Birch Cottage has a new website of its own
Visit the Birch Cottage website to bookWelcome to Lackan Cottage Farm
We’re Steve and Claire Golemboski-Byrne, we live here off grid with our daughter, our dog, cats and horses. We make all our own energy using wind and solar, grow as much of our own food as we can (it varies widely) and have used permaculture design principles to help us create a great place to live.
Here on the website you’ll find stories about the projects we’ve undertaken – what works, what doesn’t. You can come stay in our guest cottage – Birch Cottage and we will show you round, or maybe you just want to find out how to do some of this stuff. Either way, welcome.
Eco-DIY and Building Advice from the Eco Home Centre: Self build the way forward for communities?
Eco-DIY and Building Advice from the Eco Home Centre: Self build the way forward for communities?: This is a picture of the Wintles development in Shropshire that is based on the principles set out in 'A Pattern Language'. The houses wer... read more
Building with waste
ThisTED talk by Dan Philips is fantastic. In it he discusses why consumers, the building industry, and society at large need to break out of the comfortable patterns that lead to massive waste, and how he makes use of that waste to create unusual, and highly personal...
Eco communities – meant for the masses, or the enlightened (and lucky) few
Eco, low impact, sustainable, off grid, communities - whatever label you attach to them, it certainly feels like the movement of 'alternative' communities is gathering pace, and at the same time, starting to attract people that even a few years ago wouldn't have given...
Preparations continue..
In the hope that we might complete our land purchase sometime soon, work continues apace to get all our assorted junk ready to move. Today saw both trucks started up for the first time in a while, our solar panels hauled down from the roof, and the rainwater...
A beautiful cob home in England
One of the most beautiful houses I have seen, built by Lisa and Rich. You can read more about it on the Natural Homes websiteA beautiful cob home in England
Films For Action Presents: The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm
Film offers us a powerful tool to shift awareness and inspire action. It offers a method to break our dependence on the mainstream media and become the media oursleves. We don't need to wait for anyone or anything. Just imagine what could become possible if an entire...