Transition and Communication
Still musing about communication and the way we do it , for that is what we are, is it not? Communicators? Essentially we have embraced the concept that we have a dilemma a Peak Oil and Climate Change dilemma for which there isn’t one obvious answer, but many infinite solutions. We as a community in Transition Land are hugely aware of this and have begun to act accordingly, but we are early adaptors of "an idea" anxious to sharethe knowledge and raise awareness. Being early adaptors the limited exposure we receive in the media means we are very far down the pecking order of what

Glenhordial Farm Permaculture Diary
View of newly planted fruit trees from the Northwest This is the very start of our first Permaculture project here . During the last month we have been busy planting up our new forest garden. We got 25 native apple trees from Seed Savers in County Clare, some of these trees originated in Cavan or Monaghan .

Glenhordial Farm Permaculture Diary
View of newly planted fruit trees from the Northwest This is the very start of our first Permaculture project here . During the last month we have been busy planting up our new forest garden. We got 25 native apple trees from Seed Savers in County Clare, some of these trees originated in Cavan or Monaghan .

Transition Together
It occurred to me recently in an introspective moment that perhaps we were loosing the run of ourselves in Transition Land. Here we are, ordinary people chained to our computers participating in heated debates and discussions about what is so in all things Transition. Raising awareness,persuading,enrolling , convincing and speaking to people about things that concern them in relation to Peak oil,climate change and future energy shortages.However valuable all this is, somehow we seem to be missing the mark.Is the message we put out there been seen as "that we have to change other people and their approach to the environment etc", or is the message getting to the people that count i.e

Transition Together
It occurred to me recently in an introspective moment that perhaps we were loosing the run of ourselves in Transition Land. Here we are, ordinary people chained to our computers participating in heated debates and discussions about what is so in all things Transition. Raising awareness,persuading,enrolling , convincing and speaking to people about things that concern them in relation to Peak oil,climate change and future energy shortages.However valuable all this is, somehow we seem to be missing the mark.Is the message we put out there been seen as "that we have to change other people and their approach to the environment etc", or is the message getting to the people that count i.e