Healthy Sustainable Life Inspiration

Talamh Beo for FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS, STRONG COMMUNITIES PRESS RELEASE Farmers from across Ireland are coming together to establish a new organisation which represents the interests and defends the livelihoods of people producing food, fuel and fibre using sustainable methods of production – Talamh Beo (www.talamhbeo.ie) “We aim to raise awareness of the obstacles […]

Dublin Food Cooperative IRELAND’S OLDEST FOOD COOPERATIVE FINDS A PERMANENT HOME Press release After years of searching Dublin’s increasingly competitive property market, the Dublin Food Cooperative (DFC) has finally found a permanent home in Kilmainham. The Newmarket Dublin 8 area has changed considerably over the last decade. The abandoned construction sites that once mocked the […]

Fare Ireland @ Culture Night Documentary Screening on 22 Sep 2017 at 1900 in Dublin Food Coop, Newmarket square, D8 This will be followed by Q&A session from the makers. I got involved in Fare Ireland project trough my voluntary work in NCAD Community garden. I am there almost from the start and it is […]

Humanure is simply composted shit as described by Joseph Jenkins. ‘Surely there is a better way than to defecate into clean, treated water and then ‘clean it again using chemicals and vast quantities of energy? If we had to clean our own drinking water at home, I’m certain that we would not flush our toilet into it!’ […]

It was a pleasure to have Chef and Activist, Daniel Klein and Filmmaker Mirra Fine (The Perennial Plate) documenting the NCAD Community Garden’s main man Tony Lowth. Our Mountain from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo. The Perennial Plate is a two-time James Beard Award winning online weekly documentary series dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating. […]

Arrifana pines 20/8/2016 Cob oven building workshop. I was invited to Algarve to help building a cob oven. My friend Paddy finally found his place in Europe after traveling along the Atlantic coast in his camper van. I am happy that his dream final came true and he is a proud owner of a beautiful […]

Inspired by research of Victor Schauberger I am avoiding of using steel tools when planting. In his book  The Fertile Earth – Nature’s Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry: Volume 3 Eco-Technology Series he proved that in contrast with iron and steel, the most common metals used to produce garden tools, copper has a beneficial […]

Why make compost? We need to look into nature and have critical look on our trow-away society. Nature achieved its amazing productivity by interaction of thousands of species and recycling resources. Common sense brings us to a simple solution. Nature knows best so we just need to comprehend and copy. Use of artificial fertilizers is […]

Dublin Made Me Market featuring Tony Lowth speaking on the sunday market about the story of NCAD garden

Taken from http://thefumballystables.ie without asking, but with best intentions… How do you setup and run a community garden? Hear about the lessons learned from two inspiring community garden projects: one in Dublin city centre and the other in rural Co. Clare. We will start with a talking tour of the NCAD Community Garden on Thomas Street, […]