Archive

Issue 1

Editor: Catherine Rountree • Publishing Executive: Vera Abbott • Administration: Gina Dooley • Crossword: Breda Colton • Designer: Paula Kelly • Photography: Camillus O’Meara • Production: Brendan Dooley • Database: Massi Carni • Printing: The Midland Tribune • Distribution: Easons Wholesale – Newspread & W.N.S. (Distribution may be extended to England, Scotland & Wales) Contributors (in no particular order): Natalie Descheres, Trevor Sargent, T.D., Patricia Flanagan, Conor O’Donoghue, Donal O’Leary, Ted Cook, Paul Murray, Terry O’Regan, The Village Committee, Maurizio Davolia, John Fitzgerald, Nora Hennessy, Dr Alan Matthews, Henry O’D. Thompson, Peter Schneider, Stephen Meyen, Steve O’Hara-Smith, Richard Douthwaite, Eddie Brennan, Dr Eugene Hendrick, Dr Kieran R. Hickey, John Jopling, Brian Tobin, Maarten Nieuwenhuis, Ben Whelan, Mark Reid, Carmel Mulcahy, Sarah Caridia, Jackie Gorman, Helen Johnston, Urs Tobler, Pauline Howard, Fergal Quinn, Peter Cowman, ISSA, Elaine Keegan, John Feehan, Ellen Cox, J.J. Bunyan, Donough Cahill, Judith Hoad, Dermot Deering, Gillies McBain, Cora Feehily, Graham Strouts, Rob Hopkins. Interviewed in this edition: Gerry McCaughey, Duncan Stewart, Claire Dunne, Anthony McCarthy & Wolfgang Dam. Published by: The Print Factory: Fivealley, Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland. • ISSN 1649-6221 • © 2004/2005 The Print Factory.

Issue 2

Editor: Catherine Rountree • Associate Editor: Rosalind Fanning • Publishing Executive: Vera Abbott • Advertising Executive: Frances Kawala Administration: Gina Dooley • Proof Reading: Michael J Dooley •Crossword: Breda Colton • Designer: Paula Kelly • Photography: Camillus O’Meara • Production: Brendan Dooley • Production Assistant: Ray Gath • Database: Massi Carni • Webmaster: Katherine Bailey• Printing: Midland Web Printing • Distribution: Easons Wholesale – Newspread & W.N.S. (Distribution may be extended to England, Scotland & Wales) Contributors (in no particular order): Mary Walsh Kinsella, Graham Strouts, Anne Barcoe, Andy Wilson, Gillies McBain, Dr Thomas Brennan, Paul Murray, Joan Tooten, Wim Renders, Cesare Quaglia, Richard Flockhart, Oisin Coghlan, Brian 0’Murchu, Sean Byrne, Michael Starrett, Kathleen O’Hara, Michael Ewing, Schia Mitchell, Joe Hogan,Michael Comiskey, Christophe Mouze, Miren-Maialen Samper, Marie Power, Rachel Harte, Tim Molan, Kerry Earth Education Project, Marjorie Joyce Kelly, Jackie Gorman, John Seager, Clive Peckham, Hans Wieland, Mary O’Riordan, John Feehan, Bridget Carlin, Caroline White, Kathy Sinnott, M.E.P., Brian Caffrey, Peter Vallely, Linda Kenny, Neils & Tanja Emonts, Peter Schneider, Susan Holte, Robert Marley, Dr Kieran R Hickey, Judith Hoad, Natalie Descheres, Rob Hopkins, John Fitzgerald. Interviewed in this edition: Tom Parlon, Simon Coveney, Paul Byrne & Alicia Parsons, Billy & Judy Nagle, Darina Allen, Published by: The Print Factory: Fivealley, Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland. • ISSN 1649-6221 • © 2004/2005 The Print Factory

