One of the Pod Project at Carraig Durla, Wicklow. Permaculture Design Course. Why permaculture? Like many people I have been feeling powerless to help against the avalanche of environmental crises facing the globe. The temptation is to believe that I cannot do anything as the scale of the task is monumental but if we all …
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Wilding
Wow. I’ve just finished listening to ‘Wilding’ by Isabella Tree. An audio book that has kept me enthralled on my travels, over breakfast and late at night when I should have been sleeping. It’s been a long time since I have been moved by a book quite this much. The book is about the amazing …
Busyness, imagination and the art of self-care
Tonight I am sitting at home with a cat on my lap, the dog in her basket and a room of flickering candlelight whilst reimagining my garden with the help of a book called The Garden Awakening by Mary Reynolds. It’s full of mystery and quirky illustrations. Is there anything better? It certainly makes me …
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With a little help from your friends
Imagine a world where there is no such thing as waste. How can you give the things we buy new life rather than dumping them in landfill (or worse still, letting them wind up in the ocean)? There are three solutions commonly used by companies at present: recycling.. downcycling, upcycling. Despite their best intentions all …
Clarity
Epiphany. It’s one of my favourite words and its always a buzz to experience. There is nothing like clarity for bringing forth change and quietening the mind. This morning’s realisation came curtsy of Thursday morning yoga class. It was one of those classes where the practice exactly matched what I needed. A gentle, slow moving …
Anything is possible
This morning I feel like anything is possible. That’s probably because I have been up early as the sun is rising. Everything is still asleep, children, husband, cats, dog, chickens and rabbits are all silent. I have got to practice yoga facing the hills and mountains enjoying the way they appear out of the dark …
Mud
So there’s a lot of mud, yards of rolled up turf and we’ve not even finished removing the grass yet. It’s safe to safe I am having a panic. Not a full scale panic, just the creeping kind where you stand back look at what there is still to do and wonder if you should …
Hedgerows, Rewilding and shifting baseline syndrome
“As a species, we immediately forget what is lost and only see what exists right here, right now as the new normal.” Mary Reynolds I read this relatively recently on the We are the Ark website begun by Mary Reynolds. Mary describes herself as a reformed landscape designer. It’s an interesting turn of phrase. We …
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Shampoo, tins and the plastic dilemma
There is something very appealing about tiny, smooth metal tins; I am not sure why they please me so much, maybe because you can’t see what’s inside them and like Alice, I feel compelled to open them and try out their contents. These particular tins contain shampoo and conditioner bars of lurid blue and creamy …
the pod project
It’s fair to say that the three of us like to talk. Over tea and biscuits (sure isn’t the world fuelled on tea) on dark nights this winter we have sat down around tables and next to fires and explored possibilities and dreams. The main topic of conversation, how to change the world. I say …
the pod project 