Ecological Debt Day or Earth Overshoot Day arrived. Yesterday. Each year someone that is better with numbers than I works out a calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year reaches a deficit. We cannot regenerate renewable resources quick enough within the same year. The actual science and calculations behind the day are … Continue reading Ecological Debt Day 2017
I have been thoroughly frustrated with my current life and lifestyle for some time now. There is simply a lot going on in a very short period of my life. That short period however appears to be stretching itself out into a longer period of a what is now about 3 years. Which leads me … Continue reading Man and the Age of Discontent
Finally, we’ve made a decision on how we will be heating our water once the house is renovated After much research and asking friends about their experiences, some consultation with our local renewable energy guru and some logical thinking, we settled on a Solahart system. The benefits are that the storage and heating collection is … Continue reading Tillellan – Solar Hot Water System
I was up early yesterday - as is usual - and managed to see the most glorious sunrise as I entered work with a crescent moon and star shinning brightly through the dark purple clouds. The day was sunny and bright and by around 5.30 pm was starting to darken up. There was quite a nice … Continue reading Winter Solstice 2017
The garden has had to take care of itself the last couple of weeks – and it has done quite well. Animals have still required feeding and caring for of course and I’ve had to water a couple of times because, although we have had cool, damp nights – we’ve had some fairly warm, sunny days and … Continue reading June Happenings
Petit Paradis 