Issue 3

Editor: Catherine Rountree – Associate Editor: Rosalind Fanning – Publishing Executive: Vera Abbott – Advertising Executive: Frances Kawala – Administration: Gina Dooley – Proof Reading: Michael J Dooley – Crossword: Breda Colton – Designer: Paula Kelly – Production: Brendan Dooley – Production Assistant: Ray Gath – Database: Massi Carni – Webmaster: Katherine Bailey – Printing: Datascope – Distribution: Easons Wholesale, Newspread, – & W.N.S. (Northern Ireland & Donegal) – Contributors (in no particular order): – Brian Rogers, Andy Wilson, Gillies MacBain, Nicki Jordan, Oisin Coghlan, Dr Niamh Clune, Michael Starrett, Kathleen O’Hara, Lars Pettersson, Jim Connolly, Peter Cowman, Miren-Maialen Samper, Angela Glen, Noel Kennedy, Jackie Gorman, Bio Regional Development Group, Laurens ter Veer, UN Food & Agricultural Organization, Aine O Callaghan, Kathy Sinnott, M.E.P., Helen Tobler, Valeria Duarte, Donal O Leary & Ted Cook, Niels Emonts, Peter Schneider, Judith Hoad, Dr Kieran R Hickey, Bill Novak, Natalie Descheres, Rob Hopkins, John Fitzgerald, Tom Campbell, Jack Manno, Helen Lawless, Hope Shand, Brigid Carlin, Peter Duffy, Anne Kissane-Nieuwenhuizen, Dermot Deering, Nicola Ryan, Susan Anthony, Eamon Gilmore TD, Eamon Ryan TD, Richard Douthwaite, Bruce K. Darrell, Niall Harnett, Marjorie Joyce Kelly, Interviewed in this edition: Imelda Daly, Helena Norbeg-Hodge, Mark Carrigy, Photographs: Thanks to all who supplied photos. We would especially like to thank the US Department of Defence and the US Army Press Office for the New Orleans photographs, Henry Thompson, OldBuilders Company, California Chicken Federation & Don Chatfield. Published by: The Print Factory: Fivealley, Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland. ISSN 1649-6221, © 2005 The Local Planet & Contributors

Issue 4

Dark Clouds Remain Over North Antrim 4 – Pouring Cold Water on the Biofuel Fantasy 6 – Biodegradable Plastics Made From Wood 8 – Is Timber More Sustainable Than Concrete? 10 – Misanthropic Environmentalism 12 – Architecture And Identity 14 – Keeping Ireland Open 16 – Smash Your Dreams 18 – Free Trade or Selling Out? 21 – Hot Air About Heating 22 – Go Cold Turkey or Reduce Dependency? 26 – Peter Schneider’s Old Wives Tales About Energy 27 – “The Important Thing About Gardening is to Begin” 28 – Kinsale College: Leading the Way 29 – Do Flatworms Threaten Soil Fertility? 30 – Genetically Modifi ed Crops: The Facts 32 – The Sinister World of GM Crops 33 – Corrib Gas Dispute 34 – Rossport Protest Continues 35 – Polluters Profi t From Emissions Permits 36 – Breastfeeding 38 – France Shows Ireland the Way 39 – Roads and Illegal Quarries 40 – Is Government Serious About Renewable Energy? 42 – Kinsale Adopts Energy Decent Action Plan 44 – Green VIPs Part 1 – Mundy 45 – ‘Something I Didn’t Prepare Earlier’ 46 – Good News From the Allotment Campaign 48 – A Sustainable and Ethical Business Model 49 – Product Reviews 50 – Learning to Live Without Oil 51 – Green VIPs Part 2 – roesy 51 – Amino Acids – Your Choice 52 – Classifi ed Ads 53 – Crossword & Competitions 54 – Ass Eds Page! 55 – 20 + 1 Ways to Change the Food System 56

Issue 5

Sustainable Wages 3 Genetically Modified Potatoes 4 Celt / Aughinish 5 Organic Food Verification 6 RTE’s Digital Radio 7 Chinese Technology to Convert Plastics to Oil 8 Vatican Shouldn’t Promote Nuclear Power 10 Westport Sustainability Fair 11 Letters & Ideas Page 12 Water Governance in Ireland 13 The Inishowen Gathering 14 Hemp House – Who’s Counting 15 Planting New Hedgerows 16 Why we Need Allotments 18 Cranio Sacral Therapy 19 The Life of a Farrier 20 Organic Sustainable Future 22 Young Person’s Guide to the Planet – Schools’ Supplement (* 1) What is a Climatologist 23 Designing your Sustainable Home 24 Shell and the Water Problem 26 Beyond the Speed Peak 27 Greener Homes Grants 29 From Dublin City to Wicklow Mountains 30 Hot Air and Heat 31 Q & A with Kevin Knobloch 32 Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam? 33 Dingle in Uproar 33 Classified 34 Things you didn’t Know about Hemp 37 Sharing Community Experiences in Guatemala 38 Eco Tourism in Slieve Blooms 39 Local Authority Services to the Arts 40 Celebrity Interview with John Kelly 41 Crossword and Preamble 42 Book Review & Café Review 43 The Great Renewable Energy Swindle 44