sat, 2007-08-11 08:52
In the past few decades, while the search for new energy sources to replace fossil-based fuels has gone on, some people have continued to use a self-replicating, intelligent, user- and planet-friendly, environmentally appropriate power source that has been known about and taken advantage of for at least 8,000 years.