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Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND
In article <57d3qt$77p@news.inforamp.net>, dlj@pobox.com wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Nov 1996 16:13:35 -0500, Thomas Sheridan
> <sligo@interport.net> wrote:
>
> >Hello
> >
> >I have a small farmhouse in the west of Ireland that sits on an 0.5
> >arces of good land. I an very new to sustainable living and I am very
> >interested in fnding alternatives to 20th century wasterful
> >lifestyles. I suspect there are many experts in green living out there
> >who could give me a few pointers in the folling subjects:
>
> The reason there are so many Irish in North America is that Ireland
> has demonstrated how sustainable agriculture works under Irish
> conditions with pre-industrial agricultural technology: it doesn't.
> It produces horrible famine.
>
> On half an acre I'd think it would need _very_ high technology to
> produce a decent living: climate controlled lab conditions, basically;
> probably with electric lighting on the levels that don't get direct
> sunlight.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -dlj.
Please, before insulting Irish people about the causes of the famine, do a
little informed reading on the subject. It sickens me to think that there
are people out there who believe that so many of my ancestors and
compatriots left this country in the mid 19th century on the so-called
'coffin ships' to a frightening, and mainly unforgiving place, simply
because they were too lazy to incorporate different agricultural methods
to feed themselves. Would you call the famine-stricken Ethiopians of the
early 80's 'lazy'? Please be more aware of people's sensitivities in the
future.
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