DesirelandThe Lifeline Project – A Film by Gregory Dunn
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
On the 8th of April 1961, the last steam train ran the mile-long stretch of what once was the Great Midland and Western Railway to Liffey Junction from…
Poverty below the Highline
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
An article by Saraha Mirbabaee from Polis – A collaborative blog about cities Of all the factors that contribute to urban livability — including public health, education and…
the Lifeline Project – DIT 4th year Architecture 2010
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
An investigation of uses for the disused Broadstone to Broombridge railway cutting in Dublin, Ireland in collaboration with Kaethe Burt-O’Dea of desireland as part of the Dublin Institute…
What to grow?
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Sitric Compost Garden is probably the smallest Community garden in Dublin. Over the years we have experimented with growing many different things in our confined, but highly visible…
The way desireland works…
Friday, February 22, 2013
Desireland works on two levels: The consultancy develops and manages healthcare research programmes for clients. The principles that emerge in the process of this professional work are then…
SPUDS presents: Potato days – March 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
We will be joining Dermot Carey and David Langford of the Lissadell/Langford Potato Collection at two events in March to present the preliminary results from SPUDS 2012 research…
The Sitric Compost Bootcamp Series – Spring 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Yesterday’s Irish Times reported on our monthly compost bootcamps. “It’s hard to imagine so much energy and imagination crammed into one little corner of Dublin, but from little…
SPUDS Interview with Kaethe Burt O’Dea
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Kaethe Burt-O’Dea was recently interviewed at Garden Organics Potato Day on growing the naturally bred Sarpo blight resistant potato varieties as a response to the Irish government’s decision…
SPUDS 2013 – We need your data!
Friday, February 8, 2013
As most of you know, SPUDS, the sustainable potatoes united development study, was launched in 2012. This community based action research project gave away naturally blight resistant potato…
SPUDS 2012 Results
Friday, February 8, 2013
SPUDS, the sustainable potatoes united development study, was launched in March of 2012. The objective of the project was to raise public awareness of potato blight and it’s…
