Articles by Maddy Harland
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Saturday, 18th February 2012
Maddy heads to the woods to check on a tree that produces prolific amounts of oyster mushrooms and finds out how to dry them for year round feasts.
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Sunday, 22nd January 2012
Maddy Harland reads Richard Heinberg's latest book and asks whether we are entering the Great Unravelling, a fundamental turning point in humanity's economic history.
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Tuesday, 27th December 2011
2012 will be a watershed year. In the spirit in the season, Maddy Harland points you in the direction of free downloads, information sources, useful sites and inspiration to fuel your conviction that a better world is possible. Happy New Year.
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Tuesday, 29th November 2011
Feeding garden birds is a pleasurable and useful activity that can result in an additional clutch of eggs in summer, so vital for some of our endangered bird species. It can also be expensive buying seed and nuts so Maddy Harland recommends we plant bird forage in the permaculture garden to provide winter forage, help balance pest and predators and save money as well. Now that's a virtuous cycle!
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Tuesday, 8th November 2011
Maddy Harland describes how reading The Biochar Solution by Albert Bates and meeting Ecocide campaigner, Polly Higgins, has inspired her resolve. She encourages us all to connect with the spirit of our own 'indigenous' nature.
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Monday, 31st October 2011
I have always loved poetry but there are a few eco-poets who really touch my heart. Drew Dellinger is one of them so I share one of his particularly insightful poems in these times of 'Occupy The Streets'.
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Monday, 24th October 2011
This week I am reviewing Rob Hopkins' latest Transition book. As you will see I liked a number of aspects of this book, perhaps most especially the way Rob put it together – a real participatory event. And for a limited time only, Green Shopping is giving money off and it is at the special price of £17.45
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Wednesday, 28th September 2011
Continuing my love affair with Ireland, today I discover a special place and travel back to the mists of time where the Celts roamed and foraged in an edible landscape full of magic and wonder, an ancient permaculture forest.
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Saturday, 27th August 2011
Maddy Harland describes how to make a homemade camping stove (often called a hobo stove) out of a large tin can.
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Friday, 19th August 2011