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Composting loo – a toilet reborn

by Steve Byrne | Apr 13, 2013 | composting toilets, low impact living, natural building, smallholding, the farm

Something that we’ve desperately needed since arriving is a decent outside composting loo, if only to save muddy hordes coming in and out of the house in the depths of winter. We inherited an old tin hut of an outside loo, that had the particularly...

Help to save a beautiful home

by Steve Byrne | Mar 23, 2013 | buildings, environment, low impact living, natural building

This beautiful home is, according to Pembrokeshire Council Planners “harmful to the rural character of the locality”, and must be demolished. This despite the fact that it is situated in a private spot, not overlooked, and built from natural materials. The...

Low Impact Development – in Northern Ireland?

by Steve Byrne | Mar 9, 2013 | low impact living, natural building, permaculture, smallholding, the farm

In theory, low impact building is something that you hope people would welcome: low cost shelter that uses minimal resources, that people can put together themselves, and which doesn’t stand out like a sore thumb in the landscape. It could be cheap to heat, to...

Composting loo – a toilet reborn

Help to save a beautiful home

Low Impact Development – in Northern Ireland?

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